Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022)

That is what I mentioned earlier in the thread. They are managing to create tension even though we know they have to survive.

 

I need to start my own Star Wars franchise, Sand People In Love, because people are suckers and will watch anything Star Wars-related.

In fact, I challenge any of you to come up with a Star Wars concept that people wouldn't watch. The more obscure the character to fill in an unneeded back story the better.

There's so many genres to exploit. Cooking shows ... Salacious B. Crumb's Chili Cookoff. Reality TV ... Ewoks vs. Jawas on Survivor: Dagobah. Sex ... The Libertine Perversions of Adm. Piett.

Which reminds me ... can the Force be used for sexual purposes? That would be pretty amazing.

 

I want a Bill and Ted style buddy movie starring Jar Jar Binks and Salacious Crumb.

 

Well, the holiday special didn't really work out so well, so maybe that's territory to avoid.

 

A cooking show called "BBQ with Aunt Beru."
A show where Wuher visits the Outer Rim's failing taverns, called "Cantina Rescue."

And, of course, they could resurrect the OG of Star Wars spinoff TV shows:

 

Disney actually has two seasons - 39 episodes - of a Star Wars show that they refuse to run, "Detours." It's an animated show that Lucas was working on with Seth Green's company, right before Disney acquired his company. I only know about it because they constantly bring it up on "The George Lucas Talk Show," a bizarre comedy show I love to watch. The few people who have seen "Detours" have said its not great, but it does have a bunch of voice work from the original cast and big time celebrities.

 

I imagine that is more about the folks at Disney being control freaks rather than some concern for quality. The episodes of Boba Fett right up to the point that they turned it into season 2.5 of The Mandalorian clearly demonstrate that they are willing to put something out there that is very weak.

 

Boba Fett probably looks weaker than it is because it came after Mando, which was ridiculously good. Not great, certainly, but not as bad as it’s credited for.

 

To me, it was just confirmation that Boba Fett works best as he was used in the original trilogy and in The Mandalorian, in small doses.

You have these two badass characters, Fett and Shand, and not enough of them being badasses until the last episode.

 

I trust in Filoni and Favreau.

 

Something that just occurred to me: They’re using software to make James Earl Jones’ voice for Darth Vader (same setup that Paramount used for Val Kilmer’s voice in Top Gun), and they’re mapping it to Hayden Christensen’s lines — not just what’s in the script, but as he says them.

 

Ep. 4 is up, and it's kind of a step back in intensity -- Vader's only on screen for a couple minutes this week.

Obi-Wan goes in a bacta tank to heal up from last week's burning, but he's out quick, and there's no evidence of the wizening or aging effect I suspected last week.

The episode frankly ends right about where they were two weels ago.

Only two weeks left -- things should start moving pretty quick next week.

But really, I'm not so sure how much more significant is going to really happen. We know Luke, Leia and Obi-Wan are going to survive; ditto Vader. And the Inquisitors will essentially be gone by the time of Rogue One.

So mainly the last two episodes will be wrapping up the fates of a lot of side characters.