Obi-Wan Kenobi

Obi-Wan Kenobi feels like it was originally meant to be a movie that got stretched into a short miniseries without enough story to justify six episodes. There’s just not a story to tell here, and a lot of the runtime feels padded instead of purposeful. For a character as iconic as Obi-Wan, the show feels very unnecessary. Some of the scenes really don’t help its case either. The Leia chase sequence early on feels oddly staged and almost cartoonish, and the moment where Leia hides under Obi-Wan’s coat plays more like a parody than a serious plot point. My biggest issue, though, is the handling of Vader. Seeing Obi-Wan Kenobi defeat a prime Darth Vader feels like a huge misstep. Not only does it undercut Vader’s menace, but having Obi-Wan spare him again makes very little sense. This is the same Jedi who killed General Grievous in Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith without hesitation. If Obi-Wan truly believed Vader was beyond saving, why walk away? It feels inconsistent with his character and weakens the emotional logic of the confrontation. It’s frustrating because the ceiling for this show was incredibly high.