The series, however, subsequently pulls a bait-and-switch on audiences by shifting its attention to Alderaan, where 10-year-old Princess Leia Organa (Vivien Lyra Blair) bristles at her adoptive mother’s demands that she stop playing in the woods with her beloved droid-watching and identifying the passing starships overhead-in order to execute her royal duties. Obi-Wan Kenobi begins by implying that its protagonist’s latest odyssey will involve Luke. Re-enlisting Ewan McGregor for galaxy-saving duty as famed Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi, showrunner Joby Harold and director Deborah Chow’s six-part affair feels like a natural extension of that which came before, led by its headliner’s subdued and world-weary performance as the Man Who Will Become Alec Guinness, whose failure to prevent talented apprentice Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) from turning to the dark side of the Force and transforming into Darth Vader remains, ten years after the conclusion of Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith, a crushing blow from which he’s not yet recovered. Unexpectedly, on the basis of its first two episodes-which premiere today on Disney+-it appears to be capable of pulling off that balancing act.
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Even when they’re lame (which is often), they’re at least interesting byproducts of a singular artist’s imagination, and thus far removed from the current flavorless tentpoles now dominating the American movie marketplace-including, of course, most of the Star Wars films and TV series produced since Lucas sold his franchise to Disney for a few billion.Īll of which means that Obi-Wan Kenobi is a unique undertaking tasked with simultaneously expanding the Star Wars IP (à la its post-2005 offerings) and faithfully following in the footsteps of Lucas’ idiosyncratic second trilogy. That’s certainly been the case with George Lucas’ Star Wars prequels, whose many shortcomings (The dialogue! The wooden acting! Jar Jar!) were rightfully ridiculed at the time, and yet now seem amusingly quaint and corny aspects of uniquely quirky and visually striking blockbusters made by an artist with a distinctive vision. If you’ve got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the .uk entertainment team by emailing us calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page – we’d love to hear from you.Time may not heal all wounds, but it does sometimes allow one to overlook the bad in favor of the good. Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi’s Return and Obi-Wan Kenobi are available to watch on Disney Plus. Shortly thereafter, I heard that they’d offered it to me, and I was so beyond excited.’ I wanted it because of how I felt about the original three Star Wars films. I thought, “No, I’m not gonna be doing something that big.” But the truth was, I really wanted it. I felt like I was this indie actor,’ he admitted. I thought, “This isn’t who I am,” just because of the scale of it. ‘When I first heard that they were doing Episode I to III and they needed an Obi-Wan Kenobi, I definitely didn’t think it was for me.
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