Well, I’ve seen the first 3 episodes now. I was naturally concerned how this series would be handled with Disney involved, but they allowed an overall good job to be done with the Mandalorian in the first two seasons, so I was anticipating it might be good, also. So far, I think it’s going pretty well. Ewan is, as usual, great as Obi-Wan, and shows why Lucas chose him in the first place. He brings real weight and depth to the entire series. You can feel how much pain he’s had go through thinking and dreaming about the events on Naboo and the Clone War, the mistakes, the friends he’s lost in battle, and what happened to Anakin, most of all. That would have to be very hard. The whole Inquisitor thing is sort of ok, but this Reva is really annoying. While she’s endlessly saying she seeks to prove how worthy she is, etc., at the first chance she murders her superior, proving the Grand Inquisitor right about her; a lowly backstabber, no loyalty, no discipline and totally untrustworthy, just in a constant desperate bid for attention.
The confrontation with Darth Vader is quite a moment, Obi-Wan is rather shocked to see what has become of Anakin. And lets just say that Anakin remembers well his devastating defeat at the hands of his Master… And certainly Obi-Wan is feeling rusty after having laid low for years and having zero time for force and lightsaber use and practice. He’s already got his hand-to-hand combat and blaster techniques and marksmanship working well, and I get the feeling when he shakes the rust off fully, look out bad guys… =)
Sometimes I think some of my fellow members are unaware of how cutthroat the dark side is. They burn with anger and they are more than willing to kill each other to get ahead and Vader and Palpatine (and all the Sith before them) encourage it. They want only the strongest and the competition and murder keeps any of them from becoming strong enough to be a danger. So all these questions about why Reva is angry and why she shows no loyalty to the other inquisitors and goes behind their back is perfect writing, acting, and directing for Sith characters. It is brilliantly done. And the visual look is from Rebels so that was already established and adapted to live action. So none of these complaints are really about this show, they are about what has been established in the Star Wars universe that this show is using.