Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi
Air dates: 5/27/2022 to 6/22/2022
Written by Hossein Amini, Stuart Beattie, Hannah Friedman, Joby Harold, Andrew Stanton
Directed by Deborah Chow
Review by Jamahl Epsicokhan
June 28, 2022
Note: Spoilers for all episodes of Obi-Wan Kenobi follow.
Obi-Wan Kenobi is a major disappointment given its resources, cast, and the general goodwill that was built up from The Mandalorian. It's easily the least of the Disney+ Star Wars streaming series so far, including the middling Book of Boba Fett, which managed to become way more fun in its second half when it essentially became Mandalorian season 2.5. Between this and Boba Fett, one wonders how quickly the Star Wars Extended Streaming Universe will run out of steam or have the fans turn against it. The film franchise took just four years to go from "victorious comeback" to "temporarily shelved for retooling" thanks to the oversaturation with five movies in that short period. Is the streaming TV universe headed for a similar fate with so many projects on the horizon?
Obi-Wan Kenobi has all the signs of a show that was retooled from a movie script and expanded, needlessly, into a six-part series. It's sloppy, full of weakly motivated and contrived scenes, and suffers — even more than I had predicted — because it has to leave intact a status quo that means nothing major between Episode III and Episode IV can happen.
This is not so much an organized essay as a series of general reactions, random musings, and a cataloging of especially head-shaking moments:
- All around, the biggest problem here is that this is relentlessly "meh." It's not awful (although it suffers from lots of poorly written plot moments), but it's certainly not anywhere close to good. There's just a general sense of narrative malaise throughout.
- This really has that long-movie serial-TV pace, where part one is an extended setup where the hero is in a state of near paralysis. At this point, I feel like I've seen this type of first episode a hundred times.
- Kenobi (pre)follows the lead of Luke in Episode VIII — stuck on a rock and not movable to action because the Jedi got their asses kicked and he can't risk messing everything up by ... um, taking any sort of proactive action? Meanwhile, Owen wants nothing to do with him and says to stay away from Luke, and he's stuck in a dead-end job with a crappy boss who exploits all the desperate labor. This is very obviously designed to be "How Obi-Wan Got His Groove Back." Ewan McGregor is predictably reliable, but even he can't make us care about a character who is so loath to get involved.
- Kumail Nanjiani for the win. He injects some much-needed fun into this overly stern and serious show. He plays a faux-Jedi con man who swindles money while kinda-sorta helping out the desperate where he can. A little bit of comic persona can go a long way in a story like this.
- The girl who plays supposedly-10-year-old Leia (Vivien Lyra Blair) is really small and looks more like she's 6 or 7. I found this really distracting. (According to Wikipedia, the actor who plays her just turned 10 in June 2022; I guess that would make her 8 or 9 when this was filmed.) Also, she's just not great as child actors go. Definitely not Jake-Lloyd-as-Anakin bad, but not good.
- The Empire is hunting for surviving Jedi throughout the galaxy. They've come to Tatooine to find a Jedi who, coincidentally, is not Obi-Wan. There's some decent tension where the Grand Inquisitor terrorizes the public in his search (and squabbles with his underlings). Living under the Empire is a totalitarian siege mentality.
- Third Sister Reva Sevander (Moses Ingram) is obsessed with finding Obi-Wan and serving him to Vader so she can assume the role of Grand Inquisitor. Ingram plays the part effectively and fiercely, and her backstory is interesting (she was on Coruscant as a Jedi Youngling when Anakin slaughtered everyone at the Jedi Temple), but her overall motivation is constantly shifting because of her arc and hidden agenda, and then it goes off the rails in the final episode.
- All foot-chase scenes involving Leia are pretty terribly staged. Everyone should be able to just grab this little kid up, and yet they keep diving at her and seemingly purposely missing her like they're in a Three Stooges routine.
- Hey look! It's Flea!
- Leia is kidnapped to serve as bait for Obi-Wan, so that Reva can capture Obi-Wan and bring him to Vader. Except how does Reva know that Leia is so important to Obi-Wan? Sheer dumb luck? There's no way Reva can know Leia's true importance, but the episode doesn't account for Leia's role in this game if her true nature remains a secret, which it does to those who matter.
- So, Leia knew Obi-Wan when she was 10? And this never came up 10-plus years later when everything with the two Death Stars went down? It's a secret that she can keep better than Section 31 burying Discovery's time-travel into the future.
- Luke really got the short end of the stick as a kid. Leia gets to grow up as a princess in the metropolis of Alderaan, whereas Luke has to grow up in the crime-ridden craphole desert that is Tatooine. Then again, Leia also eventually has to watch Alderaan get blowed up real good, so maybe it's a wash.
- I was really curious who the voice of Darth Vader would be and how they would address it. They went to the trouble of casting Hayden Christensen as Vader, and it seemed unlikely that they wouldn't use his voice somehow, and it also seemed like it might be time to move beyond the availability of James Earl Jones for the Star Wars Extended Streaming Universe. But, no, there was James Earl Jones' voice as Vader as always. This is not a complaint.
- What's really missing here is truly effective storytelling. The whole imperiling of Leia does not get the job done, because obviously, she will be fine and Vader will not learn her true identity. So we're reduced to moving plot pieces from A to B to C and it's just way too mechanical and uninvolving.
- The first showdown between Vader and the diminished Obi-Wan lacks juice, but at least it feels like something with meaning behind it. But this is the story coasting on its larger scope from what has come before.
- The whole showdown at Jabiim between Reva and Obi-Wan is really tediously executed and contrived. While Reva is trying to break down the door, Leia is up in the ductwork trying to rewire the ship bay door so it can open and the rebel ship can escape. She's up there a ridiculously long time while half the episode plays out; the editors should've figured out how to make this less silly and static. Then, only after Leia has opened the door and the stormtroopers come in blasting, do the rebels think to board the escape ship. WTF? Sure, let's just stand around waiting rather than getting ready to leave!
- The Grand Inquisitor, whom Reva appeared to have killed at the end of the second episode, turns up not dead in a twist that mostly just had me scratching my head as to why this was even a character we needed to bring back into the story. (Does he have plot armor because he's in one of the animated shows?)
- Even more head-scratching is the fact that Vader, after Reva's true motives are revealed and they have a major lightsaber duel which Vader wins, inexplicably leaves Reva alive and just ... walks away? To leave her to ponder her crushing defeat or something? No, there is no reason for Vader, who kills people without delay or remorse all the time, to do this except to service the plot, which needs Reva for its final act. Speaking of...
- Reva survives, conveniently finds the incompetently dropped recording detailing Luke's identity and location and is suddenly magically on Tatooine? How did she go from wounded on the ground on Jabiim to Tatooine in between episodes (with no ship), while no time has passed in the other plot, where Vader's star destroyer is pursuing the fleeing rebels. Speaking of...
- Obi-Wan decides to abandon the ship so Vader will be forced to pursue him instead of the rebels Obi-Wan is trying to protect. This is presented as a false either/or choice where Vader must either pursue his obsession with Obi-Wan, or follow the rebels, which are the more tactically important mission. But Vader is on a star destroyer, which should have plenty of other ships capable of carrying out both missions simultaneously. (And why can't this star destroyer overtake or overpower the ship it's firing on?) As the star destroyer slowly turns to chase Obi-Wan's ship, it's almost comically silly.
- Hey, this isn't all bad. We finally get the big showdown with Vader and the now-refreshed and powerful and groove-gotten-on Obi-Wan, and it's a good one. Lightsaber duels, Force-hurling of people and boulders, and a titanic struggle between the master and the apprentice, with no shortage of sound and fury. Ultimately, Obi-Wan slashes Vader's helmet open and he (and we) see the burned remains of Anakin beneath the mask. The way they electronically meld Anakin's and Vader's voices is effective, and it finally gives Christensen a chance to get his voice on the soundtrack as Vader.
- So Vader is defeated, and Obi-Wan just ... walks away? Because he can't bring himself to kill his already-effectively-dead-by-evil-transformation apprentice? So Vader can keep on Vadering for the next decade? It's asinine. The only reason he can't kill Vader here is because it's written on a stone tablet that he needs to be alive for Episode IV.
- Reva's decision to attempt to murder Luke just doesn't feel like it's motivated by anything except to create one more crisis to solve and action sequence to execute, as she stages an exhaustingly trite home invasion at Owen and Beru's. At least this is ultimately solved by Reva deciding on her own not to revisit evil upon the child of the one who wronged her, but this was a rather needless detour.
- Hey, look! It's Liam Neeson as Qui-Gon's ghost! (This felt more obligatory than anything, but the Star Wars name has pull.)
I dunno. Star Wars, like everything else, just seems to suffer in its relentless need to produce ever-more product. There is nothing remotely necessary about Obi-Wan Kenobi, and aside from here or there, the writers and director Deborah Chow can't make this feel truly vital or alive. Instead it feels routine and obligatory. Some foregone conclusions can be made interesting. Alas, not this one.
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44 comments on this post
Tue, Jun 28, 2022, 12:28pm (UTC -5)
Tue, Jun 28, 2022, 12:53pm (UTC -5)
Tue, Jun 28, 2022, 1:33pm (UTC -5)
Tue, Jun 28, 2022, 2:52pm (UTC -5)
Tue, Jun 28, 2022, 2:57pm (UTC -5)
Tue, Jun 28, 2022, 5:21pm (UTC -5)
Tue, Jun 28, 2022, 5:29pm (UTC -5)
Tue, Jun 28, 2022, 5:57pm (UTC -5)
At first I thought I was being unfair to the Obi-Wan show because it was just different from the Obi-Wan story I had in my head. I was hoping for a more mystical, introspective experience. Think about this man and what he’s been through. His apprentice, who he’s virtually raised from childhood, who became like a brother to him, fell to the Dark Side and became the most evil man in the galaxy. How much guilt and personal responsibility must Obi-Wan feel? We also know he went on some sort of spiritual quest / meditation journey to commune with Qui-Gon and learn how to become a Force ghost. So that’s what I wanted: meditation, Force-guided vision quests. Sure, maybe get Obi-Wan off Tatooine and send him on an adventure to broaden the scope of the show. But what I wanted, and what I think Star Wars in its current form is completely incapable of offering, is *interiority.*
Book of Boba Fett had the same flaw. Who is Boba Fett as a person, not just a guy in a cool suit? What does he want? Why should we care about him? What does he think about the world around him? Similarly, the Obi-Wan show holds its main character at a distance. What does he think about the fact that Anakin fell to the dark side? And the fact that all his closest friends and comrades are dead? Does he feel responsibility? Trauma? PTSD? All of the heavy lifting is done by Ewan McGregor’s acting: powerful, but insufficient. I wanted to know this character better, but all we got was shallow, samey, Star Wars-y action.
Seeing Jammer list each ridiculous plot point one after another really drives the point home. I was literally throwing up my hands in disbelief. You can’t send a couple of TIE Fighters to take care of that *unarmed and defenseless* transport ship? Vader leaves Reva alive and walks away because… why? Obi-Wan walks away and leaves Vader alive because… why? Reva doesn’t immediately slaughter the helpless Owen and Beru because… why? Because the plot requires these characters to remain alive for subsequent movies / episodes. It’s not all bad. Obi-Wan and Leia forging a bond is sweet and genuine. Ep 5 did some cool stuff cutting back and forth between Anakin and Obi-Wan’s past duel to the present day, showing how Obi-Wan anticipates Vader’s moves because he understands his old weaknesses. But overall, it just feel drab, like a million other Star Wars productions with interchangeable planets and forgettable side characters.
One of my favorite things about Star Trek is that under its sci-fi umbrella, it can really be any genre: drama, comedy, courtroom shows, war stories, fantasy romps, you name it. Big action episodes and quiet character episodes coexist side by side. That’s what’s kept it going for so long. There’s nothing about the Star Wars universe that says you can’t do the same thing. But for some reason, the Powers That Be have decided that every single Star Wars production must have the same tone and genre: action-packed space fantasy. (Because of the intense fan reaction against the political elements in the prequels? Maybe.) There *must* be lightsaber battles, blaster shootouts, and fighters zipping around to make it Star Wars. The formula is becoming so tired and stale, and with this show, we've officially hit burnout.
Am I asking too much from a space fantasy “for kids” (heavy air quotes)? I don’t think so. The Knights of the Old Republic games have depth: a rich universe and memorable characters. The first six movies, with uneven execution, have plenty of interesting themes bouncing around. Star Wars can be about something. Disney seems determined to make it about nothing but itself, an ouroboros recycling its own familiar faces, lines, settings, and situations into infinity.
Tue, Jun 28, 2022, 8:19pm (UTC -5)
PS - Jammer, as a reader of your reviews for literal decades, let me just mention I LOL'd at the timely use of your classic phrase "blowed up real good." :-)
Tue, Jun 28, 2022, 8:35pm (UTC -5)
They were giving Krusty's accountant a run for stupidest phone call of all time there ("Oh crap! I shouldn't have said it was a secret..."), except the one on The Simpsons was an intentional joke.
The writing on this show was mind-bogglingly lazy. I just about lost it at the Scooby Doo trenchcoat "disguise" in the 4th episode. They managed to make the Empire look more incompetent than in the original film (not an easy task).
I was also stunned at how cheap-looking and badly shot many of the scenes were (including the fights, unfortunately), considering how much money this show cost. The prequels' dialogue certainly needed another few passes too, but the lightsaber duel in Phantom Menace looks like a master class of cinema compared to anything in this new series. The show's generic music certainly suffers in comparison to the films as well.
So yeah, I would definitely agree with Jammer's assessment that this was a big missed opportunity. Book of Boba also fell completely flat for me, so Disney+ Star Wars is on a roll of mediocrity at the moment. Hoping that Andor has a better creative team and more successful execution.
Tue, Jun 28, 2022, 8:56pm (UTC -5)
Tue, Jun 28, 2022, 9:22pm (UTC -5)
Tue, Jun 28, 2022, 11:30pm (UTC -5)
I totally agree - with about 96% :)
Wed, Jun 29, 2022, 1:46am (UTC -5)
Wed, Jun 29, 2022, 5:37am (UTC -5)
Wed, Jun 29, 2022, 7:05am (UTC -5)
As Walding mentions the final three episodes of Boba Fett are essential viewing if you like The Mandalorian as they are actually three bonus episodes of The Mandalorian! I loved them.
Obi-Wan, however, was very disappointing. I stopped watching after the first three episodes. I didn't find it a wreck like Picard, instead lacklustre and a drag. I read a review where someone described it as a Disney Princess rescue story and that summed it up for me. Maybe if I was 8 I would've loved it.
Wed, Jun 29, 2022, 8:43am (UTC -5)
@artymiss
Thanks. I'll check it out.
Wed, Jun 29, 2022, 11:01am (UTC -5)
Wed, Jun 29, 2022, 12:03pm (UTC -5)
I'm pinching comments I saw posted on another review here but I agree with them.
It picked up the characters, moved them around a bit and put them back exactly where they were.
If it didn't exist, it wouldn't matter.
Wed, Jun 29, 2022, 2:08pm (UTC -5)
Wed, Jun 29, 2022, 3:49pm (UTC -5)
Setting aside the writing quality, it strikes me as questionable reasoning to introduce a central new character such as Reva in the same series where you are bringing back TWO foundational characters that spanned several films. Even Lucas didn’t do this in the OT - both Jabba and Palpatine were developed a bit in dialogue before taking the stage as a baddie.
I think this is part of the negative reaction to Reva. The actress is fine, the lines she is given…well. But there is this constant sense of undeserved centrality. Why are we focusing on this person? What has she done to earn such an important rank? Plus, she would be older. Her reasoning, behavior, and words just don’t belong to someone who would be in her position.
Wed, Jun 29, 2022, 5:07pm (UTC -5)
Wed, Jun 29, 2022, 5:49pm (UTC -5)
Wed, Jun 29, 2022, 6:30pm (UTC -5)
Spoiler
Obi Wan beating Vader just felt wrong somehow. It didn't work story wise as I just didn't buy Obi Wan at this point in his life defeating Vader and more importantly it didn't work thematically.
I mean just the image of Obi Wan flinging boulders at Vader, beating him into submission with raw force power was just wrong for the character. It's like Obi Wan just gave into the dark side or something. And I have no idea why. Revenge? Anger? Hate? Leia was safe by this point. Vader knew nothing about Luke. Since when do Jedi behave like this?
Even the act of sparing Vader seems somehow.. spiteful. Is this really how Obi Won should act?
Getting back his mojo should have meant more than just Obi Wan regaining his badassnery and wiping the floor with Vader. I mean whatever happened to "wars not make one great"?
Anyway like Quibbles I thought this could have been quieter, more introspective - more Logan and less Apocalypse.
Wed, Jun 29, 2022, 6:42pm (UTC -5)
I also enjoy how Sidious basically orders him to drop the hunt for Obi Won and he just has to do it. Lol like a beaten dog.
It really isn't all bad. Like I said earlier at least the writing is competent. But it would have been far better as a movie and far better with a focus on the *characters* and not lightsaber /rockthrowing.
Wed, Jun 29, 2022, 6:58pm (UTC -5)
And yes, Obi not killing Vader at the end made no sense, but whatever. It worked for me in the moment.
Wed, Jun 29, 2022, 7:16pm (UTC -5)
This may not be that interesting to watch, but it is at least justified in-universe. The surviving Jedi are being hunted down by dark-side Force users. He has to be careful not to give away who he is, or someone will inevitably report it to the inquisitors. Also, using Force-based powers is probably something other Force-users can sense if it happens close by, which is why he is so reluctant to use his Jedi abilities in episode 2.
"Except how does Reva know that Leia is so important to Obi-Wan?"
She doesn't. She knows that Leia is Bail Organa's adopted daughter, and that Bail and Obi-Wan used to be very close; she figures that if Leia is abducted by Imperial-linked forces, Bail will have no choice but to contact Obi-Wan to ask him for help, as only a Jedi would have the necessary combat and infiltration skills to mount a black-ops rescue.
"The girl who plays supposedly-10-year-old Leia (Vivien Lyra Blair) is really small and looks more like she's 6 or 7."
She kind of has to be small, because Carrie Fisher looks very short compared to all the other actors in ANH. I actually quite liked her performance - she was sassy in a way that I could believe would develop into Leia's sassy arrogance in another ten years or so, and was obviously imitating some of Carrie Fisher's mannerisms at times.
"Reva's decision to attempt to murder Luke just doesn't feel like it's motivated by anything except to create one more crisis to solve"
Reva's true motive, right from the start, is that she wants to get revenge on Vader for killing her fellow younglings. That's the reason why she is so obsessed with finding Obi-Wan - because she knows that locating Obi-Wan is the only thing that will bring Vader within striking distance.
After she actually takes her shot at Vader, and loses miserably, she still wants to get revenge on him somehow. She figures out from Bail's message that Luke must be Vader's son, and goes after him because she wants to kill Vader's family as revenge for him killing her substitute family (her fellow younglings). A convenient bonus is that she also gets revenge on Obi-Wan for using her as a pawn against Vader.
"The Grand Inquisitor... (Does he have plot armor because he's in one of the animated shows?)"
Yes: all of the inquisitors apart from Reva appear in the animated series "Rebels", which is set a few years later. (I like to think they apparently killed the Grand Inquisitor just to piss off the fans who are over-obsessed with continuity).
I actually quite liked this series. It was a lot better than TBOBF, anyway. I thought the overall structure was interesting - in particular, the fact that each episode strongly referenced the corresponding movie "episode" from the prequels and original trilogy. (E.g. episode 2 took place in a Coruscant-like neon-lit city, while episode 4 followed the plot of ANH quite closely, right down to the bad guys deliberately allowing the heroes to escape because there's a hidden tracker device).
McGregor was good, Vader was bad-ass and seriously evil, and there was some satisfying action. All in all, it could have been a lot worse.
Wed, Jun 29, 2022, 8:26pm (UTC -5)
Wed, Jun 29, 2022, 8:51pm (UTC -5)
Given those constraints I thought they did a pretty good job. The acting was solid overall and the pacing was good. It kept my interest throughout.
Wed, Jun 29, 2022, 10:48pm (UTC -5)
Thu, Jun 30, 2022, 12:30am (UTC -5)
Why?
Because I haven't seen it and never will.
Thu, Jun 30, 2022, 3:35am (UTC -5)
I agree that "The Mandalorian" and the Mando episodes of the Boba Fett show were quite good. We'll see if they can right the ship when that show comes back.
Thu, Jun 30, 2022, 6:01am (UTC -5)
So I have a hard time judging the performances by Moses Ingram and Vivien Lyra Blair here. I wasn't impressed by either, but frankly I think it was down to the direction rather than the actors. It is very hard to look convincing given the framing of many of the scenes (Ingram gets lots of odd low lateral angles while she fiercly runs across places, not to mention the weird parkour moment) and how the actors were likely directed. Even Ewan McGregor didn't shine in many scenes, though obviously he still manages to elevate others. Only Joel Edgerton broadly worked for me here.
In sum: yes, the story is tremendously poor and full of plot holes, contrivances and contradictory dialogue ("Have you come to destroy me, Obi Wan?" asks Vader after HE chased Obi Wan across space to some remote moon), but even more baffling is how cheap and bad the filmmaking was. And by the way, it's the second time: The Book of Boba Fett also looked amateurish. What the hell is going on at Lucasfilm?
Thu, Jun 30, 2022, 6:02am (UTC -5)
Thu, Jun 30, 2022, 11:51am (UTC -5)
The ever controversial "3rd Sister" was another Disney "woke" insertion. Horribly written. Initially I gave the actress the benefit of the doubt but she ended up being horrible. No range whatsoever. She was either screaming or talking very softly. Her line delivery was just bad. The only plus to this character was her looks. I have no problem with the introduction of new characters as long as their role means something. This was a horribly written character. I believe they knew this when they went out with a message preempting any nay-sayers. I'd be willing to bet that a HUGE percentage of these "racist DM's" were injected by Disney. They needed to attempt to quell any criticism of this new character. This all sounds mighty familiar. Sony did the same thing with the all female ghostbusters movie to the point of deleting social media criticisms and preventing further posting on the horrible movie.
We knew the following characters were not going to die:
Vader
Obi-Wan
Luke
Leia
So the writers needed to well... WRITE and give this series meaning. The ONLY thing of any value that came of this was Anakin absolved Obi-Wan any responsibility/guilt for creating Vader.
… and we got that in the last episode.
This series was a soup sandwich. Too many WTF headscratchers to even mention. They make Vader look like an idiot by not killing the 3rd sister. Hell, the lead inquisitor should have done it.
IMO the only acceptable redemption for the 3rd sister would have been to become a protector for Leia.
We knew up front that they were spending much less $$$ on this series. I could care less what the effects look like as long as the story is meaningful and engaging. Hell, I LOVE TOS, repeatedly rewatch all the episodes, and ALL their effects were cheesy by today's standards.
I think you're too gracious here Jammer. I'll go 1 star because I like Ewan McGregor and the last battle between Obi-Wan and Vader was pretty cool.
Fri, Jul 1, 2022, 1:26pm (UTC -5)
As for Obi-Wan defeating Vader, I think that makes perfect sense. We saw in the flashbacks that Anakin was always stronger, but Obi-Wan knew how to use that uncontrolled aggression against him, and he did that again here. Why didn't he kill him this time? Perhaps the force prevented him from doing so, because we all know that despite what Anakin has done, he is the chosen one that eventually fulfills the prophecy (or at least we thought he did until these latest movies with Rey, but that's a convo for another day).
Were there plot holes? Yeah, sure. Was some of the acting bad? Yes, definitely (Moses Ingram was bloody awful, I don't care what anyone says). Could the writers have come up with something better? Of course, but you can say that about any story... In the end, I thought this was an entertaining series that answered a question I've long pondered, what was Obi-Wan doing in the 19 years between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope. With 9 years left, I'd love to see them do another one, but perhaps this time make it a 2-hour movie on Disney+.
I agree with @Nick's 3-star rating.
Sat, Jul 2, 2022, 3:13pm (UTC -5)
When a talented enthusiastic fan of the product does turn up - see Jon Favreau, you get gold.
Sat, Jul 2, 2022, 9:05pm (UTC -5)
Wouldn't go that far. Favreau wrote Book of Boba and hired Rodriguez to direct, and Obi Wan was better than that, both directorially and writingwise.
Sun, Jul 3, 2022, 1:17am (UTC -5)
By god, at the top of this page there are the names of the writers. It's five people. One white woman, one Iranian born Brit and three heterosexual white guys. Could we not blindly believe any white replacement propaganda attempt that stumbles into this forum? The only diversity I can see in the NuTrek team is Jewish which certainly is too diverse for some groups.
Look at the writers names of marvel 4: Eric Pearson (Black Widow); Destin Daniel Cretton, Dave Callaham & Andrew Lanham (Shang-Chi); Chris McKenna & Erik Sommers (Spider Man); Michael Waldron & Jade Halley Bartlett.
And produced by Kevin Feige. The only "not 100% whites" are Cretton and Callaham (both have one asian parent). Yes, it's a real avalanche of diversity.
Wed, Jul 6, 2022, 9:06pm (UTC -5)
Fri, Jul 8, 2022, 7:29pm (UTC -5)
"Because Star Wars, like a lot of modern Trek now and Phase 4 Marvel, seemingly hires it's writers, directors and producers because they fit a diversity quota as opposed to a) being good at their job and in this medium/genre and b) being enthusiastic fans of the product."
Yup
Tue, Jul 19, 2022, 5:18pm (UTC -5)
Think about this, they have the whole Star Wars universe to play in, they could do just about anything, and instead we got that, a watered down TV movie. It has no real purpose. It didn't achieve anything or add anything to the Star Wars saga, it's just there. But as long as Disney can add a few more subscribers
Tue, Jul 19, 2022, 5:24pm (UTC -5)
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