![]() ![]() ![]() Star Wars was originally conceived as a whizz-bang distraction for children and it is useful to keep that in mind with Obi-Wan Kenobi. As anyone who suffered through the dreadful JJ Abrams/Rian Johnson movies of recent years will know, it has been too long coming. ![]() Oh and we are finally rewarded with a decent lightsaber duel. There is a proper twist at the end, too, with the return of one of the most beloved Star Wars characters outside of the original George Lucas films. There were also unfortunate echoes of the fan toxicity unleashed by the original “Prequels” trilogy to which it is a follow-up, with the racist onslaught against actress Moses Ingram recalling the fanboy attacks on Jar Jar Binks actor Ahmed Best and on Jake Lloyd, the 10-year-old star of The Phantom Menace.īut the series pulled out if its tailspin with a rewarding finale that delivered oodles of what fans – of the non-racist, reactionary variety – will have wanted from a spin-off about Obi-Wan Kenobi, Darth Vader’s mentor-turned-reluctant-nemesis. ![]() It had variously felt cheap, rushed and anti-climactic. Across its previous five episodes, the Ewan McGregor series had found a variety of ways to underwhelm. In the end the Force was just about with Obi-Wan Kenobi, Disney+’s latest attempt to breath life into the flagging Star Wars franchise. ![]()
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