{"id":454639,"date":"2022-05-27T21:30:33","date_gmt":"2022-05-27T18:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/ewan-mcgregors-solid-jedi-return\/"},"modified":"2022-05-27T21:30:33","modified_gmt":"2022-05-27T18:30:33","slug":"ewan-mcgregors-solid-jedi-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ewan-mcgregors-solid-jedi-return\/","title":{"rendered":"#Ewan McGregor&#8217;s solid Jedi return"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2d524ad1375\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2d524ad1375\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ewan-mcgregors-solid-jedi-return\/#%E2%80%9CEwan_McGregors_solid_Jedi_return%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Ewan McGregor&#8217;s solid Jedi return&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CEwan_McGregors_solid_Jedi_return%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Ewan McGregor&#8217;s solid Jedi return&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<p>Whether you love George Lucas\u2019 \u201cStar Wars\u201d prequels like a cuddly Ewok, or hate them with the power of a thousand Death Stars, it\u2019s hard to deny that Ewan McGregor was a smash as young Obi-Wan Kenobi back in 1999.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--review alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__inner\">\n        <span class=\"inline-module--review__eyebrow widget-heading-semi__label\"><br \/>\n            TV review       <\/span><\/p>\n<p>        On Disney+. New episodes out every Friday.\n    <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Twenty-three years ago \u2014 long before origin stories were in vogue \u2014 the actor shrewdly conceived how a preternaturally wise whippersn<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>er version of Alec Guinness might behave and explored the transition of student to hermit. McGregor and Liam Neeson as Qui-Gon Jinn were, 100%, far better additions to \u201cStar Wars\u201d than any of the bland performers in J.J. Abrams\u2019 more recent wobbly trilogy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And so it\u2019s a pleasure to welcome the Scot back in \u201cObi-Wan Kenobi,\u201d<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/disneyplus.bn5x.net\/nOQGR\"> Disney+<\/a>\u2019s latest <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> that\u2019s set a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away (some nine more are coming soon). The first two episodes of the sci-fi drama that dropped Friday don\u2019t suggest the addictive triumph that the first season of \u201cThe Mandalorian\u201d was, but the Force is mostly with it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The show takes place 10 years after the events of 2005\u2019s \u201cStar Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith,\u201d which saw Anakin Skywalker turn into Darth Vader \u2014 the OG mask enthusiast.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/obi-wan-kenobi-disney-tv-2.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Ewan McGregor plays Obi-Wan Kenobi for the first time since 2005's &quot;Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.&quot; \" class=\"wp-image-22440937\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/obi-wan-kenobi-disney-tv-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/obi-wan-kenobi-disney-tv-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/obi-wan-kenobi-disney-tv-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Ewan McGregor plays Obi-Wan Kenobi for the first time since 2005\u2019s \u201cStar Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.\u201d <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Disney+<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Although the math is confusing, it actually makes sense. McGregor the actor is 17 years older now, true, but the story of the aughts movies occurred over 13 years and the hottie was prematurely sent into a midlife crisis with a silly beard. Now, at 51, he is closer to his character\u2019s real age.<\/p>\n<p>A decade on, Obi-Wan calls himself Ben, as he does in 1977\u2019s \u201cA New Hope.\u201d He lives on the two-sunned desert planet of Tatooine, keeping an eye on 10-year-old Luke from afar and attempting to survive in secret as the last remaining Jedi are violently hunted down by Inquisitors (led by a freaky Rupert Friend).<\/p>\n<p>This is where \u201cObi-Wan\u201d starts to resemble \u201cThe Mandalorian,\u201d \u201cStar Trek\u201d and \u201cStargate SG-1.\u201d Obviously it would be no fun to watch a burlap-hooded man cower in a cave all day, so there are unplanned missions that take him off-world, where we meet big-personality characters. Kumail Nanjiani, with his signature dry humor, plays one underground figure we\u2019ll hopefully see more of.<\/p>\n<p>All the while he\u2019s pursued by a dogged Imperial Inquisitor named Reva (Moses Ingram).<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/obi-wan-kenobi-disney-tv-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Obi-Wan is pursued by the Inquisitors, led by the Grand Inquisitor (Rupert Friend).\" class=\"wp-image-22440936\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/obi-wan-kenobi-disney-tv-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/obi-wan-kenobi-disney-tv-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/obi-wan-kenobi-disney-tv-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Obi-Wan is pursued by the Inquisitors, led by the Grand Inquisitor (Rupert Friend).<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Disney+<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>Early on, little Leia (Vivien Lyra Blair) plays a major role from her home planet of Alderaan with her adoptive father Bail Organa (Jimmy Smits, back from the prequels). She\u2019s already strong-willed and precocious as a preteen, and the writing goes too far with the spicy attitude. We don\u2019t need Princess Doogie Howser.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s missing from \u201cObi-Wan\u201d is the same Jedi <em>sais quoi <\/em>that\u2019s been absent from most of the overstretched \u201cStar Wars\u201d franchise (outside of \u201cThe Mandalorian\u201d) since Disney bought Lucasfilm: the sense you\u2019re seeing something sparkling and new. The production is expensive with detailed CGI set pieces and creatures. However, there\u2019s very little distinction to the filmmaking. Nothing innovative or cool. Aesthetically, the series is part of an ongoing effort to water down an iconic American blockbuster and make it look like just another \u201cStar Wars\u201d product.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"453\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/obi-wan-kenobi-disney-tv-3.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Joel Edgerton, left, and Moses Ingram in a scene from the series &quot;Obi-Wan Kenobi,&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-22442667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/obi-wan-kenobi-disney-tv-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/obi-wan-kenobi-disney-tv-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/obi-wan-kenobi-disney-tv-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Joel Edgerton (left) and Moses Ingram in a scene from the series \u201cObi-Wan Kenobi.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Disney+ via AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Appearances aside, the story so far is engrossing and McGregor continues Obi-Wan\u2019s story in a richly emotional way \u2014 something that Alden Ehrenreich\u2019s awful Han Solo movie couldn\u2019t do.<\/p>\n<p>The most important thing to note (this isn\u2019t so much a spoiler as a sweetener) is that in the first two episodes of \u201cObi-Wan Kenobi,\u201d Jar Jar Binks does not appear. 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