Part VI

As a writer and a Star Wars geek, I'm super disappointed with the direction they took Obi-Wan. His internal conflict did not match the character portrayed throughout the Star Wars franchise. I understand subtle differences from movies to the other spin-off stories, but they really made Obi-Wan (IMO) a bit of a wuss.

After watching the entire season, I think I understand why this derailment of the character happened - the original writers were not brought on board.

This is not saying the writers of Obi-Wan Kenobi don't have merit in their own right. They are all very accomplished writers with the films they've penned so far, and some of their movies are my favorites.

But it seems to me these writers, or the top executives in charge, were NOT familiar with the franchise, the world or these characters.

Dave Filoni was an influential force behind Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars: Rebels, and yet I only see him mentioned as a "Thanks" in the credits, and I think that was a huge mistake. But maybe he's on other projects right now and couldn't do this project. Too bad. The success of The Mandalorian, I believe, is partially because of Mr. Filoni.

These animated series were the very backstory and foundation for the setting of Obi-Wan Kenobi, which it seems Disney did not take advantage of. It's almost as if the entire Rebel storyline was blasted with a pallet of thermal detonators regarding the Inquisitors, which were introduced in Rebels.

It's too bad. As another reviewer mentioned, this series seemed very rushed, and I agree. I was really looking forward to this storyline, as I'm sure many Star Wars fans were.

Episodes 1-5 have had varying degrees of good and bad, with Episode 4 having the most bad. Even the good parts of the previous episodes never really felt like they were part of the Star Wars universe. This final episode finally makes up for that and is the only one that truly belongs. If this series (or a full-length movie of Obi-Wan) goes forward, hopefully the creators remember what went right from this final episode and so much of what went wrong in the previous episodes. Good - Ewan McGregor, Joel Edgerton, use of the force in ep 6, tying up ends left from Revenge of the Sith. Bad - Reva, kidnappers chasing Leia, gaping plot holes, illogical behavior & choices.

This episode reached its climax way to early, then hung around and tidied up after itself until the uncredited cameo.

The show on the whole hasn't been perfect by any stretch but the images of Darth/Anakin after the event (you know the one) is one of the greatest images in Star Wars ever, that moment was an absolute knockout and worth the journey.

Just a shame there was so much redemption to ponder after all the excitement.

I don't really know what else to say. This show really needed some more tender, love, and care. The writing was almost 100% a miss for me... There are a lot of exceptional examples of great writing in star wars especially in the animated series and its really unfortunate that they weren't able to get all there ducks in a row for this series. This show at the end of the day really shouldn't have existed unless the A++ team was involved and it feels like we got the C team at best. It's unfortunate. This was heartbreaking to watch as a long time fan. Absolutely zero hate to the actors I thought they all did as good as they could with the material they were given...

The rematch we've been waiting for, and it didn't disappoint! Choreography was amazing, VFX were amazing, and performances were amazing. The episode as a whole was just fantastic, and there's not much more that I could've asked for!