After the last forgettable trilogy, an operation designed at the table to revive the nostalgia of the fans but somewhat weak in terms of plot and evolution, we really feared that the franchise of Star Wars, with the move to Disney, he would have lost his charm forever, remaining alive only as a badge of recognition but without (or almost) having nothing more to say. Fortunately, to make us understand that we were wrong, it has arrived Disney +who first gave a little gem like The Mandalorianunfairly ignored at Emmys if not for technical awards, and then a wonderful title like Obi-Wan Kenobianother very risky production but which, fortunately, has managed to use the most intriguing pieces of the second trilogy by combining them with two things that most of today’s screenwriters ignore: writing and inventiveness.
The story takes place 10 years after the dramatic events of Revenge of the Sith, with Obi-Wan Kenobi intent on living a hermit’s life on Tatooine keeping an eye on little Luke, the son of the Anakin Skywalker whom he is convinced he has killed, waiting for the moment when he matures the first skills of Jedi. In the meantime, however, his sister Leia gets into troublekidnapped by the brutes of the Inquisition, an organization that searches for the last Jedi hidden in the galaxy and that does not seem to resign itself to the idea that Obi-Wan Kenobi, one of the last masters to have survived the carnage devised by Emperor Palpatine and from his stormtroopers, is still on the loose. Hence the journey of a man who hasn’t used the Force for a decade but who will have to fight with all his might to ensure the survival of Leia and himself.
Despite also Obi-Wan Kenobi fish easy among the old glories in order to make us move – by a Ewan McGregor that doesn’t seem aged a day to a Hayden Christensen in the role of Darth Vader who after the trilogy did not have the luck that Hollywood wished him – the series – consisting of 6 episodes available on Disney + every Friday, from May 27 to the grand finale scheduled for June 22 – also focuses on an intriguing development, on very bad guys consumed by ambition that have nothing to envy to the predecessors of the “far away” trilogies, and on a narrative structure capable of combining the elements prince of success: adventure, good feelings and happy ending. Among excellent new entries such as Joel Edgerton and the direction of Deborah Chow, Obi-Wan Kenobi – who sees McGregor himself as an executive producer – hits the mark with ease, hoping the new direction of the Star Wars both television and film.
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