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The-Mandalorian t1_j6ncx2l wrote

Reply to comment by Reasonable_Highway35 in What tv series would have worked better as a film? by antonimbus

That awful sequence aside, Leia herself was a highlight in the show for sure.

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Reasonable_Highway35 t1_j6ne22a wrote

Wish I could agree my friend. I want the brand to be so much more. :(

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The-Mandalorian t1_j6nfgka wrote

I just don’t think Kenobi was ever a series or movie that ever needed to be made. It was a bad idea to begin with because the way it ends has to be the same way it starts, with him being a hermit in the desert.

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Reasonable_Highway35 t1_j6nltqg wrote

Just some baffling decisions. I can’t remember who pointed it out but the whole idea that he’s meant to be there protecting the boy and yet, he’s kinda let it slip?

What is with this generation of filmmakers making our heroes completely different from whom they use to be. Rambo, Luke, Obi Won. I don’t get it. I love that Tom Cruise basically said, “Fuck that. I’m the hero. I act like a hero the whole time.”

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The-Mandalorian t1_j6nn9bn wrote

I mean Luke’s story was amazing. To me seeing our heroes 30 years later being some unchanged uber flawless badass is lame. And not an interesting story. What they did with Luke in the sequels is a highlight for me. I LOVE HelloGreedo’s video on this: https://youtu.be/KVtol2CDkn8

However - Obi-Wan didn’t change, and THAT was the issue. That’s why telling a story for him in that era is silly. He was a depressed hermit when we saw him at the end of Episode III and he was the same depressed hermit when we meet him in IV so any story told between those two is nothing but fluff because the character never gets the opportunity to change.

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