after The Vow doc I'm happy to see Aunt Beru's actress gets to reprise the role again

maybe Indira Varma will get her desert character redemption. 0/1 so far!

I'm just glad they're getting off Tatooine for once

which is funny considering out of this/Mando/Boba, this is the only one that had a good reason to take place entirely on Tatooine

dw instead they'll give us the Obi-Wan vs Vader rematch which will make A New Hope's dialogue make zero sense

(not that I'm not kinda excited to see Hayden back, but there's no way this is gonna fit in with the movies)

tbh I kinda wish it was just the lowkey adventures of Obi-Wan in the desert as he descends into becoming the weird old hermit that Luke knows him as but obv I can see why they're going for the more action-packed route here

first two eps were...okay! Agreed with a lot of what you guys said. Direction was very iffy at times, child acting was mostly bad. Recap was probably my favorite part so far lol

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I was so confused during that first Leia chase, like those dudes were standing feet away from her multiple times, clearly within reaching distance, and just kept...letting her get away. At first I was like "oh okay so there's something weird going on here? Are they trying to scare her? Lead her somewhere?" but then they threw the bag over her head and it was just like...oh. Just really poor direction I guess! Ewan was obviously the highlight and the main thing keeping it afloat. I did like Kumail's character, that was a fun concept. A bit confused on his very sudden redemption arc where he was seemingly prepared to DIE for Obi-Wan tho?? Need more Owen & Beru tbh I too hope the Grand Inquisitor stays dead. Third Sister is pretty meh too but at least more interesting than him. But also if he does I wonder what the point of that whole sub-plot between him and Third Sister was?? Just to make her look more evil I guess?

watching this show fresh off the heels of another streaming service's faaaar superior flagship show (Stranger Things) does not help its cause! Very blah

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I'm sure they'll face off one more time in this show but this Vader vs Obi-Wan rematch did not make me feel like it was worth killing continuity for. The whole fight was just Obi-Wan running away (when it wasn't cutting away every 5 seconds, srsly holy shit let the scene BREATHE), zzzz. I did like the ending with Anakin getting his revenge with the fire but the resolution to that was so awkward. He just...lets him go after all that? Huh v unfortunate that Leia is still in the picture, we were SO close to moving on from her

episode 4 was also yikes, the show's getting worse as it goes on honestly. I'll finish it out at this point but man what a disappointment. Nothing's really working, even Ewan didn't have much to do in this ep and he's been pretty much the only silver lining this show has had

I flipped over and watched the first ep of Ms. Marvel after and man, even if it wasn't GREAT it was at least well-directed and had competent writing. Felt like the biggest breath of fresh air compared to this

how did they manage to make Vader look so bad in this lol. He looks like he's wearing a cheap Halloween suit. The production value in general is embarrassing at times for what's supposed to be Disney's "#1 show"

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oh look another character stabbed in the gut that's gonna survive! tbf the little fight beforehand where Vader's just toying with Reva was probably the only thing I liked about this ep, that was kinda fun Other than that...! OOF. Again How were Reva and Obi-Wan whispering to each other through a BLAST DOOR Why were Reva and Obi-Wan casually discussing treason in front of an entire phalanx of stormtroopers Why the hell would Vader leave Reva alive after she straight-up tried to kill him? He's choked people out for way less Why do they insist on using shakycam so much Why did Bail spell out where Luke is hiding, down to the detail, on an interceptable phonecall Indira Varma's character death actually made me lol. They paused on that moment for SO long with such dramatic music acting like it was some huge beloved character we're losing

I think I can safely say I no longer trust any Disney Star Wars unless it includes Baby Yoda

you took the words right outta mouth, agree with all of that. Def the best episode of the series just for that scene

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this week's continuity annoyance: Luke getting chased by an Imperial wielding a lightsaber. So dumb. The best part about Luke's story arc is he starts as a nobody who hasn't seen ANYTHING and has lived an incredibly boring life, which makes the epic journey he goes on that much more impactful Reva's character arc was sloppy af, even if they wrote a good character it still wouldn't have been worth it to draw so much time away from the Obi/Anakin conflict Which surprise surprise, was by FAR the best part of this episode, and the series. That sequence was arguably worth sitting through the rest of the show for. The bit with half-masked Vader and the audio cutting between Hayden/JEJ's voices was great