- This week, we're all about Darth Vader, Father's Day approaches, and more.
[exciting music]
Why did Anakin quit his job as a Jedi?
He was feeling...
burned out. [rim shot]
Why doesn't Darth Vader have a dad bod? Anyone know?
He's not a really a father figure. [rim shot]
That's right. You've been a great audience.
Tip your servers. Let's get to the news.
Obi-Wan Kenobi and Darth Vader are back...in comic form.
Earlier this week, we got our first look inside the pages
of "Marvel's Obi-Wan #2" and "Darth Vader #24."
In the first, Master Qui-Gon Jinn returned in a story
from the distant past when Kenobi was but a learner himself.
Then in the latter, the Emperor's Fist Darth Vader
teamed up with Sabé to infiltrate...the Empire?
If there's one thing he hates more than sand,
it's people messing with refugees from the sandy world of Tatooine.
For a closer look at those comics and more,
turn the page on StarWars.com/ThisWeek now.
Father's Day is this weekend,
and as usual, StarWars.com has a Father's Day gift guide
filled with cufflinks that look like Boba Fett,
a book on parenting advice appropriately titled...
- I am your father.
- You heard that in Vader's voice too, right?
And much more.
But what Dad really wants is for you to stop getting sick in his car...
Stop stealing his stuff...
And just give him, like, five seconds where someone isn't chasing you, you know?
Your Dadalorian will appreciate it.
And of course, new Obi-Wan Kenobi yesterday.
But maintaining our own Fortress Nonspoilerous,
we're going to pretend yesterday's episode doesn't even exist
and focus on Part IV from last week.
If you still haven't watched it, "Move along,
move along," to the timestamp below.
Okay, what is up with the Empire and their collection of teeny tiny binders?
First with Grogu, now Little Leia gets captured by the Third Sister Reva,
and the Imperials just so happen to have binders
in exactly the size of her itty bitty wrists?
I don't care for their planning ahead here or their tomb to the fallen Jedi
that included a youngling still wearing his practice helmet.
Last week showcased Leia's formidable nature
versus Reva's terrifying calm
in a scene that ratcheted up the intensity off the charts.
Indira Varma's double agent Tala came in with blasters blazing
and nerves of durasteel
Not literally, but you get it.
The women of the Obi-Wan Kenobi series are as fierce as they come,
and Obi-Wan got a little closer to forgiving himself
and finding his way back after a daring rescue mission
inside Fortress Inquisitorius
which included two Force wielders sort of stacked up in a trench coat.
There's just one episode left in the Obi-Wan Kenobi limited series,
dropping next Wednesday exclusively on Disney+.
We cannot wait.
All roads lead back to Darth Vader.
We recently sat down with "Obi-Wan Kenobi" director Deborah Chow
and stars Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen
to talk about why Kenobi's former apprentice
needed to make an appearance in the new series.
Here's what they had to say.
- You know, obviously it's not something you do lightly,
and we really didn't want to do it just for the sake of doing it.
It was something that we really thought about,
you know, we discussed at length,
and I think where it essentially came out of is,
you know, we're looking at the character of Obi-Wan
and we're looking at who's important to him,
what's been important in his life,
and, you know, all roads end up pointing back to "Revenge of the Sith"
and Anakin and Vader.
So it just sort of felt organic that this would be part of this story,
because we were coming into this story with so much weight from that.
- What have you become?
- I am what you made me.
- Obi-Wan loves Anakin like a brother,
and the fact that he's lost him,
it's like–losing somebody to the dark side
must be like losing somebody to death before they've died, you know.
And I think on top of the loss and the grief that he feels in that,
he also has a sense of guilt about it that he didn't stop it from happening
and that he was Anakin's master and that he should have been more aware
of what was happening and helped Anakin to choose the different path.
So I think he feels very, very guilty about it as well.
- His ideology has changed so much,
and obviously his physicality has changed so much.
The mindset is just very dark.
He's consumed by a lot of very negative feelings and emotions,
and that's what fuels his dark side abilities.
- Thank you all for sharing your insights.
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Thanks for watching, and may the Force be with you.