![]() We see Obi-Wan being carried on a stretcher, looking like the supine Vader as he was escorted to surgery in Revenge of the Sith. The beginning of the episode, like the end of Part 2 and the start of Part 3, employs visual parallels between Obi-Wan and Vader. ( They rhyme.) But before he can get down to the daring rescue, Obi-Wan has to heal, at least a little bit. If Part 3 was an homage to the Cloud City lightsaber battle from The Empire Strikes Back, Part 4 almost too faithfully echoes the Death Star escape in Episode IV. Good thing the Force is with him, as are Tala and a trio of new allies. Obi-Wan’s gotta get back on his feet, infiltrate the fortress, liberate Leia-proving for the second time in this series that he can save a Skywalker-and escape, all in roughly 30 minutes of screen time. Leia isn’t as lucky: Despite the world-class sprinting skills she showed off in the first two episodes, she can’t outrun Reva, who holds her captive at Inquisitor HQ. Allowed to escape by a bored Sith lord who’d hoped his prey would provide more of a challenge, he’s spirited to Jabiim, the last stop on the Path that ferries Force sensitives to safety. When we left Ben, he was burned inside and out by his ineffectual fight with his former apprentice. “We’re wasting time,” Tala barks early in the episode, setting the tone for a chapter that moves at a much more hurried pace than Part 1’s leisurely look at Kenobi’s incognito routine on Tatooine. The machinations needed to set up the next traumatic run-in places extra pressure on the shortest episode of the series so far, and its storytelling-like the windows on the detention level of Fortress Inquisitorius-springs some leaks. The latest episode of Obi-Wan Kenobi boasts its entertaining set pieces, movie references, and emotional moments too, but the obligatory reset shifts focus away from the broken bond between Kenobi and Vader, which has driven the narrative ever since Reva notified the former that the latter was alive. That clash can’t come for another week or two, though, which puts Part 4 in the thankless position of being a bridge between climaxes. So how does Part 4 follow that up? By laying the groundwork for the next confrontation, of course-the one that will double the duel count as it stood before this series. Last week’s episode upped that total by 50 percent, which automatically made it momentous for fans of the first two trilogies. I also think that with time, these things could have been improved.Until Part 3 of Obi-Wan Kenobi, the vast Star Wars corpus contained only two encounters between Kenobi and Darth Vader, counting the one in which Obi-Wan wound up with the high ground. In the new shows, it feels like the writers didn't even try to look for alternatives, they were just lazy and knew they could claim "duh, empire stoopid". There was no good option to explain how Obi-Wan, Luke and Han infiltrated the Death Star, but it just had to happen for the story to be interesting. The Obi-Wan+Leia disguise is some next level looney tunes shit.Įdit because a lot of responses: The Empire in the OT was pretty dumb and incompetent too yes, but atleast it seems like the writers just really couldn't find a better way to do it. They also didn't care about their commanding officer being taken out loudly at the back of the room. The officers sitting next to Tala not giving a shit about her talking to Obi-Wan is silly aswell. Stormtroopers are all idiots who can't aim, but ok whatever they have always been. Also why are there 500 stormtroopers at the base when you don't think it will be attacked? As if some defensive structures would break the empires bank. Like really, you don't have air defense, water defense, proper surveillance or anything like that on your super sith base? "No one would be stupid enough to attack it" is such a dumb argument. The sheer incompetence of every aspect of the empire really pulls me out every single time. ||| Join our Discord! ||| Question? Check our FAQ ||| /r/StarWarsAhsoka ||| Upcoming SW Media ||| Please note that even if formatted correctly, spoilers are only allowed in threads marked If you want to make a spoiler all you gotta do is put ">!" in front of and "!!Many Bothans died.!< List includes movies, tv-shows and games. Mods have the final say.įrequently Asked Questions Come chat with us Join our Discord!Ĭlick here to contact the Discord moderators directly Upcoming SW Media Posts / comments can be removed under mods discretion.Message the mods for permission before posting established Star Wars related subreddits.Link to original news sources, and don't editorialize.No sexualization of people or characters.
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