Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi Episode 5

2022 - 6 - 15

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Obi-Wan Kenobi Episode 5 Recap, Theories, and Thoughts (ComingSoon.net)

We open with Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) standing in what looks like the Jedi temple on Coruscant. He's adorned in the rat tail look from Attack of ...

I’m too easily delighted by Star Wars that I need someone else to point out the numerous inconsistencies.) Obi-Wan behaved like Obi-Wan, Vader was Vader (and greatly supported by the appearance of Hayden Christensen as Anakin), and Reva finally found her footing. Since Vader and the Grand Inquisitor are bad guys (and seeing how we have one more episode to kill), Reva is left alive in the dirt where she discovers Obi-Wan’s cell phone. Did the Grand Inquisitor go to Vader immediately after his “death”? Shouldn’t Vader be pissed at the Grand Inquisitor seeing how the plan failed? Vader realizes his great blunder (his brief pause killed me) and can only watch (?) as the helpless extras (and Obi-Wan) take off into space. Back with Obi-Wan (and he is indeed Obi-Wan Kenobi and not ole Ben Kenobi), our heroes return to Jabiim and delight a small crowd of bad extras stolen from The Matrix sequels with news that Leia is okay. With that BS out of the way, Obi-Wan gets back to the task on hand and attempts to slow Reva down through the power of intimate conversation. With Vader relegated to the sidelines, Reva was supposed to be the one creating tension. (This is such a bizarre plot point in Revenge of the Sith. Vader is a bad guy, but having him straight up murder kids was a careless decision on George Lucas’ part. I’m not sure why, but I guess suddenly he knows everything about the young Inquisitor. And yes, we were all correct: she was a youngling during Order 66 and saw Anakin Skywalker (as Darth Vader) hilariously sidestep Jedi Knights to kill the younglings. Obi-Wan heads to a corner to listen to a private hologram voice mail from Bail Organa (Jimmy Smits) and likely spends the entire message determining just how much he should tell him about this f***ed-up mission. So, yes, after hours of waiting, we finally get our first flashback to a younger iteration of Obi-Wan and Darth Vader, which is what many of us expected way back in the first episode. We open with Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) standing in what looks like the Jedi temple on Coruscant. He’s adorned in the rat tail look from Attack of the Clones, so this is supposedly young, whiny Anni before he grew out his hair and became older, mopey Anni — despite Christensen looking like a well-groomed 40-year-old.

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But other than that, I find myself mourning what could have been, and remembering hopes dashed when, as a teenager, I showed up to the movie theaters to watch The Phantom Menace and could barely contain my excitement, only to discover, well, Jar Jar Binks. Obi-Wan had gotten a message earlier from a concerned Bail Organa who mentions that he’s worried about “the children” in case “he finds out” and will go to Tatooine if he doesn’t hear back to check on the boy. Well, at the end of The Last Jedi we have Rey and Finn and Leia and the rest of the heroes trapped on a planet in a similar bunker with the forces of the First Order arrayed outside trying to get in. The de-aging powers that Disney has showed off in Star Wars and the MCU are absent here. She tossed a plan a decade in the making away. He tears the sides of the ship off to find that it’s empty. The actual Grand Inquisitor shows up and mocks her, sneering that her thirst for revenge was useful before it became tiresome. Inside, in order to fix the hangar controls Leia has to climb up into the vent to save the day. Then, Obi-Wan gets away before Vader arrives and races back to the rebel transport. I guess the tracker is more than just a tracker. Obi-Wan, Leia and Tala and the rest of the rebels show up at the base and Leia’s droid immediately goes and sabotages the hangar opening, trapping everyone inside. And on and on like that.

Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi Episode 5 Easter Eggs Explained (Den of Geek)

Obi-Wan Kenobi episode 5 is full of easter eggs and references that call back to other corners of the Star Wars universe. Spoilers ahead...

In the early 2000s, StarWars.com supported The Clone Wars with a variety of webcomics posted on Hyperspace, the official Star Wars fan club online portal. The planet Garel gets a shoutout this week, adding to its lengthy list of mentions, if not outright appearances. This location is also one of the few Expanded Universe concepts to be brought whole cloth into the movies for a major appearance. The duel between Anakin and Obi-Wan in the flashback seems to take place some time around Attack of the Clones, based on their appearances. But he found a new calling, joining the Rebel Alliance, where he worked alongside popular Expanded Universe characters like Kyle Katarn. After the fall of the Empire, Shelvay became part of Luke Skywalker’s New Jedi Order. Brought together by Qui-Gon and growing up as brothers-in-arms, their connection informs everything Darth Vader has become since his fall to the dark side.

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Obi-Wan is always careful with his lightsaber, but in Episode 5 he decides to go into one fight unarmed. Why?

This isn’t to say that lightsaber fights will no longer be a main attraction of Star Wars. It’s basically a given that we’ll have an epic Vader versus Obi-Wan showdown in this show’s finale. These fights mirror each other in that they show how Obi-Wan and Anakin have gone to two different extremes. Obi-Wan realizes Leia wasn’t the bait for him, but rather he was the bait for Vader, a way for her to get face-to-helmet with the Sith Lord and slaughter him the way he slaughtered her classmates.

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Episode 5 of Obi-Wan Kenobi was filled with plenty of easter eggs and callbacks to earlier moments in the franchise. Did you spot them all?

The last thing they expected was for the heroic Jedi Knight, Anakin Skywalker to ignite his lightsaber and strike them down. Tala uses a thermal detonator, notable by its sphere shape, and glowing red light, to explore the hallway she is in, killing herself and many of the Empire’s forces. The Grand Inquisitor is a Pau’an male, and they are known for having two stomachs. The camera lingers on a young boy, sleeping, blissfully unaware of the events that will transpire in the final episode. When Princess Leia disguised herself as a bounty hunter in Return of the Jedi, she threatened Jabba the Hutt and his many guards with a thermal detonator. These Imperial soldiers are commanded by Vader and the Inquisitors, and the first iteration of Purge Troopers were remaining clones after Order 66 but were soon phased out as the years went on. “Part 5” of Obi-Wan Kenobi is no exception and has many great details for Star Wars fans to enjoy. Wearing his apparel from Attack of the Clones, complete with his short hair and Padawan braid. In Legends, staring into hyperspace could cause Hyper-rapture, which is a form of madness acquired from staring into hyperspace for too long a time. Anakin Skywalker, a role reprised by Hayden Christensen, stares at this building before turning to face his Jedi Master. Obi-Wan Kenobi “Part 5” opens up with a surprise. Obi-Wan Kenobi is one of Star Wars’ most iconic characters.

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Easter eggs in the latest Obi-Wan Kenobi episode have brought some Legends characters back into the Star Wars universe.

Plus, DrunkWooky.com (opens in new tab) noticed the name Ekria, who was Aayla Secura's Padawan – Aayla herself was taught by Quinlan Vos, and he was name-dropped in Obi-Wan Kenobi episode 3. She has a lengthy (and disturbing) history with the Empire. In the episode, Obi-Wan comes across a wall on Jabiim covered in writing.