Utter DESTRUCTION! Obi-Wan Kenobi Review Episode 3 

What did you think of Obi-Wan Kenobi episode 3 (or your impressions from the review)? Did you think it was a good idea to have Obi-wan Kenobi fight Vader? Are you a fan of Leia or Reva? Let me know your thoughts below, and as always, thanks for watching :)

The thing is.... narratively.... there shouldn't even be an Obi Wan show. He went into exile with the sole purpose of watching over and protecting Luke. That's it. He doesn't abandon his post for an adventure and he certainly doesn't rescue Leia or confront Vader in battle. He stays on Tatooine and does nothing really but study the force and watch Luke from afar. That's it. No show, no adventure. Just a boring, lonely life in exile waiting until the force calls upon him again in a New Hope.

Kenobi freaking out over a rendezvous pisses me off. This man was a General of the Republic for three years of constant warfare. He led legions into battle. He made plans. He ran operations on his own. And we're supposed to believe this man doesn't know how a rendezvous or shakeout works?!!

The lightsaber and fire scene... Written by the same genius who wrote the masterpiece: ”Flea chasing Leia in the woods.”

I find it interesting that a man who trained his entire life with a light sabre is utterly useless with it after a ten year gap, but somehow has John Wick levels of competence with a blaster having never ever used one.

Fans: We want a Kenobi show. Disney: Ok, we will give you a Type-B of Power and Leia show and If you don't like it you are racist. Fans: We want a Top Gun Movie Tom Cruise: "This one is for the fans."

So Obi Wan stays on Tattoine to look after Luke but doesn’t bother to keep his skills up just in case the Empire shows up one day…this Obi Wan can’t even protect himself.

Can't shake the feeling that much like Boba Fett everything looks so damn cheap in this show, down to the sets, the effects and the general cinematography. There's no passion or love put into it and is just another character assassination attempt by Disney.

The laser barrier scene made me laugh. Hmmm..how are we going to get past this deadly laser barrier!? Off switch doesn't work, imma have to shoot it. Switch to wide shot, showing two ways you could walk around it. Jeeze

I blame Ewan for allowing himself to be complicit in this character assassination. He is a pretty good actor and was charming as Obi-Wan, but if you watch interviews with him from recent years you can see he became a huge SJW.

Ben Kenobi ran away Bravely ran away away When Vader reared his ugly head He bravely turned his tail and fled Yes Ben Kenobi turned about And gallantly he chickened out Bravely taking to his feet He beat a very brave retreat

I think this characterization of Leia is doing a wonderful job with regards to helping us understand how her maddening interpersonal behaviors led to the Empire destroying her home planet after years of dealing with her.

Calling it now. Episode 4, Leia, not Obi-Wan, is going to be the one to turn Rieeva back to the light side. Because, you know, she’s so amazing!

We’re halfway through the series and the series has taught us………nothing. All the tension they’re also trying to build is unnecessary as well. We know Kenobi survives, we know Leia survives. The new inquisitor characters are vastly unlikeable so who cares what happens to them? It’s a totally peril-less show.

I find myself rooting for the Empire more and more as I get older

Oh man. Knights watch, Critical Drinker, and Mauler are going to incinerate this show.

Obi wan has obviously lost his force speed power when running that he had in phantom menace, but Vader has gained Jason voorhees sith power of stalking his prey.

Dude was supposed to be training under a Ghost Qui-Gon for 10 or more years, not shrinking from responsibility. Obi-Wan shrinking from responsibility is even more out of character than what was done to Luke.

Obi-Wan successfully fought a bunch of stormtroopers at a check point. But when a female stormtrooper and a female imperial officer shows up it's instant surrender time. Good call Obi-Wan, no point in fighting the matriarchy. They would have had you written straight out of this show had you tried something funny.

You know, I've been wondering... Obi-Wan is watching over Luke because he needed to train him when the time comes, right? So does him not being able to use the Force worries him a bit? I mean, how is he supposed to train Luke in the Force when he can't use the Force himself!?

Also worth mentioning is the invisible walls that are seemingly pop up whenever the plot requires it. Obi Wan has to waste time destroying the laser checkpoint, even though there's more than two feet of clearance that he and Leia could walk around on either side, especially since they ditched the transport anyway. Darth Vader and the stormtroopers are completely stopped by a low wall of flames, despite the fact that you could easily shoot over it, and there is clearly more than enough space to walk around it. It's like the writers played too much Pokemon and think one weed is enough to impede someone's travel!

OG Kenobi: "You're not listening to some random brat." Driver: "I'm not listening to some random brat!" OG Kenobi: "We can walk to the nearest station which is...?" Driver: "You can walk to the nearest station which is just down this road." OG Kenobi: "Move along." Driver: ** OG Kenobi: **

33:57 Actually, I believe the line is 'the ears have made you weak.' It's clearly a meta reference to the Mouse's character assassination of every OT character they can justify making a show for

That pitiful imperial "checkpoint" in the middle of literally no where 🤣🤣🤣

The scene was shot in such a way that it looked like satire or a comedy sketch. Down to the long pause before the long shot of Obi Wan awkwardly running away from Vader. Then Vader just standing the with his light saber like “seriously”. It was so embarrassing for that character. We waited 20 years for what amounted to a scene from Space Balls.

OT, yes. Prequels, yes. Clone Wars, yes. Rebels, fine. But this? No. He does not resemble one of my top 4 favourite characters in this franchise.

How did they go from Vader in Rogue One to this? Lol. Vader would have walked through the flames. Wtf did we watch? How does this keep getting worse?

[on space ship] "Are we nearly there yet, can't you make it go any faster?" "no, I can't" (paraphasing) -Ship lands 1 minute later [on space truck] "that's a long story" "it's a long way" -Stormtroopers get off 1 minute later

Clearly the writers of the "Reva and Lil Leia Show" went to the Rian Johnson School of Scriptwriting. Lesson #1: The Emotional Moment [TM] is the most important part of any story, no matter the genre. The Writer ought never feel constrained by logic (internal or external), characterization, consistency, plot, sequels, prequels, contractual obligations, or fan expectations if they interfere with your Emotional Moments [TM]. The true genius of a writer is demonstrated by the number and volume of his/her Emotional Moments [TM]. Next week, Lesson #2: Reminding fans that they / their theories suck in a social media age.

Great video. Imagine how many downtimes Yoda went through in 900 years of being alive. If he had the same mentality that Obi-Wan had the Jedi would have failed before it ever got off the ground.

I agree with every word. It's absolutely maddening. I wish we could all go back to 2012 and convince George NOT to sell this beloved modern myth to Disney.

Last week, Reva send a picture of Obi-Wan to every bounty hunter on the planet. Consequently everbody immidiatly recognized him. This week, the stormtrooper doesn't even know the name of the Jedi (and girl) they are searching.

Obi-Wan was a Jedi Master, his abilities were ingrained into his instincts. He can wield the force as easy as walking. IMO 10 yrs isn’t long enough to become a weak geezer. This has more to do with Virtual signaling than PTSD.

Well its clear Lucasfilm has lost all common sense and don't understand just how much this will effect them and their future releases.

How does anyone justify this garbage

Get me a quantum theory expert to explain how strong type b inquisitor and strong type b rebel didn't run into each other in A TUNNEL. Or why Vader and the troopers just gave up when they could easily have side-stepped the fire.

I was chatting with a fan of the show and he said that he fully expected Obi-Wan to be depicted as incredibly powerful by the end. Lol. Don’t think so. When are these people going to learn.

You know: Force persuasion = no little girl noises Force persuasion = no flat bed driver issues Force persuasion = no storm trooper issues Also: Vader force choke = no kenobi running around issues (yes he did eventually use it but he should've used it the second kenobi bolted) But then again if you can have hardcore killers stopped by two pieces of linen I guess it's too much to expect any of the above...

Everything happens on Tatooine, it's litterally the most important planet in Star Wars.

well, just remember how they destroyed Luke in the last jedi...not surprised really

The most glaring non-think of the scriptwriter(s) in this episode is the fact that Obi-Wan and Leia escaped onto an automated transport ship, and the EMPIRE can't just check where that transport is going and intercept it? Must be some incredibly secret and powerful shipping company. I know that Reva managed to get the info but does nothing about it even though she's talking directly to Vader? The empire seems to value bureaucracy, non communication and an overall mañana attitude.

Watching this milk-toast version of Obi… I mean Ben… compelled me to look up My favorite passage from Revenge of Sith novel describing Kenobi’s style in context of personality and use of the force… There is an understated elegance in Obi-Wan Kenobi’s lightsaber technique, one that is quite unlike the feel one might get from the other great swordsbeings of the Jedi Order. He lacks entirely the flash, the pure bold élan of Anakin “Skywalker; there is nowhere in him the penumbral ferocity of a Mace Windu or a Depa Billaba nor the stylish grace of a Shaak Ti or a Dooku, and he is nothing resembling the whirlwind of destruction that Yoda can become. He is simplicity itself. That is his power. Before Obi-Wan had left Coruscant, Mace Windu had told him of facing Grievous in single combat atop a mag-lev train during the general’s daring raid to capture Palpatine. Mace had told him how the computers slaved to Grievous’s brain had apparently analyzed even Mace’s unconventionally lethal Vaapad and had been able to respond in kind after a single exchange. “He must have been trained by Count Dooku,” Mace had said, “so you can expect Makashi as well; given the number of Jedi he has fought and slain, you must expect” “that he can attack in any style, or all of them. In fact, Obi-Wan, I believe that of all living Jedi, you have the best chance to defeat him.” This pronouncement had startled Obi-Wan, and he had protested. After all, the only form in which he was truly even proficient was Soresu, which was the most common lightsaber form in the Jedi Order. Founded upon the basic deflection principles all Padawans were taught-to enable them to protect themselves from blaster bolts-Soresu was very simple, and so restrained and defense-oriented that it was very nearly downright passive. “But surely, Master Windu,” Obi-Wan had said, “you, with the power of Vaapad-or Yoda’s mastery of Ataro-” Mace Windu had almost smiled. “I created Vaapad to answer my weakness: it channels my own darkness into a weapon of the” “light. Master Yoda’s Ataro is also an answer to weakness: the limitations of reach and mobility imposed by his stature and his age. But for you? What weakness does Soresu answer?” Blinking, Obi-Wan had been forced to admit he’d never actually thought of it that way. “That is so like you, Master Kenobi,” the Korun Master had said, shaking his head. “I am called a great swordsman because I invented a lethal style; but who is greater, the creator of a killing form-or the master of the classic form?” “I’m very flattered that you would consider me a master, but really-” “Not a master. The master,” Mace had said. “Be who you are, and Grievous will never defeat you.

She brings so much to the franchise?? Does Ewan have access to a different version of this series than the rest of us?? Reva brings nothing but uselessness and annoyance that we have to waste time on such a one note character. The rebel was able to hold off Vader and the troopers by exploiting Vader's only weakness: the high ground. Ha!

At the scene at the checkpoint, WHY DIDN'T HE USE THE FORCE! the perfect opportunity to do a "these are not the droids you are looking for", he starts shooting with a blaster!!!! Everything is so contrived and happens exclusively to continue the plot. How is it that Disney is unable to hire a decent writer.

This is not the Obi-Wan Kenobi you are looking for.

I fell asleep again so I came here to have the episode explained to me. Thank you, Sir for enduring this painful experience so I don't have to. You're the true hero of this series.

Anyone else notice how, at the roadblock, Obi-Wan takes on _five_ Imperial Storm Troopers; he wins, but still surrenders to _three,_ plus an officer without armour? Wow. This overbudgeted show is cheap.

The way I pictured this series was Ewan playing the role like Sir Alec Guinness' portrayal of Obi Wan, sneaking around using the force like he did on the Death Star and only using his Lightsabre as a last resort. But this is turning into a broken war vet's adventures in babysitting. They should just call him Obi-Run in that encounter with a teleporting Vader. And regardless of being a Sith, Reva would have been executed for killing a superior officer. Seriously, this show is an utter mess and I don't believe KK was awarded a/George's CBE for this tripe!

“Just think. Those writers go through their life as one of those Storm Troopers. If that doesn’t scare you, nothing will.” 😂😂😂

Jake kenobi was great. He is a true hopeless coward, unfit to train Luke or rescue Leia. Diznee has the best woke feminist villains who just know everything and can do anything. The BLACK and WHITE sides of the force makes more sense now with the agenda driven identity politics.

Obi-wans arc from capable young padawan to capable jedi master to inept cave hermit to capable old jedi master is wild

Ah yes one of the most resolute, level-headed, and patient Jedi Masters who lost lots and lots of comrades, lost the love of his life, fought through the whole Clone Wars, but kept on fighting, AND planned together with Yoda how they could defeat the Sith Empire eventually will be definitively act like he does in this show. This show is against the not yet existing Genova Conventions for writers.

When, as is inevitable, Reva turns out to be good, saves the day, and becomes the hero of the story, the Disney shills and sycophants will point to it being no different to the redemption of Vader. But the difference is, (other than the vast chasm in screen presence) nobody knew Vader was going to redeem himself until it happened on screen! Whereas we all knew Reva's role in being amazing, stunning, brave, and the ultimate saviour of the universe, before the airing of episode one! Knowing what's going to happen before a series has even started, is getting really boring!

Ewan talks like he's been kidnapped reading from a cardboard

So he has fireproof skin now? Anikin would've loved to have learned that one.

The 3rd sister storyline defies logic. She just kills the Grand Inquisitor with literally no struggle, all the other Inquisitors seem cool except her. She walks around defying everyone without repercussions, just so lame its beyond description.

Wait... Leia doesn't know Obi-Wan at the beginning of Ep 4... She refers to him as a general who knew her father, not as the dude who saved her. >:(

This reminds me of what they done to picard reducing him to a useless shadow of himself

Is this show a parody, but they forgot to add a laughter track? Keep up the good work, Disparu.

To answer the question what force power Vader is using to teleport, it's the long lost art of Force Fedex, the same power Rey and Kylo use to teleport items through the universe. Vader just Force Fedex himself to where he needs to go.

Around 11 minutes into episode 3 Reva says "Send out the probes. DO IT! Now." That might be the worst line delivery I've ever heard. That lady can't act.

Vader just killing random people to be evil for evils sake is such a fundamental misunderstanding of the character. That's why I'm done and thats why they pushed the narrative that criticism is soley about Reva. They butchered the important parts people care about. Reva isn't one of them.

the fire scene at the end xD

When Reva is in the Inquisition Base and Second Brother is lashing at her about what she deserves, she says "I hope so". That line was the moment I knew this show was irredeemable. In Star Wars, Hope is the antithesis of the Dark Side teachings. So, for Reva to hope for anything turns this entire thing into a garbage fire.

When in the truck why didn't Obi Wan wave his hand and say, "I'm not the Jedi you're looking for."

We know how Obi-Wan explained the Force to Luke in A New Hope. He would explain it to Leia the same way.

Droids have no object permanence. Unless they're staring at you, they don't know you even exist. Same thing with the Inquisitors. Unless they're staring at Vader, they don't remember their missions. Same with Obi-Wan. Unless he's staring at his Jedi lightsaber, he forgets he has one, let alone know how to use it. Same with Vader. Unless he's staring at Kenobi, he forgets he's supposed to go all emo-insane angry and kill the dude (unless he forgot his name). Finally, same with the writers. Unless they're staring at a FINISHED WELL-WRITTEN script, they forgot to actually write it.

Vader: "We meet again, at last. The circle is now complete. When I left you I was but the learner. Now, *I* am the master" This seems redundant now. Talk about continuity error!

Ugh what a dumpster fire.. "I've been waiting for you Obi Wan, we meet again at last. The circle is now complete. When I left you I emwas but the learner, but now I am the master!!'" this show is just SAD and heartbreaking. I just have to keep telling myself, the opisite of love is not hate, it's Apathy!! This is all I have left for sismr StarWars, thanks for taking one for the team and watching this so we don't have to.

Holy shit this video was awesome. Enthusiastically subbed within the first minute of watching. Makes me think I may not be crazy when I find others that feel the same way about Disney Star Wars. So much potential and this is all they come up with. There are fan film shorts on RU-vid that surpass this "professional" made series by leaps and bounds.

And Obi Can-BlowMe doesn't just wave his hand and tell the storm troopers on the back of the pick-up truck that *_"We're not the people you're looking for"_* and then tell them to get off and wait for the next bus or something, because...? Oh, yeah - I forgot... this is Disney Star Wars.

Han Solo, Luke Skywalker, and now Obi-Wan Kenobi being character assassinated... If I were a subscriber of conspiracy theories I would say Disney Star Wars has a problem with male characters. Big problem. But that can't be, can it now?

Poor Obi Wan. Burnt alive on sand....SAND! It's so coarse and rough, and it gets everywhere

It's times like this that I remember the writers are building toward Leias ultimately useless death and 8 second funeral under a dirty sheet with a voice over by an anus-eyed monster.

Something tells me this show is textbook Last Jedi.

They said the writers room would be diverse. They never said it will be good

Completely agree Disney quadrupled down on destroying Luke and it looks like they’re already doubling down into making Obi-Wan Kenobi apathetic little hermit as well

At this point I would prefer the show pivots to the Adventures of Owen Lars farming and Luke playing with his stupid toy. What a contrived mess this show has been for 3 episodes

The amount of laughter I got out of your review was good, so thank you for that! My little grey cells are gonna have to recover for a week though because of how horrendous the writing is, even hearing it second-hand.

they literally just gave Obi Wan the jake skywalker treatment, because that was so well received when Rian Johnson did it. S8 GoT tier writing - at least it's so incredibly bad it becomes amusing

"The force makes you feel safe" - Obi-Wan, while clutching his throat from several feet in the air

Disney is over.

Obi-Wan is so feeble in this episode. I foolishly thought we'd see the Jedi master in his prime, but no. No guile, subtlety or anything resembling Obi-Wan in A New Hope. Not using the Force a single time during the conversation with the Stormtroopers, not once. Then just shooting them with a blaster... "clumsy and random" indeed.

"If I wanted to put up with annoying kids, I'd have them!" Haha, I hear you. Between Kwan and mini Leia, there are too many brats in my scifi!

They do understand that Obi-Wan not training because he was sad at the destructio of the Jedi completely overlooks the strength of character he displayed during the Clone Wars series when Duchess Satine was killed in front of him, the woman he loved and would leave the Order for, if that didn't break him, nothing would.

Leia will discover she is force sensitive, and use her power to reinvigorate obi-wan. Reva will have a redemption arc where she befriends Leia because she's just so darned cute and Reva is amazing.

McGregor gives so little of a sh*t about this he put zero effort into making this video, literally in the car probably on the way to buy some cigarettes.

I've seen people say that the reason as to why Vader let Obi Wan be taken by that droid was because of "him wanting a challenge" or being "underwhelmed by that fight". In my opinion, Vader (who has been described by many from the show as being at his peak) wouldn't have let a little bit of fire get in the way of his goal. He's been murderously searching for Obi Wan for ten years, even if the fight was underwhelming to him, he wants to make that man suffer, as he did on Mustafar in Revenge of the Sith. And if we are going to get technical, Vader's suit protects him from everything, so a fire would've done absolutely nothing. But I'll probably be called a racist or something for not liking the show now!

This series is pathetic. He can barely use the force or a light saber somehow. If they intended to destroy Kenobi it worked. He’s weak and every female character is brave and strong. This chick playing Reva is a terrible actress

8:31 "Obi-wan seems to have the stoicism of a meth-head" Yep that's the Obi-wan Kenobi we know and love 🙄

I think having Obi and Vader meet face to face was a terrible decision. They could have gone with them sensing each other and suspense filled moments of "will they meet?" but in the end Obi evades Vader. If done well it could have been great and not blurry canon so much. It feels like they took the easy way out and "jangled keys" for the audience. We could have learned so much about how they felt about each other without a face to face. This felt like lazy fan service.

"We're not the bounty you're looking for. " . Whoops... I guess he didn't learn how to do that, yet...

After this episode I feel more concerned about what this show might do, it seems that they have forcibly lowered the level of development of obi wan's character in order to be able to redevelop him by the end of the show, which could work in a character of where only the origins and not the end are known, but in this case I don't see the need to change the narrative arc of obi wan, I have always thought that the transition between the kenobi in the prequel and the one in the original trilogy seemed somehow natural and coherent, without the need to insert additional obstacles and emotional issues. Furthermore, all this introduces a great risk of hindering and upsetting the dynamics respectfully established over time and commonly considered solid canon, especially between the social relationships of the characters. From what I see, I perceive a sort of tickle of some canonical standards such as the fact that obi wan was not aware that vader was alive, which is a bit strange actually, but I don't find the need to create such a dynamic, which only risks ruining a well-established dynamic. It seems that people forget that essentially with the canonical information that is there you can create an infinity of respectful and interesting scenes, but for some strange reason they decided that in this third episode, Obi Wan confronts Vader between some near behind a town, on another planet with a desert atmosphere, then the battle is interrupted by a woman who shoots a strormtr., and literally Vader lets Kenobi go away, even if they there at a distance of a few meters from eachover... I don't know, I find it intriguingly useless, it could have made all this dynamic more awaited, maybe in a more epic and explained context or with a less static comparison between the two, because this story looks so cautiously random in his development. I don't really know, this show bothers me ... but somehow it exists and the result is a pretentious TV content, but without actually having any use for it. It probably carries more risks than benefits. Sorry for my english...

Remember Darth Vader was in the movie Jumper so clearly he knows how to teleport.

That scene with the fence made me super confused. At first I was wondering why they didn't just walk around it. So I assumed "Ah, it must be because they're going to use the vehicle of course". But then they ignored the vehicle and started walking on foot. So why even lower the fence in the first place?? The only reason I can think of them doing that is because of symbolism. I think Disney tried to push a "no borders" message with that very strange scene.

I was yelling at the screen many times through the ep. "What the F is going on here"

Yeah, I wasn’t impressed at all with the latter portion of this episode. It felt way too much like a bad show or a bad fan film. It was poorly executed… and just not at all capable of living up to what we all may have expected.

This episode was harder to watch than seeing Ryan ordering fast food.

*Waves hand* "This isn't the Obi-Wan you're looking for"

I had been trying to warn others about this, since the poster teases came out. The exact argument of removing all agency from legacy characters, for "reasons". The most applicable quote that comes to mind, is from an actual strong woman character. "Did IQ's; just drop sharply, while I was away?" Ellen Ripley, extended edition of Aliens