Part III

A real bizarre episode. Exactly for the wasted huge potential. The meeting between Obi Wan and Darth Vader has all the premises and rights to be memorable. It is not. The fight scenes are a sort of sketches and the moment of capture is enveiled not only in fire but in vulgar deja vu. Like the revenge.

The presence of Darth Vader in Mapuzo is absurde, absurde engrossed by the gratuit demonstration of force against locals. And the end... .

Not only Obi Wan Kenobe seems without energy but the makers of series . Like series about Jean Luc Picard, this series seems only an improvisation. Nothing to say, nothing to demonstrate .

I still don't understand why this looks like low budget fanfilm. Cinematography, directing, costumes, sets. It all feels so amateurish. And that music? It's so cheap and generic beyond belief. You have so many themes and when Vader shows up and later fighting with Obi we hear only some buuum, buum and that's it. Why this important show has so tiny budget? Imagine this show as a movie with real talented AAA director, composer and real writers, maybe even Filoni. Why we got this instead?

Of canceling my Disney Plus account.

Admittedly, I was still entertained by the episode and I love the potential/premise of the show in general.

The problem? It's fatally flawed in execution and has failed to capitalize on even a bit of the potential that was there.

The acting was uneven, the plot had more holes than any cheese and the directing felt scattered and underwhelming.

With the budget they had, I would have hoped they could have done this show justice.

I'm entertained, but wildly disappointed at the same time.

Please, for the love of all that is holy... Please let there be an epic saber battle between the 2 old friends. Please don't let this be it.

I get that Obi-won is super disconnected from the force, out of practice and broken and I guess giving us an epic dual would be as Unbelievable as Rei beating Kyle Ren in TFA... But for 1st reunion between the 2, I was disappointed. I'm willing to hold out for the next 3 episodes Nd hope they give us the epic round 2 we all want and deserve.

Why did Disney/Star Wars decide to get rid of a lot of the classic orchestrated music during some of the most important scenes throughout this episode? Without it, Star Wars just doesn't feel like Star Wars... too modern, no sense of real tension and emotion. Is it being saved for the end/ more climactic scenes? If yes, that's too bad that we only get to have Obi-Wan's orchestrated piece by John Williams (and maybe some classic existing ones will be played later on?).

Something feels off with the look and feel, sometimes the image feels too digital like a fan film, and a lot of the CGI doesn't even feel on par with the prequels. The lighting is dull, as well as the set-piece, and without orchestrated music, that entire combination felt really low budget.

Something's off with the lightsabers... something just doesn't feel right, they don't look as powerful, and they look shorter than they should be, the sound effects are also not as powerful.

But besides those negative points, Ewan McGregor is great as Obi-Wan, so 6/10, average at best.