Obi-Wan Kenobi Episode 3

Obi-Wan Kenobi is finally underway after last Friday's episode drop on Disney Plus. Here's how you can stream the new Star Wars show and what time episode ...

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The final three episodes will also be released weekly, with a highly waited finale set to air on the platform on June 22, 2022. It also gives a glimpse of several exciting action sequences in the series. Obi-Wan Kenobi Episode 3 will premiere on Disney+ on June 1, 2022, at 3.00 am ET. With the first two episodes meeting fans' expectations, the anticipation for the third episode has increased further. The first two episodes have impressed viewers and critics with their gripping plotlines and intriguing references. A trailer for the show was dropped on May 4, 2022, which increased fans' anticipation. The story is set 10 years after the devastating events of Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith. The Jedi Order was destroyed, and viewers find Obi Wan-Kenobi hiding in the desert after surviving Order 66, watching over Luke Skywalker.

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Are you excited for the rest of the series? Let’s get to the meat and potatoes of the episode though. From the slower paced start to the anxiety filled finale, this episode just simply continues to impress. Watching as Vader held Obi-Wan in the flames, giving him the same experience as he had was truly a specitcal. The cat and mouse chase between the two of them was incredibly anxiety inducing. So, for a sequence between the two of them to make me so anxious should have been borderline impossible. While my critsism of the Third Sister in the first two episodes was valid, the third episode of Obi-Wan Kenobi has seemed to fix this. Much like The Bad Batch and Rebels, one of the main appeals of this limited series is look into what life was like under the Empire. Seeing how civilians interact with the empire is very interesting. Seeing the pair travel across the universe is something I could watch for seasons. This is something that’s always been such a great part of Star Wars. It’s incredibly interesting and something I hope we see more of as the series progresses. The following contains spoilers for Obi-Wan Kenobi episode 3. Both of the previous episodes showed us that Deborah Chow could more than handle the series.

Last week “Obi-Wan Kenobi,” arguably the most anticipated “Star Wars” series on Disney+ got underway. And honestly, things were a bit wobbly.

“Your pain has just begun.” Stormtroopers show up and flank Darth Vader. The non-Imperial officer lady shows up and starts shooting the Stormtroopers. She also ignites a much bigger fire, that now stands between Darth Vader and Obi-Wan (who is pretty messed up). The loader droid shows up and carries Obi-Wan away from the fire. This stuff is being cut to during the face-off between Obi-Wan and Darth Vader so for the sake of recap efficiency, we can say that she sees a Jedi symbol carved into the wall and finds the secret escape tunnel. Obi-Wan and Vader are having a full-on duel, meaning that the duel between the two of them in the first “Star Wars” movie wasn’t the first time they had squared off since the prequels. They tell him that they’re looking for a Jedi. He says he wouldn’t know how to even pick out a Jedi. Obi-Wan accidentally calls her Leia instead of the made-up name. In one of the nicer moments in the episode, Obi-Wan gives the Stormtroopers a sob story – he called her Leia because that was her mother’s name. Before they’re out of the woods, er, dusty plains yet, another transport vehicle shows up with even more Stormtroopers and a very severe-looking Imperial officer (Indira Varma, who played one of the Sand Snakes in “Game of Thrones”). Just as the Stormtroopers are about to unload on Obi-Wan and Leia, the officer shoots all the Stormtroopers. (This is like getting into somebody’s car and noticing a Trump bumper sticker.) When they get seated they realize just how into the Empire he is – VERY. (It’s a good line!) They flag down a truck that is being driven by a moleman, who we will call Hans, and who is inexplicably voiced by Zach Braff. He offers them a ride to the spaceport but as they’re climbing in the back that notice that he has a hand painted Imperial flag. It’s almost exactly the set-up of “The Last Jedi,” a “Star Wars” movie that caused such outrage that angry nerds are still posting about it on the Internet to this day. After slightly more discussion, she orders the probe droids to be unleashed – these are the same probe droids that searched for Luke on Hoth in “The Empire Strikes Back.” It was neat getting to see them constructed and sent on their way, out into the galaxy, searching for spies. He says that if she completes her mission, he will make her the Grand Inquisitor. And if not, well, she won’t be back for season 2! He says the Force is like turning on a light.

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It's a fantastic marriage of familiar, nostalgic Star Wars and something new and exciting, reflecting the show as a whole. The threads of iconic Star Wars themes weaved through the soundtrack by Loki composer Natalie Holt works to stellar effect, and the moment it cuts out to let Vader’s breathing provide the base of the score is wonderful. It's a stark and savage display of power and something we've not really seen since the thrilling climax of Rogue One. The hold the Imperials have during this era is put on full display in both the impressively imposing looking architecture of the Inquisitor base, to more subtle – and arguably chilling – displays of evil infiltrating society like a worn flag on the back of a cart. The return of Vader thrills as he’s reunited with his former master for the first time in 10 years, and displays the brutality that comes with his legend. The opening half is quite low-octane, and while there's no comically slow chase scene this time, the highlight is a couple of underwhelming blaster fights.

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Tala swoops in and saves the Jedi, while Reva meets Leia at the end of the tunnel and scoops up her golden ticket to joining the upper ranks of the Empire. It’s not quite The Empire Strikes Back’s gut-punch of an ending, but it tracks along the same lines. Our only hope is that Obi-Wan finds some guidance – from Qui-Gon Jinn or otherwise – to put him back on the right path. Later, after a Leia/Luma slip of the tongue, Freck sells his hitchhikers out to the Empire, and we get a snatch of action. The episode spends a significant amount of time trying to make Obi-Wan and Leia seem increasingly vulnerable, yet we know the two characters make it out the other side. He even chokes out innocents while on the hunt for Obi-Wan, offering up a threat as fearsome as any seen in Star Wars media. We were promised the “rematch of the century” between Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker. While the third episode of Obi-Wan Kenobi doesn’t quite deliver on that front just yet, Darth Vader’s presence elevates what could have otherwise been a slightly weaker follow-up to last week’s strong one-two combo.

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Deborah Chow continues to deliver some of the most visually stunning Star Wars stories to date, intricately building on its script with clever directorial choices and building on this somber chapter in Kenobi’s life. Desperate to keep Leia away from her father and out of harm’s way, Obi-Wan sends her with Tala while he sets off to act as a diversion and face his former friend. But Darth Vader’s plans of maiming Obi-Wan like he was are interrupted by Tala arriving to save the day. How will they get off of the planet now that the Empire’s presence has increased? Like any young traveler, Leia (Vivien Lyra Blair) is restless aboard the freighter, and while it’s been a while since Obi-Wan has traveled with a youngling, he knows the quickest way to keep her occupied is to repair her Lola droid. With the Grand Inquisitor (Rupert Friend) disposed of, Reva’s conflict with the Fifth Brother (Sung Kang) only increases as she vies for Vader’s approval and the Inquisitors continue to treat her like an outsider among them.

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That peace and quiet don't last long, however, as the true face of Imperial ruthlessness is revealed when the Inquisitors arrive. Embracing the natural balance of the Force is like turning on a light. Vos turned to the Dark Side for a time, but appears to have survived the Order 66 purge after all and now specializes in rescuing younglings. If you recognize the voice, he's played by Zach Braff (well, Braff is listed in the credits, but at first I have to admit I thought Freck sounded more like Seth Rogen). Obi-Wan bitterly notes that the planet has been ravaged by the rapacious Empire, which perhaps suggests why there are so many desert planets in the galaxy. The lack of trust among the Inquisitors leads to in-fighting that works in the favor of our heroes. And Vader's sadism in roasting Obi-Wan also provides the opportunity for the wounded Jedi to escape. Callously walking through a town snapping necks of bystanders, Vader is the epitome of Imperial terror and violence. The last time Obi-Wan saw Anakin Skywalker was the fateful duel in which he chopped his apprentice into bits and left him melting on the side of a volcano. Only when Vader aids Luke and is unmasked does he become Anakin again -- and only then is the circle truly complete. Throughout the series, the Inquisitors and Vader have used the Jedi's values against them. When I left you I was but the learner.

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As for the good guys, the atmosphere on Mapuzo is pure Star Wars. The miner being a literal mole alien is so goofy that it circles around to being great, as is the scene of the stormtroopers buying Obi-Wan’s feeble lies. The cuts between Reva and Vader make it feel like the heroes are truly surrounded. The one glimmer of hope he has is when he describes to Leia what the Force feels like. In particular, I found the beginning of the Vader fight distractingly dark until the lightsabers were lit. This Obi-Wan is also a far cry from the one who called blasters “uncivilized.” His casual willingness to use a gun for dirty tricks also shows how far he’s fallen from Jedi pride. Leia’s presence also helps the show feel like a seamless extension of the Original Trilogy. Vivien Lyra Blair continues to be excellent in this role. She attempts to take Leia to safety, but Obi-Wan stays behind when he sees Vader has arrived on the planet. This turns out to be a trap, and Obi-Wan takes down stormtroopers at a checkpoint in a firefight. However, Tala going to help Obi-Wan means no one is there to stop the Third Sister from capturing Leia. He’s trying to reach Qui-Gon through the Force. Instead, he’s confronted only with memories and visions of Anakin and the other tragedies in his life. The Third Sister and Fifth Brother clash over who gets to bring Obi-Wan’s location to Vader. And in one of the episode’s most gruesome sequence, we watch as Vader’s med droids pack him into his life-sustaining armor on Mustafar. What kind of monster is Darth Vader? This week’s Obi-Wan Kenobi presents Vader as both terrifying and vulnerable.

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In a move that confirms Vader is still upset about Mustafar, he lights the ground on fire with his lightsaber and drags Obi-Wan through the flames. Obi-Wan is thankfully rescued by NED-B, the nonverbal droid he met at the safe house, and Vader can only watch as they escape. Reva found the safe house — and the secret smuggling pathway — and makes her move. When they reach the designated checkpoint provided by Haja, Obi-Wan immediately thinks he’s been lied to and now they’re stranded. Later on Mapuzo, Obi-Wan senses Vader nearby and sends Leia and Tala away. Stowing away with Leia aboard the cargo ship, Obi-Wan again attempts to commune with Qui-Gon, but can’t stop replaying Anakin’s descent to the dark side in his head.

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Vader taunts that Obi-Wan should have killed him when he had the chance and eventually force chokes Obi-Wan into the air and throws him into a burning fire, looking to inflict the same pain that he has endured. Obi-Wan quickly goes to a window where he not only sees his former apprentice for the first time in his suit but he sees the full terror of Darth Vader in action, as Vader uses the force to pull people out of their homes, force chokes them and snaps their necks. And in the episode’s closing moments, she intercepts Leia after killing the pilot that was supposed to take her to safety. When the stormtroopers depart, Leia point-blank asks Obi-Wan if he knew her birth mother, which cause Obi-Wan to deflect again and her to accuse him again of hiding things from her and lying to her. She apologizes for running away in the first episode and admits she just wants to go home. The duel reveals that Obi-Wan is completely overmatched by Vader, quickly put on the defensive and forced to a knee. Obi-Wan tries to deflect when asked again what they’re doing on this planet, but Leia quickly covers with the cover that Obi-Wan has taken her to the place where he met her mother, who is no longer with them. However, as soon as they make it through the gate, another garrison arrives and they look to be in trouble, That is until they are saved by an Imperial captain who shoots the troopers and reveals herself to be their tardy contact. Reva and the Fifth Brother snipe at each other over who will take the Grand Inquisitor’s place, especially after Reva reveals that she has spoken with Vader and he has asked her to head the search for Kenobi. Fifth Brother is outraged and again stakes his claim to power, telling Reva that he will get what he deserves and ominously so will she. The story picks up when Leia sees a vehicle coming and moves to hitchhike despite Obi-Wan’s protests. Clearly, Obi-Wan is still reeling from all the betrayal and loss he suffered at the end of the Clone Wars despite getting an opportunity to meet his erstwhile best friend’s daughter. Obi-Wan notes that the barren planet once was verdant with fields and families until the Empire arrived and turned it into a strip-mining operation.

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And that’s sort of the best way to describe the episode as a whole. At this point, all the pieces are laid out on the table and it’s up to the remaining three episodes to bring it all home. And on the other hand, you’ve got a very out-of-practice Obi-Wan, reluctant to even try to fight Vader and freshly surprised by his existence at all. While not quite as good as the first two episodes, it's still an enjoyable watch that promises a bombastic finale over the coming weeks. And it’s quite a sight to see, especially as he walks down the streets of Mapuzo, attacking various bystanders to lure Obi-Wan out of hiding. And speaking of Vader, this week also sees the long-awaited return of Hayden Christensen to the Star Wars universe. Featuring some excellent character work and a lot of tantalizing teases for the rest of the season, this episode pushes our hero to the brink. Even Obi-Wan gets to go on a bit of a journey from feeling hopeless at the beginning of the episode to slowly starting to trust and believe in Tala. Something about her resonates with him – her knowledge of her past misdeeds and her desire to make up for them by helping out where she can. And the show continues to not know what to do with them. Whether that means Jones actually recorded new dialogue or if his voice was merely recreated by the same technology they’ve been using to recreate Mark Hamill’s voice in The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett remains to be seen. It’s a shame none of the Inquisitors really do anything this week, either. While not quite as good as the first two episodes, this week’s Obi-Wan Kenobi still manages to deliver in a pretty big way.

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He was the leader of a Jedi splinter group, the Altisian Jedi, who believed members of the Order should be able to take multiple apprentices at one time, as well as be allowed to marry. She appeared in the novel Children of the Jedi as a Force-sensitive former consort to Emperor Palpatine. Her son later became the one-off New Jedi Order villain Lord Nyax. The Jedi who pass through the safe house are headed for the planet Jabiim. This planet featured in several now non-canon The Clone Wars era comics as the site of fierce battles. The Inquisitors also have their own dramatic base. Djinn Altis is another relatively obscure Legends Jedi, first mentioned in that same novel as Roganda, Children of the Jedi, and later fleshed out in a Clone Wars era novel. The Aurebesh on the walls also reveals that a few classic Legends Jedi are canon again! Quinlan’s morally gray personality made him a fan favorite in the Clone Wars era. The graffiti inside the safehouse doesn’t just reveal than Quinlan is alive. – Hayden Christensen returns from the Prequels as Anakin Skywalker. It’s a reunion many fans thought would never happen as the actor drew flack for his performance under George Lucas’ direction. Obi-Wan has a brother? Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker clash again as Darth Vader stalks onto the small screen. Vader’s home base, appropriately named Fortress Vader, sits on the same planet where Anakin underwent his greatest tragedy.

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Toying with his old mentor, Vader easily overwhelms him and instantly starts dragging him through a fire. Hitching a ride with a star-nosed mole man (voiced by Zach Braff, who, for some reason, does a perfect Seth Rogen impression), Obi and Leia trust the wrong rat and end up in a killer roadblock scene that sees undercover rebel Tia (Indira Varma from Game Of Thrones) save the day. Part III of the Disney+ series has less to prove than its opening episodes, and that breathing space buys the show a bit of much-needed time. Obi-Wan Kenobi, though, is changing all of that, filling in the blanks to finally show us why everyone in the galaxy runs a mile whenever they hear him wheezing. Better still, Vader is back and he’s badder than ever. It might be a bit much, though, to call this encounter ‘a fight’. While Vader has spent the last 10 years honing his powers, Obi has been working in a fish factory – so he doesn’t really stand much of a chance.

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We assume the Anakin Skywalker actor is physically in the suit in Obi-Wan Kenobi Episode 3 when Vader fights his old master. As the credits make clear, James Earl Jones is officially back as the voice of Darth Vader. Before Obi-Wan Kenobi’s premiere, fans wondered if Jones would return. Lucasfilm’s Disney+ shows are full of unexpected cameos, and Obi-Wan Kenobi is no different.

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(Also some fans think they had a secret love child, Satine’s “nephew,” Korkie.) Satine was then killed by Maul as revenge on Obi-Wan for cutting his legs off in The Phantom Menace. Obi-Wan has since worked with Satine’s sister, Bo-Katan, who appeared on The Mandalorian, so it’s not out of the realm of possibility that the two shows could intersect. Obi-Wan does have a long history with the Mandalorians. In The Clone Wars, we learn that, as a young Jedi, Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon Jinn were charged with protecting Satine Kryze, a Mandalorian duchess, and Obi-Wan and Satine reconnected later in life and admitted they were in love, though they never acted on it. Quinlan could just be reciting common Jedi wisdom that your eyes can deceive you and that trusting the Force is the path to enlightenment. While it’s not a very common Force ability, Quinlan isn’t the only one who has it. It’s a complicated one! We do not!

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Freck is a friendly presence who plans to help Obi-Wan and Leia—operating under aliases to avoid Empire detection—get to the Spaceport so they can get the hell out of there. Braff is also dating Florence Pugh, a star of the Disney-owned Marvel Cinematic Universe who recently herself appeared on the Disney+ series Hawkeye. It's all connected, folks! You probably had absolutely no idea Mr. Braff was in Part III of Obi-Wan Kenobi until seeing his name in the episode's closing credits. That is, wondering until the very end credits, when the name "Zach Braff" flashed across your screen in that blue font on top of the signature Star Wars space background. That's been the case with droids in The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett (both voiced by What We Do In The Shadows alums Taika Waititi and Matt Berry) and now Obi-Wan introduced an alien named Freck, who had a big enough role that lets us believe that he simply must be played by someone of note. That trend continued in Part III of Obi-Wan Kenobi. We've reached a point where if there's any sort of monster, alien, or droid, of note, you can basically assume that it's someone famous playing the role.

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Hearing it again, with its mix of menace and vulnerability, was a treat, even if I remain baffled by Christensen’s choice to let himself be swallowed in that costume while letting Jones mostly calibrate his performance. Then again, once I saw that its central narrative was going to revolve around young Leia and involve Darth Vader, I knew any probing character study of a Jedi in exile coping with how to build a life would always be watered down. If I got stuck on that line from the OG film while watching Obi-Wan (played now by Ewan McGregor) fighting off Darth Vader (in characteristic Frankenstein manner, played by Hayden Christensen and voiced still by James Earl Jones), it is because I felt like I was having a dreary kind of deja vu. Not just in A New Hope (where Obi-Wan remained stoic but determined) but in Revenge Of The Sith (where flames played just as central a visual role). Then I remembered that, in many ways, that moment between the two, recycled and remixed and retconned (maybe) as it was, felt in keeping with the spirit of these latest Lucasfilm spinoffs. Now I am the master.” Even in that first film (“Chapter IV” in the saga), you got the sense this confrontation was decades in the making, that there was a festering sense of resentment that had grown over the years and hadn’t ever been allowed to bloom in each other’s presence. I was just curious to replay the one moment when Obi-Wan (played then by Alec Guinness) finally comes face to face with Darth Vader (voiced by James Earl Jones). In my head, that moment has always suggested that the elder Jedi and his once young and promising Padawan hadn’t met since a fateful fight that had finally torn them asunder, one audiences finally saw on the big screen in the fiery finale for 2005’s Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge Of The Sith.

Episode 3 of Obi-Wan Kenobi suggests the Grand Inquisitor is dead. What will happen moving forward and how will it affect the canon of Star Wars Rebels?

The most important thing to remember is that Dave Filoni is a consultant for Obi-Wan Kenobi, and it would be extremely unlikely that he would let an important piece of his work be retconned so easily. However, the Grand Inquisitor will more than likely make a triumphant return in one of the final episodes to enact his revenge upon her. It could easily be explained that only one of his stomachs was injured and a long soak in the bacta tank fixed it, or that his entire midsection was replaced with cybernetics just as Fennec Shand's was. Even though Episode 3 of Obi-Wan Kenobi seemed to hint that the Grand Inquisitor had truly drawn his last breath, it is likely that they are saving his comeback as a surprise. The most important detail of this entire situation, though, is that the Grand Inquisitor appears to be truly dead. Seeing how she is not in other projects like Rebels or Jedi: Fallen Order makes the viewer think that she will be killed by Vader toward the end of the series. This is the only mention of the Grand Inquisitor from Vader. He seems to have accepted his death and is ready to move on and appoint someone else to fill the role. She says "He will pay for the Grand Inquisitor's--" when Vader cuts her off and responds with "The Grand Inquisitor means nothing." He then goes on to offer her a coveted reward if she can prove herself - "the position of Grand Inquisitor." However, due to his merciless nature, he also promises to kill her if she fails. From this exchange, it seems as though the Grand Inquisitor is truly dead. The latest installment touched on the topic, leaving the door open for many different possibilities when it comes to the future of the character. The character is an important playing piece in Season 1 of the animated show, Star Wars: Rebels, so many speculated that he would somehow return in Episode 3, or at another point later in the series.

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Because I guess Darth Vader, Sith Lord, and his minions are unable to either A) walk around (or fly above) the fire or B) use the Force to snap the droid in half. But all I can think watching their big showdown in Obi-Wan Kenobi is . . . why don’t you go take the high ground, dude? I’ll talk more about the showdown with Vader in this episode in a minute, but the fact of the matter is Obi-Wan just kind of sucks right now. But after all of this, after all of their running away and hiding, Darth Vader shows up and Obi-Wan goes one direction to draw his ire, while Tia and Leia go the other, down a long tunnel. - After Vader beats the crap out of Obi-Wan and burns him, he tells his Stormtrooper minions: “Bring him to me.” But then Tia makes some stuff go boom and fire erupts all over the ground and the loader droid shows up and drags Obi-Wan to safety. She’s just a cliche wrapped in a cliche dipped in a cliche and I suspect she’ll be just as predictable in the end as all that makes her sound. I get establishing Obi-Wan as this burnt out old Jedi who has given up the ways of the Force and abandoned all hope and taken up work as a meat-cutter in a meat-cutting factory, but come on already. A drone shows up and instead of blasting it straight away or Mind-Tricking the Stormtroopers into not calling it to begin with, he let’s it scan him and then shoots it. One time he used it to save an overly confident Leia from falling to her death (though a part of me wonders if he should have). He’s grappled and blastered his way through most crises, and blundered his way through the rest—including screwing up and calling Leia by her real name after they’ve gone incognito. And sure, okay, Leia never listens and she gets Ben in trouble time to time and she’s a rascally one, but realistically she’s still written above her age and that makes her less interesting, not more. The script is genuinely bad much of the time and Deborah Chow’s direction is sloppy and uninspired. Beyond just the basic problem with prequels (we already know when and how Obi-Wan, Darth Vader and Leia die!) it’s just not a very good TV show on a basic, fundamental level.