Thoughts & life experiences of a Chicago area graphic artist

25 June 2022

Obi Wan Series Quick Take: Uneven

 

The good:

Seeing Ewan McGregor on screen as my favorite Jedi.

Young Princess Leia casting was spot-on. I grew to like her more with each episode.

The last episode battle between Obi Wan and Darth Vader. Yow!

Decent cinematography


The bad:

Dialogue seemed boiler-plate at times. Some lines by Vader seemed copy-pasted from animated Star Wars productions.

For some reason, I became annoyed at Ewan's voice. Too nasal? Too whiney? I dunno. Just bugged me.

At a certain point I couldn't help think of the old saying "You can't put a new patch on an old garment." Meaning to me that the Star Wars franchise has become a difficult "tapestry" of folklore to manage well in regards to fitting in stories along its extremely canonical timeline.


The meh:

Storm troopers.

Predictable plot twists

Luke's sub-thread plot invulnerability.

Qui-gon Gin 


I watched with impatience a lot of the time. It seems like the series could have been tighter and shorter.


But I enjoyed parts.



 


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