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Post #1489799

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Darth Raditz
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KENOBI: A STAR WARS STORY [The Radical "Help Me Obi-Wan Kenobi" Cut]
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22-Jun-2022, 3:33 PM

So, thoughts on Part VI:

  • All about adding in Qui-Gon speaking to Obi-Wan when he’s being crushed by rocks. Bonus points if, after Vader’s helmet gets sliced in half, Anakin sees a brief glimpse of Qui-Gon either behind or as Kenobi. Gives new context to Vader saying “I killed Anakin Skywalker,” raises the question on whether that line was to torment Obi-Wan or absolve him. Plus, way to twist the knife into Anakin’s turn to the dark side further, shamed by the one person who believed in him.

  • Some of Reva needs to be kept if only to explain why Obi-Wan doesn’t just kill Vader then & there. This was my only “wait, what” moment in the show. Kenobi admits that Anakin is really gone, so he should take down someone who’s still & threat and (as far as he knows) will not change. If he senses Reva attacking Owen’s farm, at least there’s a ticking clock that Obi-Wan has to beat & can’t waste time on Vader. I forgive a lot of the Reva stuff in this episode because (A) Even the Grand Inquisitor said “revenge does wonders for one’s will to live” in the last part, which explains how she survived being stabbed by Vader, as child & adult), (B) Luke took a bad fall & probably doesn’t remember her, chalking it up to the Tusken Raiders like Owen said, & © the stuff kid Luke pulled off in the comics bugged me much more than this fight.

  • For the overall edit, I wonder if it’s worth bringing Reva’s backstory to the forefront, of staring Vader in the eyes as he marched on the temple, try & earn the audience over a little earlier.

Overall, I prefer Obi-Wan Kenobi over most Disney-SW, but I look forward to your edit.