ELEVEN MONTHS LATER: OBI-WAN KENOBI, A SOLID SHOW OR AN OVERGLORIFIED FAN SERVICE?

 

OBI-WAN KENOBI COVER

Obi-Wan Kenobi is a Star Wars miniseries created for Disney Plus. The show premiered on May 27th, 2022, and broke the platform’s viewership records to become its most-watched show globally.

With its finale ending with 1.8 million viewers, it also broke another record as the most-viewed Star Wars finale, surpassing The Book of Boba Fett which ended with 1.5 million viewers.

Despite its success, there have been questions coming from both fans and non-fans, wondering if the six episodes miniseries was a solid show, or if its success came from it being an over-glorified fan service for the old and loyal Lucasfilm fans. Further in this article, I’ll be dropping points to help us understand if Obi-Wan Kenobi, despite its success was a solid show or not.

OBI-WAN KENOBI CAST

Obi-Wan Kenobi is part of the Star Wars franchise staring Ewan McGregor who reprised his role as the title character, and Hayden Christensen, the Canadian actor who is best known for his portrayal as Anakin Skywalker, or the Sith Lord, Darth Vader.

Despite the show starring the two most beloved Star Wars characters and actors, it doesn’t mean that they carried the show (which would suggest it was a fan service). The show had many fun and emotional moments thanks to some of the supporting cast such as Moses Ingram, Vivien Lyra Blair, Sung Kang, and James Earl Jones who voiced Darth Vader for the last time.

Full Cast List of Obi-Wan Kenobi

Premiering with an 82% Rotten Tomatoes score, and a 63% average audience score, it’s safe to say that Obi-Wan Kenobi was a critical success, and knowing how unbiased Rotten Tomatoes is, the show couldn’t have had such success if it wasn’t a solid show.

Although it is set ten years after the events of Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith, where the Jedi were destroyed by Order 66, Obi-Wan Kenobi can also be viewed as a standalone show.

This means that new fans who aren’t familiar with the Star Wars universe and timeframe can comfortably watch it, without necessarily having to watch the other installments from Lucasfilm. If these new viewers could’ve contributed to the success of Obi-Wan Kenobi it would be wrong to call it a fan service.

In conclusion, Obi-Wan Kenobi is a solid show. However, despite the aforementioned points, there are some scenes that I believe were added to fill plot holes and for fan service, specifically, the rematch between Obi-Wan Kenobi and his padawan-turned-Sith-Lord, Darth Vader.

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