Obi-Wan Kenobi (series) - Minor Spoilers?

[SuiGeneris]

Finished first 2 episodes.
Meh.
Poor acting.
Boring.

[Mithrandir]

Yeah, and someone was rather brutal on the innocent in Ep 3.

[lostinasia]

A tweet I enjoyed:

Catieosaurus 🔜 NoCoCon

[meishijia]

[lostinasia]

First two episodes: eh … I dunno, a bit dull, but maybe this could work.

Third episode: hey, they’re turning this around!

Episodes four and five: oh well.

Specifically for part 5, the most recent episode: I know, I know, Star Wars isn’t traditionally all that great on sensible tactics, but oof …

… firing heavy artillery at a door from only ten meters away? The key to escape from a star destroyer overhead is to open overhead doors and fly out of them? Tons of time when Vader is distracted to attack him, and the PLAN is to attack him when he’s distracted, but no, wait until he’s finished with the other stuff before doing so? In a cave filled with droids and people from different species of different sizes, send a child into ducts to solve an electrical problem?

[lostinasia]

And, the finale: meh. If you’re a Leiawarm Star Wars fan and have been wondering if any of the TV shows are worth watching, this one is not it. Maybe go for Mandolorian Season 1, but no rush.

Spoilers, obviously:

The final moment between Vader and Obi-Wan is probably an improvement on what was in Revenge of the Sith. As usual, the parallel timelines make no sense for how much time is passing, but that’s just following on the tradition set by Empire Strikes Back. The weird inconsistent tech of the Star Wars universe continues to bemuse: so the equivalent of a battleship can keep shooting at a freighter for hours, and the freighter’s mostly OK? Liam Neeson’s force-ghost appearance very weakly phoned in. And whoah, Leia’s lack of reaction to Obi-Wan’s death, ten years later, makes her one of the stone-coldest of all stone-colds.

For big stretches the moments of supposed drama weren’t the least dramatic because we know the central characters are going to live, but at least with Obi-Wan / Vader, the way they’d live was uncertain. But the bit with Luke being at risk? Come on. Zero drama.

[MalcolmReynolds]

I just finished watching the final episodes.

Overall crap. The character Reva was especially shitte.

A Reddit poster summed up my feelings pretty accurately.

SPOILERS

Ok so they want us to forget the fact that Reva is supposed to be a Twi’lek I’ll give you that one. Then, they want us to forget that Palpatine is supposed to be one of the only people strong enough in the force to read peoples minds, a trick that he learned from his master Darth Plagueis (The master he killed to become the new Sith Lord) and he killed his master so no one else could learn this ability. Yet here’s this HORRIBLE actor/actress, playing someone who has not only acquired this ability, but also knows the secret that was kept between Palpatine and Vader until his identity is revealed to his son (Luke) in a ploy to become the “new master and pupil”. Not just that, but now we are supposed to believe that Obi-Wan’s hideaway, that was supposed to have been a secret to everyone, but Luke’s Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru, and Leia’s adoptive parents Breha Organa and Senator Bail Organa. No one even had a clue what planet he was on (according to the original plot). Yet somehow, this 3rd sister (a title that is supposed to be held by WELL DISCIPLINED Jedi working for the empire, NOT some reckless rule breaker) knows where to find him, knows how to lure him out, and knows who is keeping his secret. Ok so she’s supposed to be an escapee from the “order 66” incident. But THERE WEREN’T SUPPOSED TO BE ANY CHILDREN WHO SURVIVED, VADER KILLED THEM ALL! It was said in the original trilogy, reiterated in the 3rd prequel movie, and brought up timeless occasions, (in both books and comics alike). This was the second time he slaughtered and entire room of helpless people, the first being the tribe of Tusken Raiders. All of this was to show how ruthless he could be, just to try and get his love resurrected, (a lie told to him by Palpatine to sway him to the dark side). I want to like this show so much, because I love all of Star Wars, even the stuff bashed by fans and critics. I liked everyone in the show so far, but this person Playin Reva, she is so horrible at acting, and her performances on the wires look so unnatural it’s almost painful to watch. Ultimately if they do not replace her or replot this person as the main antagonist, they are going to lose a lot of fans, including me.

[ranlee]

They needed a villain that was a buffer between ObiWan and Vader, so she was written in. I can’t say much about her acting, but the character she played felt pressured on the audience and a bit one dimensional.