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rthstewart) wrote2022-05-30 12:35 pm
rthstewart) wrote2022-05-30 12:35 pm
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That rat bastard and life ruiner Obi-Wan Kenobi (Eps 1 and 2)
Spoilers ahoy
Many many years ago (like 1999) a group of us, no lie dubbed the Wan-tons, deemed that the best Young Obi-Wan (YOW) was when he was wet, chastised and dirty. Now he's Middle-aged Obi-Wan (MOW) and still dirty, still getting chastised, and angst-filled. In all my fandom flings, focus, and obsessions, that rat bastard Obi-Wan is the only where I've really always preferred him with a heaping dose of angst.
In any event, work continues to be insane and I've taken the last two days off and will now really, really regret this at about midnight tonight.
But, in the meantime, my joy in the Obi-Wan series knows no bounds. I ADORE Leia. I've wanted to hear someone should at those arrogant Jedi for DECADES, "she's as important as her brother!" Goddess yes, yes. Give me the uncanny Leia and a Force gift manifesting in the ability to read people. She is exactly as I imagined her (and as I've written her) and I ADORE IT. How she figures out that she's been kidnapped to get to him took my breath away. I love too how much she harkens to both Anakin and Padme -- and an adult Leia (the little red outfit in the beginning is Leia Bespin and the little green outfit is Endor Speeder Bike Leia.
I saw speculation about the whole "You remind me of someone" as whether it was Satine or Padme and I do think Obi-Wan was thinking of Padme.
But ooof, that beginning sequence in the Temple. I remember seeing Anakin advance on the younglings in the Temple in RotS and thinking, welp, grim, but I'm glad Lucas went there. Just, well, obviously even more devastating.
And a word about Reva -- yikes, brilliant. Loving a WOC playing such a badass. The Inquisitors were in Rebels but they actually came from much further back, the West End Games RPG back in the days of the SW Adventure Journal and roleplaying game. A bunch of us hung out over there in those days, writing RPG stuff and Adventure Journal stories and one woman, Patty Jackson, LOVED those dark side inquisitors and wrote and played them a lot. I've not seen or heard from her since the mid-90s but she was a huge SW fan, a WOC and I can't help thinking how much she would love Reva.
Also side note is how much fun Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christiansen are having doing promotion for the show. It's just delightful. SW fans can be awful and I regret that even seeing the clips at the beginning of Ep 1 reminded me how very poorly Christiansen and Portman were directed and how bad the dialogue was. But it's wonderful to see Christiansen getting so much love.
Many many years ago (like 1999) a group of us, no lie dubbed the Wan-tons, deemed that the best Young Obi-Wan (YOW) was when he was wet, chastised and dirty. Now he's Middle-aged Obi-Wan (MOW) and still dirty, still getting chastised, and angst-filled. In all my fandom flings, focus, and obsessions, that rat bastard Obi-Wan is the only where I've really always preferred him with a heaping dose of angst.
In any event, work continues to be insane and I've taken the last two days off and will now really, really regret this at about midnight tonight.
But, in the meantime, my joy in the Obi-Wan series knows no bounds. I ADORE Leia. I've wanted to hear someone should at those arrogant Jedi for DECADES, "she's as important as her brother!" Goddess yes, yes. Give me the uncanny Leia and a Force gift manifesting in the ability to read people. She is exactly as I imagined her (and as I've written her) and I ADORE IT. How she figures out that she's been kidnapped to get to him took my breath away. I love too how much she harkens to both Anakin and Padme -- and an adult Leia (the little red outfit in the beginning is Leia Bespin and the little green outfit is Endor Speeder Bike Leia.
I saw speculation about the whole "You remind me of someone" as whether it was Satine or Padme and I do think Obi-Wan was thinking of Padme.
But ooof, that beginning sequence in the Temple. I remember seeing Anakin advance on the younglings in the Temple in RotS and thinking, welp, grim, but I'm glad Lucas went there. Just, well, obviously even more devastating.
And a word about Reva -- yikes, brilliant. Loving a WOC playing such a badass. The Inquisitors were in Rebels but they actually came from much further back, the West End Games RPG back in the days of the SW Adventure Journal and roleplaying game. A bunch of us hung out over there in those days, writing RPG stuff and Adventure Journal stories and one woman, Patty Jackson, LOVED those dark side inquisitors and wrote and played them a lot. I've not seen or heard from her since the mid-90s but she was a huge SW fan, a WOC and I can't help thinking how much she would love Reva.
Also side note is how much fun Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christiansen are having doing promotion for the show. It's just delightful. SW fans can be awful and I regret that even seeing the clips at the beginning of Ep 1 reminded me how very poorly Christiansen and Portman were directed and how bad the dialogue was. But it's wonderful to see Christiansen getting so much love.