the fight is done
we lost
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i'm cautiously optimistic for the
obi-wan kenobi show on disney plus the
stream has delivered good star wars
stories and bad ones luckily director
deborah chao is on the right side of
that divide and star ew mcgregor seems
confident it will deliver i think it'd
be cool
i don't think it will disappoint that
grin right there is giving me more hope
than any of the officially released
marketing material
the trailer was good but i can't tell if
the awesome music was doing a lot of the
heavy lifting you know it's hard to make
sense of the show from such a brief
teaser one thing i will say is if disney
put jewel of the fates in their
marketing again only to hoodwink us in
the final product i will go feral a word
in the story of skywalker
i am not putting up with that again this
will be my joker origin story it's cool
to see the inquisitors in live action
even if i'm not quite sure why this
wasn't the template and why didn't they
cast jason isaacs he literally said he
would do it medic oh not today
[ __ ] stain on that uniform joel
edgerton was one of the greatest
castings in the prequels he's a
phenomenal talent on screen and off and
i'm honestly more excited about the fact
he might get something juicy to work
with finally than anything else about
the trailer i've always liked the idea
of vader popping up in kenobi's story
since 2018 in fact so i remain hopeful
that this will be an essential chapter
in the story of obi-wan the one thing i
really hope this kenobi show doesn't do
is reveal a fan favorite only to do
nothing with them everyone lost their
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codvamp and it was one of the better
directed scenes in book of boba touching
on the western imagery that made star
wars work in the first place but then
just an episode later bane kicked the
bucket after doing next to nothing else
bane's presence was barely felt in a
seven episode mini-series that concluded
with his own showdown and his first
live-action appearance ended up being a
bit of a dud it's probably now going to
be his last live-action appearance too
disney's to learn if they're going to
bring in legacy characters for
mind-blowing reveals then the story
needs to back that up cad bane in spite
of having a history of boba and jango
did nothing to exemplify any interesting
themes within the narrative he was there
entirely for show so if kenobi is going
to cameo anybody that hasn't already
been announced i would like it to be
none other than calcastus and i think
there's some really compelling reasons
as to why
trust
only
in the force jedi fallen order dropped
at a time where star wars couldn't have
possibly pissed me off more the rise of
skywalker blew me away
because it was so bad a movie so bad it
only cheapened the sequel movies but all
nine saga films too a movie so terribly
fast-paced and full of tracking beacons
that it barely has time to squeeze in
any real emotions ray palpatine dead ben
solo finn poe hux rose luke the emperor
all wasted anakin's sacrifice was made
null and void bring balance again are we
freaking serious with this
at least lando was fun
should i fall in order reaffirmed my
faith in this ailing franchise it kept
me absorbed in its awesome rendition of
the star wars world it moved me in ways
i didn't expect and it featured a
fantastic new character in calcastus it
was refreshing to follow a lead
character in star wars who isn't so torn
between light and dark or tempted to
break bad his story concerns his ptsd
following the events of order 66 and the
tragic loss of his closest jedi family
moving past that pain in a time of
hopelessness and an age of empire cow's
story is ultimately an uplifting one
where his faith is restored and his
connection to the force is healed in
short not a journey the character of
obi-wan is unfamiliar with cameron
monahan is a fantastic actor and you
fully feel his presence in the role of
cal in spite of it being rendered fully
cg it would be easy to transition the
character into live action and to go to
these lengths to use a physical actor
seems to preclude this surely lucasfilm
weren't across this for no reason or
maybe respawn did it so their creation
in the star wars world could be used for
more things either way i think monahan
deserves a shot at his character in live
action he would look the same way in the
show as he does in the current game you
wouldn't have to change anything and i
think the star wars world is expansive
enough that you could have cow pop up
for a meaningful storyline in this
series between the first fall and all
the game and the second it's no
different to the avengers having their
solo adventures and then hopping back
into the infinity gauntlet arc cal could
reference the events of this show in
passing too basically the jedi fallen
order sequel could still do whatever it
wants with its narrative if coward to
pop up in the kenobi show obviously this
is a long shot but if he were to appear
that would be a truly left field pick
that would actually surprise people shed
more light on the video game for tv
viewers and work as a meaningful
supporting presence for kenobi's story
obi-wan and kao feel like two jedi who
could really benefit thematically by
crossing paths both sustained terrible
trauma from the events of water 66 one
lost their apprentice the other lost
their master now they have both grown
beyond their pain in different ways for
cal this is a journey explored in fallen
order he made peace with his fallen
master
apprentice
mark well and listen master trust only
in the force
and crucially has already faced vader
alone and didn't stand a chance
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come on
i think it would be cool if they both
forged a mutual bond of respect but also
there is something rather bittersweet to
it neither of them can hold a candle to
who they lost they don't need a master
and they don't need an apprentice they
both agree to continue the legacy
together without trying to recreate the
past thus being together in this series
pushes them further past their woes
maybe cal could be the thing to give
obi-wan that hope that one day they will
succeed this could only work in a series
that structured this surprise reveal
with enough time to develop this
relationship with the lead i think this
is the kind of reveal you could bring in
at the midpoint of your series after
we've been reintroduced to kenobi and
the inquisitors and it seems like the
jedi master might need some new friends
before his [ __ ] gets chris rocked
oh wow i'm sorry i can resist one of the
most incredible moments at the oscars
ever my god the gi jin gag the slap the
recovery from rock the internet reaction
oh this is the kind of drama i live for
wow dude
yeah it was a g.i james keep my wife's
name out your [ __ ] mouth cow is the
perfect character to absolve kenobi of
his guilt he was the jedi that trained
darth vader and indirectly got his
master killed and it would be apt for
that guilt to manifest when obi comes
face to face with cal the young jedi
knight isn't a vengeful soul and would
no doubt console kenobi for his part to
play in the downfall of the republic
maybe cal is the perfect character in
this time period to lift kenobi's
spirits a young jedi from the generation
that succeeded him not unlike his old
padawan whom he cherished dearly cow
could represent all the good anakin that
is now lost
where he differs from anakin is where he
has the capacity to heal kenobi to prove
to him that the memory of the jedi and
the republic are worth saving
this is a rare time in star wars where
two well-liked characters could meet
without one of them having to come back
from the dead or find themselves in a
time period where we all thought they
would be dead and gone and it could
actually enrich the story of the main
character rather than provide a
distraction
i'm going to talk about some rumors and
speculation here so if this turns out to
be in any way true don't count this as a
spoiler
three
two
one
okay there have been rumors that there
are two jewels between vader and obi-wan
in the series and the first ends in a
crushing defeat for obi-wan maybe the
time has truly come where anakin is the
most powerful saberist and force user
obi-wan is no longer an underdog winner
it is a mathematical impossibility now
the vader in this series is likely to be
angry and fully entrenched in the dark
side of the force seeing obi-wan will
only fuel this and the idea that
channeling that dark energy is what
allows him to finally best him could
fuel his convictions we'd see first-hand
him seeing the might of his dark side
persona and think yes this is what has
given me the edge to finally beat my
master it's a long time before we see
him turn in return so i think you need
to flip the switch the other way this
should be a vader that hasn't yet begun
to contemplate how truly tricked he was
and just how poor his decisions were
this should be a vader that is far
removed from the vader that will one day
be redeemed so cow kesters isn't just a
guest spot he's integral to stopping
vader obi-wan needs his help in the
final duel which takes the unexpected
leaf out of jewel of the fates rather
than any previous duel with vader
obi-wan and cal take on vader as a team
and obi-wan finally gets to be in the
role that qui-gon once inhabited it
would also be such a sting for vader to
be defeated by two jedi united a painful
signifier of the relationship he once
had to obi-wan as well as a reminder
that truly the dark side is never
stronger as long as he gives into it he
will always be alone as for why cal
isn't around by new hope we're removing
the obvious he's probably dead let's
suppose that the ending to this show
could explore that and set us up
slightly for fallen order too whilst
obi-wan keeps his faith in luke and
continues to guard him until a better
day comes cal takes a different approach
he's already shown he's content to let
the jedi with her in order to keep
people safe from bloodshed maybe he
wanders the galaxy as more of a solitary
peacekeeper tackling problems at local
levels he's like a street-level jedi to
obi-wan's avengers level threats i'd
love to see his story take risks to
explain why he doesn't pop up in the
original trilogy the galaxy is big and
expansive and maybe we'll discover in
the fall and order games that he had to
stop an evil no one even knew was
spreading behind the empire's shadow cow
versus the yasin vong in this new cannon
he could be like commander shepard
fighting tirelessly to stop an oncoming
apocalypse brought about by creatures no
one believes even exists because they're
too busy wrapped up in the fight against
the empire basically it would be cool if
these characters had more self-contained
things to do in this galaxy than just
folding everything back into the main
saga by the end of their story plus that
oberon cameo in full order would feel
like pretty neat foreshadowing now right
as with the appearance of the moon and
mustafar system a location created for
fallen order that is now being used in
live action for the show seems like a
big coincidence of course cal definitely
won't be appearing in obi-wan kenobi and
his appearance isn't essential to it
succeeding but damn i would really love
to see it if luca's film indeed wants to
forge ahead with more seasons of kenobi
and on the assumption isn't massively
disappointing then maybe it could happen
in the future
otherwise i'll be excited for jedi fall
order too damn that game's gonna be fun
let me know what you think are you
excited for kenobi will you be pissed if
they don't use duel of the fates should
someone like cal come into the
live-action space one day and what do
you most want to see from jedi fallen
order 2 i personally just want more and
more planets horizontal will be killer
as would mustafar also i've wanted to do
a video about the contrasts in the force
unleashed and fallen order as they are
my two favorite star wars games outside
of the complete saga and super bombad
racing obviously let me know if that's
something you'd want to see in the
future because i would talk about this
game until the moof milkers come home
the music here was once again very
kindly provided by samuel kim who i'm
sure needs no introduction at this point
you can catch his channel in the
description below
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