Obi-Wan Kenobi (spoilers)

[Ryujin]

That scene always was just so jarring (as was the fall itself).

He certainly did a few questionable things in the Clone Wars (definately getting more jealous and occasionally dropping the odd force choke here or there) but his fall was just so sudden. Other than killing Dooku and some light genocide on Tatooine, there were not too many other acts, where you could say 'Yep, evil'.

And then suddenly, he's kneeling before the Emperor, and then off back to the place he just left on a speeder, to slaughter a ton of.... children?

Like I know he murdered a bunch of kids a while back on Tatooine (and told Padme about it, when they first started dating, and she was all like 'we all make mistakes sometimes Annie... like WTF?) but still.

Slaughtering the separatists first perhaps, and then Jedi, and then the kids.

Palpatine: Rise, Lord Vader, for your first task as a Sith, I want you to return to the Jedi temple where you were raised and trained, and where your friends all reside, and murder everyone inside. Do what must be done!
Vader: Even the younglings?
Palpatine: Especially the younglings.
Vader: Errr... that sounds a bit intense. Like, you cant get someone else to do that?
Palpatine: We didnt join you, you joined us remember? In for a penny, in for a pound my young apprentice. Now off you go. I have an important holonet call I've been dying to make for some time now...

It's just three Darkside Points to fall, at which point he becomes a NPC. Some GMs just can't carry a through-line.

 

[Flamestrike]

It's just three Darkside Points to fall, at which point he becomes a NPC. Some GMs just can't carry a through-line.

Wisdom score in SWSE. So you need like 13+ because Wisdom is a pretty key stat for a Jedi.

Would love to know how many he racked up in the little 'incident' on Tatooine with the Tuskens...

 

[Tonguez]

Really? Because they seemed about 6 or 7 to me. But considering all the people who said there was no way the Leia actress was even 9, who knows.

Heh, yeah that was my little in-joke to myself due to not being able to tell Leias age either - so maybe those kids were from 7 - 12? I don’t know. But if Leia actress is 9 then maybe those jedi younglings were too.
did a rewatch and the first youngling we see in close up is a black girl (human?) - makes sense to link her to Reva

 

[pukunui]

That scene always was just so jarring (as was the fall itself).

He certainly did a few questionable things in the Clone Wars (definately getting more jealous and occasionally dropping the odd force choke here or there) but his fall was just so sudden. Other than killing Dooku and some light genocide on Tatooine, there were not too many other acts, where you could say 'Yep, evil'.

And then suddenly, he's kneeling before the Emperor, and then off back to the place he just left on a speeder, to slaughter a ton of.... children?

Like I know he murdered a bunch of kids a while back on Tatooine (and told Padme about it, when they first started dating, and she was all like 'we all make mistakes sometimes Annie... like WTF?) but still.

Slaughtering the separatists first perhaps, and then Jedi, and then the kids.

Palpatine: Rise, Lord Vader, for your first task as a Sith, I want you to return to the Jedi temple where you were raised and trained, and where your friends all reside, and murder everyone inside. Do what must be done!
Vader: Even the younglings?
Palpatine: Especially the younglings.
Vader: Errr... that sounds a bit intense. Like, you cant get someone else to do that?
Palpatine: We didnt join you, you joined us remember? In for a penny, in for a pound my young apprentice. Now off you go. I have an important holonet call I've been dying to make for some time now...

I think it might count as non-canonical now, but IMO the novelization of Ep 3 does a much better job depicting Anakin’s fall than the movie does.

 

[Dire Bare]

I think it's interesting that Alec Guinness was 63 when he played Obi-Wan. The current show takes place ~9 years before Star Wars (I still have trouble calling it "A New Hope") and Ewan is currently 51. While I have a hard time imagining Ewan looking as old as Guinness did in 9 years, it's not out of the question.

Obi-Wan looks pretty rough in the first two episodes . . . it would be kinda fun if Lucasfilm aged him significantly over the series! Fighting off inquisitors is hard on the body! Especially on harsh Tatooine!

 

[Morrus]

Obi-Wan looks pretty rough in the first two episodes . . .

Yikes. Tough crowd. I hope I look that good when I’m 50.

 

[Dire Bare]

Yikes. Tough crowd. I hope I look that good when I’m 50.

Heh, heh . . . I turn 50 in less than a month, and I look way worse than Ewan McGregor! I look more like Alec Guinness did in A New Hope, only a bit shorter, pudgier, and without that British regality . . .

My words were poorly chosen, McGregor doesn't really look older than his age, both IRL or as Obi-Wan in the series. But as Obi-Wan, he does look like he's been living in the desert for 10 years, and hasn't been taking great care of himself. But despite that, he started as sexy Obi-Wan, and still is a rougher sexy . . .

 

[pukunui]

Yeah, it would be great if they at least gave a nod to Obi-Wan's seeming accelerated aging between the prequel and original trilogies.

Also, the next episode is out tonight (Weds), right?

 

[Davies]

Yeah, it would be great if they at least gave a nod to Obi-Wan's seeming accelerated aging between the prequel and original trilogies.

Also, the next episode is out tonight (Weds), right?

Yes, at midnight Pacific time.

 

[Dire Bare]

Yeah, it would be great if they at least gave a nod to Obi-Wan's seeming accelerated aging between the prequel and original trilogies.

Also, the next episode is out tonight (Weds), right?

Wednesday, June 1! But I don't think they release it at 12:01 am . . . not sure what time the episode goes live.