Reva was unnecessary in this limited 6 part series and it just felt forced and it showed by the poor writing.
They had so much from Clone Wars & Rebels they could have touched on, instead of adding a new character who apparently cannot die and is written so badly and without any logic.
Just a typical KK Disney thing we have to live with forever.
It's funny, that Lucas has said about a year or so ago, he regrets selling Star Wars to Disney.
Even George with his poor dialogue skills and own mistakes, sees how bad KK & Disney screwed it up.
Reva was unnecessary in this limited 6 part series and it just felt forced and it showed by the poor writing.
They had so much from Clone Wars & Rebels they could have touched on, instead of adding a new character who apparently cannot die and is written so badly and without any logic.
Just a typical KK Disney thing we have to live with forever.
It's funny, that Lucas has said about a year or so ago, he regrets selling Star Wars to Disney.
Even George with his poor dialogue skills and own mistakes, sees how bad KK & Disney screwed it up.
The show definitely needed Reva. It picked Obi Wan, Darth Vader, Leia and everyone else where Episode 3 left them and put them back in the exact same spot they started. You have to keep Anakin a million miles away from Leia and Luke while dragging Obi Wan off of Tatoinne (the only reason he's ever going to leave is for them). The entire driver behind every single plot beat of the series was Reva.
The show definitely needed Reva. It picked Obi Wan, Darth Vader, Leia and everyone else where Episode 3 left them and put them back in the exact same spot they started. You have to keep Anakin a million miles away from Leia and Luke while dragging Obi Wan off of Tatoinne (the only reason he's ever going to leave is for them). The entire driver behind every single plot beat of the series was Reva.
Would they? You need a character evil enough to kidnap and potentially kill a child, who knows anakin is darth vader but is conflicted enough not to tell him if / when she discovers luke or leia are his child. Which established character fits that spot in the series?
And why would you recycle yet another established character? The amount of stuff thats been recycled is just about tolerable but its on the border.
Nathan Filoni have his moments from time to time, but overall it's just too much dwelling in every little scene from original trilogy and making it a huge event. It's really tiring they can't create their own story as they have resources to hire best script writers.
Vader's line to Obi-Wan: "You didn't destroy Anakin, I did.' It's almost a straight ripoff from animated series SW: Rebels.
Nathan Filoni have his moments from time to time, but overall it's just too much dwelling in every little scene from original trilogy and making it a huge event. It's really tiring they can't create their own story as they have resources to hire best script writers.
Vader's line to Obi-Wan: "You didn't destroy Anakin, I did.' It's almost a straight ripoff from animated series SW: Rebels.
I meant more like a whole new story, settled in the future and not referencing too much past events done to death. Mando could be still interesting and the some of the stuff surrounding Grogu, Ahsoka as a character is underrated but even she was created by George Lucas quite some time ago.
Something original in the future far, far away would be good.
I meant more like a whole new story, settled in the future and not referencing too much past events done to death. Mando could be still interesting and the some of the stuff surrounding Grogu, Ahsoka as a character is underrated but even she was created by George Lucas quite some time ago.
Something original in the future far, far away would be good.
Would be interesting, Lucas Film are working on many things right now.
They have a lot of people from Lucas days, so they will always be influenced by him, but maybe in the near future Taika can do something compelling and engaging.
Would be interesting, Lucas Film are working on many things right now.
They have a lot of people from Lucas days, so they will always be influenced by him, but maybe in the near future Taika can do something compelling and engaging.
My main take aways from the episode were firstly the cinematography of the battles was superb and more importantly secondly having Kenobi kick his ass again reinforces his action in letting himself get struck down in the original film. That really resonated with me as he had Vader's number and it made me think about his selfless action even more than I ever have.
My main take aways from the episode were firstly the cinematography of the battles was superb and more importantly secondly having Kenobi kick his ass again reinforces his action in letting himself get struck down in the original film. That really resonated with me as he had Vader's number and it made me think about his selfless action even more than I ever have.
He as in Darth came across vulnerable. He's Vader lord of all things bad... How did it come down to this? Did he cry himself to sleep when he went back after getting his arsed kicked? I bet he did. I want bad guys to be bad...not fannies like Vader.
He as in Darth came across vulnerable. He's Vader lord of all things bad... How did it come down to this? Did he cry himself to sleep when he went back after getting his arsed kicked? I bet he did. I want bad guys to be bad...not fannies like Vader.
To get a spin off show. Thats her only reason for existence. She added nothing to the story or the characters of Kenobi or Vader. Take her out of the show, and you get the same show as someone else will fill in her parts with ease. The sin of it is, that theres a really good story there for that character in her own show. But we will never see it as that opportunity was pissed away by shoe horning her in to Kenobi.
Enjoyable enough series once you turn your brain off, which is more that can be said of most Star Wars fare these days.
Others seem to disagree but I think the prequel lightsaber fights (well, not the AOTC Dooku rave) are a thousand times better than what's come since. I can't believe Disney have succeeded in making me pine for the days of Lucas directing.
To get a spin off show. Thats her only reason for existence. She added nothing to the story or the characters of Kenobi or Vader. Take her out of the show, and you get the same show as someone else will fill in her parts with ease. The sin of it is, that theres a really good story there for that character in her own show. But we will never see it as that opportunity was pissed away by shoe horning her in to Kenobi.
Random factoid: in that fight the actor playing Vader was, well, actually playing Vader. In the next one, they starting putting the choreographer in Vader’s suit for the lightsaber fights. He was an English swordmaster who was the most respected sword fight choreographer in Hollywood for decades and worked on everything from The Princess Bride to Lord of the Rings.
As for this one, it was okay but as someone else said there was not even the slightest hint of jeopardy. And the part around when they were back to back like it was a dance routine had me chuckling.
I liked most of the lightsaber fights in the series to be honest. A new hope was weak, dont think any would argue otherwise but thought Empire and Return of the Jedi in particular were great sword fights. They dialed the fantasy up for the prequels with the backflips and double bladed lightsabers and they were pretty unique at the time. Maybe they were a bit shallow and over the top but i loved them.
Thought the last fight in obi wan did a good job of bridging the gap between the originals and the prequels. It was a bit slower and more deliberate. It felt like it could be squeezed into either trilogy and not look completely out of place wheras the divide between them previously looked pretty wide.