Review: Obi-Wan Kenobi, "Part VI"
A productively poetic end to a series that was consistently poorly executed
Look, on a very basic level, the poetics of Obi-Wan Kenobi’s basic arc are well met. Obi-Wan, committed to hiding on Tatooine and watching over Luke, has in doing so stripped himself of everything that defined him. He’s a menial laborer, and nothing more, and when he tries to reach out anonymously to help Luke with his tinkering Owen rejects it out of fear. But when Leia is kidnapped, and Bail asks Obi-Wan to assist, he gets a first hand opportunity to confront what he’s sacrificed for. And as Darth Vader himself enters into the fray, Obi-Wan is forced to confront his past actions, and come to terms with what he did and what is left of his Padawan. And it is only after he saves Leia and gets his opportunity to meet Luke that he is able to connect with his departed master, as Qui-Gon meets him in the sands of Tatooine to begin the next phase of his life as a Jedi.
These poetics also basically transfer effectively to Anakin at an important point in his journey within t…