Obi-Wan Kenobi

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Season 1
  • Network: Disney+
  • Series Premiere Date: May 27, 2022
Metascore
73

Generally favorable reviews - based on 19 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 19
  3. Negative: 0 out of 19
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Critic Reviews

  1. The Telegraph
    Reviewed by: Ed Power
    May 27, 2022
    60
    Obi-Wan Kenobi feels less like a major disturbance in the force than just more Disney+ content churned out to keep subscriber numbers up. McGregor brings tremendous depth and empathy as Kenobi and the show is worth staying with for him alone. ... For now, Obi-Wan is watchable but nothing more.
  2. The Guardian
    Reviewed by: Stuart Heritage
    May 27, 2022
    60
    Did it need to be made? No. Is its existence a sign of creative exhaustion? Probably. But does it make the best of its thankless job? Happily, yes it does.
  3. RogerEbert.com
    Reviewed by: Brian Tallerico
    May 27, 2022
    50
    The two-part premiere of “Obi-Wan Kenobi” struggles more than any other property to date to develop its own personality outside of the two famous trilogies it seeks to connect (and even a hit Disney+ Star Wars show in its protector/child dynamic).
  5. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Darren Franich
    Jun 22, 2022
    42
    Obi-Wan had a larger problem: It was dumb as a rock. Simple rules of spatial logic went out the window. Main characters kept almost killing each other, and then walking away long enough for their wounded opponent could recover.

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User Score
6.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 562 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 319 out of 562
  2. Mixed: 76 out of 562
  3. Negative: 167 out of 562
  1. MariusL
    May 28, 2022
    1
    Absolutely Horrible. Nothing is canon anymore with disney star wars. Just expect that Disney and KK will do anything and everything to take aAbsolutely Horrible. Nothing is canon anymore with disney star wars. Just expect that Disney and KK will do anything and everything to take a dump on the star wars you know and love. Enjoy.… Full Review »
  2. RYRY
    May 27, 2022
    0
    Shockingly bad. Disney some how manages to further desecrate the Star Wars universe with each new tv series. The exception to that may be TheShockingly bad. Disney some how manages to further desecrate the Star Wars universe with each new tv series. The exception to that may be The Mandalorian. The child actor playing Leia flat out sucks and people thought Jake Lloyd was bad. The first two episodes are totally tone deaf and jarring. Someone mentioned this already, but it really is like watching a modern sitcom or a fanfic.… Full Review »
  3. UncleWillard
    May 28, 2022
    3
    If the first two episodes are any indicator of the rest of this series, it's in trouble. After The Mandalorian and Fett, this feels likeIf the first two episodes are any indicator of the rest of this series, it's in trouble. After The Mandalorian and Fett, this feels like cutting room footage, stitched together just to fill in a gap from the prequels yo the original. McGregor is fine as an aging Kenobi, but everything else is showing its age. After the horrible sequels and the new shows, I find I can't stand the good guys anymore. The Jedi suck. Everything about them has been turned to **** I'm way more interested in everything else besides the Jedi. Seems like the galaxy needed the culling element of the Empire to set things straight. The prequels got us to hate a little boy, this got me to hate a little girl. There's just something cheezy about the whole thing. Like what's Obi-Wan's job? Butchery in the Desert? Why?! I'm not impressed.… Full Review »
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