Obi-Wan Kenobi (spoilers)

[Morrus]

Which was a silly position to take. There were hundreds, if not thousands of Jedi across the galaxy running about saving people. There would have been many millions of first hand accounts and billions, if not trillions of second hand accounts(My uncle told me about a Jedi that saves his town from pirates). 18 years isn't enough time to put much of a dent in that.

Yeah we’ve both argued that at length in other threads.

 

[Flamestrike]

Ahsoka did not realize it was Anakin inside the Vader outfit either when they fought on Rebels.

Yes she did. She sensed him as the Sith Lord Pilot of his souped up Tie fighter several episodes before (and blacked out from the shock).

Unlike Obi-wan she hasnt cut herself off from the force, so not only did she sense him, he sensed her.


Presumably Obi-Wan shuts himself off from the Force so he cant be found by other space Wizards, who have a knack for such things (like Luke, who does the same when he goes into hiding from the 1st Order and Kylo Ren).

When she met him in person later, and they dueled, she knew exactly who he was:

 

[Zaukrie]

The fact that the Jedi went into hiding and did nothing sounds an awful lot like some of the elites in the US these days. Other than the preposterous idea no one believes in the Jedi, this series of movies and shows hits home in realism in many ways.

 

[pukunui]

Is it confirmed that he's actually the same character? He certainly seems to be the same species, but in terms of character and physicality I'm just not getting the vibe of him being the person we saw in Rebels.

It would be pretty bizarre to have two identical people be Grand Inquisitor back-to-back.

FWIW Wookieepedia is treating them as the same person.

 

[Dire Bare]

It would be pretty bizarre to have two identical people be Grand Inquisitor back-to-back.

FWIW Wookieepedia is treating them as the same person.

If you look at photos of Rupert Friend, the actor who plays the Grand Inquisitor, he looks like he'd fit the part. But once they put him in make-up, he doesn't quite match with expectations.

But, it's a minor quibble to me. The animated series are all stylized anyway, and finding a good actor who looks just like the animated Grand Inquisitor might be asking for a unicorn . . .

 

[Mallus]

Thoughts:

Precocious Leia is almost as adorable as Baby Yoda. She does get better lines, though.

Ewan’s acting here might redeem the prequels. There’s still good in them, I can feel it.

I love the restraint being shown. No saber duel yet.

 

[RuinousPowers]

Ewan McGregor is great, as usual. The scene with the Clone Trooper, the Jawa, and Leia are standout; love that he hasn't used his lightsaber yet.

But lots of really dumb stuff too. Too bad Inquisitor wasn't watching Bail since he would have led them right to his secret cave. "Let's get out of these clothes and dress exactly like a Jedi to hide".

Is it just me, or would everyone have preferred a little more Unforgiven/Logan before they reintroduced Anakin? Feels like it's going to be 4 episodes of filler until we get what we came for.

 

[Zardnaar]

Thoughts:

Precocious Leia is almost as adorable as Baby Yoda. She does get better lines, though.

Ewan’s acting here might redeem the prequels. There’s still good in them, I can feel it.

I love the restraint being shown. No saber duel yet.

I think the clone wars cartoon redeemed the prequels

 

[pukunui]

If you look at photos of Rupert Friend, the actor who plays the Grand Inquisitor, he looks like he'd fit the part. But once they put him in make-up, he doesn't quite match with expectations.

But, it's a minor quibble to me. The animated series are all stylized anyway, and finding a good actor who looks just like the animated Grand Inquisitor might be asking for a unicorn . . .

Yeah, Rebels went with a very thin, elongated art style, so translating any of those characters into live action is going to be tricky.

 

[Zardnaar]

Yeah, Rebels went with a very thin, elongated art style, so translating any of those characters into live action is going to be tricky.

Polite way of saying cheap animation

Rebels is very good imho.