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Jay Bauman of Red Letter Media was wrong about Obi-Wan Kenobi in their episodes 1-4 re:View. Kenobi is an American television miniseries created for the streaming service Disney+. It is part of the Star Wars franchise and stars Ewan McGregor as Obi-Wan Kenobi, reprising his role from the Star Wars prequel trilogy. Set ten years after the events of Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005), the series follows Kenobi as he sets out to rescue the kidnapped Princess Leia (Vivien Lyra Blair) from the Galactic Empire, leading to a confrontation with his former apprentice Darth Vader (Hayden Christensen).
Ten years after the events of Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005)—in which the Jedi were destroyed by Order 66 and Obi-Wan Kenobi's apprentice, Anakin Skywalker, became the Sith Lord Darth Vader—Kenobi is in hiding on the planet Tatooine, watching over Anakin's son, Luke, when he is called on a mission to rescue Anakin's daughter, Leia, after she is kidnapped by the Galactic Empire's Jedi-hunting Inquisitors in a plot to draw Kenobi out. This leads to a confrontation between Kenobi and Vader.
Jedi-in-exile Obi-Wan Kenobi has made his epic return on Disney Plus, with Ewan McGregor stepping back into the role he played in the Star Wars prequel trilogy. The series finds Kenobi during his time on Tatooine a decade after Revenge of the Sith, as he tries to avoid the gaze of the Galactic Empire and former apprentice Darth Vader.
The first five episodes are available on Disney's streaming service, with the sixth and final episode set to land on Wednesday, June 22.
Disney and Lucasfilm announced the series in 2019. Here are all the spoiler-free details you need.
When is Obi-Wan Kenobi out on Disney Plus?
The series kicked off Thursday, May 26 with two episodes. It'll run for six episodes, so here are the dates you'll be able to watch the rest:
Episode 1: Available now.
Episode 2: Available now.
Episode 3: Available now.
Episode 4: Available now.
Episode 5: Available now.
Episode 6: Wednesday, June 22.
Is there a trailer for Obi-Wan Kenobi?
Yes, there are two. The most recent trailer was released on Star Wars Day 2022, May 4th (be with you).
The first trailer and imagery dropped in early March.
When in the Star Wars timeline is it set?
It takes place 10 years after Revenge of the Sith and nine years before A New Hope, in an era after the Jedi Order has been all but wiped out.
Moses Ingram in Obi-Wan
Reva, aka the Third Sister, is among the Imperial Inquisitors hunting Obi-Wan.
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What happened with Moses Ingram?
Ingram, the Black actor who plays Imperial Inquisitor Reva, was targeted with racist abuse after the first two episodes aired. The Star Wars Twitter account called out this behavior, with actors Ewan McGregor, Kumail Nanjiani and others following suit to speak highly of Ingram.
"I just wanted to say as the leading actor in the series, as the executive producer on the series, that we stand with Moses. We love Moses," McGregor said in a video message posted in Twitter. "And if you send her bullying messages, you're no Star Wars fan in my mind. There's no place for racism in this world. I totally stand with Moses."
It isn't the first time a Star Wars actor has been subject to online abuse. Kelly Marie Tran, the Asian actress who portrayed Rose Tico in The Last Jedi and The Rise of Skywalker, deleted her social media accounts in 2018 after harassment. John Boyega, the Black actor who played Finn in The Force Awakens, The Last Jedi and The Rise of Skywalker, noted that he was hit with similar abuse.
Who's Obi-Wan Kenobi?
If you really don't know, you should watch a few Star Wars movies. The quick version: Obi-Wan Kenobi is a Jedi master who first appeared on screen in 1977's A New Hope, played by Alec Guinness. This movie saw him helping young Luke Skywalker take his first steps into the larger world of the Force. Later in that movie, Obi-Wan was struck down by his former apprentice Darth Vader, who was ultimately revealed to be Anakin Skywalker, Luke's father and a Jedi turned to the Dark Side.
Despite his death, Obi-Wan returned as a spirit (a Force ghost, in Star Wars-speak) to guide Luke in The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. He even gave Rey a little help in The Force Awakens and The Rise of Skywalker.
The prequel trilogy, which kicked off with The Phantom Menace in 1999, brought in McGregor as a younger Obi-Wan and introduced us to his master Qui-Gon Jinn (Liam Neeson). Qui-Gon discovered Anakin on the desert planet Tatooine, but was slain by Darth Maul, and the responsibility of training the boy fell to Obi-Wan.
Anakin succumbed to the Dark Side in Revenge of the Sith and became Darth Vader, then helped Emperor Palpatine wipe out the Jedi as they established the Galactic Empire. Obi-Wan survived and fled to Tatooine with Luke, the son Anakin didn't know he had, while Luke's twin sister, Leia, went to live with the royal family of Alderaan. |