Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022)

[Greg]

Except Vader already force grabbed OWK in the episode to do him harm.....

[Drunk Monk]

Ikr? The parameters of the force are ill defined. Like I said, been wondering for years.

But man, if I had a lightsaber, never mind the force chokes, I would cut everything I could.

[Greg]

RIP Tera Sinube!

Well, that was a poor episode. Why are we torturing the girl? Why is everything so big in this place? What is the point of this place? Swimming? I was bored. Third daughter needs to find some nuance in her menace. The plot is overly convoluted.

[Drunk Monk]

E5: wow - serious Vader force grab.

I had a sneaking suspicion that this was where 3rd sister’s arc would go. 

I can’t believe Stacy spoiled the Grand Inquisitor mcguffin for me. She did it subtly. Tara must’ve tipped her off.

[Drunk Monk]

The pre-show warning sticks out in my head. This ep replays Anakin’s mass lightsabering of the younglings which could trigger Uvale memories. I hadn’t thought about it at the time but in retrospect, what a fucked up time we are in that this is even happening.

[Greg]

I'm not reading your post until I see the show tonight, Scapino.

[Drunk Monk]

No worries. I’m adopting the same with your Ms Maevel posts. Wed nights are tv nights, right?

[Greg]

They are. But I recorded The Old Man last night with Jeff Bridges.

[Greg]

Lift the embargo!

Ep05 was so much better than 04. It was nice to see HC out of the suit, but man he looks old in those scenes. Big time force pull. There was a lot of twisty plot happening which was good. I don't know the previous episode felt so dreary. Nice Light Saber battles from everyone. Sadness. The less kid the better I say.

I'm not going to be able to see the finale as the Queen will be out of town doing meeting things and attending her HS reunion. Or maybe I will watch it and just see it again when she returns.

[Drunk Monk]

The finale. Well, it was ok. There was a good lightsaber fight which is really all we ask. In the end, I found the most appealing scenes were when the full on Vader, Leia, & Kenobi themes were played. I enjoyed the series but wasn’t overwhelmed. It would be amusing to watch all the Anakin v Obi-wan lightsaber fights edited into one vid. I’m sure someone will do that on YouTube eventually.

[Greg]

I was underwhelmed. I'm glad they rehabbed Christensen and MacGregor because no one wants to go through life being the face of the people who ruined Star Wars. But it was all meh. Some episodes were good. Some were bad. It was nice to to see Ice Cube's kid continue to work on his acting chops.

There was a lot of fan service. It was like they went through A New Hope and found a bunch of pieces they could give stories to. I wish the overall story was better.

I did pause the film and scream when OWK felt Luke being in trouble from across the galaxy, rushed to save him only to be unaware of where he was on the planet. They did a lot of those things in the show. Why not launch all the fighters from Vader's Star Destroyer to surround the rebel cruiser rather than firing those puny laser beams at the fleeing ship?

I did like the blending of Christensen's voice and James Earl Jones voices in that one scene. That was particularly effective.

[Greg]

I'll just put this here.

James Earl Jones – one of the most distinctive voices in the history of film – appears to have made steps to step back from voicing the Star Wars character, Darth Vader, after nearly 40 years in the role.
Vanity Fair reports that the actor, aged 91, has signed over the rights to his voice to filmmakers using new AI, technology, Matthew Wood of Lucasfilm told the magazine that the actor “wished to keep Vader alive”
“He had mentioned he was looking into winding down this particular character,” Wood told Vanity Fair. “So how do we move forward?”
Jones made his debut as the legendary Star Wars villain in the 1977 film, and followed this up with voicing the same character throughout the franchise up to this point on both the big and small screen. He most recently starred as the character for the new Obi-Wan Kenobi series on Disney+.

While actor David Prowse dressed in the distinctive black uniform of the Sith Lord for the original films, it was Jones who provided the unique deep tones of the complex Vader. 
Besides his work on the sci-fi epic, Jones is a celebrated EGOT. He received an honorary Academy Award in 2011, having been nominated for Best Actor in the 1970 The Great White Hope.
Other stars from the franchise have made a return to the franchise in recent years. Ewan McGregor, Hayden Christensen and Mark Hamill have all reprised their characters, much to the delight of fans. But it seems one of the most distinctive actors of all is finally signing off. 
Earlier this month, Broadway’s Cort Theatre was renamed in honor of Jones, and a dedication ceremony was attended by such stage and film stars as Samuel L. Jackson, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Norm Lewis and director Kenny Leon. The 91-year-old Jones did not attend but had been given a private tour of the renamed James Earl Jones Theatre days prior.

[Dr. Ivor Yeti]

It was contrived, clunky, overwrought, and filled with Deus ex Machini. 10/10 Loved it!

---

OK, didn’t “love” it, but was entertained more than I was annoyed. Barely