Ryan Shoots First: Obi-Wan Kenobi (S1 Ep4)
We’ve crossed the halfway point for Disney Plus’s new Star Wars series Obi-Wan Kenobi, and following Ben’s altercation with his former padawan Vader last week both are left licking their wounds this week.
Ben has less time however as he is right back to work trying to find Leia after she was taken. Luckily he will make some new friends that will help him infiltrate the base that is the Fortress Inquisitorious. This week was great to see Ben slowly start to gain his footing and become Obi-Wan again. He’s not quite there but he gets a chance to flex his muscles and there are some great scenes that show him getting back on the horse. He even loses himself after a simple saber twirl and pose.
His mission though is to rescue Leia who continues to be a joy in the show. This week saw her in a more serious situation as Reva interrogates her in a pretty intense way. Leia holds her own and again it’s easy to see how the seeds are being planted for her to sympathize with the downtrodden out in the galaxy. It’s not a stretch to thing this girl will grow up to be a key figure in a rebellion against the empire.
This week’s episode did wrap up some elements and with 2 episodes left it will be interesting to see where the story goes. Some threads still exist but there is a lot of wiggle room to dictate where Obi-Wan and Vader’s story goes next. Yes that means next week is in fact a penultimate episode!! If you been around RSF long enough you know we really enjoy penultimate episodes. It’s hard to believe we are already to this point. It seems like only yesterday Star Wars fans were losing their minds on Twitter because some goons chased an 8 year old through the woods destroying their childhood in the process.
Observations
- Good old Bacta
- What a shot, the cuts between both of them and their scars.
- Ok, well that’s a direct naming of Obi-Wan to Leia so the “she didn’t know he was Ben” angle is out.
- Also the “Jackson is Voss” theory is dead.
- Obi-Wan for some proper Jedi robes.
- You know what this has been the first Disney show to not include some giant animal fight yet.
- Woahhh, Jedi on ice
- Yea I look forward to someone breaking down who all these people are.
- Hell yea. Take out some Ads to get your Hp back up Obi.
- She open palm slapped a stormtrooper haha
- Nice little spin. He’s coming back into form.
- Purge trooper! Finally.
- Haha yea that checks out. Twitters gonna have a field day with that one.
- Snow speeders!
- Oh he’s pissed
- I like this view of how the rebellion starts. People just trying to help and do the right thing. Forced to become soldiers.
