The one draw this show had the saber dual and they botched it.
There will definitely be another duel, and I’m totally confident it’ll be better than that one, to be fair.
They’ve talked about intense choreography and it’s safe to say that duel wasn’t what they were referring to, I think they might have overcommitted to making Obi-wan look weak and out-of-practice.
Also, Vader’s desire to inflict prolonged suffering on Obi-wan is a good reason for why the duel goes on longer than a few seconds, but it does mean there’s a confusing end to it. Vader and Obi-wan are separated by a fire Vader put out moments before, not to mention he could use the Force to pull Obi-wan into it again, so I’m gonna assume the intention was that Vader just wants to postpone their final duel so he can… inflict even more pain? That makes no sense otherwise.
This series has moments of greatness but I can feel it beginning to lose me.