Obi-Wan Kenobi Episode 4 is finally here and in it we actually get some really amazing
connections to both Star Wars Legends and the other Canon stories, including the books,
novels, video games and comics.
So hit that subscribe button and let’s break down all of the awesome lore from Obi-Wan
Kenobi Episode 4.
So the episode begins on a horribly burnt Obi-Wan Kenobi in the back of Tala’s ship…
Obviously what Vader did to him last episode has horrifically burnt him given him the need
for a bacta tank.
In the tank, we get direct parallels to Darth Vader’s scenes in the bacta tank, and then
we even get crosscutting scenes of them both in their own tanks.
Interestingly, it actually looks like Darth Vader is enjoying the visions of what he did
to Obi-Wan.
Maybe he finally feels like he’s gotten revenge for Kenobi leaving him there in the
lava all those years ago on Mustafar.
But the location Obi-Wan ends up in is actually incredibly interesting, and has deep ties
with Star Wars legends.
The location of Jabiim was the site of the one of the bloodiest and most horrific battles
in the Clone Wars.
By the time only 3 weeks had passed, the Separatists had performed a devasting counter attack on
the Republic which killed 2 Jedi Generals and pretty much all of the Padawans on the
battlefield.
Thousands of Clones perished, and not even ARC troopers were enough to get the Republic
out of this horrendous situation.
To make things even worse, the planet’s harsh weather conditions made traversing the
terrain almost impossible as well as geo storms knocking out almost all Republic communications.
The fighting got so bad there, that at one Point, Anakin actually believed his master
Obi-Wan had died, sending him into a violent spiral…
Eventually the Republic lost hope and the senate ordered a full evacuation of all forces,
with Anakin to lead them.
During this time though, Anakin was so angry about his master, and just the general failure
of the battle, that as he was evacuating his clones, he told the locals coldly “this
is your war now”, before leaving.
Horrible way to leave them, and they actually never forgot that moment, making Anakin a
villain in their culture for the following years.
Not to mention, there weren’t enough ships to evacuate all of the loyalists who fought
alongside the Republic on the planet, so Anakin had to make the very difficult decision of
choosing who to evacuate.
Anakin chose to evacuate his Clones, instead of the loyalists, leaving them even more furious
than before.
They were horrified that the Republic had turned their backs on them, but there was
nothing anyone could do.
As Anakin was leaving, the loyalists stormed the Evacuation ships, and Anakin did the unthinkable,
subduing them by using force choke…
He was literally remembered as the Satan of their planet after this whole incident.
In the end, the Republic lost 27 Jedi and over 10,000 clones, marking it as the most
bloody and devasting battle of the Clone Wars.
Either way, we then cut to a man who’s running a big part of the operation on Jabiim named
Roken.
This is interesting, because he’s actually the son of Ice Cube and it seems like he has
a very interesting backstory.
We’ll likely get more on him in a comic run or a standalone novel.
He eventually agrees to help Obi-Wan locate Leia, and he tells him that she is likely
located on the Moon Nur, in the Mustafar system.
Back in Leia’s cell we see that the Inquisitors have decided to handcuff her.
Now I don’t know about you but the size of these handcuffs are eerily similar to the
ones Moff Gideon used on Grogu in the Mandalorian.
Obviously these are slightly bigger, but it shows you that the Empire have a long history
of taking child prisoners.
After this, Reva mentions that they intercepted a transmission on the planet Balnab.
This is the planet we see in the Clone Wars episode Nomad Droids, where C-3PO and R2 land
there, and I don’t blame you at all if you skipped this one.
Balnab was also seen in the Han Solo age of Rebellion comic where he took the falcon to
the space port there, and quickly got into a barfight…
He then smuggled spice offworld…
Once Tala and Kenobi arrive at Fortress Inquisitorious, home base of the Inquisitors from the Darth
Vader 2017 comics and Jedi fallen Order, they arrive in Prisoner Transport 538.
This is coincidentally the same number as the Obi-Wan Kenobi funko pop.
Cool little connection there, even if it wasn’t fully intentional.
Now as we see Tala walk up to the entrance of the main part of the base, she is asked
for identification.
What she hands over is actually a code cylinder, and we see pretty much every imperial officer
with these in their front pocket.
The only other time we actually see them in use though is in Star Wars Rebels, where Agent
Kallus uses them to sneak into an office.
After Tala sneaks into the main base, we see Obi-Wan swimming nearby using a respirator.
This is actually the same way we see Cal Kestis Swim towards fortress inquisitorious in Jedi:
Fallen Order.
Great little nod right there.
He honestly even looks slightly like Cameron Monaghan, Cal’s Actor, in one shot underwater,
which makes this connection even better.
Right after this, young Leia does her best to resist the Third Sister’s mind probe
ability, the same one Kylo uses in the Force Awakens, and she actually succeeds.
We already know Leia was force sensitive, so this is a nice little show of her strength.
Leia then pulls a classic trick on Reva, and this time she’s had enough.
She sends Leia to the torture chamber deeper in the facilitiy, possibly the same torture
chair that was used on Cere Junda, when she gave up Trilla and the other younglings.
Now back with Obi-Wan, he walks into a horrid and creepy chamber of Jedi bodies, each killed
during Order 66.
On the inside I think I can spot possibly someone of the same species as Quinlan Vos,
maybe Coleman Kcaj, although he was confirmed to have survived by both the Grand Inquisitor
and Darth Vader in the Vader 2017 comics, so I don’t think it’s him…
Then we sadly have Terra Sinube, the Jedi Elder from the Clone Wars tv Series.
Terra Sinube was a very wise and thoughtful Jedi Master who had a very rare type of Lightsaber
called the Saber Cane.
As you can imagine, this allowed him to conceal his saber inside of his cane, making it look
like he was just a frail old man…
Never Judge a book by its cover.
He also went on a mission with Ahsoka when she lost her own lightsaber, and Sinube was
able to use his rare Light Blue blade.
Horrible to see such a great Jedi Master put in such a wretched place.
Now I just have to point out one more possible Jedi in the tank, even though this is 90%
likely not to be him, as Kenobi is walking, there does appear to be one that looks like
Mace Windu.
Now I know we all want him to be alive, but maybe he did survive for a few years, but
was later captured and put into this place…
But what do you guys think?
This Mace Looking body does appear to have his right hand on, which of course Mace doesn’t.
Although if he did survive the initial fall and then was later captured, he might have
put on a prosthetic before that.
While Leia is about to get tortured, Kenobi needs a distraction to reach her on time.
As a result, Tala goes to Reva and tells her that the Path safehouses lead to Florrum,
obviously lying.
Florrum is actually a location that featured heavily in the Clone wars series, and was
the home base of Hondo Ohnaka, the infamous pirate and good friend of Obi-Wan Kenobi.
Hondo is of course still alive by the time of the Sequels as he features at Baatu inside
Galaxy’s Edge.
Not to mention he also named his ship “The Katooni” after one of the Jedi younglings
who travelled there during the Clone Wars…
So maybe we’ll see more of him in the upcoming shows like Andor or Ahsoka…
Now as Obi-Wan and Leia begin to make their escape, Reva marches with an entourage of
Stormtroopers, including one in black.
this is a purge trooper and it’s likely that there’s actually a Clone Trooper inside
of that armor, since most of them were Clones.
They also featured heavily in Jedi Fallen Orde, so it’s nice to see that they’re
still here.
As Obi-Wan and Tala are getting out of the base with Leia, I just have to point out that
we can see an Imperial Gunner with the iconic helmet walking past.
Literally no reason he’d need to be in that base, since there are no weapons, but it’s
cool to see anyway.
After this, Obi, Leia and Tala escape on Rebellion fighter and Vader comes in angry the 10 moons
of Mustafar.
He’s absolutely furious with Reva, but she bluffs and tells him that she let them go
to put a tracker on their ship…
Later on though we see that it wasn’t actually a bluff.
Lola has been turned into a tracker for Reva.
Nice to see that absolute rage from Vader, looking even angrier than in Rogue One.
Right after, one of the Rebellion fighter pilots for some reason gets cocky and wants
to keep firing at Reva before he leaves.
This man is named Wade and he eventually gets killed because of his arrogance…
Now there’s no way to really tell, but this could be Wade Box, who was a force sensitive
smuggler from the Star Wars Demolition game.
Probably not the same guy, but that would be really cool if he was the same person.
And leave a comment if you’ve actually played Star Wars: Demolition, because that’s a
pretty deep cut even for the most hardcore of us.
So that is my full breakdown of Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi episode 4.
What did you think of the episode and what would you like to see next.
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