I don’t believe that the Obi-Wan Kenobi series has a low rating. Also, who’s the voice of Darth Vader? Who’s wearing Darth Vader’s costume? It was David Prowse in the middle trilogy series.
Seriously? You need to be told who’s wearing the costume and who’s doing the voice of Darth Vader? Have you watched it at all? Have you kept up with any of the articles, announcements and press releases before the show premiered? 🤦♀️
A quick Google or Bing search would answer the question easily.
Just to save time and effort: it’s Hayden in the suit again (just as he wore it at the end of ROTS Episode III) and James Earl Jones doing the voice (as he’s always done in all the movies with Darth Vader).
First word out of DV’s mouth in Obi-Wan episode 3 and every true SW fan KNEW it was THE one & only voice of Vader.
Although it isn’t Hayden in all the shots (Tom O’Connell is in some). Also, it doesn’t appear that James Earl Jones did new voice work, see the “Respeecher” credit. They may have even had Hayden voice it, and used the software to convert it to sound like James Earl Jones.
And much of the comments on RT are about being Star Wars being “woke” since heaven forbid they have a Black female antagonist. The biggest issue with the show Vader just drowns out everyone as all the other villains look like little school children.
Weird how no one had a problem with Black Panther or War Machine or Falcon (or Lando or Mace or even Finn). The SW character (& actress) is awful, & this is also what happens when fans know you’re forcing diversity.
He won’t by the end of the series. My guess is he reconnects with Qui-Gon and rebuilds his Jedi skills enough to hold his own against Vader in a rematch as the series finale.
It’s tough to tell because of the books no longer being canon, but if they pull any inspiration, there will be plenty of fighting on the part of Obi-wan. It’s building the story of a broken man, let it burn. Not every hero is 100% action, enjoy the story for what it is and rejoice when he starts swinging the saber again. It’s only been 3 episodes, chill.
I can’t believe people. All the hate she’s getting. I think she’s a good villain. She just wants to prove herself. And OMG they finding Liea annoying. Come on. She’s a kid, that’s how kids act. 🙄 I swear people want something then they complain because they have it. So much hate on YouTube.
How would you know that exactly? Not sure how you surmised they would be conservatives anyway. Many conservatives love Star Wars and besides why is politics being thrown into this? So far the series is disappointing , but many are hoping that this is necessary to show Obi-Wan as broken and tired. Hopefully we will see him “get his groove back”, fight Vader again with better results and see a Force ghost Qui Gon.
Again, how do we know that exactly? I’m sure there are trolls that like to crap on everything, but I’ve noticed “troll blaming” seems to come up frequently when Star Wars works are subpar. It’s an easy out and a very common mechanism in today’s society …blame criticism on racism, sexism or any other -ism that seems convenient to cover the fact of sloppy work. I’ve heard about the controversy concerning dislike for the Reva character. Haters are going to hate and say bad things, but there seems to be an enjoyment in reporting of these kinds of things. Reva seems to be a good character villain wise and I’m interested in her backstory, but if the writing is bad and the show is making continuity mistakes, one can’t just distract and say “Hey look over there, racism!” They did the same with Rey and the all female Ghostbuster movies. I seen all kinds of well written diverse characters in my 40+ years. Ripley from Aliens, Westly Snipes as Blade, El in the Stranger Things series. The list goes on and on. Fans are not as bigotted as you and others make them out to be. The new Top Gun movie had a diverse cast and played things just right in that fact that these diverse pilots were all good and didn’t go around whining about life’s mistreatment of them….they were just the best pilots.
Yea the author of the story is leaving out all the facts. The audience score before Ewan came out and called the people who had been sending racist and horrible messages to Moses Ingram not real Star Wars fans, was extremely high! Now people are review bombing the show because they’re butthurt and don’t want to be called out.
The female antagonist is the problem. That is no fault of the actress; she did the best she could do with the crap character she had to play. The whole inquisitor idea is lame. It’s a mostly boring show, save for the horror sequences of seeing Vader in all his burned, amputated glory.
If someone’s only experience with SW are the movies, then I can see why some are disappointed; especially if they’re under 45. However, Obi-Wan is broken. His failures with Anakin led to the rise of Darth Vader, the demise of the Jedi Order, the deaths of a lot of Jedi, and the rise of the Empire. His one purpose is to survive long enough to train Luke. Why the f@$k wouldn’t he run away???
People on here posting as if SW is an 80’s action movie. SW has NEVER been about constant fighting/action. The negative scores spiked like crazy after the whole racism bit blew up from Moses and was backed by Ewan, so really it’s just getting hate because of bigots, trolls, and people that don’t understand SW in general.
From a story perspective, it’s not that good. It’s not well written. Take The Mandalorian: It’s excellent all the way through. Never a boring moment there. Whoever wrote the scripts for Obi-Wan Kenobi doesn’t have a very good imagination.
To each his or her own, but I am 54 years old and I have been a fan since my now deceased father took me to see the original Episode 4 the new hope on it’s first day of release and I hated the last jedi, but love this show.
Star Wars, the best and the original IMO, came out in 1977, a year after my father died. I latched onto it like a tick on a dog’s neck. Perhaps it was an immersive coping mechanism, however, the love for the galaxy that Lucas created has never died. Thanks for sharing about your father. I was 6 when pop died and 7 when the movie came out.
I just wish they would stop ruining the images of the Jedi. The last Jedi made Luke looked defeated and washed up because of his failure with Ben Solo….now they are making Obi Wan look beat down, defeated and washed up even though he didn’t even know Anakin was alive and he had failed until he was told by the female lead and they don’t explain why he won’t use the force or engage with Vader. Not what I was expecting from this series so far….hoping it redeems itself…..
Why wouldn’t he be broken and defeated? More than just thinking Anakin was dead, Anakin had betrayed not just Obi-Wan but Padme, led a slaughter of younglings at the academy, betrayed the Jedis, betrayed the entire universe and helped bring to power the most evil being in the universe and bring about the rule of the Empire.
Everybody Obi-Wan knew and cared for was gone with the exception of Bail Organa and Yoda and all 3 had to cut off all communication from each other to keep the twins safe.
Obi-Wan has had to cut his ties with The Force and the only way of life he’s ever known in order to keep Luke & the Skywalkers safe plus to simply stay alive as the remaining Jedis are being hunted and slaughtered.
Additionally is the fact that Luke’s uncle has made it clear he wants Obi-Wan to have nothing to do with Luke.
Obi-Wan has lost everything and is still dealing with the guilt and grieving everything that has happened. He’s being haunted with nightmares of everything.
He’s out of shape owing to not being able to train.
Of course he’s going to look weak at this point. That’s a hell of a lot to deal with.
We do know that things will change in order for him to begin training Luke.
It’s normal to be broken, depressed, anxious, angry, and defeated after suffering loss and tragedy in life. All you fan boys who think Luke and Obi-Wan should be happy and positive despite the terrible things that transpired before are out of touch with reality. That isn’t the way life works! If you really think it does, you have obviously never suffered through anything major.
Exactly, surely Obi-Wan gets it together. He didn’t even “mind trick” the stormtroopers on the transport and we know he does that at least in Episode 4. Hoping for Qui Gon to show up and set him straight.
Worst part of the show is the lame inquisitors. The most evil looking one immediately killed off by the one that looks like a teenager. Nobody cares about seeing the inquisitors any more. They are lame lame lame. Has nothing to with race. It has to do with issues with the. Characters and story line.
Thanks to the Trogs that blame everything on race. Please move to another country where you can spew your Woke Racist beliefs.
The Inquisitors are terrible and Moses Ingram is absolutely terrible in the role, and no to idiots, it has nothing to do with her race, only racists think everything is about race. The character is awful and poorly acted. The character of Leia is terrible as well. Shes a pain in the ass, disobedient, disrespectful and arrogant. Fishers Leia was none of those things.
I believe the reason this show sucks so far is the directing and writing. If Jon Favreau directed or wrote the story, it would be far, far better.
Bet you live for that don’t you? Is that why your name is “CalledIt”? Are you a Bigot Inquisitor? What are you looking for anyway, a cookie, oh insightful one?
The concept is good, the followthrough, like the script writing, directing and character development of Obi-Wan is sup par. The exchange between Him and Vader is big “What????” The three guys chasing Leah. It is as if Disney handed this series off to film students and adolescent writers. Its good enough that I’ll keep watching it but there will be no repeat viewing.
Well I have no complaints.
I feel that it plays as well as a movie. I did not feel the same way after Bobofet.
This one gave me connections to the original stories.
Yes, they managed to screw it up. No surprises tho, coming from the same folks who screwed up the Boba Fett series. The same bad acting (Ewan is ok), bad sound track, bad cinematography, poorly written story, cheesy characters, poor directing, etc.
Sorry Ewan, ya shoulda just said “No”.
I don’t know who is giving this low rating but obviously they have no taste and are not true star wars fans, I have been waiting years to see this story and it so far has not disappointed.
Yeah sure… the Leia chase scenes must have put you on the edge of your seat. LOL Im just waiting until have Leia shooting force lighting by the end of the show and this Reva outdueling Vader.
This is BS “I hate everything that doesn;t suite me” attitude. These shows are MADE FOR KIDS for crying out loud. They sometimes seem a bit wonky, and others come extremely cost to the edge of what a parent would allow, but in all, the Star Wars universe is made for the pre-teen crowd. Enjoy it at that level, or be gone with you.
I’m so done with the “please me” crap of my generation of Star Wars fans (“A New Hope” was the second movie I ever saw as a kid growing up – the first was “Superman”) who cannot remember their own first go at Star Wars and now wants everything Star Wars to grow up with them. That’s not how this is supposed to work you entitled pricks!!!
Get over your self righteousness yourself! This show is made for all, not just kids. So far, it’s been depressing, sloppy and riddled with continuity errors. Whether it is a “kids show” or not, as you say, adults are writing it and they can do better in their homework and probably didn’t vet the series against the details or other movies. I’m only hoping that Leia gets her mind erased about meeting Obi-Wan because that’s a big deal plot hole wise. Most everything else can be fixed. But the hologram Leia sends in Episode 4 is quite important.
The RT score is BS. It’s teenagers run amuck trying to cause havoc in the Internet by leaving fake score. . Why? Because look at what’s happened. Look at the chaos it causes, they can effect the a fandom in a huge way just by lying online and EVERYONE falls for it. The fan base is so touchy that it works perfectly. Ignore the Internet, it’s all lies and 15 kids in puberty just screwing with you because they know it works. They only push the buttons they know so something
Ugh, just give everything to Feige and Favreau, please!!!! They are the only ones who really understand the SW universe and fanbase (glares at Kennedy and yes, Lucas).
This black woman actress was set-up to fail by Disney. Disney made it known that they strongly back/are pushing for the idea of racial & gender employment. It’s a divisive issue, with many people taking the side that this is in fact the epitome of “racism”; now publicly corporately-driven. So given this foundation, we have a brand-new/created-for-this series character. One who doesn’t look alien like the other Inquisitors, and doesn’t have any skin-alterations, etc.
So due to Disney’s positions…of COURSE half of the audience says “O gee…look at this very convenient character meeting the Disney’s publicly announced racial agenda”. Reva 15 years ago would have “gotten over” so much better. Now the character, due to bad writing and corporate mandate becomes Darth Virsity; or D. Virsity for short.
Just like with anything else Disney gets their hands on, they ruin it. This is just another show geared to a lowbrow audience unfortunately, and it’s amazing how many people think this garbage is good. How about the HUGE plot hole by having a young Princess Leia in there, so she doesn’t remember anything when she sends the message with R2 in A New Hope? And if OBI-WAN and Darth Vader meet up, yet another deviation from A New Hope. Face it people and stop trying so hard to defend this crap, Disney is ruining everything TRUE Fans hold dear. And yes it is “Woke” and by the low rating, more people than not are finally starting to say enough is enough.
DISNEY HAS NO CLUE. We fans are upset that Obi-Wan Kenobi is reduced to a feeble-minded, physically weak baby-sitter who is afraid of his own shadow. He spends episode 3 basically running and hiding from Darth Vader. In ‘The Last Jedi,’ Luke Skywalker is turned into an angry hermit who contemplated killing his own nephew, and is in hiding, long after the Empire was defeated. DISNEY HAS NO CLUE.
So, that’s why Kenobi is by far the most-watched Star Wars feature on Disney Plus to date then, right? Because I keep reading pathetic whiny crap like this, but then the vast majority of actual fans (like me, an OG since I first saw the original at the drive-in theater on its second run in 1978) seem to be tuning in to the D+ shows in record numbers and just keep begging for more. Review bombing on Rotten Tomatoes might be fun for Incel losers with too much time on their hands, but like it or not there’s a whole lot more where this came from, because most of the fandom loves it and wants it, and no one really cares about the haters.
I assume the RT numbers are a combination of trolls and bots trying to libel a show whose actual ratings are off the charts. Not that the show is perfect. None of them have been. Even the Mandalorian had to fight the fact that it was a TV show, with a TV show’s budget and the inertia that TV brings.
I loved how often it felt cinematic, as if we’d somehow gotten a sneak peak at an unreleased Star Wars movie. But there were also episodes when it felt like TV – like we were watching a weekly installment that knew it was a weekly installment.
There was more of this with Boba Fett. Fans hated that they were watching a broken-down Boba Bett who seemed to have started over as a good guy, although I’d argue that being the star of the show doesn’t necessarily make you a “good guy.” Just as so many fans hated Solo because they didn’t want to see how Han became Han, they blasted Boba Fett for being too cute. Some of those criticisms hit the bullseye but that overlooks how often Boba Fett was actually breathtaking, some of the coolest TV on TV.
But all these TV shows have an Achilles heel, which is their TV format and TV budget. If you compare any of them to something like The Force Awakens (from the divisive Sequel Trilogy) there’s a certain downshift in adrenalin. Even the scenes involving space travel feel more domesticated. In some scenes, it’s more obvious that we’re on a soundstage, which automatically drenches everything in a TV aesthetic.
It’s hard watching Obiwan mope around, episode after episode, but that’s also because it hasn’t paid off yet. Things could get very exciting in the next four episodes – as they should. I like annoyingly assertive Leia. I like annoyingly protective Uncle Owen. I like Reva. She’s badass. I liked the truck ride through the desert. I thought combat-ready Vader was stellar.
I suspect this series will remain affected by its TV aesthetics. It’s too bright, with too much cuteness and production design and action that comes off as too tame. It needs to feel rougher, more Wild West, more visceral. But every Wednesday I’m there – and not for nothing. Let the haters hate. The show is still flawed but worthy.
As with any statement that a huge corporation releases…the devil is in the details. Disney isn’t using the same metrics they’ve used when they say Obi Wan is doing so well.
– It was the first SW D+ show released on a Friday/weekend. All other on Wed. Most viewership for Wed-launched shows get big views Wed-Fri. Ob1’s weekend release changes the ballgame.
– There were two episodes release as well. So double the hours released at one time.
…so be suspect when you see things like “most watched hours”, etc.
If all u came here to do is tell everyone why U don’t like the show, fine but I like the show,its cast ,Little Leia is Awesome.
Ben is my OG jedi.Also,if u r a TRUE Fan then U get why Ben is in the shape and mind set.Once again its been 3 episodes and if u din’t get some chills when Vader showed up ,U Just Don’t get it and Never will.
This show is the best Star Wars to come out in the past 10 years and I’ve enjoyed quite a bit of the new stuff. I wouldn’t take Rotten Tomatoes opinion of anything anymore, there are a lot of trolls over there.
According to the reviews that I have seen and the audience that I have spoken to, the whole reason for them making the announcement that they had the green light for season 2 was because of the overwhelming audience support and ratings 🤷♂️
Comments for ‘Star Wars’ Most Anticipated Series Considered Worse Than ‘Rise of Skywalker’
EricJ
So, BETTER than Last Jedi’s 42% audience rating, then?
Chris
EVERYTHING is better than The Last Jedi.
Ray
Except Rise of Skywalker…
William
I don’t believe that the Obi-Wan Kenobi series has a low rating. Also, who’s the voice of Darth Vader? Who’s wearing Darth Vader’s costume? It was David Prowse in the middle trilogy series.
Lyria
Seriously? You need to be told who’s wearing the costume and who’s doing the voice of Darth Vader? Have you watched it at all? Have you kept up with any of the articles, announcements and press releases before the show premiered? 🤦♀️
A quick Google or Bing search would answer the question easily.
Just to save time and effort: it’s Hayden in the suit again (just as he wore it at the end of ROTS Episode III) and James Earl Jones doing the voice (as he’s always done in all the movies with Darth Vader).
First word out of DV’s mouth in Obi-Wan episode 3 and every true SW fan KNEW it was THE one & only voice of Vader.
Joseph
Just looked it up and it isn’t James earl Jones, Hayden plays him and voices him which is awesome
Craig
JEJ voices him, clearly says so in the end credits, there is no way on earth that is anyone but JEJ.
Kat
I really like Obi Wan
Rob
Although it isn’t Hayden in all the shots (Tom O’Connell is in some). Also, it doesn’t appear that James Earl Jones did new voice work, see the “Respeecher” credit. They may have even had Hayden voice it, and used the software to convert it to sound like James Earl Jones.
CalledIt
And much of the comments on RT are about being Star Wars being “woke” since heaven forbid they have a Black female antagonist. The biggest issue with the show Vader just drowns out everyone as all the other villains look like little school children.
Chris
Weird how no one had a problem with Black Panther or War Machine or Falcon (or Lando or Mace or even Finn). The SW character (& actress) is awful, & this is also what happens when fans know you’re forcing diversity.
J
It’s a great series, but so far I am disappointed that Obi Wan is just running and not even using his lightsaber.
CalledIt
He won’t by the end of the series. My guess is he reconnects with Qui-Gon and rebuilds his Jedi skills enough to hold his own against Vader in a rematch as the series finale.
Ess-eh
It’s tough to tell because of the books no longer being canon, but if they pull any inspiration, there will be plenty of fighting on the part of Obi-wan. It’s building the story of a broken man, let it burn. Not every hero is 100% action, enjoy the story for what it is and rejoice when he starts swinging the saber again. It’s only been 3 episodes, chill.
Zen
I loved the first two episodes and will see the third this weekend. It is a lot better than I expected.
CalledIt
I wouldn’t say love as it’s got a few warts but overall it’s enjoyable so far. Great to see Ewan as Obi-Wan again.
Nicholas Lang
I can’t believe people. All the hate she’s getting. I think she’s a good villain. She just wants to prove herself. And OMG they finding Liea annoying. Come on. She’s a kid, that’s how kids act. 🙄 I swear people want something then they complain because they have it. So much hate on YouTube.
Tony
87%
Art
That can’t be right, this show is becoming one of the best acted, written and directed series I’ve seen in awhile!
John
The fans like the show. Pretty sure the audience rating is being tanked by conservative internet trolls.
CalledIt
^^^^^^
This.
Ess-eh
BINGO
Eric
How would you know that exactly? Not sure how you surmised they would be conservatives anyway. Many conservatives love Star Wars and besides why is politics being thrown into this? So far the series is disappointing , but many are hoping that this is necessary to show Obi-Wan as broken and tired. Hopefully we will see him “get his groove back”, fight Vader again with better results and see a Force ghost Qui Gon.
Chris
Nice of the author to completely leave out that bigots are review bombing the show right now.
Wonder why????
Eric
Again, how do we know that exactly? I’m sure there are trolls that like to crap on everything, but I’ve noticed “troll blaming” seems to come up frequently when Star Wars works are subpar. It’s an easy out and a very common mechanism in today’s society …blame criticism on racism, sexism or any other -ism that seems convenient to cover the fact of sloppy work. I’ve heard about the controversy concerning dislike for the Reva character. Haters are going to hate and say bad things, but there seems to be an enjoyment in reporting of these kinds of things. Reva seems to be a good character villain wise and I’m interested in her backstory, but if the writing is bad and the show is making continuity mistakes, one can’t just distract and say “Hey look over there, racism!” They did the same with Rey and the all female Ghostbuster movies. I seen all kinds of well written diverse characters in my 40+ years. Ripley from Aliens, Westly Snipes as Blade, El in the Stranger Things series. The list goes on and on. Fans are not as bigotted as you and others make them out to be. The new Top Gun movie had a diverse cast and played things just right in that fact that these diverse pilots were all good and didn’t go around whining about life’s mistreatment of them….they were just the best pilots.
GregVader
Well I like it. So take that LoserFace!
Jerrod
Yea the author of the story is leaving out all the facts. The audience score before Ewan came out and called the people who had been sending racist and horrible messages to Moses Ingram not real Star Wars fans, was extremely high! Now people are review bombing the show because they’re butthurt and don’t want to be called out.
Marcus
Ridiculous. It’s a terrific series.
Heather
The female antagonist is the problem. That is no fault of the actress; she did the best she could do with the crap character she had to play. The whole inquisitor idea is lame. It’s a mostly boring show, save for the horror sequences of seeing Vader in all his burned, amputated glory.
Bubba Fett
and not to mention her ghetto tone.
Randini
Tell me you’re a racist by telling me you’re a racist
Bubba Fett
you are a racist
Gityoheadoutyoass
If someone’s only experience with SW are the movies, then I can see why some are disappointed; especially if they’re under 45. However, Obi-Wan is broken. His failures with Anakin led to the rise of Darth Vader, the demise of the Jedi Order, the deaths of a lot of Jedi, and the rise of the Empire. His one purpose is to survive long enough to train Luke. Why the f@$k wouldn’t he run away???
Ess-eh
People on here posting as if SW is an 80’s action movie. SW has NEVER been about constant fighting/action. The negative scores spiked like crazy after the whole racism bit blew up from Moses and was backed by Ewan, so really it’s just getting hate because of bigots, trolls, and people that don’t understand SW in general.
Heather
From a story perspective, it’s not that good. It’s not well written. Take The Mandalorian: It’s excellent all the way through. Never a boring moment there. Whoever wrote the scripts for Obi-Wan Kenobi doesn’t have a very good imagination.
Joe
This show sucks but it’s not worse than TROS. TLJ even isn’t as bad as TROS.
Darrel Buccilli
To each his or her own, but I am 54 years old and I have been a fan since my now deceased father took me to see the original Episode 4 the new hope on it’s first day of release and I hated the last jedi, but love this show.
Eric
Star Wars, the best and the original IMO, came out in 1977, a year after my father died. I latched onto it like a tick on a dog’s neck. Perhaps it was an immersive coping mechanism, however, the love for the galaxy that Lucas created has never died. Thanks for sharing about your father. I was 6 when pop died and 7 when the movie came out.
Walter Kleczkowski
I just wish they would stop ruining the images of the Jedi. The last Jedi made Luke looked defeated and washed up because of his failure with Ben Solo….now they are making Obi Wan look beat down, defeated and washed up even though he didn’t even know Anakin was alive and he had failed until he was told by the female lead and they don’t explain why he won’t use the force or engage with Vader. Not what I was expecting from this series so far….hoping it redeems itself…..
Karrie
Why wouldn’t he be broken and defeated? More than just thinking Anakin was dead, Anakin had betrayed not just Obi-Wan but Padme, led a slaughter of younglings at the academy, betrayed the Jedis, betrayed the entire universe and helped bring to power the most evil being in the universe and bring about the rule of the Empire.
Everybody Obi-Wan knew and cared for was gone with the exception of Bail Organa and Yoda and all 3 had to cut off all communication from each other to keep the twins safe.
Obi-Wan has had to cut his ties with The Force and the only way of life he’s ever known in order to keep Luke & the Skywalkers safe plus to simply stay alive as the remaining Jedis are being hunted and slaughtered.
Additionally is the fact that Luke’s uncle has made it clear he wants Obi-Wan to have nothing to do with Luke.
Obi-Wan has lost everything and is still dealing with the guilt and grieving everything that has happened. He’s being haunted with nightmares of everything.
He’s out of shape owing to not being able to train.
Of course he’s going to look weak at this point. That’s a hell of a lot to deal with.
We do know that things will change in order for him to begin training Luke.
Heather
It’s normal to be broken, depressed, anxious, angry, and defeated after suffering loss and tragedy in life. All you fan boys who think Luke and Obi-Wan should be happy and positive despite the terrible things that transpired before are out of touch with reality. That isn’t the way life works! If you really think it does, you have obviously never suffered through anything major.
Eric
Exactly, surely Obi-Wan gets it together. He didn’t even “mind trick” the stormtroopers on the transport and we know he does that at least in Episode 4. Hoping for Qui Gon to show up and set him straight.
Blarg
Was this article written by a second grader doing a book report? Holy run on sentences Batman!
Bob Boogie
Worst part of the show is the lame inquisitors. The most evil looking one immediately killed off by the one that looks like a teenager. Nobody cares about seeing the inquisitors any more. They are lame lame lame. Has nothing to with race. It has to do with issues with the. Characters and story line.
CalledIt
Spoiler alert…he isn’t dead.
Joe
No one every really dies…
Shawn
Thanks to the Trogs that blame everything on race. Please move to another country where you can spew your Woke Racist beliefs.
The Inquisitors are terrible and Moses Ingram is absolutely terrible in the role, and no to idiots, it has nothing to do with her race, only racists think everything is about race. The character is awful and poorly acted. The character of Leia is terrible as well. Shes a pain in the ass, disobedient, disrespectful and arrogant. Fishers Leia was none of those things.
I believe the reason this show sucks so far is the directing and writing. If Jon Favreau directed or wrote the story, it would be far, far better.
CalledIt
^^^^^
Bigot rant by a bigot.
Eric
Bet you live for that don’t you? Is that why your name is “CalledIt”? Are you a Bigot Inquisitor? What are you looking for anyway, a cookie, oh insightful one?
You're Pathetic
Anyone who uses the term “woke” in a rant = Low-IQ.
Mark
The concept is good, the followthrough, like the script writing, directing and character development of Obi-Wan is sup par. The exchange between Him and Vader is big “What????” The three guys chasing Leah. It is as if Disney handed this series off to film students and adolescent writers. Its good enough that I’ll keep watching it but there will be no repeat viewing.
Victoria Migala
Well I have no complaints.
I feel that it plays as well as a movie. I did not feel the same way after Bobofet.
This one gave me connections to the original stories.
Lon
Yes, they managed to screw it up. No surprises tho, coming from the same folks who screwed up the Boba Fett series. The same bad acting (Ewan is ok), bad sound track, bad cinematography, poorly written story, cheesy characters, poor directing, etc.
Sorry Ewan, ya shoulda just said “No”.
Darrel Buccilli
I don’t know who is giving this low rating but obviously they have no taste and are not true star wars fans, I have been waiting years to see this story and it so far has not disappointed.
Nick
Yeah sure… the Leia chase scenes must have put you on the edge of your seat. LOL Im just waiting until have Leia shooting force lighting by the end of the show and this Reva outdueling Vader.
JohnB
This is BS “I hate everything that doesn;t suite me” attitude. These shows are MADE FOR KIDS for crying out loud. They sometimes seem a bit wonky, and others come extremely cost to the edge of what a parent would allow, but in all, the Star Wars universe is made for the pre-teen crowd. Enjoy it at that level, or be gone with you.
I’m so done with the “please me” crap of my generation of Star Wars fans (“A New Hope” was the second movie I ever saw as a kid growing up – the first was “Superman”) who cannot remember their own first go at Star Wars and now wants everything Star Wars to grow up with them. That’s not how this is supposed to work you entitled pricks!!!
Eric
Get over your self righteousness yourself! This show is made for all, not just kids. So far, it’s been depressing, sloppy and riddled with continuity errors. Whether it is a “kids show” or not, as you say, adults are writing it and they can do better in their homework and probably didn’t vet the series against the details or other movies. I’m only hoping that Leia gets her mind erased about meeting Obi-Wan because that’s a big deal plot hole wise. Most everything else can be fixed. But the hologram Leia sends in Episode 4 is quite important.
Tobias
You’re an idiot. Dude you reply to everyone. We get it. You have no life. Get off the internet loser
Jason
The RT score is BS. It’s teenagers run amuck trying to cause havoc in the Internet by leaving fake score. . Why? Because look at what’s happened. Look at the chaos it causes, they can effect the a fandom in a huge way just by lying online and EVERYONE falls for it. The fan base is so touchy that it works perfectly. Ignore the Internet, it’s all lies and 15 kids in puberty just screwing with you because they know it works. They only push the buttons they know so something
Eric
You have evidence of this or are guessing?
Pete
Ugh, just give everything to Feige and Favreau, please!!!! They are the only ones who really understand the SW universe and fanbase (glares at Kennedy and yes, Lucas).
Paully
Episode #3 was excellent..
I’m guessing that the complainers are in some kind of YouTube money swindle..
Parbat
This black woman actress was set-up to fail by Disney. Disney made it known that they strongly back/are pushing for the idea of racial & gender employment. It’s a divisive issue, with many people taking the side that this is in fact the epitome of “racism”; now publicly corporately-driven. So given this foundation, we have a brand-new/created-for-this series character. One who doesn’t look alien like the other Inquisitors, and doesn’t have any skin-alterations, etc.
So due to Disney’s positions…of COURSE half of the audience says “O gee…look at this very convenient character meeting the Disney’s publicly announced racial agenda”. Reva 15 years ago would have “gotten over” so much better. Now the character, due to bad writing and corporate mandate becomes Darth Virsity; or D. Virsity for short.
Shane
Just like with anything else Disney gets their hands on, they ruin it. This is just another show geared to a lowbrow audience unfortunately, and it’s amazing how many people think this garbage is good. How about the HUGE plot hole by having a young Princess Leia in there, so she doesn’t remember anything when she sends the message with R2 in A New Hope? And if OBI-WAN and Darth Vader meet up, yet another deviation from A New Hope. Face it people and stop trying so hard to defend this crap, Disney is ruining everything TRUE Fans hold dear. And yes it is “Woke” and by the low rating, more people than not are finally starting to say enough is enough.
Essam Selim
Great work loved it can’t wait to see more Seasons keep up I give it 99%
Paul Christian Jenkins, D.Ju
DISNEY HAS NO CLUE. We fans are upset that Obi-Wan Kenobi is reduced to a feeble-minded, physically weak baby-sitter who is afraid of his own shadow. He spends episode 3 basically running and hiding from Darth Vader. In ‘The Last Jedi,’ Luke Skywalker is turned into an angry hermit who contemplated killing his own nephew, and is in hiding, long after the Empire was defeated. DISNEY HAS NO CLUE.
Darth Flatulous
So, that’s why Kenobi is by far the most-watched Star Wars feature on Disney Plus to date then, right? Because I keep reading pathetic whiny crap like this, but then the vast majority of actual fans (like me, an OG since I first saw the original at the drive-in theater on its second run in 1978) seem to be tuning in to the D+ shows in record numbers and just keep begging for more. Review bombing on Rotten Tomatoes might be fun for Incel losers with too much time on their hands, but like it or not there’s a whole lot more where this came from, because most of the fandom loves it and wants it, and no one really cares about the haters.
Bill Kilpatrick
I assume the RT numbers are a combination of trolls and bots trying to libel a show whose actual ratings are off the charts. Not that the show is perfect. None of them have been. Even the Mandalorian had to fight the fact that it was a TV show, with a TV show’s budget and the inertia that TV brings.
I loved how often it felt cinematic, as if we’d somehow gotten a sneak peak at an unreleased Star Wars movie. But there were also episodes when it felt like TV – like we were watching a weekly installment that knew it was a weekly installment.
There was more of this with Boba Fett. Fans hated that they were watching a broken-down Boba Bett who seemed to have started over as a good guy, although I’d argue that being the star of the show doesn’t necessarily make you a “good guy.” Just as so many fans hated Solo because they didn’t want to see how Han became Han, they blasted Boba Fett for being too cute. Some of those criticisms hit the bullseye but that overlooks how often Boba Fett was actually breathtaking, some of the coolest TV on TV.
But all these TV shows have an Achilles heel, which is their TV format and TV budget. If you compare any of them to something like The Force Awakens (from the divisive Sequel Trilogy) there’s a certain downshift in adrenalin. Even the scenes involving space travel feel more domesticated. In some scenes, it’s more obvious that we’re on a soundstage, which automatically drenches everything in a TV aesthetic.
It’s hard watching Obiwan mope around, episode after episode, but that’s also because it hasn’t paid off yet. Things could get very exciting in the next four episodes – as they should. I like annoyingly assertive Leia. I like annoyingly protective Uncle Owen. I like Reva. She’s badass. I liked the truck ride through the desert. I thought combat-ready Vader was stellar.
I suspect this series will remain affected by its TV aesthetics. It’s too bright, with too much cuteness and production design and action that comes off as too tame. It needs to feel rougher, more Wild West, more visceral. But every Wednesday I’m there – and not for nothing. Let the haters hate. The show is still flawed but worthy.
Telisima
As with any statement that a huge corporation releases…the devil is in the details. Disney isn’t using the same metrics they’ve used when they say Obi Wan is doing so well.
– It was the first SW D+ show released on a Friday/weekend. All other on Wed. Most viewership for Wed-launched shows get big views Wed-Fri. Ob1’s weekend release changes the ballgame.
– There were two episodes release as well. So double the hours released at one time.
…so be suspect when you see things like “most watched hours”, etc.
Sean Golden
If all u came here to do is tell everyone why U don’t like the show, fine but I like the show,its cast ,Little Leia is Awesome.
Ben is my OG jedi.Also,if u r a TRUE Fan then U get why Ben is in the shape and mind set.Once again its been 3 episodes and if u din’t get some chills when Vader showed up ,U Just Don’t get it and Never will.
Lynda
This show is the best Star Wars to come out in the past 10 years and I’ve enjoyed quite a bit of the new stuff. I wouldn’t take Rotten Tomatoes opinion of anything anymore, there are a lot of trolls over there.
Jeffrey
You’re stoking the fan controversy. Obi-Wan is widely popular.
Starwars fan
According to the reviews that I have seen and the audience that I have spoken to, the whole reason for them making the announcement that they had the green light for season 2 was because of the overwhelming audience support and ratings 🤷♂️
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