Obi-Wan Kenobi (spoilers)

[MarkB]

No doubt this show has a huge budget, but is it big enough to pull off some kind of Game of Thrones level battle?

Is it comparable to the budget for The Mandalorian? If so, the krayt dragon battle says "yes."

 

[Benjamin Olson]

I agree that side lining little Leia for most of the episode, is a bit sloppy. They could have done more with her evil flying droid than what they did.

I was especially disappointed that they didn't give her a little more of a character moment in discovering she had been tracked (and her droid had been switched to evil-mode) by the empire because in the original movie, she is the one worried they are being tracked by the empire, when they are. It would have made this plot retread feel more like a cool character development thing rather than a plot retread.

 

[Hussar]

Who would invent a grenade that has a blast radius greater than you could throw it?

Is this a serious question?

Because, right now, grenades have a blast radius MUCH farther than you can throw them. There's a reason you have to stand behind something to throw a grenade.

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

One star destroyer probably isn't enough to maintain a blockade from orbit. But the whole ground assault seemed like a really inefficient option. We know canonically from Rogue One that star destroyers have no trouble operating in atmosphere, so Vader could have simply parked directly above the hangar bay and ordered tractor beams readied in case anyone was foolish enough to call his bluff by trying to fly out past point-blank turbolasers.

Well, they had apparently one single landing bay they could come out of, that should be somewhat "coverable". At the minimum you could have some TIE Fighter patrols around the area where they are breaking into.
I guess Vader didn't want to risk murdering Obi Wan by his pilots or gunners blowing up his ship.

 

[pukunui]

An enjoyable episode. I think this might be the first time in live action, that we see the force being used to pull a spaceship out of the sky. I remember first seeing it in The Force Unleashed.

I feel like that scene was also a nod to Ep 9, where Ben and Rey use the Force to fight over the fleeing transport that Rey thinks Chewie is on. After she accidentally destroys it, surprise! There was actually another one and Chewie was on board that one!

 

[This Effin’ GM]

Can we all take a moment to appreciate that this show continues Obi’s awesome trend of manipulating young impressionable force users to attempt assassinating Vader? I couldn’t stop laughing. “Oh Ben you rascal”

 

[Ryujin]

Is this a serious question?

Because, right now, grenades have a blast radius MUCH farther than you can throw them. There's a reason you have to stand behind something to throw a grenade.

Thing is that a Thermal Detonator not only has a blast radius bigger than how far you could throw it, it seems to take out everything in that area. Including cover.Seems more like something to use in a booby trap or just straight suicide.

 

[Nikosandros]

I was a little bit disappointed that the invasion of the planet didn't involve cool vehicles of some kind. Also, the plot point of them having only a few hours to evacuate confused me. Surely by the time a Star Destroyer arrives at a planet, it can simply shoot down any ship that tries to leave said planet?

The attack on Hoth in ESB showed that the Imperial Fleet isn't very good with blockades...

 

[Enevhar Aldarion]

And from the sequel trilogy (can't remember the number), we know what happens when a ship goes to hyperdrive with ships between them and open space.

 

[Nikosandros]

And from the sequel trilogy (can't remember the number), we know what happens when a ship goes to hyperdrive with ships between them and open space.

It's Episode VIII, when Holdo rams an enemy ship at light-speed.