Review by C.J. Bunce
Aligned with the year’s Star Wars Celebration in Anaheim, California, Disney+ began its latest Star Wars series this week, Obi-Wan Kenobi. Or did it? Maybe they uploaded a Young Princess Leia series and inadvertently swapped the reels? The choices of subject matter to feature for the story are certainly interesting, as director Deborah Chow and the writing team take some surprising turns, especially with its focus not on Kenobi, but the Skywalkers again. With two short episodes past us–of only a six-episode series–as with the original Star Wars movie and the prequels, Obi-Wan Kenobi is a secondary character. Sure, he’s the glue that holds things together, but not the character who drives the action. Will we ever see that story?
But two camps should love this series: If you are a fan of the prequels and the animated Star Wars: The Clone Wars, this is your series. Also, if you like Disney fairy tales featuring the latest version of Ariel or Belle or Elsa this is also your series. As a pure Disney family show it works, and it works as a continuation of The Clone Wars as a “sequel to the prequel trilogy” mixed with significant elements and characters from the Dave Filoni-verse.
