Obi-Wan Kenobi

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Season 1
  • Network: Disney+
  • Series Premiere Date: May 27, 2022
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
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  1. Dingens
    May 27, 2022
    5
    I liked the introduction with Obi-Wan's new lifestyle( his jawa, his dead-end job and public transportation ), but the show becomes blurry afterwards. for some reason there's a copy of the dramatic matrix trinity rooftop chase scene but it doesnt lead anywhere to justify it's existence, a scene from one of the sw movies with stomach-stabbing, which maybe they hoped would be as impressive,I liked the introduction with Obi-Wan's new lifestyle( his jawa, his dead-end job and public transportation ), but the show becomes blurry afterwards. for some reason there's a copy of the dramatic matrix trinity rooftop chase scene but it doesnt lead anywhere to justify it's existence, a scene from one of the sw movies with stomach-stabbing, which maybe they hoped would be as impressive, but it lack's a comparible build-up. a black character is annoying and demanding without much reason, and at this point you can ask yourself...anyway they also copied some scenes from jon wick because maybe they thaugt it was cool...any dedictated fan could have written something better but i guess the movie industry is occupied by rich parents douchebag-kids nowadays.… Expand
  2. dunnyone
    May 30, 2022
    5
    I guess a 5/10 suits it so far. This is standard Star Wars, the first two episodes did not blow me away. It's great to see Ewen McGregor again as ol' Obi-Wan, but yeah - if you're not a Star Wars fan then this show will do nothing to convert you. I like the fan service they provided (especially the recap in episode 1) but outside of that, I wouldn't recommend the show. I don't hate it butI guess a 5/10 suits it so far. This is standard Star Wars, the first two episodes did not blow me away. It's great to see Ewen McGregor again as ol' Obi-Wan, but yeah - if you're not a Star Wars fan then this show will do nothing to convert you. I like the fan service they provided (especially the recap in episode 1) but outside of that, I wouldn't recommend the show. I don't hate it but the two episodes I watched were not memorable. I mean why even bother with an Obi-Wan show if you're not going to give us something amazing, Disney?… Expand
  3. TheBearOwner
    May 29, 2022
    6
    I am not gonna lie, the show, feels very off, almost like a cartoon, there are a ton of punches which were pulled, some reveals are just plain stupid, villian is eh, still watchable , but very much an EH show
  4. Malohu
    Jun 3, 2022
    0
    Disney and KK continue to destroy the star wars universe. This is absolute trash.
  5. UGADawgsAC49
    May 30, 2022
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This was exactly like I thought it was. This is not Obi-Wan's show. OH NO, This is the Reva show. The best inquisitor EVER. I only gave it a 3 because of the respect I have for the character. Well, the character of the previous movies, not this Obi-Wan. Obi-Wan leaves Luke? Leia is very obnoxious. The writers of this show could care less about that. They only care about making Reva look good and making Kathleen Kennedy happy.… Expand
  6. mindfroth
    Jun 15, 2022
    0
    Stunningly, insultingly bad, on every level imaginable. Even the lightsabers are unpleasant to look at, like florescent tube lights.
  7. mickrussom
    Jun 11, 2022
    0
    this thing is horrible it mocks obi wan and is basically setting up original fans. little baby leia is annoying. kenobi and luke are basically guest stars - the show is meant to setup the bestest ever reeeeeeva
  8. Geodatan
    Jun 7, 2022
    1
    Good aspects of this show: Has a good sets, good clothes, some good actors.
    Bad aspects of this show:
    Bad writting, bad story, some bad actres, bad music. This Obi-Wan is the same as Luke Skywalker on The Last Jedi. He is destroyed and didn't train while Luke is in Tatooine. This is a show with many mistakes. Holes on the story, characters with no background, and the main characters is a    Good aspects of this show: Has a good sets, good clothes, some good actors.
    Bad aspects of this show:
    Bad writting, bad story, some bad actres, bad music.
    This Obi-Wan is the same as Luke Skywalker on The Last Jedi. He is destroyed and didn't train while Luke is in Tatooine. This is a show with many mistakes. Holes on the story, characters with no background, and the main characters is a guest star on his own show.    … Expand
  9. Wuggz
    Jun 8, 2022
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It appears my low expectations have been exceeded in the worst way. As of episode 4, Vader is now acting out of character, Obi-wan is a coward, and Leia now necessarily must have some Deus-ex mind wipe, or else break canon.… Expand
  10. JoseyWaless
    Jun 7, 2022
    2
    #StarWarsCanon broken in multiple areas besides poor storytelling. clearly we're seeing another #BaitnSwitch w #Kenobi portrayed as a broken down pathetic male who is humiliated before death. #Vader never encountered #Kenobi before #StarWarsIV so that's been tossed aside
  11. Cirnan
    Jun 7, 2022
    1
    It treats Obi Wan like how they treated Luke in the Last Jedi. Not to mention the show constantly breaks continuity. Apparently, the writer didn't watch Revenge of the Sith.
  12. sigmagrindset
    Jun 9, 2022
    1
    I'm just disappointed in Disney for ruining Obi-Wan as a character. He doesn't act like the Jedi that I've come to know either in the Prequels or the original movies. None of the internal writing makes sense. I was so excited too! Watching the first episode made me violently poop my pants with all the woke diversity. After I showered, I tried streaming the second episode and it happenedI'm just disappointed in Disney for ruining Obi-Wan as a character. He doesn't act like the Jedi that I've come to know either in the Prequels or the original movies. None of the internal writing makes sense. I was so excited too! Watching the first episode made me violently poop my pants with all the woke diversity. After I showered, I tried streaming the second episode and it happened again!
    I've learned two things since then- avoid Obi-Wan Kenobi and buffalo wings; both are like the plague.    … Expand
  13. JakeFuller
    May 27, 2022
    10
    So great show, Obi-Wan! Anakin! I am really love it. Acting of the main characters is best!
  14. NotBleach
    May 27, 2022
    10
    lived up to the expectations and was full of surprises. Amazing start can't wait to see what they do in the future.
  15. DigiiovMark
    May 27, 2022
    10
    Hello everyone, i think is the best serial in star wars universe ever.And many people does not like that serial, because they say like 'the Disney break a canon', but you not even see all series yet!!! Why you write this trash? And finally, i very glad to see you Ewan!
  16. smb14
    Jun 2, 2022
    1
    Obi-Wan deserved better than this.

    Much has already been written about the writing and directing, which can alternate between adequate and surprisingly poor. And, to be sure, a good amount of that criticism is warranted. This series may well leave you wondering how a limited run title with this much legacy, fan support and budget could come out feeling so undercooked. Yes, some of the    Obi-Wan deserved better than this.

    Much has already been written about the writing and directing, which can alternate between adequate and surprisingly poor. And, to be sure, a good amount of that criticism is warranted. This series may well leave you wondering how a limited run title with this much legacy, fan support and budget could come out feeling so undercooked. Yes, some of the plot points and dialog are weak. Yes, some of the action sequences and editing choices are puzzling bordering on laughable. Yes, some of the special effects look like they never received their finishing touches. All of that is on display, but the worst offense in the series "Obi-Wan Kenobi" is how it handles its namesake.

    In this series, the venerable Jedi is now a deeply fearful man, consumed with regret, who has lost seemingly all of the calm dedication and martial prowess that was his hallmark for literally every other film and television series featuring him up to this point. The knight who unflinchingly stood against Sith Lords, bounty hunters, literal armies of opposition and Darth Vader himself, is now seemingly incapable of anything more than trading some blaster fire and running for his life in between panic attacks.

    We are supposed to understand that in the 10 years since his last film appearance, Obi-Wan has cut of all connection to the Force, ceased any form of training and has simply been hiding out -- thus, we are to believe, his jarring ineffectiveness. He even tells a potential ally that all hope is lost; that they should lay low in perpetuity, effectively doing nothing to help anyone. But this character re-write doesn't actually work when we consider that A) Kenobi's mission - which he has been quietly awaiting - is to train a young Luke Skywalker as a Jedi B) he, Kenobi, has been given additional skills to hone from Master Yoda in preparation for the years ahead and C) such a meek surrender to tyranny and evil goes against everything we've known about the character for roughly 40 years now. It's an ill-conceived cop out from the writing room that just doesn't convince.

    By the third episode, when the former Jedi is called upon to summon at least a glimpse of the skill and valor that he demonstrated so routinely years before, there is almost nothing there. It's not so much a decline as it is a complete re-fashioning of the character for the sake of villain fan service.

    What a waste. (Subscription cancelled).    … Expand
  17. Mohh
    Jun 1, 2022
    3
    This really continues the way most tv shows are written today treating audiences like they are stubid and some actually are and enjoy it and that's why we keep getting bad shows, maybe i would have enjoyed it if i was 10.
  18. patraikos1
    Jun 9, 2022
    2
    With all the creative possibilities for an Obi-Wan series, this is what they came up with? This show is full of plot holes. The writing is terrible. The story focus should have been on Obi-Wan and Darth Vadar, not Leia and that inquisitor lady. It doesn't even make sense with the movies. It's forgettable after you watch it. At least for me anyway.
  19. phawk63
    May 31, 2022
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The Kenobi Series in its first two episodes are not very good. The story from the beginning of the show does not center around Kenobi but a new character Reva and young Princess Leia. Reva is not a convincing villain and considering the opening will most like be a redeemed villain by the seasons end. The writing is not very good as the powers given to Reva is not consistent. At one point she reads the mind of a fake jedi to find Kenobi yet early on in the show she could have read the mind of Owen Lars and would have found Kenobi about 10 feet away. The chase scene with little Princess Leia is something you would get out of a Benny Hill episode in the 70's. In fact, speed it up a little put Benny Hill music to it and you will laugh. I know Kenobi is supposed to be broken but why does he want to train Luke if using his powers will only tip of Inquisitors. I watched this show to see Kenobi broken but committed to protecting Luke using his powers as needed. What I am getting is another broken down Luke Skywalker. We have seen this before. It doesn't add anything to the Star Wars Universe. I was bored.… Expand
  20. Krell100
    Jun 2, 2022
    0
    Just terrible. Writing, acting, music, editing... it's all rubbish. Not sure where Disney goes from here with the Star Wars universe, it's almost unredeemable after this farce.
  21. Alkia
    Jun 5, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Started off a bit exciting but quickly evolved into typical Disney garbage. The acting is flat, even for Ewin. Reva is an insufferable character, like an over the top teenager. Not to mention her as an actor claiming to be the first POC to be represented in the franchise is a complete insult to Billy Dee Williams and Donald Glover. Leia’s actor wasn’t that great, but we can blame the director for that because they’re not giving her notes to improve with. The lightsaber duel was incredibly underwhelming, communing with quigon all these years, and the way Kenobi is portrayed in the final episode of rebels demonstrates how uneducated the directors and producers are towards the Star Wars franchise.… Expand
  22. PoloSF
    Jun 3, 2022
    3
    Can the star wars franchise try a bit different dynamic in the story? The good vs bad premise is already very outdated. The audiences have evolved but series or films like this seem to be absolutely oblivious to it.
  23. Reymnz
    Jun 12, 2022
    0
    2 words.....WOKE GARBAGE. George Lucas original vision and intent completey destroyed and disrespected by this show. The show is not even about Obi Wan and Vader.
  24. Arthur2130
    May 27, 2022
    10
    Kenobi! Kenobi! Kenobi! Kenobi! Kenobi! Kenobi! Kenobi! Kenobi! Kenobi! Kenobi!
  25. JD_Chambers
    Jun 2, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. At this point being a star wars fan is comparable to being a battered housewife. This show looks cheap, music is forgettable, villain is probably the worst acted and written antagonist in all star wars. Rescue Leia plot is boring and played out. They even managed to make Obi-Wan vs Vader boring. Well done once again Disney.… Expand
  26. 1infantry23
    Jun 3, 2022
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Horrible disappointment, sith lady can’t act, special effects suck, made obi wan a non Jedi cuck like Luke. more of Disney focused on identity politics then storytelling… Expand
  27. HamishIII
    May 31, 2022
    2
    Not good - had a lot of promise but there are way to many plot inconsitancies and holes along with bait and switch characterization. Kenobi's depression etc... was not convincing when he should have been training - this needed to be hashed out - And characters knowing who he is and finding him easily was not well explained. Too much show magic vs good writing - the force is weak in this one!
  28. nkuk
    Jun 7, 2022
    3
    Even worse than the book of Boba Fett. Sometimes less is more, I don't think there was any reason to make these series about the characters, they are less interesting when they have some Disneyfied lame expanded story about them. The Leia character cant act (bless her) and the story is just boring and dull. I gave up after episode 3.
  29. PhilMarks
    Jun 13, 2022
    1
    This show violates all previous Star Wars lore. Moses Ingram as Reva (Third Sister) is excellent and earned the only +1 in my rating.
  30. Jo_Robear
    Jun 6, 2022
    2
    This series is hilariously bad. If you enjoy watching awful B movies for their unintentional comedy you may be in for a real treat with Kenobi. The writing is terrible, Grade A Hack level. The plot is nonsensical and contrived. The characters bounce between acting like complete idiots, downright annoying or completely out of character. The dialogue is stale at best. Continuity and logicThis series is hilariously bad. If you enjoy watching awful B movies for their unintentional comedy you may be in for a real treat with Kenobi. The writing is terrible, Grade A Hack level. The plot is nonsensical and contrived. The characters bounce between acting like complete idiots, downright annoying or completely out of character. The dialogue is stale at best. Continuity and logic even within the show is lacking. The background visuals are probably the best part of the show. I can't fault the cringey acting because what did these poor actors have to work with? The directing and shots make you scratch your head or burst out laughing. If you have fond childhood memories of watching the original Star Wars trilogy or even episodes I - III, stay away from this series. If you embrace the awfulness of the show you'll find it highly entertaining.… Expand
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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
  1. 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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  2. The Daily Beast
    Reviewed by: Nick Schager
    May 27, 2022
    80
    McGregor is wholly up to the challenge of shouldering the emotional weight of this series, which feels less like a cynical cash grab (despite being that) than a natural continuation of the saga that Lucas crafted more than two decades ago.
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  3. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Richard Roeper
    May 27, 2022
    75
    Ewan McGregor was last seen as Obi-Wan, he brings more depth, more of a world-weary wisdom to the role. ... As is the case with many a “Star Wars” title, the dialogue sometimes borders on the corny, but director Deborah Chow (“The Mandalorian”) has a keen sense of pacing and a distinct visual style that holds our interest even in the quieter moments. “Obi-Wan Kenobi” is off to a roaring start.
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