Obi-Wan Kenobi (spoilers)

[FitzTheRuke]

It's hard to overcome the power of plot.

The Dark Side was making its move! The force, to their surprise, was not "with" the Jedi.

 

[Zaukrie]

It's not really plot. It's an unwillingness to use new characters and some need to resurrect characters. It's one of the biggest issues with Star wars. Trillions of beings, and they can't find more than a handful to use.

 

[FitzTheRuke]

It's not really plot. It's an unwillingness to use new characters and some need to resurrect characters. It's one of the biggest issues with Star wars. Trillions of beings, and they can't find more than a handful to use.

I think they're finally starting slowly to work toward doing more different things (at least I hope so), but I absolutely agree with you, and have made the observation that for a Galaxy-Wide setting, it sure feels "small". I think that the prequels were the first to set that terrible precedent, by going back to Tatooine and trying to shove in as many younger versions of already-seen characters as possible.

It's a shockingly small galaxy, when we see all the same people and all the same planets over and over again.

I hope they start to branch out as they start to figure out what works and what doesn't. Hollywood always seems to think that people want the illusion of the new, while really wanting the familiar. I would say it's really the opposite: We want the illusion of the familiar, while really getting something new.

 

[Flamestrike]

I think they're finally starting slowly to work toward doing more different things (at least I hope so), but I absolutely agree with you, and have made the observation that for a Galaxy-Wide setting, it sure feels "small". I think that the prequels were the first to set that terrible precedent, by going back to Tatooine and trying to shove in as many younger versions of already-seen characters as possible.

It's a shockingly small galaxy, when we see all the same people and all the same planets over and over again.

I hope they start to branch out as they start to figure out what works and what doesn't. Hollywood always seems to think that people want the illusion of the new, while really wanting the familiar. I would say it's really the opposite: We want the illusion of the familiar, while really getting something new.

The biggest mistake from Disney was to stick in the same time period with the same characters. Most SW fans basically disregard the Sequels as expensive fan fiction (and head canon the Saga ending at episode 6) along with a fair bit of the other films and TV.

I really want to see an Old Republic setting. You could do a whole Game of Thrones type TV show, but set in the Old Republic. That would be dope.

 

[Dire Bare]

It's not really plot. It's an unwillingness to use new characters and some need to resurrect characters. It's one of the biggest issues with Star wars. Trillions of beings, and they can't find more than a handful to use.

Like Din Djarin, the Mandalorian? And his charge, Grogu, "Baby Yoda"?

Star Wars is definitely expanding on characters from the classic movies heavily, but . . . giving Boba Fett and Obi Wan their own series, who's really complaining? And each series has had plenty of new characters.

The upcoming Star Wars series in 2022 and 2023 will also bring back some fan-favorite characters, Cassian Andor and Ahsoka Tano at the top of the list! But those shows will also give us a lot of new secondary characters as well. But we are also getting series centered around new characters, and characters introduced in the Mandalorian. Lucasfilm has already stated that's the future of Star Wars . . . moving away from the "Skywalker Saga".

 

[trappedslider]

i'm gonna use something Morrus said in a star trek thread:

SW: here’s some new stuff!

Fans: no! It’s too different! Show us old stuff!

SW: ok here’s some old stuff that’s not different

SW: no! that’s too much the same

SW: oh FFS

 

[Paul Farquhar]

that's my assumption. some kind of young jedi-person during order 66.

For her to spend 10 years hunting Kenobi, she has to have a reason, especially as a young-ish character (20s)

A couple of suggestions.

1) She was hiding in the Jedi temple after the massacre. Kenobi failed to rescue her.

2) She was rescued by Vader when he was still good looking and hero-worships him. She blames Kenobi for what happened to him.

 

[Davies]

3) She was almost recruited for the Jedi order shortly before Episode III, but was rejected (possibly by Kenobi, or possibly he was just present) for being too old.

Or maybe I'm just making up naughty word that not even I believe, since I'm a total liar who only comes into threads to annoy my betters.

 

[Maxperson]

4) She was found on the street as a force sensitive and trained in the dark side of the force. She has a deep seated need to prove herself and rise in power, and she views Kenobi as the fastest way to climb the power structure and get the recognition she craves.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

3) She was almost recruited for the Jedi order shortly before Episode III, but was rejected (possibly by Kenobi, or possibly he was just present) for being too old.

4) She was found on the street as a force sensitive and trained in the dark side of the force. She has a deep seated need to prove herself and rise in power, and she views Kenobi as the fastest way to climb the power structure.

Those would be plausible, but in that case the opening sequence of the younglings fleeing the temple attack serves no narrative purpose. Law of narrativium says Reva has to be one of those kids, and is therefore a former Jedi Padawan.