So the day we’ve all been waiting for has finally arrived.
The Obi-Wan Kenobi series is finally complete and the Journey of Obi-Wan Kenobi for this
time period is at and end.
So as usual, let’s break down all of the connections and references to the books, comics,
games and other tv shows and there are plenty to go over for this episode.
Especially if you’re a fan of the animated shows…
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So the episode begins off with Reva in disguise on Tatooine, searching for the man named Owen,
who she found out about from the holo transmission last episode.
Before she gets much further though, we zoom straight out into space where Vader is at
the command of a skirmish against the ship that Obi-Wan and the force sensitive are on.
Now very interestingly, the camera lingers on a shot of that young boy and his mother
from the last few episodes, and this is very fitting because it was recently confirmed
that this is Corran Horn.
Corran horn is one of the biggest names from Luke’s Jedi Order in Star Wars: Legends,
and now he’s right back in the Canon!
After this, Roken mentions that the hyperdrives are almost back online so they’re going
to head for the planet Tessen.
I went deep into the Jedi archives on this, and it appears to be a brand new planet.
Obi-Wan realizes though, that they aren’t going to make it.
The reason for this is in part, that the motivator of the ship is shot.
Now if you’ll remember from Star Wars Episode IV, A New Hope, the motivator went bad on
R5-D4…
This tells us that part of the ship’s Artificial Intelligence is having issues.
The motivator is what powers the Ship’s AI in part.
After this, we cut back to Tatooine where Luke and his Uncle Owen are in town looking
for a new belt for their speeder.
Next up, Obi-Wan tells the other survivors of his plan to give himself up so they can
survive.
This angers both Leia and Corran Horn’s mother Nyche, but Haja Estree promises to
keep Leia safe.
Back on the Lars Homestead, Beru refuses to leave and put anyone else in Danger, so she
opens their hidden stash and pulls out their very large blasters…
Definitely fit for two farmers out in the middle of the nowhere Dune Sea.
After this, Obi-Wan hands Leia Tala’s holster from Earlier and promises her that everything
will be alright…
Then though, the time is finally here.
Obi-Wan once again calls out to his Master Qui-Gon in the cosmic force, begging one more
time for his guidance…
What Obi-Wan is about to face will change him forever.
As Kenobi escapes in his lone ship, Vader can sense his old master and knows what must
be done.
Not long after this, The Lards homestead perimiter alerts start blaring, warning that someone
is on their land.
Reva limps forward, carrying her injury from Vader, and is determined to do whatever it
takes to make it to Luke Skywalker.
As the old Master put their ships down, they land on the planet x.
This ix.
With the fight about to begin, Vader asks his former friend “have you come to destroy
me”, to which Obi-Wan uses the iconic line from Revenge of Sith, “I will do what I
must”, mirroring back his words from Mustafar.
Obi-Wan then pulls out his iconic two finger stance which is seen many times over his life,
including against General Grievous in Revenge of the Sith, against Maul in Star Wars Rebels
and many, many times over the Clone Wars.
Darth Vader then pulls out the same line he used in Star Wars: REbels, Twilight of the
Apprentice, telling Obi-Wan “You will die”.
He said these exact words to Ahsoka Tano before fighting her on Malachor.
Next the tension finally boils over and the former Master apprentice do battle like they
never have before.
Chanelling all of their strength, power and regret into the fight, the two give their
all.
In the middle of the battle, Vader destroys the ground to send Obi-Wan tumbling into a
sinkhole.
This is exactly what happened to Ahsoka Tano in her fight with Vader in Twilight of the
Apprentice, until Ezra Bridger saved her using the World Between Worlds.
Next, Reva goes absolutely ballistic on the Lars and she manages to track down Luke.
I’m pretty sure he does see that Red Saber which has a few of issues for A New Hope,
since he obviously doesn’t know what a saber is in that Movie, but it’s hard to tell
if he actually saw it.
Cutting back to Obi-Wan in the pit, he begins hearing memories of Anakin’s words from
the last 10 years, mostly from Revenge of the Sith.
This gives Kenobi the strength to burst out from under the Ground and rush back towards
Vader.
During their second encounter, Vader uses the same tricks he did against Reva by holding
his saber back with the force, but it’s not enough.
Kenobi lifts a flurry of rocks behind him and flings them at Vader with violent speed.
I’m pretty sure this is a direct reference to a an old piece of ILM art where Obi-Wan
lifts a grid of blasters up behind him and fires them all using the force.
Great little callback and absolutely tremendous scene.
After this, Obi-Wan swings his saber and slices off a part of Vader’s mask, revealing Anakin’s
face underneath.
This is exactly what happened in that same Star Wars: Rebels episode with Ahsoka Tano,
and his modulator cuts between Anakin and Vader, just like in that Episode.
And this is pretty symbolic because Ahsoka takes off the left side of Anakin’s Mask,
Obi-Wan takes off the Right side of Anakin’s mask and then Luke takes the whole Mask off
in A New Hope.
Obi-Wan apologises for everything he’s done, but Anakin is truly gone.
Obi-Wan believes there is still good in Anakin, but that is shattered the moment Anakin tells
him that he chose to become Vader.
We now finally have an explanation for the line, Obi-Wan once thought as you did to Luke…
After this, Obi-Wan also says, Goodbye Darth, again kind of explaining why Obi-Wan calls
him Darth in A New Hope.
Back on Tatooine, Reva prowls the Dune Sea to find Young Luke and she eventually does.
But she simply can’t bring herself to Kill Luke because she saw herself in him.
Now this scene is cool because Luke has fallen down into the place where Reva finds him,
and this actually explains where Luke got his scar from in A New Hope.
Eventually, Reva realizes this is not the life for her and Obi-Wan tells her that they
are both free.
Reva is free from a life of hatred and revenge, and Kenobi has a huge weight lifted off him,
now accepting that this was not his failure, but Anakin’s own choice.
Back inside of Vader’s castle on Mustafar, he makes a holo-call with the Emperor, who
is concerned that his thoughts dwell on Obi-Wan.
Vader confirms though that he serves only Darth Sidious, and will not be distracted
again.
All the way back on Alderaan, Leia is getting ready to greet a special guest and she puts
on Tala’s holster as a symbol of respect.
The special guest happens to be Obi-Wan fulfilling his promise from earlier in the episode, and
he tells Leia that she has great trait from both of her parents, gifts from both Anakin
and Padme, but can’t tell her any more than this.
Back at Obi-Wan’s cave, he packs up his things and dresses in some familiar attire
from his time in the Order, before arriving at the Lars homestead.
Once there, Owen lets him finally meet the boy likely since the first time he was dropped
off at the end of Revenge of the Sith, and Obi-Wan greets him with his famous greeting
“Hello there”.
And it honestly sounded like they mixed in some Alec Guiness hello there from A New Hpe
with the Respeecher technology.
As Obi-Wan strolls into the desert he finally sees the man he’s been waiting for since
he was given that special training from Yoda in Revenge of the Sith.
Master Qui-Gon appears and leads him deeper into the desert, telling him there is much
more to learn.
This is perfect because in a recent Canon book we learned that Qui-Gon actually managed
to manifest himself as more than just a voice, and actually appear physically, like a few
months before the Obi-Wan Kenobi series is set.
That was definitely put in there just to make this moment possible, so its cool to see…
But there we have it, that is the end of the Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi unless they happen
to do a season 2, which is a rumor.
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