**Beware SPOILERS** Obi-Wan Kenobi Series on Disney+ **Beware SPOILERS**
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OK, ROTJ is on TV right now, Luke's plan to rescue Han has just ignited -- and it's as dumb as BoBF and OWK series.
Beyond the terrible staging and horrible shots --
- Fett's "death"
- Lightsaber "club"
- Lando hanging on with Sarlacc wrapped around his leg
- No one seemingly able to shoot at close range
The only thing that holds the entire sequence together is John Williams music. It is definitely an action sequence that only a 10-year-old could enjoy. It must be my 10-year-old self that liked it originally.
Beyond the terrible staging and horrible shots --
- Fett's "death"
- Lightsaber "club"
- Lando hanging on with Sarlacc wrapped around his leg
- No one seemingly able to shoot at close range
The only thing that holds the entire sequence together is John Williams music. It is definitely an action sequence that only a 10-year-old could enjoy. It must be my 10-year-old self that liked it originally.
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Try searching obiwan Reddit leaks. I read some stuff on there. If you can’t find it let me knowCan someone please tell me the leaks for the last two episodes. Thanks!
At least Lando is super badass now considering the Sarlacc tentacles were strong enough to pull Slave I into it's mouth but not him, lol.
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Holy Jeeeeeezuz lol
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It's all that Colt 45 he drank giving him strength.
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For luke: perhaps he set his saber to lower power (IIRC lightsabers do have such adjustment ability just like blade length) and being a Jedi he is holding back, pulling blade back rather than cutting through so as to avoid excessive violence. As For the scene in general, it is about limitations of the time. They simply did not want to make a busy battle sequence more complex and time consuming by adding prop limbs etc or hire amputee actors etc etc. Limitations of the time, same as many other movies of the period.And yet they don't always "cut fine," and that's going as far back as ESB and ROTJ. Heck on top of the barge Luke even swings it at a Gammorean Guard and knocks the rifle out of his hands without even cutting the rifle.So the laziness shown in that sequence obviously wasn't just about toning down the violence.
So you either accept that lightsaber cutting is internally inconsistent from film to film and hold it against all the movies or you string together a common pattern shown on screen as a way of explaining it for all. I prefer the latter. Holding it against the Obi-Wan show while giving it a free pass in the OT and PT is silly IMO.
You can accept that a wielder's "mental state" (regardless of whether they know the Force) can literally change the very weight of the weapon in your hands but for some reason it's too ridiculous to allow for that same mental state to explain the decades old inconsistency in how much damage they do?
Okay, have your double standards, whatever works for you...
But at least my explanation covers all the movies without me having to turn a blind eye to one or willfully give a free pass to another.
Thing is, with modern tech and methods those sorts of corner cutting actions do not need to be made and should not be made. OT had many flaws, but the idea that the franchise should not try to improve or correct the mistakes made in the past by not repeating them is just ridiculous. It is like saying that since the first cars had no airbags or indicators and were very slow we should be happy with modern cars missing the same features. No. As tech and the arts improve, the products should improve. Any company that fails to innovate faces a loss of market share and eventually even bankruptcy. Star Wars is already losing market share due to subpar products. They need to start improving things now. That means stop the corner cutting, hire competent writers, directors and editors and respect the lore as they build on it. The OT is the foundation, you damage that with retroactive plot holes you bring the whole house down.
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So Rupert Friend is still doing the talk show rounds to promote the show even though his GI character looked to have died in Episode 2 when Reva gutted him with her lightsaber. On Kimmel Friday night he confirmed that his character has two stomachs, but Kimmel couldn't get him to admit he survived. Pretty entertaining interview.
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Kudos.
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Oh, no, you just don't understand that Waaaaaaaaaaaaaade was a transformer who could turn into a T47. human sized of course.
That is one small T-47!
Reva looks like a giant in several shots.
Take a look at the wide shot as Vader sets her down after force-hold -- she's taller than he is. Then the next two-shot Vader towers over her.
Take a look at the wide shot as Vader sets her down after force-hold -- she's taller than he is. Then the next two-shot Vader towers over her.
Awful sequence in its entirety IMO. This shot took the cake.
That is one small T-47!
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Strange how the human brain works, or stuff you can't unsee. Like when someone said the HT Aquaman fig looked like a corn cob, or that shot of Boba crawling in his pajamas on the sand that someone here (who will remain unnamed) pointed out there was an uncanny resemblance to the Penguin.The townspeople heard her speech and got to witness her cutting that one lady's hand off. Point made; theatrics delivered. Then when nobody offered info to spare Owen's life, she doesn't leave without saying, "next time, Owen." Which would be fine if we didn't learn that she can probe minds with relative ease in the very next episode. Why bother with a next time?
Probing someone's mind out in public could end up being as intimidating anyway. If you're hiding something and know she can do that, you might start blurting out whatever it is so as not to be punished for withholding info if she probes your mind next.
And the very next scene is her and the Inquisitor with the salad bowl on his head where she says, "I'm sick of wasting time!" Well, you know what a good way to stop wasting time would be? What she did to save time in the alley during the very next episode.
But yeah, “REEEEEEEVAaaaaa!!” was hilarious. I'll give you that.
Now, thanks to ajp4mgs, Reva is Sweet Child 'O Mine, combined with images of leaf lettuce and a really angry chihuahua. For me, the jury is still out as to whether laughing uncontrollably at certain scenes "ruins" a show for me, or should just be regarded as an unexpected bonus e.g. well, it didn't ALL suck. At least there were some laughs.
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https://thedirect.com/article/obi-wan-kenobi-disney-theatrical-release
Listed as 5h and 20min, or 320mins.
First 4 eps of Kenobi total 185mins
That means there's 135mins. or 2h & 15mins for final 2 episodes put together
A chunk of that is probably dedicated to the Q&A so I bet we get 2 roughly 45 min episodes to close it out
Listed as 5h and 20min, or 320mins.
First 4 eps of Kenobi total 185mins
That means there's 135mins. or 2h & 15mins for final 2 episodes put together
A chunk of that is probably dedicated to the Q&A so I bet we get 2 roughly 45 min episodes to close it out
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Such a strange series. Not so bad it's good (for discussion) like BoBF and not as excellent as Mando. It's just kind of sitting in the middle.
I love the scene where Obi-Wan is in the hall and jumps behind one of the support beams right as the Stormies step into frame--indicating that they would have been staring at him the whole time that he did that from what 10-15 feet away?
Or Tala sitting at the terminal a few feet from other officers just chatting away with Obi-Wan telling him how to avoid seeker droids and what not, lol. Then when someone rightly questions her she gets up, walks about 10 feet to where she apparently kills him, then disposes his body right on the other side of the wall and heads back to the same terminal to continue giving the hostile infiltrator instructions within earshot of those same previous officers. Such a goofy show, lol.
Or Tala sitting at the terminal a few feet from other officers just chatting away with Obi-Wan telling him how to avoid seeker droids and what not, lol. Then when someone rightly questions her she gets up, walks about 10 feet to where she apparently kills him, then disposes his body right on the other side of the wall and heads back to the same terminal to continue giving the hostile infiltrator instructions within earshot of those same previous officers. Such a goofy show, lol.
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