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I’m coming to the conclusion that the pacing of the show is the real issue that I have.
I always had in my own mind that this series was going to help bridge the 18-19 year gap between ROTS and ANH and play out across that time period - see Obi-Wan through the years of how he became settled where he is, what those early years were like after the Jedi Order had collapsed etc and then how he came to watch over Luke (not Leia). 4 episodes in and it appears that we’re going to be about a week in the life of ol’ Ben instead and by the end of the show we’ll wonder what happened for the next 10 years until he shows up again.
I enjoyed Episode 4, but considering its a 6 episode show, it did not seem to move any of the storyline forward and didn’t give me anymore insights into how we got to ANH than I had the episode before.
Although it a show about Obi-Wan, i don’t think it needs to be all about him. They could have still shown the story of Leia growing up in the background and taking on the role she plays as an adult - Obi-Wan didn’t need to be involved and generally how the Empire came to be during that time and they’re development as an ‘organisation’.