Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi is to discover or re-discover on Disney+.While George Lucas’ first draft doesn’t line up perfectly with the plots of Return of the Jedi and Revenge of the Sith, it does inform Ben’s state of mind and his internal conflict portrayed in the series.Īnd it was during a 1981 production meeting for Return of the Jedi that George Lucas detailed his thoughts on Anakin’s downfall, his corrupt relationship with Palpatine, and the eventual death of Padmé, which left Luke and Leia in the care of the Lars family, for one, and of the Royal House of Alderaan, for the other. Although these two have few adventures together outside of Revenge of the Sith, the Obi-Wan Kenobi series follows the director’s original plan and shows a deep level of trust between the two characters who share a same objective: overthrow the Empire and protect the children of Anakin and Padmé. The filmmaker’s 1981 vision also highlighted the strong friendship between Obi-Wan and Bail Organa ( jimmy smiths). One allows the character to stay true to his mission to protect Luke and accept his guilt on his own, while the other makes his desperation manifest enough to interfere with his ultimate mission. Ultimately, both iterations of Obi-Wan’s story align with George Lucas’ vision but in different ways. In the continuity of the Star Wars universe, Obi-Wan never faced Darth Vader between Revenge of the Sith and A new hope but he learned that his former apprentice had survived their duel after becoming a hermit on Tatooine.įor some viewers, the version shown in the series is more interesting because it allows Obi-Wan to work through his guilt and accept that Anakin ( Hayden Christensen) is no more and this, in a spectacular way: with the conversation of Kenobi and Darth Vader in the finale of the show, consolidating the state of mind of the first in The Return of the Jedi. THE SERIES PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE VISION OF GEORGE LUCAS A feeling reinforced when he learns that his corrupt former apprentice is still alive and forces him to confront Darth Vader twice.īut at the end of Obi-Wan Kenobi the series, the character embodied by Ewan McGregor comes to terms with his “mistakes” and accepts his share of “responsibility” for the horrors committed in the galaxy by Darth Vader, but above all that the good man he once knew is dead – in a figurative sense -, which makes him allows him to resume his mission on Tatooine with renewed confidence. This is now an essential part of his characterization in the series which depicts the once-legendary Jedi as having fallen into despair due to his guilt, weakening his bond with the Force.

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