Obi-Wan Kenobi's DESPERATE Journalist Reviews

[@disparutoo]

Do you think Obi-Wan Kenobi has any scenes or moments that enhance the original trilogy? Can they turn around the series in the last 2 episodes? Let me know your thoughts below and as always, thanks for watching :)

[@DrakonR]

Nope and nope.

[@JosephFrostsGhost]

I like how Alderaan looks… that’s about it.

[@baskoylumehmet]

The only scene I liked was order 66 in the beginning

[@joekperry]

I for one don't mind Leia and I think the wee actress has done very well. I think her relationship with 'Ben' expands his presence in the overall Skywalker arch. That being said, the direction / writing is amateur night at the ritz. They have very little to work with here...

[@justinstoll4955]

I'm going with a 1% chance for question one because bots and idiots exist. Exhibit A is the writers themselves. As for the last two episodes, I'm going with there is no chance to turn it around. I'm only interested in seeing how hard they fuck up the lore and how contrived and jarring Reva's turn to the good is.The only take away I will get from the show is always and forever thinking the title is actually Obi-Wan Can Blow Me anytime some moronic Disney mentions the show by name. 👍

[@Longmanriffs]

I hate what Star Wars has become. All legacy characters have been destroyed. So unbeleivably careless. On a lighter note, glad I found the channel via FNT. Wicked content mate!

[@raeldri5867]

Do not be mistaken this is intentional, this is to force the public to like the new, better and perfect characters

[@disparutoo]

Cheers dude glad you came across to check out the videos. FNT is something I've watched for years so being on it was an awesome surreal experience.

[@SuperEndiku]

Star Wars used to be something nerds cherished and normal people enjoyed. Now it is the latest conquered soil in the Agenda Wars and so the Leftist Jihadists won't stop until every old statue is toppled and a new Woke Shrine is erected in its place. You can't coexist with zealot nutjobs.

[@TheMaleRei]

The EU exists. Reject Modernity. Embrace Tradition.

[@evernight1405]

@@raeldri5867 How do they think it will work. Their new characters are still bad. Just because they tear down Obi-Wan doesn't mean we will suddenly like Reva now.

[@natp8387]

This series greatly enhances the original movies and even the prequel trilogy. After even THINKING of this series' stupidity I want to go watch those movies and just bask in actual Star Wars.

[@disparutoo]

I have considered going back to the prequel trilogy to see if I like it more now after seeing Kenobi... I'm sure Jar Jar would be more tolerable now

[@UltimateTobi]

Now, that Hollywood has taught us what true garbage is for a good 5-10 years, the Prequels are diamonds in the rough. True Star Wars: Prequels, The Clone Wars, Originals. (And EU for everyone who reads it, I haven't dabbled in it (yet.)) Anything else that came from Disney is trash.

[@scorptarget]

💯

[@lastfirst5863]

@@disparutoo at least Jar-Jar is stupid _by design._

[@natp8387]

@@disparutoo He at least fits into the conversations he's having, even if he is a weirdo in them.

[@j.springer1496]

Disney Star Wars: the lazy stupid answers to the questions no one ever asked.

[@bruhdon4748]

I feel like it would’ve been more interesting to have a 24 hour video of Ewan mcgreggor in a cave than watching this shit series.

[@seemev2.0phuckbootube78]

@Bruhdon I thought we'd be seeing more of young Luke since he was in the trailer. Also, thought we'd be seeing Ben trying to train to speak to his force ghost master like Yoda asked him to do before they separated the kids.

[@bruhdon4748]

@@seemev2.0phuckbootube78 it’s just such a terrible show & so badly written

[@Jimmie2429]

Star Wars Fans - This wasn’t the Obi-Wan series we were looking for. Disney Star Wars - you will consume our content and beg for more, you racist, toxic bigots.

[@mscapeh4451]

Or more like its mickey showing up like in south park like a boss figthing all thats anti their greed of consume and obey ways.

[@NeoDragonCount]

So they literally don't know of; "Hey, you wanna buy some death sticks?" "You don't want to sell me death sticks." "I don't wanna sell you death sticks." "You want to go home and rethink your life." "I wanna go home and rethink my life." Or what about the fact Obi-Wan already fought in a huge war that lead to the formation of the Empire?

[@jonathanferguson7791]

this was my first thought like... I memba

[@gusty9053]

I think the show runner or some other muppet in charge admitted he didn't watch the prequels or the OT.

[@bruhdon4748]

Also, what kind of drug dealer gives away a large amount of drugs for free to a complete stranger they just met & had the most brief of conversations with. Obi wan would not have kept it in his pocket either, was just a really convenient plot device.

[@gusty9053]

@@bruhdon4748 You never got offered illegal substances by shady characters in dingy bars ? It happens more often that you would think. And there was no "large amount" unless you consider a cigarette pack "large". I re-watched the scene for reference: it was one cigarette that he quickly flashed.

[@bruhdon4748]

@@gusty9053 I’m not talking about when he’s offered the death sticks, I’m talking about in the kenobi series when the female drug dealer played by his actual daughter gives him a canister of spice & he uses it to escape the bounty hunters by throwing it on the floor.

[@cyberleaderandy1]

Theres some pretty incredible excuses coming out for this series, stretching credibility to laughable extremes and from supposed members of clubs that are starwars experts allegedly. Youd almost think disney had been telling people to defend this thing 🤔

[@disparutoo]

Virtually all of these were from Screen Rant. They REALLY love the show apparently lmao

[@nmbalo]

@@disparutoo it makes me sad that screenrant is like this really lol so glad pitch meeting has its own channel now so don't have to care about them

[@alanjefferson1127]

@@nmbalo Obi Wan Kenobi's Pitch Meeting is gonna be epic.

[@primmakinsofis614]

_Youd almost think disney had been telling people to defend this thing_ Telling? I'm sure sums of money have changed hands in order to get positive press coverage.

[@Mrs.Deanna_Ember]

Alot of people like the show, not sure what some of you supposed "experts" are crying about

[@capthavic]

I don't know how anyone can see Obi-Wan sneaking a child under his robes like something out of a parody and not laugh out loud. Edit: and not in the good way, in a "are you fucking with me?" way.

[@SuperEndiku]

When the only thing you care about is LOOK BLACK WAHMEN IS NOW STAR WARS! Then this is a very serious matter.

[@fetus2280]

Or want to call the Authorities when spotting such behavior ... it is just a bit Noncey .

[@Desmondbrown73]

It’s like they literally made it up on the spot, “hey why don’t you hide underneath that fucking coat” “Yeah that’ll be a real hoot!”

[@scorptarget]

💯🤣

[@Capybara2240]

B-but Star Wars was always like this, it’s supposed to be goofy and silly!!

[@rosie_gamgee]

Let's see, the author of this article is: reaching, trying too hard, reading into things that aren't there, over-simplifying things, and coming just short of making sh*te up. I'm impressed with the mental gymnastics they did, it was obviously quite the workout

[@disparutoo]

And this was just a few of the ones from screenrant over the last week. I dread to think what they'll be saying after episode 5

[@Desmondbrown73]

No you’re projecting, narcissists do that and that’s what you are. You’re a fucking narcissist, you talk like one you act like one I can tell you’re one through the fucking screen of my fucking phone.

[@evernight1405]

That sounds like most Star Wars KZbin channel these days. Most of them seem to see any plot hole and grasp at straws to justify it being good instead of being bad writing.

[@primmakinsofis614]

_Let's see, the author of this article is: reaching, trying too hard, reading into things that aren't there, over-simplifying things, and coming just short of making sh*te up._ You forgot the most important part: cashing a cheque from Disney.

[@petriew2018]

@@disparutoo let's be honest, we kinda' already know what Disney's told them to write about ep5... it's screen rant, after all.

[@ThePalaeontologist]

If someone had told me a Kenobi series was being made in say, 2010, I'd have been genuinely so happy about that. Even with all Disney has done to Star Wars, since 2012, admittedly I held out hope that Kenobi would be treated differently and I hoped against hope that there would be a unique situation playing out with Kenobi, that it'd be a diamond in the rough. Because he is my favourite Jedi, I allowed myself to believe that, even after seeing what they did to Luke and Boba. I just wanted to believe they wouldn't stoop so low as to ruin him. But the literal worst case has played out instead, as they've defaulted to form and couldn't help themselves from destroying yet another vital character in the Star Wars Saga. Poor Obi-Wan. A Jedi Master, whom while certainly put to the test in his isolation on Tatooine, in his misery and solitude, reduced to a completely false caricature of his true self. An exaggerated, bad fan-fic ruination of his character. Obi-Wan Kenobi is the quintessential Jedi, even more so (arguably) than Luke or Yoda. While not as powerful as _either_ of them, that is not the point. Kenobi embodied the very best of what the Jedi were supposed to be. The ace starfighter pilot whom didn't even like flying. One of the most talented lightsaber wielders whom had ever lived, with a long list of victories and feats on the battlefield, yet one whom became so renowned for his non-combative methods that he became known as 'The Negotiator'. The true paragon of what it meant to be a true Jedi. Beyond reproach. Too pure for Dooku or Sidious to turn to the dark side. The great Jedi Qui-Gon Jinn knew he would become. The bastion of hope where apparently none could be found. The apparition to Luke on Hoth. The guardian of a new hope. Thankless, hermitized, abandoned by almost all. Hunted and alone. But he never gave up. He stoically fought on. While never the strongest, never the most powerful in the force, never the deadliest with a blade, and never the most famed of the heroes of the Republic, he was always up there _among_ the best. The greatest strategist, perhaps, rivalled only by Yoda and Windu themselves, in that regard. And look what they did to him 😑 Obi-Wan Kenobi is the quintessential Jedi Master. And they ruined him just as much as Luke in TLJ. There will be some defending this in denial, but they must see the truth. It's a mess.

[@frocat5163]

Matthew Stover perfectly encapsulated Obi-Wan in the _Revenge of the Sith_ novelization: "This is Obi-Wan Kenobi: A phenomenal pilot who doesn't like to fly. A devastating warrior who'd rather not fight. A negotiator without peer who frankly prefers to sit alone in a quite gave and meditate." [Discussing lightsaber forms with Mace Windu] "I am called a great swordsman because I invented a lethal style; but who is greater, the creator of a killing form -- or the master of the classic form?" "I'm very flattered that you would consider me a master but really --" "Not a master. The master." [While facing General Greivous on Utapau] "Contemplation of death brought only one slight sting of regret, and more than a bit of puzzlement. Until this very moment, he had never realized he'd always expected, for no discernible reason -- That when he died, Anakin would be with him." [During the duel on Mustafar] "They spun and whirled throughout its levels, up its stairs, and across its platforms; they battled out onto the collection panels over which the cascades of lava poured, and Obi-Wan, out on the edge of the collection panel, hunching under a curve of durasteel that splashed aside gouts of lava, deflecting Force blasts and countering strikes from this creature of rage that had been his best friend, suddenly comprehended an unexpectedly profound truth. The man he faced was everything Obi-Wan had devoted his life to destroying: Murderer. Traitor. Fallen Jedi. Lord of the Sith. And here, and now, despite it all ... Obi-Wan still loved him. Yoda had said it, flat-out: _Allow such attachments to pass out of one's life, a Jedi must,_ but Obi-Wan had never let himself understand. He had argued for Anakin, made excuses, covered for him again and again and again; all the while this attachment he denied even feeling had blinded him to the dark path his best friend walked. Obi-Wan knew there was, in the end, only one answer for attachment... He let it go."

[@ThePalaeontologist]

@@frocat5163 1,000,000% this. While I've seen all the quotes before, I highly appreciate you putting them all in one reply like this. Very nice of you. Thanks. These are what I was alluding to in a loose way. It goes to show just how quintessentially Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi truly was. The absolute exemplar of being a true Jedi.

[@frocat5163]

@@ThePalaeontologist Yeah, I know a lot of people hate the prequels, and though I've never _hated_ them, I also think they didn't do justice to the story Lucas wanted to tell. But the one thing I absolutely appreciate about the prequels is Ewan McGregor's portrayal of Obi-Wan. He made Obi-Wan my favorite Star Wars character. And the EU stories about Obi-Wan and Anakin just added to Ewan's portrayal. I doubt he ever read any of those books, but those stories synced perfectly with his portrayal. He was the greatest Jedi.

[@jerm8146]

Everything you said up until the end was, and still is, Obi-Wan. Just because a giant company bought the rights to the property, made up their own stories to add to it, and called it "canon" doesn't make it is so. When Michael Jackson bought the rights to the Beatles' music, he could have written a new album that sounded like modern techno-pop and called it an "Official" Beatles album. I wouldn't have said "The Beatles are ruined because they sound so different now" I'd have just said "Yeah, that's not really the Beatles anyway, so they're not 'ruined' for me in the least." This really isn't Star Wars. None of it is. It's the creation of a giant company who bought the rights to the property and decided to "write a new album." That's it. If George Lucas wasn't involved in any meaningful way (or at all) then it's just fan fiction from a very rich fan. Star Wars fans could save themselves a lot of anguish if they took this perspective. As far as I'm concerned, Star Wars is not ruined by these Disney stories any more than it was ruined by the Robot Chicken parodies. We still have the original 6 films that WERE Lucas's vision and we can watch them over and over. Plus we have The Clone Wars series which he was also involved in. Do I want more ACTUAL Star Wars content? Of course. I'd like another Beatles album too. But it isn't going to happen.

[@bruhdon4748]

Just reading this you can feel how much you love Star Wars & the characters especially obi wan, it really is sad to see what they’re doing to all these beloved characters.

[@jimschuler8830]

No, it makes perfect sense that Obi Wan wandering through a base that doesn't have a tractor beam would help inform Obi Wan of where the Empire keeps the generators/controls for its tractor beams. Completely checks out. Of course, his years as a general in the Grand Army of the Republic whose ships off which the Empire's is based wouldn't help at all.

[@lestark]

Well Republic Star Destroyers are completely different from Imperial Star Destroyers.

[@myurgil]

R2 pulling up the Death Star’s schematics onscreen to show the precise location of the tractor beam controls had nothing to do with Obi-Wan’s ability to navigator Death Star either.

[@creativecorner2071]

I mean this makes total sense. I once drove a military jeep, and so I now know how to operate a M1A1 Abrams tank. Once you’ve seen one thing, you’ve seen ‘em all.

[@kaizokujimbei143]

I once crashed a Thomas the Tank Engine into a wall when I was ten. I fear what will happen if I so much as blow air in the general direction of a real train.

[@wetincornwall6882]

@@kaizokujimbei143 I have questions about the decision to build a wall across railway tracks.

[@thesentinel5523]

I hold the Mandalorian simps responsible for this. In 2018, Lucasfilm had been stomped into the ground. The Last Jedi failed as did Solo. But Kennedy threw a hail mary, getting Favreau involved, and scored a touchdown. If we held our line and ignored it, we wouldn't have this series nor any of the other Disney + star wars shows coming down the pipeline. They would have been on red alert and Kennedy might, just might, have been fired.

[@GoblinKnightLeo]

Wait - Rey resists Ren before she ever met Leia, so she didn't teach Rey that, and everything Leia knows about the Force comes from Luke. Also, what possible connection could they have? They aren't related. Their stories aren't similar at all. They don't have anything in common except literally being female.

[@tankmaker9807]

Your last sentence explains everything else.

[@jonathanferguson7791]

Nah she said she was a skywalker at the end so you know *loud gargling sounds of disney writers sucking their own dicks

[@Getloose360]

@@tankmaker9807 true story 😂

[@kaizokujimbei143]

THE POWER OF PUSSY COMPELS YOU!

[@kuhanblock9380]

They still haven't explained how Rey learned how to use a lightsaber in episode 7 and 8.

[@davidguydos9495]

I like the part when he does a double back flip, then force pushes a tank, does another back flip and throws his light saber into the homeless alien. I feel like that part REALLY enhances the original trilogy

[@bewmdogg]

did he bust in do a back flip snap the bad guy's neck and save the day?

[@davidguydos9495]

@@bewmdogg yes..... then he lights a cigar and walks off into the sunset

[@JohnMarshall-NI]

Yes, just after he said "It's Morbin time!"

[@APsychicMonkey]

@@JohnMarshall-NI Yeah I morb'd when he did that.

[@seemev2.0phuckbootube78]

@David Guydos don't forget to have the background explosions behind him as he is walking off

[@RobidyBobidy1]

Imagine having Hayden and Ewan back together for your show.... and you keep Hayden in a suit and focus the show on two other characters who can't act. Disney logic.

[@janusprime5693]

They don't even offer that to Hayden. He is just the guy in the tank. The full body shots are another guy who is really tall and the fight scenes are done by yet another guy. Saying Hayden is back was essentially just fan bait. I hope they atleast paid him enough for going through all this trouble.

[@customsongmaker]

They hired all 3 stars of the biggest movie of all time, got them together under contract for the first time in over 30 years, and they didn't even put all 3 of them in the movie together. They even killed one character so nobody else could put them together in a movie either. They're not trying to make a good story, or to make money, or to give the fans what they want.

[@GFS695]

I thought he was in Vader suit also, nope.

[@customsongmaker]

@M Oak the only way he could do that would be with a kryptonite condom - but that would kill him.

[@RobidyBobidy1]

@M Oak Yeah, I guess that's the only possible way we could ever see Hayden Christensen in this series..................... Oh wait that's right, flashbacks exist, you nimrod lol. Look on the bright side: At least you're smart enough to write for Disney XD

[@TheSleepLes]

Lest we forget. Obi walked aka used his legs in the current installment of Disney's SW ,therefore, guaranteeing his operational knowledge of such a major feat in the following timeline of SW. One COULD NOT exist without the other.

[@objectivelyacat3873]

I would have paid to see the story of Obi-Wan adjusting to a hermitic lifestyle while juggling his responsibility to keep an eye in Luke. Something low stakes and character focused.

[@Rodelero]

Exactly.

[@jamesremus07]

And emotionally/spiritually deep as he trains in the more ethereal aspects of the force with force ghost Master Qui-Gon

[@BananaHammocks]

low stakes is all i want from disney. marvel and/or star wars PLEASE give us low stakes stories

[@objectivelyacat3873]

@@BananaHammocks Yeah, look at Spiderman: Homecoming. More of that please.

[@HobbitzMoth23]

And they still could have had an inquisitor visit and have Obi-Wan struggle to manipulate them into leaving the planet empty handed or make their death look like a dangerous accident on a dangerous outer rim planet, discouraging others from bothering any more rather than creating all the suspicion in the world! See him work with his surroundings, see him embrace tattooine and its existing residents to keep an important secret and safely raise a little boy Would have been so down for a grounded story like that.

[@shadowravyn]

What I find interesting is that while its IMDB rating is currently standing at 7.3, the written reviews are predominantly not higher than a 2. I've never seen this kind of phenomenon before and I have been checking out reviews on this site pretty much since it started. The same thing is occurring with the ratings on the Halo TV show. I wonder why...

[@petethehawk5186]

When I sell my 92 Escort I’m going to hire that article writer to write the car’s description for the advertisement. “The subtle dent in the left front quarter panel hints at the driver’s past traumatic event in which he spun out on a dark, rainy, moonless night and pummeled a guard rail to avoid a motherless puppy that was frozen in fear. $1500 firm, cash only.”

[@memphisraines8118]

I know we all have bills to pay and stuff but it still boggles my mind why Mark Hamill and Ewan McGregor would say yes to coming back to this dumpster fire. I seriously would've read the script... Thrown it in the trash... Said NOPE... and walked out of the office. Disney messed up these characters bad

[@scottf5791]

And Ewan is an executive producer of the show as well! Disney marketed the hell out of Hayden Christensen and we have only seen him for a few seconds.

[@a.cameron207]

So sneaking around a planet based prison tower helps when navigating a spherical moon-sized superweapon in space? Such amazing articles these people write.

[@medicentio]

The "meat in a steak house" is simlar to the burger analogy I've been using for some time with the entirety of Disney Star Wars. When you have a successful burger, and you want to sell more of that burger, you just add more value to the burger itself by promoting a better, bigger burger with the same recipe. You don't change the burger, you don't take from the burger, you just use more burger. The recipe was there, and they had the entire EU to flesh our a story most fans would fall behind, but then comes Ms. Kennedy and says "there is no source material". That single idiotic statement, along with the de-canonization of the EU started the downfall of the franchise into the heap of garbage it has become.

[@rosie_gamgee]

I thought Leia was cool until she Mary Poppinsed her way through space. Seems like the more powers they give her the less cool she becomes

[@joekperry]

Yeah I agree, her real power was her mental aptitude and stoicism. Not her ability to back flip through trees like the 'other boys'. An unnecessary character shift in Rise...

[@MentalParadox]

"Are you sure this will help us sell burgers?" "Burgers?" "We need to decide what kind of story we want for Obi Wan." "Obi Wan?"

[@redline29]

When Obi-Wan tells Owen luke has to be trained. By who? Ben let himself go with the force. I didn't understand that.

[@scottf5791]

This issue right here has been bugging me since the beginning

[@kaizokujimbei143]

Ya you see, this sort of confusion inducing bullcrap is how the groomers get to children.... and they employ the exact same strategy when they set their sights onto retarded woketurds.

[@Usapyon_0719]

i found out about your channel when nerdrotic gave a shout out on his channel about you, i am very glad he did cause you channel is so awesome I love your videos. in a way i am kinda sad there are only 2 episodes of kenobi left, because your reviews are way more funny and entertaining that the actual show

[@disparutoo]

Cheers dude, Nerdrotics great and Im glad you came over to check out the videos. As for only 2 left, yeah, theyve been funny to review but there will always be another awful show to talk about lmao. Otherwise I reviewed Halo, half of Naomi, 1st S2 witcher and wheel of time in the same style. Although wheel of time is far more in depth

[@angelobasilicata2]

This series highly enhances The Book of Boba Fett too: there was 1/1000 chances of making a worst show than that... That's pretty an unbelievable feature!

[@KnightRonin0103]

Disney Shill: That was a brilliant escape scene. Sane Human Being: It was a creepy trenchcoat and a little girl. RIP Wade - The single most interesting character in this show (57 seconds of him)

[@disparutoo]

People say that Boba Fett is worse than Kenobi, I've not seen it, but I do not see HOW it could be worse than the trenchcoat escape scene lmao

[@ThePalaeontologist]

Wade: A Star Wars Story. Believe that.

[@ThePalaeontologist]

@@disparutoo Kenobi being worse than Book of Boba Fett was the diametric opposite of what I was hoping for, but it's what happened. Anyone with reasonable standards can see that. It's abysmal beyond belief. Kenobi is my favourite Jedi bar none, but look what they've done to him. It's dangerously close to TLJ Luke territory. Or worse?

[@KnightRonin0103]

@@disparutoo I couldn’t stop laughing. Even a dairy farm cannot reach this level of cheesy.

[@xSilentZeroXx]

@@disparutoo I do think Boba Fett is a worse show, but there's also the factor where nobody gives a shit about Boba Fett nearly as much as they do about Obi-Wan Kenobi, so the shittery stings much worse here.

[@joesmutz9287]

"The Empire was written with their intelligence...they never stood a chance" To be fair...the good guys were written with that level of intelligence too.

[@MentalParadox]

My favorite moment is when Obi Wan said his famous line "It's Morbin' Time!" and morbed the sh*t out of Vader and Reeva

[@corndrinker]

then he said "hello there!" and did a backflip!!

[@niklasmalcharczyk]

Damn, I would probably enjoy it more than the actual plot

[@Zero_2500]

Disney is so desperate they will probably have Jar Jar come out and say “Mesa Morbin’ Time Ani!” Then start flossing

[@tomasz9429]

Maybe the base housing Reva's Ego, and Death Star's SPACE LAZOR are one and the same? Who is to tell that in the final episode we won't see a great reveal? Reva's consciousness is uploaded into a special synthetic mega giga crystal of doom which will serve as the focusing lens of the SPACE LAZOR. This will also explain why Tarkin actually choses Alderaan as the target for the Death Star's SPACE LAZOR. It's because of Reva's spirit influencing his actions! It is the truth, the whole truth, and only the truth! Swear on me mum!

[@tarektechmarine8209]

You make a good excuse to kill IT.

[@sourstuff]

“Both Leia and Rey resist these mind probes…” Yeah, along with the MANY other examples of mind probes that are in the Star Wars Universe, which we won’t list cuz… ya know.

[@skylx0812]

In an old interview, Carrie Fisher glibly bemoaned that Leia lost people very important to her when her home planet was blown up. Like her haidresser. Maybe the secret to her ability to resist mind probes was in her piles of braids...

[@sourstuff]

@@skylx0812 hmm 🤔 perhaps… Nah lmao

[@skylx0812]

Now, hear me out. Its been said that women of old used to recite spells while braiding their hair. Thats why suspected witches hair were shaven off during the witch hunts. Its a stretch, I know, but what isn't these days.

[@schism5797]

"Obi Wan Kan-blow-me" that was really good, I approve of this name. I have Spoken!

[@disparutoo]

I saw it a LONG time ago as a gamer tag and since then Its always been my favourite name. When this series came out, I had no choice but to use it lmao

[@blankadams3120]

Ever notice how the current climate seems to have swapped the magnitude of things? Teeny tiny little things are absolutely, positively the best/worst thing that could ever happen, and the big, important things are hardly worth thinking about? Microaggressions, 'subtle' hints to the continuity... But, things like Disney going harder and harder against, say... the governor (whose name escapes me for the moment) or, like, the possibility of all out war? No worry, let the companies do what they want. Edit: DeSantos.

[@stevenyarnell]

"The Force can have a strong influence on the weak minded." -Obi-Wan to Luke Skywalker (A New Hope) As Obi-Wan is a Jedi Master, using the Force should not be strenuous to him! >_>

[@paulking7019]

I think they could fix the series in the last 5 minutes simply by taking the last shot fade to a close up of Obi Wans face while he is sleeping then widen the shot to show him tossing and turning in his sleep and suddenly he sits straight up in bed and says " thank the force it was all just a nightmare". Sort of a wizard of OZ ending. While this would fix a great deal it could never fix the bad writing or directing.

[@benjaminthibieroz4155]

I hate that they're contanstly using the "trauma" excuse to justify the male characters invariably being afraid, passive and weak because of it, while at the same time female characters with trauma invariably and unrealisticly overcome it to become absurdly strong.

[@jordan.sophia]

Your commitment to repeating "Obi-Wan Can Blo Mi" is pretty commendable 😊

[@JimmyFoxhound]

I can't tell you how much I enjoy your analysis, Disparu. You bring up so many good points and you do it so well. You're so smooth with those screen changes and article highlights. You're a natural at this! Great work man, always look forward to your videos!

[@weareharbinger914]

I literally heard some people talking about it on the train. Specifically about Reva somehow passing Leia in the tunnel and someone actually defended it by guessing things that could have happened that weren't shown. If mini Leia resisted, that shows shes a potential force wielder and she'd be forced into being an inquisitor, or killed. And nothing can improve Rey, the character should be scrubbed from all records. Vader isn't menacing, he's genocidal yet also super lazy.

[@pacifist11]

The articles author saw Han Solo being given his last name and immediately stood up in the empty theater and gave it a standing ovation.

[@KasumiKenshirou]

God that was so stupid. Someone must've told the writers that they have to show how "Han Solo made a name for himself", and they were too stupid to understand what that idiom means. And they ripped the scene off from The Holiday Special. Art Carney, playing a merchant, sneakily tells Chewy's wife that Chewy and Han are on their way home while an Imperial officer is in the room by saying something like, "That shaggy carpet you ordered is on its way. A little old lady made it by HAND: SOLO."

[@mikeysymkay3124]

I always encourage looking at this bigger picture. That thought works against Disney with this storyline... If Leah has this level of association with the rebels, let alone Kenobi, what makes anyone think the Empire - let alone Vader - will let her or her family out of their sight ever again? She would never be able to help others.

[@dramaticwords]

Of course! For over 40 years, people have wondered how Obi wan Kenobi was so confident his Jedi mind trick would work -- almost as though he'd done it before. Thank god the mystery is solved and I can finally enjoy A New Hope.

[@petriew2018]

i'd just point out to the 'author' of the first article that 1) Obi-wan effortlessly mind tricks a drug dealer in ep2 and 2) he was a general in the army that directly preceded the Empire.... i'd think those are far, far better justification for why Obi-Wan can do what he does in ANH than this steaming pile of ego...

[@macklee6837]

"Whether to share, or to SHAFT!"

[@JonasGrumby-OO]

Shill: "see, he practiced his Jedi mind trick, that’s how he knew it would work! Lucky we had this show!" OWK: "you don’t want to sell me death sticks."

[@PDRich]

1) "The force can have a strong influence on the weak minded". 2) "He used R2's map/coordinates to decouple the tractor beam emitter on the hanger deck, so the Falcon could escape".

[@KasumiKenshirou]

#1 is what they're attempting with these stupid articles.

[@PDRich]

True...

[@TankardShaw]

Do a shot every time he says Obi Wan can blow me. You will be drunker then a three legged steer at an Amish barn raising.

[@Alputherock]

it hurts, it's bordering on torture, " i love the articles and interviews that explain the crap that isn't shown and the metastory that doesn't exist " i meant it sarcastically ... Disney doing everything right ... bad is good ...you know ... you remember ? I can't wait for your rings of power episode 1 + all aftermath , stay true , like you are !

[@npcperson2158]

WE all knew Disney would ruin it. Admit it: only the wasted budget is offensive.

[@nick3175]

I was exited about this show, as Obi-Wan Kenobi is beloved character. Noble hero. Wise Jedi knight. The protector of Luke. The true nemesis of Vader. This character is one of the core stones of the Star Wars universe. As important as Luke, Leia, Yoda, Han Solo, Vader and Palpatine. So I started to watch the show with excitement. But it is bad, really bad. Bad script, bad dialogue, bad action, bad pacing, bad costumes, mediocre CGI, terrible acting. Still, all that makes it just bad, not a scam. After the first episode I realized this show is not about Obi-Wan Kenobi. So I assumed they used the name as bait. I decided it is a children show about young Lea. Fine I thought. I will watch it with my family. The children of my cousin and my mother will like it. Although it is bad, it is kind of fine for show for children. But after third episode I realized it is not even that. It is a show about some freshly invented character called Riva. And that turned the bait into a scam. Anyway it would be still watchable, if that new character was well written. But she is not. Riva's character arc is obvious. Riva's actions are literally stupid. Riva's dialogue is dump. Riva is poorly directed, in a poorly directed show. The fighting choreography is simply terrible. I would blame the actress, but this show made even Ewan McGregor to look like terrible actor. Now it is obvious what will happen - Riva was the tall girl from the intro. Obviously she is corrupted by Vader. But now thanks to Lea will have catharsis and will become a good Jedi again. I even dare to guess she will defeat Vader, because why not? Obviously from Lucasfilm have not any respect to their own IP called Star Wars. Then I read about the racial insults against Moses Ingram. Well I doubt the issue is her race. She became a face of a scam. It is not her fault. She is just an actress. Still as she is the face of that terrible scam called Obi -Wan Kenobi, it is pretty normal people to be angry to her, and to insult her at every possible way. She is the easy, soft target. As the real scammers are executives of Lucasfilm, so that white trash Kathleen Kennedy and the producer of the show Deborah Chow. Sorry, but at the end I become angry.

[@pachuko5192]

I've come to really appreciate your analyses; while funny you make insights and see things that I don't see other comentators notice, you have some great insights particularly when critiquing the meta stuff, really good insight consistently in the flaws in the mentality of the people involved in production. I keep thinking about your point about the difference between figuring out what a character would do in a scenario vs. deciding what they want to 'make' the character do, such a good insight. Thanks for your videos man.

[@xthegr8er537]

Hahaha--Jake Kenobi accomplishes the most basic of skills that we'd already seen in a film from 1977, and that's a selling point for a series that otherwise shows him to be a helpless coward who neither cares or is capable of his mission to protect Luke Skywalker. Instead, Jake Kenobi leaves Luke exposed to protect Princess Jake Organa. Like all D!sney Kathleen Kennedy Star Wars, it is unrecognizable as Star Wars, but consistently recognizable as hateful incompetence.

[@couldnotbereachedforfurthe2647]

Seeing that they didn't take the helmet off the kid before gooing him up was hilarious, but not half as hilarious as the circle logic in those articles.

[@ryleyt3752]

I think it's curious how Obi-Wan will go down to like 50% on Rotten Tomatoes and then MAGICALLY be back at 60%, it's happened several times that I've witnessed. And if you look at the actual reviews, its like THOUSANDS of 0.5 to 3 star reviews and maybe a couple of dozen 5 star reviews. Same with Metacritic, it's sitting at 7.1, but if you look at the ratings, the first like 4 pages are all 0-5 ratings. I feel like it is either getting positively review bombed, or they're just not counting thousands of reviews because they're "negative review bombing this amazing show!" I personally don't know anyone who loves it, I have one friend who is still on board with it, but even he sees several of the flaws.

[@Darkwintre]

Is it true the majority of those new reviews were very negative yet was all ignored to boost the rating that high?

[@CaptainCoolzCT-]

If Kenobi is so good and they care about the canon, why'd they make Obi-Wan call himself Ben AND Obi-Wan when he clearly states in ANH, "I’ve not gone by the name 'Obi-Wan' since before you were born." to Luke.

[@CaptainCoolzCT-]

@M Oak What do you mean by "You lot"? Is there an entire organised group of people who actively dislike every inconsistency? Very aggressive wording. What I am stating is that the Kenobi show is rather clearly breaking canon, especially in comparison to what you speak of. If anything, the "Darth Vader betrayed and murdered your father" thing was actually further built on in the franchise. 'Ben' calling himself 'Obi-Wan' in the Kenobi show whilst also stating in A New Hope that he hasn’t gone by that name since before Luke was born has no canon excuse. Regarding, "But I don’t see you bringing that up"… of course I didn’t bring the 'Vader betrayed your father' quote up, as that was not actually the point that I was talking about. Although it is an inconsistency, Lucas actually expanded on it in a way in which it felt less like a retcon and moreso that Obi-Wan wanted to protect Luke from the truth before he started his training. Clearly it WAS a retcon, because Star Wars wasn’t meant to have a Sequel from when the original script was being written. But Disney has no such excuse for breaking established canon in a similar fashion, and Disney has even done it in a worse way, giving no explanation for it.

[@richarddevine8391]

No, what can be done that will enhance the original trilogy? Especially with this mess mudding the waters. Again I'll ask, what is Leia supposed to do now? Return home like nothing ever happened? Does the Empire take the same stance? What a mess.

[@raindeerprojekt4119]

WE can't wait for your reviews!!! YOU ARE GREAT AT THIS!!!

[@Armyjay]

I’m at OT fan, I watched the first Star Wars movie (before it was called A New Hope) as a nine year old. I’ve been a SW fan all my life. I hate seeing what Disney have done to it and it makes me wish there was another twenty five year wait between “content” just like we were made to wait between Ep 6 & 1, rather than witness the rape and pillage of George Lucas’s ideas served up on the Disney + conveyer belt of cack.

[@theghostofsabertache9049]

🤣🤣🤣there was literally a zavvi shill advert where reeeeva was being interviewed by a “fan” right before this video. So the ads really are targeted after all🤣 but in all honesty I watched the first 2 episodes and it was so dire I can’t even bring myself to watch anymore. I said if Kenobi was shit then I would be done with star wars under Disney and I mean it. I’m out.

[@disparutoo]

Oh yeah they know exactly what you like, enjoy, and what the video is about. And I was surprised by just how much Star Wars stuff is in the works in the future for games/tv shows etc. I see people already looking forwards to Andor after this and I just can't get excited for that when this is their last piece of work lmao

[@loganriling4888]

Loving all the truth, keep it going

[@thisguydan]

Oh thank God we finally know. All these decades the Star Wars fanbase has been tormented by the question of "How did Obi-wan, Jedi Master, know a jedi mind trick would work?" Screen Rant has become quite a clickbait garbage mill of fluff articles.

[@xminusone1]

They also stole theirs analysis from some movies from smaller channels on KZbin.

[@dkrz123]

Nothing I have seen in Star Wars shows that Jedi Masters can loose their force powers. Look at Yoda in The Empire Strikes Back for example. I think it's like 20 years he's been exiled on Dagobah and he can pull a submerged Tie Fighter right up and out of the swamp and float it pretty much effortlessly onto the shore and land it perfectly. How much "practice" do you think he's doing on an uninhabited swamp planet...? Then there is Maul, he also seems to have no trouble using the force after years of insanity...

[@mbob4337]

By having Leia's force powers work now. Vader should have figured out she was his daughter. The first time they interrogated her. They should have only kicked in, in Empire. While training as a politician, would make her resistant to basic stuff. Because why would the needle droid work? That should also fail, if you are good in the force. Only a more powerful force user should break it. Doesn't fix the plot hole of why Vader can't scan her mind. But that shouldn't be a power in the first place. Because it breaks EVERYTHING. Including a hiding Obi-Wan, where Reeva should just scan everyone. Unless the writers agree uncle Owen beat Reeva at force mind reading. Also, Leia untrained. Doesn't know how to use any force abilities. Can use them to stop Reeva. Obi Wan, who has been trained for decades. Desperately wanting to use his powers, can't. So being untrained, is more powerful than someone who has a mental block, for some reason. Even though he's seen countless deaths, being on a battlefield most of the time.

[@gardeningandlife137]

Yes, If I wrote for the series, I would have had luke and Leia kill Vader now

[@Mediados]

Also how are her force powers so weak that she can't break the mind of a 10 year old child.

[@mbob4337]

@@Mediados She can't break Owen 2 inches from her head. Love inconsistent powers that are just deu ex's.

[@Mediados]

@@mbob4337 An adult is one thing but children are notorious for being malleable and weak-willed, it is in their nature, Force or not. This is why Old Republic is Star Wars for me. These new "Sith" are an insult the the Order. Vader excepted, he'd fit right in there with Malgus.

[@jsrrrmg]

That's just how much stronger the female side of the force is! Remember how Rey could out do Kilo, and just by accident bend the will of the Storm Trooper, when captured! Whamen need no stupid training! The just do!!

[@lilkingg82]

It was very refreshing to hear someone finally admit that The Grand Inquisitor is actually dead. You don't realize how many people think and fanatically believe he is still some how alive.

[@lilkingg82]

@M Oak If it doesn't, I'll be the first to happily admit I was wrong. But, from logic and simply watching the show, it doesn't look like your comment will age well. Time will tell.

[@moldyaco]

I feel like they killed him ignoring rebels and after they realized they made a reviving scene that's gonna get shoved into the last episode

[@lilkingg82]

@@moldyaco Here is what Will Happen. And is Very Likely to Happen. -Grand Inquisitor Reva, Grand Inquisitor stays dead -Final fight between Reva and Kenobi -Kenobi may return to Tatooine and remain there after these events. -Leah MAY show case a force ability or someone may remark how strong she is in the force. What Will Not Happen and what is HIGHLY unlikely -Clone Wars flash back -Seeing or hearing mention of Cody -Seeing QuinLin Voss - Qui Gon making an appearance -Cal making an appearance or any more references to Fallen Order. -Bounty hunters perusing Kenobi -Luke and Kenobi conversing -The Grand Inquisitor alive. -Reva dying off -A fight scene with the 5th Brother or even a Saber ignition from the other Inquisitors. Only what WILL happen can happen. If something else happens. I'd be pleasantly surprised

[@lilkingg82]

@M Oak Thankfully, you were right on that one

[@ImotekhtheStormlord-tx2it]

YEAH I WAS LIKE WHERE IS IMPERIAL MARCH in that village sequence

[@CW0123]

Literally just wanted to see Obi Wan look out for Luke but instead we get Obi Wan rescuing Leia, twice 🤦‍♂️

[@alesksander]

Facepalm with you. Hahah yikees. Ugh.

[@adriandenton6637]

I saw Luke in the trailer and almost cheered. Turned out it was just bait. And why doesn't he have blonde hair?

[@Mrs.Deanna_Ember]

Yeah but he cant look out for Luke, pretty much in the canon that he had to keep his distance and not until he was older that he would really be introduced. Plus itd be a little creepy with him just watching Luke at a distance like that, I mean think about it lol

[@scottf5791]

@@Mrs.Deanna_Ember but that’s what Kenobi is tasked to do. He’s suppose to make sure he’s safe and eventually be trained.

[@Mrs.Deanna_Ember]

@@scottf5791 But he did watch over him and trained him when he was old enough, wasn't his fault really when he was called to go after Leia and I'm sure more will be explained later in regards to Luke and his uncle Owen. With any series it takes some time to build up the story and leave room for anticipation, though I have no doubts those questions will get answered as it goes on. It would break canon if he trained him now somehow, given he hadn't really met him until he was in his late teens, and was just "crazy old Ben" that lived out in the boonies up to that point lol

[@paolo74lfc]

I saw a gif a couple of days ago showing cctv of a man exiting a bar and projectile vomiting and then slipping in his own puke and falling over. The first thing I thought, while laughing was “Kenobi”

[@adrianmercado3092]

The Empire has now knew that Tatooine is ObiWan's base of operations. When all this riffraff with Leia's kidnapping is over, however it ends, the Empire will expect that ObiWan will return to Tatooine. How did the Empire apparently forget to hunt him down for years when ObiWan returned as a hermit to Tatooine? In A New Hope, ObiWan wasn't a fugitive and was free to move around.

[@steelshanks1265]

Adding Joby Harold to the Book of Grudges... He's there with Kathleen Kennedy, Pablo Hidalgo, Jar Jar Abrams, and Ruin Johnson... All talentless hacks... Sad times for Star Wars...

[@rocix.1647]

Your reviews are so much more entertaining than any Star Wars I've seen since Return of the Jedi

[@matthewmekonis1790]

Disney is like the companies in the 80’s that made knockoff hackey sacks that had a longevity of days vs real hackey sacks. In the end, they both had the rationale that inferior products were greater than no product.

[@neocomp92]

They are also missing the point of Leia resisting mind probes. The fact she can as an untrained 10 year old, and is not Toydarian, should have alarmed everyone and hasten Alderaan getting glassed by nine years. The Empire has strong suspicion of Leia's Force sensitivity, and if confirmed, the Organas raised a traitor that, by this show's logic, is the job of the Inquisitors to arrest and amberise.

[@masamune2984]

I haven’t even been in two McDonald’s with the same layout, let anyone two military installations with entirely different purposes separated by literal light years from each other.

[@disparutoo]

Kinda seems like projecting to me. They're interchangeable so they think everything in life is.

[@michaeldavison3491]

Disney are running pro/counter adverts before your videos. Are they a little worried?

[@disparutoo]

Someone else commented that they got an ad about the show before this. Seems odd timing to do it now midway through the series but I guess streaming is forever. I've not seen anyone comment on that happening before this video though, and now multiple people have said it.

[@KLRN-qc7jp]

This show should be about Obi-Wan being smug and awesome while protecting Luke. Instead we got: Wahmons.

[@sol3a1]

"Obi-Wan Kanblowme" ty sir. That'll be what I call this pile of nutrionally depleted, post digestive tract, formerly dog food leavings

[@jasonreynolds6643]

He used a Jedi Mind Trick in the first act of Episode 2 as well

[@nanakakitano9724]

I was trying to figure out who you sounded like, I finally realised you have a very similar speech cadence to Paul Joseph Watson. Keep up the great work!

[@HobbitzMoth23]

Ah yes Obi-Wans secret weapon that he's missing....is it his balls? Are they planning on letting him have his balls back for the last two episodes? Is that the big game changer we're all waiting on.

[@Sabundy]

What's depressing is that someone actually gets paid to write "articles" like that 🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦

[@leonrobinson2053]

The more I see these reviews the more my heart and head hurts. I've bought the original, rogue one and prequels on dvd, ready for when i cancel disney+.

[@Nolzei]

Wait, Leia trained Rey? I didn't even notice that part lol

[@Mpetey123]

She trains her between TLJ and ROTS. Rey was interrogated before she even met Leia. The supposed link doesn't even make sense.

[@darkrai1986]

I watched few reviews of ep 4 but I don't remeber Kenobi using ANY mind tricks on stromtroopes. Did they do a stealth edit of that episode??

[@skits_3d824]

The thing about how Obiwan was dry after coming out of the water. It made sense in the phantom menace how he got dried because the gungan bubble city was made to keep water out. However there was no bubble to keep water out in this fortress so him being dry doesn't unless they had some sort of drying machine or something.

[@Gojirastar5477]

The only thing mind blowing about these articles are the mental gymnastics to justify the existence of anything in Disney Wars. This is Tetris levels of twisted reasoning to connect it to the “amazing” Mary Rey Palpatine. Mickey the Rat must’ve been working the phones and cracked the whips on the shill media’s collective back. This series shouldn’t even exist or at most be a movie based on the Jackson Miller novel from the old EU, Kenobi.

[@copykonsmusic1065]

Disney must love losing money. The entire writing team should be fired point blank.

[@cattreegaming6220]

“Firstly they don’t have the talent” 😂

[@tedcruzwiththetopdown5411]

I find it interesting how Disney has the audacity to call us racist when one of the inquisitors is an Asian guy with a wok on his head.

[@rogue_of_the_winds1286]

Thank you. The Jedi are based on Samurai, that doesn't mean you just copy paste a damned Ronin! Same with that Cad Bane guy, it's overkill. He's a literal cowboy, in a universe that should only have small inspirations from Sergio Leone.

[@tedcruzwiththetopdown5411]

@@rogue_of_the_winds1286 The Jedi are based on samurai? Looks like the Jedi code is missing a disembowelment ritual. Such a shame since Disney won't allow the franchise to die with dignity.

[@scottf5791]

Lmao

[@Chris-Brown-]

Who ever thought up that part where Obi Wan lives in a cave is an absolute genius. It makes episode 4 Obi Wan living in a cave monumentally epic and adds an incredible amount of much needed and well deserved information and depth to the story and character. I was so confused and curious about his living situation, but thanks to this amazing show its has all been explained to me in extraordinary detail. High is praise warranted to this show as it has now improved the original series from average to good. Keep up the good work disney your shows give content creators so much content they make shows more entertaining then the shows you produce

[@TheStacanova]

Anyone who doesn’t get why “identity politics” is bad for storytelling, in ways you don’t consciously notice, here’s an example. Reva’s costuming & presentation. She’s playing an “evil” villain, but they’re so worried about their “unconscious bias” even though it’s what the story needs, they can’t make her appear “evil” or “menacing”. Look at Anakin in ROTS, by the time he becomes “evil” and goes over to the dark side, his face is scarred, he’s got a mechanical hand, and when he’s using the the dark side, his eye turn that weird yellow. This is called “visual storytelling”. Star Wars is really consistent about their villains look like villains. Reva dresses in black & has a cape, that’s it. Her appearance is no more villainous than Luke’s in ROTJ, heck, Luke has a mechanical hand, so at least, he’s been through some stuff. The weird thing is, they have no problem putting the Asian inquisitor in white face and putting a hat on his head, that may or may not resemble a Wok. At least he looks evil and has an “evil” manipulated voice. I guess we know where Asians stand on their intersectional hierarchy pyramid. Disney’s so anti-racist, racist.

[@KasumiKenshirou]

9:58 The Imperial March wasn't even in the original Star Wars. It was written for The Empire Strikes Back.

[@LindyLime]

A few seconds in and I'm reaching my brains trying to think of what Obi-Wan scenes from the originals need more explanation

[@riverflow6921]

So they have to explain how he knew where to go on the death star. I thought pulling up the map was enough and explaining the mind trick, I believe deathsticks comes to mind.

[@williamtaylor1273]

Finally, Thank you.. The only thing is....the journalists did not reveal the biggest secret of all, Obi Wan is a prequel series to "Space Balls", I have not laughed so much in a comedy series for a long time.

[@Darkwintre]

The problem here is that youngling shouldn't be there as the Inquisitors were founded well after Order 66 so he wouldn't be wearing that if caught when the Inquisitors began collecting trophies!

[@cykurosaki1337]

Well on the bright side, at least Disney is making their films so bad that it makes fans appreciate George Lucas and his films even more.

[@liamdunnie]

That bit in Mando where they blow up the lava base using the death star like controls is a better comparison than walking round a water base

[@Aristocles22]

Kathleen's successor needs to wipe her slate as clean as possible. Just say "We're moving the sequels, Solo, Kenobi, and the High Republic into Legends" and much of her damage will have been undone in a sentence.

[@rogerellis4269]

Ode to Disney I see “shills” , they’re multiplying, and I am looooooosing control, this dogshit that you’re supplying…..it’s mortifying!