Obi-Wan can run but he can’t hide… especially if Reva has anything to say about it! Enjoy, and maybe subscribe to the YouTube channel if the mood hits ‘ya!
I am really enjoying this show. Both episodes dropped earlier than expected which I really enjoyed. Guess Disney wanted the last laugh before Stranger Things arrives. Deborah Chow is a great director btw. She really delivered. Anyways, I’ll just share my thoughts on both episodes.
Ewan McGregor is phenomenal as always. He IS Obi-Wan. Seeing Obi-Wan so broken and beaten honestly tugged at my heartstrings. I also loved how the episodes captured the feeling of being on the run and beaten after losing everything. I teared up a bit in the first episode. This man needs a hug.
The rest of the cast is great too! Joel Edgerton is really good as Owen and Moses Ingram’s Reva is very interesting. She really reminds me of Trilla from Jedi: Fallen Order. I’m looking forward to seeing what’s in store for her character. Even Rupert Friend did a great job. Although, the makeup still looks a bit dodgy and I’ll always prefer Rebels’ version of the character. In Rebels, he was scary. In Kenobi, he’s chilling but the makeup is kinda throwing me off.
The environments were great too! Star Wars never fails to wow me with its visuals.
Both episodes were a lot of fun to watch, delivering on great acting and dialogue. Although not action heavy, there are still some great sequences. Honestly, I think my only nitpick would be the Grand Inquisitor not being as intimidating as his animated counterpart but that’s just me.
Ok folks, I’ll see y’all with my Stranger Things reaction but I wanted to share my Kenobi thoughts since I wasn’t expecting both episodes to drop early. Enjoy the show and may the force be with you!
Moses Ingram, who plays the inquisitor Reva Sevander, aka the third sister in Obi-wan Kenobi, just posted on her Instagram story about the racist, hateful messages she’s been getting in her DMs.
Mind you, we’re only two episodes in.
She doesn’t deserve this. Especially not from the fandom that is supposedly so “welcoming” and “loving.”
But this is the pattern we always see. Over and over again.
They did this with Ahmed Best, John Boyega and Kelly Marie Tran. They keep doing this.
Welcoming is a myth. I’m sick of it. I’m glad she’s exposing this, but Star Wars needs to do better calling this out. This shouldn’t be her responsibility.
They need to protect their actors of color. But it’s sad that I don’t expect them to.
The racism in this fandom is real and it’s absolutely notokay
“…This feeling I’ve had inside of myself — which no one has told me — this feeling of like — I’ve just gotta shut up and take it… you know I’ve gotta just grin and bear it — and I’m not built like that…”
This weekend, Star Wars fans made Obi-Wan Kenobi the most watched Disney Plus Original Series premiere of all time. And for that, I would say a big thank you, and it just goes to show what this family can do when we all pull together.
However, it seems like some of the fanbase, from this influential fanbase, have decided to attack Moses Ingram online and send her the most horrendous, racist DMs. And I heard some of them this morning and it just broke my heart.
Moses is a brilliant actor, she’s a brilliant woman, and she’s absolutely amazing in this series. She brings so much to the series, she brings so much to the franchise. And it just sickened me to my stomach to hear that this had been happening.
I just want to say, as the leading actor on the series, as the executive producer on the series, that we stand with Moses. We love Moses, and if you’re sending her bullying messages, you’re no Star Wars fan in my mind. There’s no place for racism in this world, and I totally stand with Moses.
I just want to send so much love to this beautiful and talented actress! My sister was excited to see her in the role, remembered her from other shows (Burn Notice, for one). To hear that she has been getting racist comments and DMs angers me no end.
Racists shouldn’t be in the Star Wars fandom, as they miss the point of Star Wars entirely.
Consider who the three main characters of Obi-Wan Kenobiare.
Obi-Wan, Vader & Reva. What ties them all together?
They’re all trying really hard to NOT be Jedi… even though, deep down, that’s who they are.
Because as the Grand Inquisitor puts it: the Jedi Code is like an itch; they cannot help it.
Take Obi-Wan, for instance:
He’s saying: “I’m not a Jedi anymore. That guy died the same day Anakin did. I’m just Ben.”
But it kills him that he can’t help Nari, he can’t help that dude who can’t feed his family, he can’t help those settlers on Mapuzo who were getting bullied by stormtroopers.
His character arc is the most obvious one: he is coming to terms with the idea that, yes, he still is a Jedi.
Becausethat’s who Leia needs him to be right now.
And it’s who Luke will need in the future.
Also Vader:
We know Vader’s arc won’t conclude in this series.
For years, Vader is always THIS close to going back to the Light, then always stomps his foot on the ground and doubles down, going “nu-uh, I’m evil deep down inside, I swear! Dark Side all the way! Look how I’m killing this guy! See what a monster I’ve become Obi-Wan?!”
He keeps rejecting the Light and rationalizes his actions by saying the Jedi betrayed him, but deep down, he’s rejecting the Light because he thinks he deserves the pain that the Dark gives him. He’s a monster and he is where he belongs: in Hell.
But we know that, eventually, he lets go of the guilt, the anger, the fear, and does become that Jedi again, which George Lucas once described as “ultimate father figures”.
Because that’s what Luke needed when the Emperor was killing him: his father, the Jedi.
Now take Reva:
She’s saying: “I’m not a Jedi. The Jedi abandoned me. I hate them and I’m gonna have my revenge!”
That whole speech she gives in Part I?
She’s not saying that to the Tatooine randos (who the Jedi never protected in the first place because they had no jurisdiction in the Outer Rim). She’s repeating that to herself.
Clearly, she was a youngling when Order 66 happened, she got taken in and made into a monster. But not really, right? ’Cause the other Inquisitors? Now those guys are full-on psychopaths. She’s cute compared to them. They tell her as much.
She’s not as broken inside as they are.
And deep down, she knows it too. Which is why she screams, she pouts, she’s overly arrogant, reckless, mean and insistent, she’s overdoing it, she’s overcompensating.
“Look at my flips! Look at how I parkour! Would a Jedi be so badass?!”
She’s doing exactly what Vader is doing.
Only she’s doing it louder, because the good in her isn’t buried as deeply as it is with him. She’s stomping her foot and doubling down and insisting that “no, I’m bad, I swear”.
Because the alternative is accepting that - unlike Vader who made his own choices - deep within Reva lies the truth that what happened to her wasn’t her fault. She’s a victim of a galaxy-wide genocide. And it’s not her her fault. Sometimes, bad things happen to good people, and it’s unfair.
Which is why Haja takes her by surprise.
Why would this guy WILLINGLY say he’s a Jedi? Is he crazy? Doesn’t he realize what that comes with? The target it puts on your back?
Seeing him do that clearly hits her where it hurts.
Now, I don’t know if she eventually arcs and manages to become that Jedi once again… or if she’ll die trying… or if she does like Vader and rejects it for good.
There’s a reason Reva and Moses Ingram are positioned in the middle in all promotional pictures featuring the trio:
My guess is that it’s because while Kenobi is coming around to following the Way of the Jedi, and Vader is just blazing trails in the opposite direction… Reva’s fate is unclear.
Consider who the three main characters of Obi-Wan Kenobiare.
Obi-Wan, Vader & Reva. What ties them all together?
They’re all trying really hard to NOT be Jedi… even though, deep down, that’s who they are.
Because as the Grand Inquisitor puts it: the Jedi Code is like an itch; they cannot help it.
Take Obi-Wan, for instance:
He’s saying: “I’m not a Jedi anymore. That guy died the same day Anakin did. I’m just Ben.”
But it kills him that he can’t help Nari, he can’t help that dude who can’t feed his family, he can’t help those settlers on Mapuzo who were getting bullied by stormtroopers.
His character arc is the most obvious one: he is coming to terms with the idea that, yes, he still is a Jedi.
Becausethat’s who Leia needs him to be right now.
And it’s who Luke will need in the future.
Vader:
We know Vader’s road arc won’t conclude in this series.
For years, Vader is always THIS close to going back to the Light, then always stomps his foot on the ground and doubles down, going “nu-uh, I’m evil deep down inside, I swear! Dark Side all the way! Look how I’m killing this guy! See what a monster I’ve become Obi-Wan?!”
He keeps rejecting the Light and rationalizes his actions by saying the Jedi betrayed him, but deep down, he’s rejecting the Light because he thinks he deserves the pain that the Dark gives him. He’s a monster and he is where he belongs: in Hell.
But we know that, eventually, he lets go of the guilt, the anger, the fear, and does become that Jedi again, which George Lucas once described as “ultimate father figures”.
Because that’s what Luke needed when the Emperor was killing him: his father, the Jedi.
Now take Reva:
She’s saying: “I’m not a Jedi. The Jedi abandoned me. I hate them and I’m gonna have my revenge!”
That whole speech she gives in Part I?
She’s not saying that to the Tatooine randos (who the Jedi never protected in the first place because they had no jurisdiction in the Outer Rim). She’s repeating that to herself.
Clearly, she was a youngling when Order 66 happened, she got taken in and made into a monster. But not really, right? ’Cause the other Inquisitors? Now those guys are full-on psychopaths. She’s cute compared to them. They tell her as much.
She’s not as broken inside as they are.
And deep down, she knows it too. Which is why she screams, she pouts, she’s overly arrogant, reckless, mean and insistent, she’s overdoing it, she’s overcompensating.
“Look at my flips! Look at how I parkour! Would a Jedi be so badass?!”
She’s doing exactly what Vader is doing.
Only she’s doing it louder, because the good in her isn’t buried as deeply as it is with him. She’s stomping her foot and doubling down and insisting that “no, I’m bad, I swear”.
Because the alternative is accepting that - unlike Vader who made his own choices - deep within Reva lies the truth that what happened to her wasn’t her fault. She’s a victim of a galaxy-wide genocide. And it’s not her her fault. Sometimes, bad things happen to good people, and it’s unfair.
Which is why Haja takes her by surprise.
Why would this guy WILLINGLY say he’s a Jedi? Is he crazy? Doesn’t he realize what that comes with? The target it puts on your back?
Seeing him do that clearly hits her where it hurts.
Now, I don’t know if she eventually arcs and manages to become that Jedi once again… or if she’ll die trying… or if she does like Vader and rejects it for good.
There’s a reason Reva and Moses Ingram are positioned in the middle in all promotional pictures featuring the trio:
My guess is that it’s because while Kenobi is coming around to following the Way of the Jedi, and Vader is just blazing trails in the opposite direction… Reva’s fate is unclear.
I saw someone complaining about how Reva seems to be able to discover things so quickly and navigate situations easily so she’s always on Obi-Wan’s trail.
Fandom has this thing when a character they dislike is winning by ‘cheating,’ even when the entire freaking world-building points to an easier answer.
She is strong in the Force. It’s kind of the Jedi/Sith thing. Like shooting a photon torpedo down an exhaust port.
There was a whole scene in the prequels where Qui-Gon scolds Obi-Wan for not trusting the 'living Force,’ i.e. trusting the force to guide you to your goal.
Like how Reva’s doing. How many scenes have there been in this show already where Jedi and Sith employ intuition?
There must be some reason that they can look at a black female character fulfilling the definition of a powerful threat and call it “bad writing.” (and I was really hoping I wouldn’t have to use this sarcastic phrase in another fandom, but here we are.)
I really thought that we wouldn’t start seeing backlash against Inquisitor Reva, the Third Sister, and her actress, Moses Ingram, until closer to the end of the show.
I’m a fool.
It was barely 24 hours. TWENTY FOUR HOURS!
I’ve seen complaints about diversity hires! (This is a fandom that stans characters who are robots.) I’ve seen complaints about her acting. I’ve seen complaints about that she’s too ruthless and impulsive. She serves the freaking SITH! I’ve heard complaints that she seems a Mary Sue. I’ve seen complaints that her parkour-like moves – which a tenth grader could tell you symbolizes that she’s using her rage and desire to channel the force – are stupid or clumsy.
Fandom may not like black female characters, but they’ll tolerate them as long as they are in minor roles that can be pushed aside. A black woman playing a primary antagonist let alone a villain?
To them, it’s unthinkable. They’ll pass judgment based on an incomplete story.
Fandom is nothing if not depressingly dependable.
I hate fandoms. Like I watched the episodes and went “well there’s clearly a backstory there. And yes she’s underwritten. But there have ONLY been two episodes. Out of what? 6 or 9 or whatever” Then moved on with my life.
But of course people have to be loathsome pieces of shit.
If she had been a white male character, there would have been meta speculation by now on what her motivations were and what her fate would be.
So allow me to correct that and make a prediction –
Obi-Wan is not Reva’s target. Anakin is.
If you suspect, as I do, that she’s the young Jedi trainee in the opening scene (otherwise, why have it?) then she knows who it was who lead the attack into the Jedi Temple. That’s why she knows who Darth Vader is – she would never forget him. What is she owed? Revenge.
But she’s been trained as an Inquisitor in the ways of the Sith, and she knows she can’t take Darth Freaking Vader down without an advantage. She has to distract the Dark Lord of the Sith, she has to make him forget that she’s in the room.
What better way to do that than give him Obi-Wan Kenobi?
That’s why she doesn’t give a damn about the chain of command. This is a do-or-die mission. It doesn’t matter if she angered the other Inquisitors. How angry will they be when she murders Vader? Why is she so reckless? There is no point in playing things safe if your ultimate goal is killing the Emperor’s right-hand cyborg.
There is no compromise in the path she’s taking, and the monomaniac fixation on that plan empowers her, as it would with any individual on the Path of the Sith.
I might be wrong, but I guarantee you that if Third Sister had been Third Brother and he had been played by Dylan O'Brien, there would have been reams and reams and reams of meta by now. There would be no complaints about ‘recklessness’ or 'insubordination’ or 'bad dialogue.’
The only thing we can do is not let people get away with it.
I really thought that we wouldn’t start seeing backlash against Inquisitor Reva, the Third Sister, and her actress, Moses Ingram, until closer to the end of the show.
I’m a fool.
It was barely 24 hours. TWENTY FOUR HOURS!
I’ve seen complaints about diversity hires! (This is a fandom that stans characters who are robots.) I’ve seen complaints about her acting. I’ve seen complaints about that she’s too ruthless and impulsive. She serves the freaking SITH! I’ve heard complaints that she seems a Mary Sue. I’ve seen complaints that her parkour-like moves – which a tenth grader could tell you symbolizes that she’s using her rage and desire to channel the force – are stupid or clumsy.
Fandom may not like black female characters, but they’ll tolerate them as long as they are in minor roles that can be pushed aside. A black woman playing a primary antagonist let alone a villain?
To them, it’s unthinkable. They’ll pass judgment based on an incomplete story.
This is a Reva stan account. I don’t wanna see any racist going after her or whatever. Anyways I love her shes ruthless and reckless. Looks like she gets no sleep. She reminds me of someone. Y'all can figure that out.
The OBI-WAN KENOBI TV series just debuted so here are some of my thoughts. Obviously, spoilers ahead:
So far, it wasn’t bad, worked better than the Book of Boba Fett premiere episode for me but still it didn’t knock me down with any special emotions. The fact that the old, prequel cast came back for this project is my main motivation to watch it in the first place thus I won’t give up watching the next episode(s) until I see Hayden as Anakin/Vader. That is my current (and only one) resolution in that matter.
Does Disney even care for its own canon? Grand Inquisitor’s death seems to contradict that. And that is really irking.
I don’t get Third Sister’s plan. She came to the conclusion that Obi-Wan is gonna save Bail’s little girl because once they were close friends / comrades. Okay. But wouldn’t it be actually smarter to keep eye on Bail and dunno, eavesdrop and track him, and then follow the man once he left Alderaan? That way Organa would lead her straight to the Jedi. Instead there is some complicated trap in the middle of the city and other Inquisitors getting in the way. Dunno, this part felt a bit weird.
Okay, generally speaking Third Sister seems like an interesting and cool looking character, especially with the unexplained yet connection to Anakin Skywalker. But also funny how other Inquisitors kept the violence under control (to the minimum) while she is like I’ll murder this man and this and everyone bla bla bla.
I get that Star Wars likes to emphasis the special relationship between child and father (and oh boy, the single father Din Djarin is pretty popular these days, isn’t he?) and okay, Leia was always Bail’s apple of the eye sure, but it would be fucking nice to see more about Leia and Breha’s relationship. I’m disappointed about this one, ‘cause it feels like Breha is the strict parent tired of Leia’s constant antics while Bail is the supportive one and you know, special.
I also don’t understand Kenobi’s work, I mean, no one is angry that he is stealing the food? No one really noticed? I kinda thought it was gonna be an issue at some point, but nope? Not to mention they work in the open air, in the desert and leave the meat (?) just like that as soon as the work is over? Who the hell is wasting food in the desert like that?
Owen Lars though, I like him and his guts. I guess his and Obi-Wan relationship is gonna be a pretty interesting part of the series. I hope so.
Obi-Wan buried his lightsaber with Anakin’s one, that was the most emotional part for me so far. Some good symbolism to think about. But then, later he carried the lightsaber just like that, in an easily visible place, by the waist? Wearing a typical Jedi cloak? In times of purges? Eh. It’s hard to call it a disguise.
I’m also not sure how I feel about the fact that Obi-Wan left Tatooine and had adventure somewhere else. Dunno. I always thought he stayed there for twenty years, coming in terms with his trauma and watching Luke. I get the show needed an “action” plot but dunno, I could just watch Obi dwelling on the past and remember the missions / war experiences shared with Anakin and his character (psyche) being explored that way. Do I make sense?
And the last but not least important let down. The veteran clone trooper begging for support. I guess it was supposed to be an emotional and heart-breaking moment, two veterans broken by Order 66, the “executioner” and victim of that day. A scene to put Obi-Wan in a good light for sure by him showing empathy for a clone and so on. But it did not work for me. For one, the marking similar to 501st Legion - maybe chosen to give a hint about Anakin? - irks me because I can’t imagine Vader not caring for his legion (the only one part of the army just his at that moment). Like yeah, his empathy is questionable right now, but come on, Vader’s Fist doesn’t come out of nowhere (oh, how I miss Legends sources about 501st clones’ personal loyalty to Darth Lord). And even if that wasn’t the 501st trooper, why would the Empire even allow veterans to be, you know, useless, when the man is still capable of fighting? I mean, only 10 years passed between Order 66 and now, so the clone was 23 years old (doubled as 46) and still could be part of the army. And yeah, the new wave of soldiers were natural born and all, but clone veterans were kept in the rank as long as they were useful or either died in the line of duty. In Legends, Cody served at least up to 19 BBY–1 BBY (The Force Unleashed), which is way past his prime. The unnamed clone does not look to have any serious injury (or did I miss it?) and mental health was hardly the concern of the Empire and it is really weird to think the imperials would let the clone retire from the army for whatever reason. Even weirder is that the clone kept his armor that is provided by the military and by logic, is military equipment. So there is no reason to allow retired clones to keep it? The Empire doesn’t care for its soldiers, sure, so why let (“not useful anymore”) clone to take something that he does not even own in the first place? That scene just doesn’t work for me and I’m gonna admit, it was a bit confusing. Did the Empire suddenly give clones a chance to get out of the army instead of exploiting them to their last breath, as they used to do in Legends?
between vader being in reva’s eye on the new poster instead of obi wan like the other inquisitors + rumours of someone from jedi fallen order being in the kenobi series + trilla and reva both being ex jedi i have concocted a narrative where reva and trilla were super close friends (maybe even more) and the reason reva is trying to get close to vader is to get revenge for him killing trilla
