83. Obi-wan Kenobi Part V First Thoughts

It was devastating to morale to watch others claim credit for being the first to notice things that our podcast posted first. There's no use screaming to the heavens about it because if people don't listen to our podcasts and make the same observations, it probably wasn't some great mystery that This is the Way Podcast was first to solve. Seeing ideas we had several weeks back pop up NOW on YouTube was a little more strikingly painful, but I'm not supposed to be doing this for credit. It doesn't take away the sting, especially when I consider myself to be one of the more reasonable outlets among a Star Wars social media community that refuses to allow anyone to be critical; the real toxic fans, in my opinion.

It's even worse when the past two episodes have been lackluster (except for instances of Obi-Wan and Vader) and the criticisms accurate and thoughtful only to have things come together better in Part Five as if that erases the poor storytelling for the past few weeks. Years from now...heck...a week from now, people will watch the episodes in binge fashion (or be able to) and the lack of a layered plot won't be as obvious. In episodic form, however, the problems with the story and the canon conundrums are stark and disappointing, especially when amateurs can solve problems that would probably even cost production LESS to implement than what we're seeing. Disney certainly needs to make a buck, but the smarter place to have put money was on better actors in the key roles. Oh, I'm not talking about Ewan and Hayden. Perhaps the Inquisitors could have been more established or better practiced.



The dialogue is (again) not great. The logic is (again) flawed in places. Canon was restored for the Rebels faithful. Spectacle was provided in the form of Vader doing things with the Force that leave us with Sith eating grins. Oh, and any moments we get to spend back in the before times, in the long, long ago with a padawan and his master practicing in the Jedi Temple on Coruscant, well...we will take it. 

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