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Post #1486625

Author
GLogus
Parent topic
KENOBI: A STAR WARS STORY [The Radical "Help Me Obi-Wan Kenobi" Cut]
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Date created
31-May-2022, 12:23 PM

The Inquisitor giving a speech about Jedi compassion is cartoon-level villainy. The official narrative of the Empire is that it is hunting down the Jedi because they betrayed the Republic, not because they are too kind. This isn’t how governments (even evil ones) spread propaganda about their enemies.

They’ve leaned way too hard into making Obi-Wan look sad, pathetic, and lonely. I think it would actually be more powerful (and, in a way, more sad) if Obi-Wan retained a degree of optimism in the face of such a dire and hopeless situation. They are doing to Obi-Wan what they did to Luke in TLJ, but it happens to be even less fitting for Obi-Wan’s character, who is typically even more stoic and steadfast than Luke.

Leia’s character is just bad. Sure, Leia was sharp as a tack in the original trilogy, but she didn’t have genius level psycho-analytical skills. Just let her be a damn kid here.

I actually really like what you did with the Anakin scene. Maybe have the transitions be faster, like an eye blinking. They are after all looking at each other, …sorta (or at least sensing each other).