![]() The two split up but stay in contact through the comlink, something that proved to be as useful as dangerous during the mission. This is something the actress already teased this past week in interviews, and Obi-Wan Kenobi did not wait any longer to show. Obi-Wan and Tala then travel all the way to the water moon Nur, where Tala will try to infiltrate the facility using her Imperial credentials. ![]() That being said, the mention of Roken’s wife, who we understand used to be a Jedi (or at least Force sensitive), being taken by the Inquisitors was a good foreshadow of what Obi-Wan would find inside the Fortress. It’s a turn that in animation may be acceptable, but came off a bit cringy in live-action, a weak link in a script that needed the action to get going. This scene is one of the weaker aspects of that - Roken is initially against the idea of getting into the Fortress Inquisitorius, but after he remembers out loud his deceased wife, he’s all for it. ![]() I mentioned earlier that Part IV feels like a Rebels episode brought to live-action, and that is for the good and the bad. While he’s only in a couple of scenes here, the episode’s final scene definitely teases we’ll get more from him next week. In some way, they are one and the same, but we immediately realize they are very much not.Īfter Obi-Wan decides he’s had enough healing for one day, and it’s time for them to get Leia back, we meet O’Shea Jackson Jr., who is playing a Rebel officer named Roken. I also love how, in some shots, we can’t really tell who is who. He is calm and getting mentally ready for the next fight. Meanwhile, Vader has been preparing for this for a long time, and his healing bath proceeds normally. He’s so troubled by what just happened he snaps out of it and has to leave the tank to get some air. This is very clear to us thanks to great editing that cut between both characters. Chow worked with her editor Kelley Dixon to deliver great visual storytelling that works on multiple levels.Īs he enters the bacta tank, Obi-Wan can’t stop thinking about Vader and what he’s become after their fight on Mustafar. But there are internal wounds the tank won’t be able to reach, those of the mind. After a shocking execution of Star Wars poetry during the third act of Part III, with Vader trying to burn his former Master alive, Obi-Wan must get into a bacta tank to heal his wounds. Let’s start from the beginning, because Obi-Wan Kenobi continues to impress me very much with its depiction of its characters. WARNING: Spoilers for Obi-Wan Kenobi: Part IV ahead. In Part IV, Chow and the screenwriters (Joby Harold and Hannah Friedman, this time around) worked together to create some amazing sequences with nail-biting tension and very high stakes, and fooled me into thinking our heroes might not make it out at several points. I have been enjoying Obi-Wan Kenobi even more than I anticipated, and I thought last week’s episode was exceptionally good. I know there have been some criticisms out there about Deborah Chow’s directing in past episodes, though I have personally not shared them. ![]() This is the typical rescue-from-the-Empire episode of Star Wars: Rebels brought to live-action, on the plus side and on the downside. That is, perhaps, the best way to describe it. It’s the second act of A New Hope, the first 45 minutes of Return of the Jedi, and approximately 30% of the episodes of the animated series. This episode is classic Star Wars, a smaller mission inside the larger story trying to rectify the wrongs of what happened the last time we saw our heroes. Part IV of Obi-Wan Kenobi picks up right where we left off last week’s episode, with our protagonist now with Tala’s Rebel cell, healing from his wounds and planning Leia’s rescue from the Inquisitors’ grip.
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