I agree with the negative comments in one way. This was most definitely a movie expanded into a series. The whole bit on the desolate farming planet could be cut and just go directly to the second escape where Vader shows up. But as a 6 part series, it is really good. Nicely paced and planned out, unlike Book of Boba Fett.
I find I agree with one of the comments above. Anytime an OT character shows up in something, it is either a cause for rejoicing or derision. And it seems to be tied to expectations. Those are very individual so I really can’t make any blanket comments except that when the use of an OT character leads to derision of the project, it is always because expectations for that character(s) were not met. People more willing to accept what the story has to offer tend to like these new offerings.
Remember, many on this forum do not agree about the PT or ST films. Some rank TLJ as one of the worst films and some one of the best. Some hate the PT, some don’t. So any expectation that your opinion should be universal is unrealistic.
I think the bar is lower for TV than for film. Though to be very honest, I saw nothing wrong with how this series did things. Upping the brightness to indicate heat is common, even in films. In ANH, Tatooine is rather washed out, same with TPM and AOTC. I found it refreshing that the settings were not always dramatic. Things were happening in out of the way places because these force sensitive people and those helping them are sticking to the backwater places. So the two Vader/Kenobi encounters being in fairly blah locations is perfectly logical, even if that doesn’t fit with your ideas of the appropriate setting for such epic encounters.
I saw nothing about this that looks like a fan film. Though with the tools in the hands of fans these days, it is getting hard to tell them apart. ROTJ didn’t use any locations outside of CA. Redwoods close to Lucasfilm HQ and desert close to Hollywood. Star Wars has not always used exotic international locations. Alderaan was shown as a mountainous forested location in Ep III and the location shooting in Kenobi fit exactly. So I had no issue with a single location. they were all unique for Star Wars, even if they were mundane and terrestrial. But many Star Wars locations have been. Especially the OT ones. I’ve seen plenty of fan FX that rival studio FX. It is usually the acting that gives it away if anything, but a lot of fan films are fantastically done these days. So much so that accusing Kenobi of looking like a fan film is pretty meaningless.