85. Obi-wan Kenobi Part VI First Thoughts

I've seen things like "Finally! An episode that lives up to the hype!" and "Obi-Wan Kenobi can't deliver in the finale" and "Obi-Wan ultimately wasn't even about Obi-Wan" and I think the answer lies in the point of view.

If you loved Reva, you probably love her underdeveloped arc. If you love Vader, you probably love how he's still obsessed with his master, but still shows great skill with a saber, metal legs and all. If you love Luke, well, you're probably disappointed with Disney's sly little implication that he's always been a weakling.

Owen and Beru are shown to be brave and capable caretakers of the galaxy's future. Thank goodness. Obi-Wan reaches "rock bottom" and instead of recoiling in the horror of maiming his friend's body, he finally realizes that Anakin destroyed his soul long before his lungs and limbs burned on Mustafar. Palpatine is still playing mind games. Qui Gon Jinn gets the Force ghost treatment we've only seen thus far in animated form. I half expected to see Yoda eating frogs on Dagobah.

Was this show perfect? Absolutely not! The writers, with the exception of Andrew Stanton, should never get near Star Wars again. Deborah Chow got her shot and some of the camera set ups were atrocious. No more show running Star Wars, please, but if Filoni or Favreau want to let her direct episodes, at least someone will be looking over her shoulder. Once again, the dialogue is not great. Once again, the logic is flawed in places. Once again, Obi-Wan is on Tatooine keeping a (distanced) eye on Luke and all is well...except for that huge giant information bomb that's out there somewhere in the universe, one we know never goes off, but shouldn't exist or at the very least, should be dead and buried in the sand. It's on the verge of unforgiveable that Reva doesn't die. She should have, except, well, Disney doesn't have the guts.

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