Obi Wan Kenobi S1: Part I 'Review'
Channel: Jamie Lee Sterritt
Date: 2022-06-01

Ewan McGregor has made a fantastic return to his iconic role as Obi Wan Kenobi. Reprising the role that he portrayed from the Star Wars prequel trilogy as the younger counterpart that was originally brought to life by the late Alec Guinness. 

Obi Wan Kenobi was planned to be at least two feature length films, however Disney decided to convert this into a Web Series on their own platform. Initially I would have preferred a trilogy instead but after watching the first two episodes, I'm glad that they decided to go along with the decision that they have made. This means that with a series of feature length episodes we will be able to see a lot more of Kenobi as opposed to what we would have had they have gone with their original plan of just two feature films. 

The story and character development flows naturally and runs at its own pace. None of the content that we are shown is contrived and its a real pleasure to be able to see not just McGregory portray Kenobi, but other characters also returning from the prequel trilogy such as Bail Organa and Owen Lars, especially with their original actors reprising their roles too.

The Obi Wan Kenobi series has added further depth to the characters and allowed them to explore more of what the prequels weren't able to do so. Well, with how they prequels were presented to the audience after they were released. 

I have a good feeling about this series and I cannot wait to see the climatic battle reunion between Ewan McGregory's Obi Wan Kenobi and Hayden Christensen's Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader. I wonder if Ian McDiarmid's Emperor Sheev Palpatine will make an appearance too, he has too as at this point anything is possible.