{"id":157496,"date":"2022-05-28T23:43:49","date_gmt":"2022-05-29T05:43:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=157496"},"modified":"2022-05-28T23:43:49","modified_gmt":"2022-05-29T05:43:49","slug":"i-watched-all-the-obi-wan-kenobi-backstory-so-you-dont-have-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2022\/05\/28\/i-watched-all-the-obi-wan-kenobi-backstory-so-you-dont-have-to.html","title":{"rendered":"I watched all the Obi-Wan Kenobi backstory so you don’t have to"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m enjoying the “Obi-Wan Kenobi” series on Disney+, so I thought (since I had some spare time) I’d watch the “First Trilogy” films, to get the background story that leads into this new story.<\/p>\n

(And, yes, there’s a ton of stuff in “Clone Wars” that adds to all that, which I have also watched in the past, and heartily recommend, but did not rewatch the several seasons of which for this purpose. Sorry).<\/p>\n

Episode 1: The Phantom Menace<\/em><\/h2>\n

My current Review on Letterboxd<\/a>\u00a0 – 3\/5 stars<\/p>\n

Obi-Wan<\/em> notes<\/strong>: Ewan McGregor’s first turn as a Padawan learner under Liam Neeson’s Qui-Gon Jinn. The relationship and banter between the two of them are a big part of the positives to this film. Obi-Wan is is young and brash and confident, but with some justification — he’s a fierce fighter (he does eventually defeat Darth Maul), a powerful assistant to Qui-Gon, and an insightful observer.<\/p>\n

In the end, Obi-Wan is on his own — and has sworn to his dying master that he will take on Anakin Skywalker as his apprentice. It’s a role he has no training to take on, being barely promoted to full Jedi himself.<\/p>\n

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Episode 2: Attack of the Clones<\/em><\/h2>\n

My current review on Letterboxd<\/a> – 2\/5 stars<\/p>\n

Obi-Wan<\/em> notes<\/strong>: \u00a0<\/strong>It’s ten years later, and Anakin, ripped from his mother, has grown into a sulky teenager. Obi-Wan, sporting a sage beard, has grown into an old fuddy-duddy. The bubbly, defiant, independent Padawan under the rebellious master Qui-Gon is now conservative, chiding, fretful, and domineering teacher.<\/p>\n

When on his own — investigating Kamino, fighting Jango, checking out Geonosis — he’s a strong character. Fighting with Anakin against Dooku, he’s heroic. But every time he interacts with Anakin, any attempts to the bantering camaraderie that he had with Qui-Gon is awkward and forced.<\/p>\n

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Episode 3 – Revenge of the Sith<\/em><\/h2>\n

My current review on Letterboxd<\/a> – 2.5 \/ 5 stars<\/p>\n

Obi-Wan<\/em> notes<\/strong>: \u00a0<\/strong>Obi-Wan gets to watch it all fall apart — the Republic falling into tyranny, the Jedi Order is destroyed through its own arrogance, and his Padawan apprentice turns into the monster assassin of the Sith emperor.<\/p>\n

And, in the end, he realizes his own failure — and that of the Jedi. He\/they failed to see Palpatine’s plot, they failed to protect the Republic, they failed to protect the Younglings — and they failed to see how Anakin was falling from grace. It’s (rightfully) gut-wrenching for him, and the final battle he has with Anakin is no victory on his part, but a cap on the tragedy he’s overseen.<\/p>\n

“You were my brother! I loved you!”<\/p>\n

And that’s the final indictment, as he failed as both master and<\/em> as brother, not fully embracing either role, because he got bulldozed into trying to be both when he was too young to figure it out.<\/p>\n

And while he takes on a final assignment at the end of the film, watching over Luke, the OWK series shows he’s been more than a bit traumatized by the whole thing. Which adds an interesting twist to the series.<\/p>\n

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Obi-Wan Kenobi is arguably the most interesting and heroic character of the First Trilogy, and he was definitely my favorite character in The Clone Wars<\/em>. I love that they’ve given him a dedicated series, and I am definitely eager to see what comes next.<\/p>\n

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