Obi-Wan Kenobi takes place in between Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith and Episode IV — A New Hope. Many followers had questions on this collection: how it will bridge the hole between the two trilogies and the way it will reply any plot holes. The finale of Obi-Wan Kenobi supplied a number of moments that tied into A New Hope and answered a number of questions introduced up by this present’s existence.
It could not clear up the whole lot, however many moments join the dots between the prequel trilogy and the unique trilogy.
Listed here are 3 methods the ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ finale units up ‘A New Hope’
After their duel, Obi-Wan calls Anakin ‘Darth’
In the second duel between Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) and Darth Vader (Hayden Christensen), Obi-Wan cuts a gap in Vader’s masks, revealing the scarred face of his former padawan. Obi-Wan feels guilt over what he has performed to Anakin, however Vader says that Obi-Wan didn’t kill Anakin on Mustafar. Vader killed him when he transitioned to the darkish facet.
In response, Obi-Wan leaves and says, “Goodbye, Darth,” which means that in his eyes, Anakin is lifeless and is now not the person who Obi-Wan as soon as knew. It additionally makes extra sense now why Obi-Wan (Alec Guinness) tells Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) that Vader killed his father in A New Hope. He does clarify why he advised Luke this in Episode VI — Return of the Jedi, however now we all know why Obi-Wan felt this was the fact.
Obi-Wan says goodbye to Leia
One main plot gap that arises with this collection is that in A New Hope, Leia (Carrie Fisher) appears to not know who Obi-Wan is in the message she sends to him. This rescue mission contradicts this, contemplating Leia is aware of Obi-Wan now. In the Obi-Wan Kenobi finale, after Leia (Vivien Lyra Blair) returns to Alderaan with Bail Organa (Jimmy Smits), Obi-Wan visits to return her droid, Lola.
Obi-Wan and Leia have a dialog the place he tells her extra about her dad and mom but additionally warns her that no one can know that they know one another or it may put them each in peril. Because of this when Leia information her message in A New Hope, she must make it look like they didn’t know one another in case the Empire intercepted the recording.
Darth Vader calls off the seek for his former grasp
In A New Hope, Darth Vader nonetheless had not positioned his son nor Obi-Wan Kenobi on Tatooine. After their combat in the (*3*) finale, Vader is full of rage and desires to tear open each nook of the galaxy with the intention to discover his former grasp. Nevertheless, Emperor Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid), showing through hologram, calls him out, suggesting he might not be over his previous.
Sensing the message from his new grasp, Vader tells Palpatine that Obi-Wan means nothing and that he can transfer ahead with out worrying about him. This explains why the Empire by no means did a lot digging round Tatooine till the escape pod containing R2-D2 and C-3PO landed on the planet.
The finale of Obi-Wan Kenobi is now streaming on Disney+.