Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi

 

                       Finished another great Star Wars Show, and of course it was amazing mainly because there's no Kathleen Kennedy and J.J. Abrahams interfering nor screwing up the Star Wars universe, although I don't know who really oversaw bringing back Star Wars legends Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen, but I'm going to say that it was fellow Mandalorian director Deborah Chow. When I heard that they're doing a series of Obi-Wan Kenobi's time on Tatooine, there was no question I was on board for this, especially when Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen are reuniting from the Prequals Trilogy. Along with fellow alums like Joel Edgerton, Jimmie Smits and most importunely the voice of God himself James Earl Jones, this was a great Star Wars show that didn't let down from start to finish.

                       Set ten years after Revenge of the Sith, Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) is in hiding on Tatooine resuming his duties though cutting himself out of the Force to avoid detection. But Darth Vader (Hayden Christensen) along with fellow Inquisitors (Moses Ingram) are hunting remaining Jedi, unfortunately Obi-Wan is requested to help from in old friend, now two old friends from different sides of the force suddenly cross paths and the fate of the Galaxy will soon be decided.

                        As a Star Wars fan, I've always in a sense been intrigued about Obi-Wan's time on Tatooine was like during the rise of the Empire between the gaps of Episodes III and IV. And finally getting a glimpse of that is very fresh to see, though at first I'll admit it gets slow during the first two episodes of the series but once you get a glimpse of Darth Vader then things get really interesting and I look back during 2015, I remember fans making the comparing of both Vader and Kylo Ren, moreover being frustrated as well because some of the fans think Ren is better than Vader all because Vader doesn't really do anything. Now watching the series and witnessing how terrifying and scary Darth Vader really is I honestly want to round up all those fans and force them to apologize and if they don't force them to watch the Star Wars Holiday Special. I really liked Ewan McGregor's portrayal as Obi-Wan in this series because when we first see him, he appears like he's been broken down and given up on life until he seeks a purpose in a mission to save someone close to him he begins to get a more understanding of coming back into the light, and Christensen does a great job bringing out the best in McGregor's portrayal even better and the same goes with Moses Ingram who plays one of the Inquisitors whom you don't know what her motives are until the very end. I will say both James Earl Jones and Hayden Christensen do a fantastic job in bringing out the very best in Darth Vader, especially in the third episode of the series where it almost feels like it's a horror movie. I will say you do get a nice reunion-esh scene were both Ewan and Hayden are sparing, and it really doesn't feel like these two's ages really changed, in all honestly it really looks like the just walked back onto the set of Attack of the Clones. Now I would go on further, but I really don't want to spoil end detail, other than this was a great watch from start to finish, it’s a great reason why the Prequals are so awesome furthermore if you’re a Star Wars fan Disney + is for you, and now that I finished the Show, I now have the sudden urge to watch some of my past Star Wars video games.