Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi (D+) - Set 10 Years After Revenge of the Sith - May 27, 2022

[Eurell]

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You can hear him struggling on the first ship so it's not too out there that he didn't have enough in the tank for the surprise second ship.

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dude didn't even use a second hand. He wasn't struggling that much lol

[Tyrath]

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dude didn't even use a second hand. He wasn't struggling that much lol

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I don't think using 2 hands makes your force powers stronger. You could hear him straining against it.

I would also suggest that based on the flashback fight we kept seeing between Anakin and Obi Wan, the point was that Vader focuses too much on using brute force (a la first ship) and that Obi Wan caught him by surprise with the decoy ship and he didn't have a chance to stop it

[Mythe_Seraph]

Yeah two hands doesn’t matter it’s only when you use two lightsabers.

(This is a reference to Rey’s final fight against Palpy)

[Eurell]

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I don't think using 2 hands makes your force powers stronger. You could hear him straining against it.

I would also suggest that based on the flashback fight we kept seeing between Anakin and Obi Wan, the point was that Vader focuses too much on using brute force (a la first ship) and that Obi Wan caught him by surprise with the decoy ship and he didn't have a chance to stop it

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Totally agree with your second part and how the flashback shows why this worked.

The first part, I swear to god we've seen people start using a second hand when they are straining with force stuff before.

[Koyangi]

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Totally agree with your second part and how the flashback shows why this worked.

The first part, I swear to god we've seen people start using a second hand when they are straining with force stuff before.

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I'd imagine it could be for dramatic effect, like it isn't actually helping.

[Elcura]

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I mean a fucking tiny ship bursting out of a bigger ship should've surprised everyone cuz it's fucking stupid (at least the way they did it lmao). I'm sure there are less dumb ways to prove the point that Anakin/Vader is impatient and narrow minded without letting Obi-Wan walk away while he's in choking distance.

But no excuse for whatever Reva was thinking other than "gotta make the boss look good again."

To be honest, Star Wars is only good when the fun factor exceeds the silly writing, and aside from Vader doing Vader things (while not looking incompetent every so often) there isn't a huge amount of that.

[NotGreyheim]

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I mean a fucking tiny ship bursting out of a bigger ship should've surprised everyone cuz it's fucking stupid

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That's... not what they did though? The second ship was behind the first ship from Vader's perspective.

[Greedouw]

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I assume Reva is going to use baby Luke to lure both Obiwan and Vader to Tatooine in the hopes that Obiwan weakens Vader for her

[Tyrath]

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I mean a fucking tiny ship bursting out of a bigger ship should've surprised everyone cuz it's fucking stupid (at least the way they did it lmao). I'm sure there are less dumb ways to prove the point that Anakin/Vader is impatient and narrow minded without letting Obi-Wan walk away while he's in choking distance.

But no excuse for whatever Reva was thinking other than "gotta make the boss look good again."

To be honest, Star Wars is only good when the fun factor exceeds the silly writing, and aside from Vader doing Vader things (while not looking incompetent every so often) there isn't a huge amount of that.

Maybe you should actually pay attention to the show before you complain?

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The fuck is this about a tiny ship bursting out of a larger ship? The ship was just sitting on the other side looking broken down and the big ship was sitting out front as a decoy. You can see the other ship just barely when Vader is pulling down the first ship

[NotGreyheim]

Obviously y'all didn't know that spaceships reproduce asexually.

[Elcura]

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That's... not what they did though? The second ship was behind the first ship from Vader's perspective.

No it's not, I just find it funny that this ship miraculously appeared when there was no sign of it existing before it had to.

Maybe you should actually pay attention to the show before you complain?

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The fuck is this about a tiny ship bursting out of a larger ship? The ship was just sitting on the other side looking broken down and the big ship was sitting out front as a decoy. You can see the other ship just barely when Vader is pulling down the first ship

I was being overly facetious, it was sloppy and stupid.

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You see the ship being pulled down entirely while struggling with boosters, Vader grounds the entire ship and rips sections of it off, then another ship just blasts away after that happens, facing the opposite direction.

Then you look at the size of the ship, it's like half the size of the original ship lmao, where the fuck did it come from? That's not explained by it simply being at the side the whole time. It simply wasn't there until it needed to be. Like right next to the wreckage through the hole Vader opened up.

So either there's a massive ship just sitting on the ground or another ship facing a completely different direction was attached to the side facing the opposite direction.
Not that it mattered that thing took off in a second. I can't buy that this was the escape plan, and even if it was there was definitely a better execution of this that doesn't make Vader look stupid.

[kuronosan]

Except he is stupid.

Anakin is strong in the Force, but as shown in the show and movies is not a brilliant tactician.

[Tyrath]

No it's not, I just find it funny that this ship miraculously appeared when there was no sign of it existing before it had to.



I was being overly facetious, it was sloppy and stupid.

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You see the ship being pulled down entirely while struggling with boosters, Vader grounds the entire ship and rips sections of it off, then another ship just blasts away after that happens, facing the opposite direction.

Then you look at the size of the ship, it's like half the size of the original ship lmao, where the fuck did it come from? That's not explained by it simply being at the side the whole time. It simply wasn't there until it needed to be. Like right next to the wreckage through the hole Vader opened up.

So either there's a massive ship just sitting on the ground or another ship facing a completely different direction was attached to the side facing the opposite direction.
Not that it mattered that thing took off in a second. I can't buy that this was the escape plan, and even if it was there was definitely a better execution of this that doesn't make Vader look stupid.

It's not that fucking complicated man.

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The second ship was just as big as the first one. It was hidden in the background. It took off while Vader was busy with the first one.

Of all the missteps in this show, this isn't one of them.

[Elcura]

I agree it's not complicated, it was stupid and sloppy. Either way, it's funny as hell.

[Mythe_Seraph]

The other ship is actually there in previous scenes. I didn’t see it because I wasn’t looking for it I assume.

[NynJa]

The ship was there, they just hid it in the background. If you compare the shot of the full room vs the shot looking through the downed ship, the second ship appears much much closer.

[Greedouw]

I will admit, the scaling does seem kinda screwy. Still not as bad as the shot of Reva and the snow speeders…

[Qalbert]

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[Vaspinne]

Welp.

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Quite the cliffhanger'esk ending. Definitely leaves it open to more possible seasons.

Reva just never quite landed for me. If there is another season and they give her a redemption arc, maybe it'll work, but her trying to be evil and going for revenge just didn't really hit as hard as it could have. Like other's had suggested, if it was brought up earlier in the series and the writers worked around it more and built it up more, really played with and added to that struggle of her trying not to get caught by Vader and her dealing with her conscious and etc, etc, it probably would have worked a lot better. Actress was fine but the writing didn't do her any favours.

I was waiting for the Liam Neeson cameo reveal all season. You know it was gonna happen. But I think I would have enjoyed it more when Kenobi was struggling to keep himself from getting buried under the pile of rocks Vader threw on top of him, maybe not even visually, but like, lines from Phantom Menace or something, just to give him that last little push to remind him how to Jedi again kinda thing. That PLUS the bit at the end would have been nice IMO

Kenobi going all 'Jesus on the cross' flinging rocks at Vader was... certainly a choice lol

And some of the moments in the end were pure fan service to setup lines in A New Hope and I loved them lol. And of course a 'Hello there' lol

[Ker]

Rebels>>>>>>>>>>Obi-Wan

Obi-Wan

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