Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi

When we learned that Ewan McGregor would reprise his role as Kenobi, LucasFilm and Disney made it very, very clear that the show would be a six-episode event, ...

McGregor asked EW. "Yeah, I would like to make another one." "Would I like to make another one?" Whether or not Obi-Wan Kenobi lived up to the hype is up for you to decide.

The Obi-Wan Kenobi finale ties up all of the show's loose ends, but what do the final scenes mean for the future of the Star Wars timeline? Spoilers ahead.

It’s Qui-Gon who will show his apprentice how to become one with the Force, so that when Vader strikes him down in A New Hope, Obi-Wan will become stronger than the Sith Lord could possibly imagine. After all, Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon’s reunion on Tatooine was set up all the way back in 2005 when Yoda revealed in Revenge of the Sith that he had some new training for the Jedi that would teach him how to communicate with his master’s Force ghost. Obi-Wan calls out to Qui-Gon and receives no response for the first five episodes. Princess Leia, and her parents Bail and Breha Organa, get a very happy ending on Obi-Wan Kenobi. Finally reunited on Alderaan, the Organa family bids farewell to Obi-Wan, hopeful for better days to come. For many of the same continuity reasons Darth Vader couldn’t die in this series: Luke still has a lot to do in the decades to come. (Probably something Death Star related?) This scene explains why Vader didn’t spend the next nine years leading up to A New Hope searching for Obi-Wan. The Emperor told him no. By the end of the episode, Reva begins to realize that her thirst for revenge almost led her down a path from which she would never return. As you’ll see in a few years, the ability to forgive and show mercy is what will ultimately allow Luke Skywalker to defeat the Emperor and save his father. Obi-Wan doesn’t give in and instead spares his former apprentice’s life, while coming to terms with the fact that he can’t save Anakin. Like many Legends characters before her, she could choose to leave her connection to the Force behind entirely in order to start fresh. There was always only one way Obi-Wan Kenobi could end: with the Jedi Master riding off into the sunset with his plot armor, Darth Vader defeated, and Luke and Leia back home safe. In nine years, two droids will crash land on Tatooine with a message from Leia that will set both Luke and Obi-Wan on an adventure that will change their lives forever.

Obi-Wan Kenobi has ended its six-episode run, but not all is well in a galaxy far, far away. We explore why the series fails to live up to its ambition ...

He shows pity for his fallen friend in the finale, but seems resigned to the idea that Anakin is well and truly dead. The Obi-Wan Kenobi series never truly digs into the question of Anakin's redemption or Obi-Wan's feelings on the subject. It's not enough to simply slide between the beats of the movies. Obviously, the series has only so many options available, given that the two characters need to end up where they are in A New Hope. But where is the internal logic in Obi-Wan's act of mercy? Just as in Revenge of the Sith, Obi-Wan has the chance to kill Anakin but opts to walk away instead. In that moment, Vader understands that Obi-Wan believed traces of Anakin Skywalker still exist within him, despite Obi-Wan revealing nothing of the sort during their showdown on Mustafar. It's not even as though Obi-Wan was specifically trying to spare Anakin's life on Mustafar. The second episode reveals that Obi-Wan believed Anakin to be dead up until his encounter with Reva. When he left his former pupil burning alive in the lava fields of Mustafar, Obi-Wan clearly thought he was condemning Anakin to death. For all that Star Wars fans have poked fun at the fact that Obi-Wan goes into hiding without changing his or Luke's names, this series has just created a much bigger plot hole to overshadow that one. In the end, Obi-Wan elects to spare his fallen apprentice's life once again and return to his hiding place. That's to say nothing of the problems posed by the fact that Reva is still alive and knows of Luke's parentage. What's to stop the Inquisitors from simply returning to the desert world and hunting down Obi-Wan all over again? The issue with crafting an Obi-Wan Kenobi story set during his exile on Tatooine is that you're either forced to stick to a smaller-scale Space Western (a la the 2014 novel Star Wars: Kenobi and the various flashback tales in Marvel's Star Wars comics) or you have to somehow find a way of explaining how Obi-Wan could venture back into the wider galaxy without blowing his cover.

Though conceived as a limited series, McGregor and his Star Wars prequels co-star Hayden Christensen, who reprised his Revenge of the Sith role as Darth Vader, ...

While Kennedy agreed Lucasfilm "did set out to do [Obi-Wan] as a limited series," the Star Wars boss said fan demand could expand the series for Obi-Wan Kenobi Season 2. "And if we feel like, 'OK, there's a real reason to do this; it's answering the why then,' then we'll do it. Though conceived as a limited series, McGregor and his Star Wars prequels co-star Hayden Christensen, who reprised his Revenge of the Sith role as Darth Vader, have hopes they will return for a second season of Obi-Wan Kenobi.

'Star Wars' has long been a franchise fixated on the Skywalker men. The latest entry in the canon finds hope, and emotional resonance, in Leia Organa.

But “Star Wars” has always been about the power of hope. “Obi-Wan Kenobi” pulled off emotionally resonant moments because it made Leia the heart of the story. It’s this statement that pushes Obi-Wan into action during the series premiere, and one that serves as “Obi-Wan Kenobi’s” thesis over the course of its season. Introduced as a fierce and capable leader of the Rebellion in the original trilogy, adult Leia ( Carrie Fisher) is sassy, intelligent, brave, kind and committed to the cause, and has long commanded a legion of devoted fans. Part of that challenge was creating and sustaining emotional stakes for audiences to invest in. It serves as a touching tribute to a character whose full arc was reportedly unable to be told as originally intended because of Fisher’s death in 2016.

For the finale of the new Disney+ Original series, “Obi-Wan Kenobi”, a special marathon Screening event took place, featuring all six episodes of the series ...

Roger has been a Disney fan since he was a kid and this interest has grown over the years. Director Deborah Chow and Hayden Christensen, who are both from Toronto, were on hand to introduce the screening at the red-carpet event. For the finale of the new Disney+ Original series, “Obi-Wan Kenobi”, a special marathon Screening event took place, featuring all six episodes of the series, with simultaneous finale episode screenings in Cineplex theaters in nine other Canadian markets.

The duel between Obi-Wan Kenobi and Darth Vader delivers the scene fans have wanted to see since 'A New Hope.'

On some level, it seems as though Vader is really speaking to himself, trying to make himself believe that his transformation was inevitable, that it had to be this way. That distinctive Christensen smirk emerges from the shattered helmet, and Vader absolves Obi-Wan, taking full responsibility for his fall into the Dark Side. The simple exchange between the two tells the viewer everything we need to know about their history, their clash of values, while the duel itself feels tense, and painstakingly cautious.

We're gonna miss the show, but at least it went out on a high — and with a ton of Easter eggs this week. If you listened carefully to this week's episode, you ...

If you liked that video on all the Easter eggs in the Obi-Wan Kenobi finale, check out more of our videos below, including why the flashbacks in Obi-Wan Kenobi were better than the ones in Book of Boba Fett, all of the Easter eggs in Obi-Wan Kenobi Episode 5, and why this is a golden age of Darth Vader stories. If you listened carefully to this week’s episode, you might have heard The Empire Strikes Back’s chase theme during the opening scenes of this sixth and final episode of Obi-Wan. Sadly, we’ve arrived at the season finale of Obi-Wan Kenobi. We’re gonna miss the show, but at least it went out on a high — and with a ton of Easter eggs this week.

Readers of my previous Obi-Wan Kenobi reviews know that I have been a pretty harsh critic of the latest live-action Star Wars show on Disney+.

I can’t think of a single tune, whereas I still get The Mandalorian’s theme stuck in my head randomly. - Leia using the holster Ben gave her as a pouch for Lola the droid is adorable. This, again, reminded me too much of the lousy slow chase in The Last Jedi and I find it beyond silly to watch Vader’s Star Destroyer unsuccessfully chase one single transport ship that’s not even a fast or exciting ship like the Millennium Falcon. I also find myself more annoyed with Leia than anything during all of her scenes. He’s off on a new adventure when the credits roll, lending some credence to the idea that a second season could, indeed, happen. But given that Obi-Wan is a Jedi with knowledge of the Sith, he knows that this is not a name, not something you’d call anyone. Owen and Beru put up a fine defense—it goes better than when the Stormtroopers attack nine years later—but ultimately Luke has to flee into the desert where Reva tracks him down and knocks him unconscious. If he’s accepted that this isn’t his former friend and pupil, that he is now a killer and a monster and a clear and present danger to Luke, Leia and the fledgling rebellion (not to mention himself) why not just end the bastard now? Elsewhere in the show we get the Reva storyline’s resolution. But just in terms of the story in this show, in isolation, why doesn’t he kill him? And the first showdown between Darth Vader and our titular hero was pretty bad, to say the least. The ensuing dialogue between Anakin and Obi-Wan is also quite good. The problems up to this point have been manifold.

Namely, while Moses Ingram's Reva got a decent character arc, the core cast of Leia, Obi-Wan and Anakin didn't see much progression (if any) over the course of ...

These similarities give her depth, although seem to have flown over the heads of fans who think she’s annoying or whiny (both accurate Anakin descriptors). Unfortunately for Star Wars, it’s made more pressing by the ever-increasing number of shows on the horizon and the apparent apprehension around introducing new characters. Looking forward we can only hope that Star Wars manages to escape the gravitational pull of its own legacy. At the start of the show, Obi-Wan is watching over Luke on Tatooine because he’s worried about the Empire finding him. They require skill to wield because the slightest slip-up could cause something grisly to happen. Unfortunately, every other piece of Star Wars media prevents this natural next step from being taken.