Not bad! Seeing Ewan as Obi-Wan again is really great. The clear highlight of the prequel trilogy. Also hoping to see Edgerton get pretty involved, he’s super underrated
The grand inquisitors seem..fine. I guess. Felt like they tried to do a Hans Landa esque intro with him and fell way short of that obviously (: . I liked when the third sister cut off that lady’s hand and when they hung Jedi Safdie in the town square, at least it shows they’re willing to get PG-13 violent with their villains. I feel like they’re not gonna be all that classic in the end but tbd
Ep was solid but one single minute-long sequence threatened to destroy the whole thing………. the Leia chase scene. My god, I was dying at how bad it was. The fact that they couldn’t outrun her, her hero slide, their choice to try to cut her off when they were right behind her, and THREE TIMES..them being foiled by small tree branches that they had to go around??? Wtf was that. So cringey. Makes me nervous for the way any upcoming action scene is directed. Cautiously optimistic for a good Obi-Wan lightsaber fight sequence or two tho
Omfg another Leia chase scene with her ducking underneath shit. Awful. I now hope there is one per episode
The Obi-Wan force scene to save Leia fell pretty flat for me sadly. I wish it was more….epic. Though I have a feeling the first time he uses his lightsaber will hit that mark
Did not realize Rupert Friend was playing grand inquisitor. Seemed familiar. Glad he’s already dead lol, he kinda stunk already. Though he’ll probably have survived and come back and no one will care
Fun role for Kumail, glad he survived
Missed opportunity to have him say to Leia “my name is Obi-Wan Kenobi, I’m here to rescue you”. Could’ve been a fun callback. Or maybe I would’ve hated it! Who knows
Loved the Vader reveal shot. I hadn’t considered the fact that Obi-Wan didn’t know Anakin had survived so that was a cool moment
lol I actually had the opposite experience Boc. I watched this right after an episode of Boba and my GOD was the difference noticeable. This ep was not great but it was clear that more care went into it than Boba
…still fell short tho. I heard RAVE reviews for the episode and was so ready for a huge Obi Wan and Anakin reunion. Instead it felt…kinda awkward. Like those shots of him kinda just wandering around the piles of sand and dirt while Vader was always around each corner? It was just dumb. When they were facing off at that refinery I was like oooo this is gonna be a sick set piece but Obi Wan doesn’t even take out his lightsaber to respond to Vader’s, he just stares at him and scurries away lol. And then he just casually extends his saber while alone?? Him using it again for the first time in ages should’ve been a fucking classsssic money shot but was wasted. Like Vader should’ve gone to strike down a villager and then the blue saber dashes into frame to parry him, would’ve been so good
I did like Vader’s presence for sure. Loved how brutal he was, just casually dragging people and snapping necks. And the way he raked Obi Wan across the fire, gahd damn. Also liked the stormtrooper getting cut in half by the lasers
Sand Snake momma is an okay character so far. Leia was less annoying this ep
I was so hoping the pilot Leia was going to would be some great unexpected cameo. Nope, he dead and it was just Reva. Bummer
SURELY they’re gonna save a big Obi v Vader rematch for the finale at least. I’m holding out hope for that
Bad! Bad direction and editing. I hated every time she spoke into her communication device like right in front of everyone. And when she choked that guy out in a dead silent room with people working just a few feet away, cmon
When Obi-Wan was walking with Leia in his robe lol. Gimme a break. You can't think of ANYTHING else!
Also MAYA from pen15 showed up! That was a fun surprise, I forgot she was cast
Poor Wade, really well fleshed out character and I felt his death, the show won't be the same without him. RIP to a real one
Underwater base looked cool, I'll give them that. Production design looks good, way better than Boba. Guess it's hard to fuck up an Imperial base at this point though
