As an intellectual exercise i decided to have a conversation with my 6yr old...lol
To get into a childs head , not to push my viewpoints on Kenobi but just to see how he views it.
Here is how it went: Enjoy
me: Isaac, do you think Obi-wan should be with Luke or Leia?
Isaac: definitely Leia!!
me: Well who is going to watch Luke then?
Isaac: His Aunt and Uncle
me: So you think they can protect Luke better than Obi wan?
Isaac: They must have blasters or something
me: What if they don't?
Isaac: Then they can order a lightsaber on ebay or something
I just got mic dropped!!
Me: They are hunting Obi-wan, don't you think that puts Leia in danger?
Isaac: Dad, he's a Jedi!
Me: Yes, he is Isaac...Yes he is.
...That concludes our message, we will now return to your local scheduled programming
Well...Just watched it and...My son was more right than i was in his assessment of what he thought might happen...lol.(all the way back on post #2,706 pg.136 of this thread)
I have technical questions and writing questions all over the place and my OT brain is asking, like what are they now gonna add Qui-gon as a force ghost at the end of ROTJ in some weird redo? And Kenobi lifting rocks is an homage to Rey? I honestly thought she'd end up being written as a Kenobi anyway...I agree with a majority of what Usagi Pilgrim wrote in his review so i won't bore you with more of the same except to say this...
My son reminded me so much of myself throughout the whole series. I sat and just watched him react, being so young and naive to a lot which admittedly, so am i even at my age. At the end of the episode he turns to me and goes" What???That's it?...why can't we see some more?" and already having tears run down my face from some of the exchanges between the characters, that comment had me sobbing. In an instant i was time warped back to when i was his age as a child filled with wonder and hope just wanting more of Star Wars. Maybe i'm getting more soft( like Boba...lol) at an older age. I'm still tearing over this as i write...they had to use those 2 kids to tug at my heart...lol, and that exchange between OBI and Anakin/Vader really got me.
This was Moses' best performance...This was Ewan' best as well...hat's off and standing ovation for Joel Edgerton...he really was the star for me in this episode. I know i'm pathetic but i honestly felt like i just wanted to hug all the actors and actresses for giving their best even though i'm at great odds with the writing but the question remains...if Disney called me and gave me a chance to write, act, direct...etc. (If being qualified to do so) for anything Star Wars would i accept? You're flippin' right i would. I wouldn't like being told by Disney what to do if it contradicted my own thoughts but who would? But if i accepted i'd have to accept that part as well.
Finally, I really came into this with an open mind and i wanted to "feel" something other than disappointment, irritation and "what might have been" and even though shades of those emotions were felt, the intimate exchanges "Finally" carried some weight for me as the tears keep rollin down my smiling cheeks as i watch my son play around with a lightsaber in hand, whooshing sounds and all, as he most assuredly is creating some make believe moments in his mind or acting out what he just saw like we all did 45 years ago.
