Kenobi - S1E5 (Spoilers)

"twstdbydsn;c-2367127" wrote:

"wildnz;c-2366974" wrote:
Yeah a few plot holes filled that were clearly deliberate to create a bit of fan uproar. I kind of joked about Reva being a youngling that was really after revenge after episode one but didn't expect it to be so sudden either. We now have a character that knows all of the biggest secrets left for dead , but not. Kind of feeling a little let down by the depth of story , but the Vader action was worth watching it for alone.

I called it that she was the youngling after episode 1. Last episode solidified it for me. This one made it clear to all.

I thought this was pretty obvious

i like this episode overall, the flashbacks and seeing Hayden fully being Anakin again was nice

"twstdbydsn;c-2367129" wrote:

"Solarite;c-2367027" wrote:

"ShaggyB;c-2367022" wrote:

Then we are just left with leia having a personal connection with kenobi that she doesnt acknowledge in New Hope.

She was kid ? Do you remember everything that happened in your childhood?

I barely remember last week.

So you might have been kidnapped and saved by a jedi, whom you thought werent real, befriended him... he saved you by making you float and then you got kidnapped again and he came to get you while deflecting laser blast and holding back the ocean.... onky to have to save him and a bunch of others escape the empire which you thought was helpibg people but were about to be tortured by....

Do you recall your own name, because forgetting all of that seems highly unlikely. Youd need to have lost your memory to write all that off

"Magruffin;c-2367265" wrote:
Regarding leia remembering him or not; maybe she gets a partial memory wipe/force mind wipe? Total spitball theory, and I have no clue what the force is able to do or not in the extended universe

I think she will remember him. in EP4 she knows where to send the data, and if I recall addresses him by proper name. i imagine at the end Ben and Bail will instruct her very strictly to not contact him or mention him unless its a dire situation.

and the dire situation comes in at ep 4, where they get captured near Tatooine, and he would be the only one she would know and trust nearby

Vader pulling the fleet and tearing it apart was cool

I am with Shaggy on the Leia-Kenobi part. I hate it when they contradict previously established elements of the lore instead of expanding it. They might yet fix it, might being the operative word.

About E05:

What I liked in this episode is that IF this was the last encounter between Kenobi and Vader than the New Hope line "i was but a learner when I left you" could be interpret as this episode without creating a full on contradiction and I personally would say it is damn clever. Willing to give them the benefit of the doubt on this one.

Kenobi and Vader cannot meet many more times, but if this was the very last then i am sold on it.

I also really liked the "unstoppable Vader" theme even if it kinda ridicules him as a leader. I still liked it nonetheless.

Cons:
This digital de-aging is still in very-very-very tiny baby shoes. I didnt like it. I dont think it was particularly well executed either, but maybe that's a technological limitation.

I have ZERO sympathy for Reva. Her "deathscene" reminded me of that of king joffrey. I also think the role is way to challenging for the actress. I consider her play as bad acting. This, and the not particularly interesting story of the inquisitors makes me not care about her. Which is problematic to be honest. Do you guys root for her in ANY way?

FFS stop reviving ppl... Not cool man.

Red droid BAD, blue droid GOOD was way too primitive for my likings.

Overall I rate this episode 7/10

I would’ve loved the Anakin/Obi-Wan flashback scenes if they were in a training room with other Jedi. I would imagine the other Jedi in the room would geek out and have a “Morpheus is fightin’ Neo!” type of moment during their spar. ?

I don't think there is any technical limitation on the de-aging process. After the Mandalorian finale, there were videos of deepfaked Luke face that looked a lot better than the one they did in the show. They could have deepfaked a younger Anakin's face if they wanted to.

Leia's message in R2 could be explained as her being cagey in case it's intercepted. She is pretty excited later on the Death Star when she hears that Obi-Wan is with Luke and Han.

That was epic