Hello there!
Yes, Obi-Wan Kenobi is back on our screens ready to fight the good fight, watch over the future of the Jedi order and (presumably) acknowledge that Anakin had a point about all the rough, irritating sand on Tatooine. With Ewan McGregor back in the (weird alien) saddle for the first time since Revenge of the Sith and Hayden Christensen practising his heavy breathing as Darth Vader, this is set to be the biggest Star Wars release of 2022 (sorry, Boba).
To mark the occasion, we’ll be live-reviewing both episodes as they hit Disney Plus, following with every twist, turn and lightsaber twirl as they play out onscreen. Check below for the latest updates, and don’t forget to refresh the page when you want more!
Obi-Wan Kenobi live blog review
08:04AM:
Reva (Moses Ingram) gets bored and throws a knife, reveals Benny Safdie as the hidden Jedi. Uncut Kyber Crystals, anyone?
Still, they’re not very impressed with this guy. Reva would rather look for Kenobi, who she’s fixated on. That’s convenient, given who’s working on a building site or quarry nearby. Or is it a butcher’s?
08.01AM:
Disney make a Star Wars show that doesn’t go to Tatooine challenge!
Anyway looks like the Inquisitors have arrived. They’re basically like Sith, but we pretend they’re not so that nobody breaks the ‘there can only be two Sith’ rule.
“In actuality I would say, the Jedi hunt themselves.” Now Rupert Friend, aka the Grand Inquisitor is going to do his little monologue about Jedi compassion being a curse.
07:58AM:
Ah a flashback to Order 66! Looks like we won’t be free of Youngling death after all.
Nice that we actually have Clones in armour rather than the all-CG ones from the prequels. Anyway looks like that short scene (quite cool) is all we’re getting for now, and we cut to ’10 years later’ on Tatooine.
07:55AM:
I see they skipped over the bit where he killed all those kids. But Obi-Wan still has the high ground.
Interesting to see the bits they’ve really focused on reminding us of. Looks like Qui-Gon will play a role.
07:53AM:
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…
What a cool recap! A little run through the prequels to remind us where we left off McGregor’s Obi-Wan. Love it.
Hope the movie level effects here don’t show up the TV budget in a moment though.
07:52AM:
Normally I’d have some general chat here about what we might expect, but the episodes are here already so let’s get stuck in!
07:45AM:
Welcome! Never fear, this is the review you’re looking for… from a certain point of view. Rather than looking back at the episode after the fact, we’ll be reacting to the launch episodes of Obi-Wan Kenobi as they unfold onscreen, live blogging every moment as it happens.
Hopefully, it’ll be fun and there’ll be lots of cool lightsaber battles for us to gush over. But if Obi-Wan spends the entire opening two-parter helping Uncle Owen fix a moisture vaporator in real time, well, we’ll cover that too. We got up early, so we might as well go all in at this point.
We’ll kick things off properly at 8:00AM as the episodes drop, so until then sit tight! Excitement awaits. As well as Ewan McGregor’s slightly weird Alec Guinness impression.
The Obi-Wan Kenobi series will air on Disney Plus on Fridays at 8am GMT. You can sign up to Disney Plus now for £79.90 for a year or £7.99 a month. If you’re looking for more to watch, check out our TV Guide or visit our Sci-Fi hub.
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