{"id":466395,"date":"2022-06-21T21:56:41","date_gmt":"2022-06-21T18:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/obi-wan-kenobi-episode-5-challenges-darth-vaders-grip-on-pop-culture\/"},"modified":"2022-06-21T21:56:41","modified_gmt":"2022-06-21T18:56:41","slug":"obi-wan-kenobi-episode-5-challenges-darth-vaders-grip-on-pop-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/obi-wan-kenobi-episode-5-challenges-darth-vaders-grip-on-pop-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"#Obi-Wan Kenobi Episode 5 Challenges Darth Vader&#8217;s Grip on Pop Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 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-6a3ad74c8260b\" 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-6a3ad74c8260b\" 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\/obi-wan-kenobi-episode-5-challenges-darth-vaders-grip-on-pop-culture\/#%E2%80%9CObi-Wan_Kenobi_Episode_5_Challenges_Darth_Vaders_Grip_on_Pop_Culture%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Obi-Wan Kenobi Episode 5 Challenges Darth Vader&#8217;s Grip on Pop Culture&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CObi-Wan_Kenobi_Episode_5_Challenges_Darth_Vaders_Grip_on_Pop_Culture%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Obi-Wan Kenobi Episode 5 Challenges Darth Vader&#8217;s Grip on Pop Culture&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<pre><code>     &lt;span class=\"mx-1\"&gt;Episode 5 puts Anakin Skywalker back in that Jedi temple with the younglings. This time we don\u2019t get to look away.&lt;\/span&gt;\n&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;div id=\"\"&gt;\n\n\n\n                &lt;figure class=\"sf-entry-featured-<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> \"&gt;\n            &lt;img width=\"800\" height=\"333\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Obi-Wan-Kenobi-Episode-5.jpg\" class=\"articlethumb wp-post-image\" alt=\"Obi Wan Kenobi Episode\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Obi-Wan-Kenobi-Episode-5.jpg 800w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Obi-Wan-Kenobi-Episode-5-768x320.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/&gt;                                    &lt;p&gt;\n                    &lt;span class=\"sf-entry-flag sf-entry-flag-creditline\"&gt;Lucasfilm&lt;\/span&gt;\n\n                        &lt;\/figure&gt;\n\n    &lt;!-- START BYLINE --&gt;\n    &lt;div class=\"row align-items-center justify-content-center my-4 text-center medium dark-gray\"&gt;\n        By\u00a0Brad Gullickson\u00a0\u00b7 Published on June 21st, 2022 \n        &lt;\/div&gt;\n    &lt;!-- END BYLINE --&gt;\n\n    &lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"&gt;Star Wars Explained&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"&gt; is our ongoing <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> where we delve into the latest Star Wars shows, movies, trailers, and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> stories to divine the franchise\u2019s future. This entry examines Obi-Wan Kenobi Episode 5 and Darth Vader\u2019s eventual redemption as impossible as that seems.&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/i&gt;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<hr\/>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How are we all feeling about our Darth Vader action figures and Darth Vader t-shirts after watching this week\u2019s <\/span><b><i>Obi<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013<\/span><b><i>Wan<\/i><\/b> <b><i>Kenobi<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">? Seems a little strange to have a child killer molded into plastic, standing defiantly in our display cases. Every time this franchise ventures earlier into the timeline, before <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Star Wars<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A New Hope<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, we\u2019re forced to reckon with Anakin Skywalker\u2019s villainy. The more filmmakers add definition to his hatred and fear, the harder it is to simply vibe with the black hat badness we first met in 1977, which is exactly what <\/span><b>George Lucas<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> wanted when he first forced us backward with the prequels.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Star Wars<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was fun and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>s until <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Revenge of the Sith<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. We could ignore the capitalism critiques and fragile democracy commentary in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Phantom Menace<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, but we could not blind ourselves to Anakin Skywalker (<strong>Hayden Christensen<\/strong>) cutting down younglings the way Padme ignored his Tusken Raider genocide in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Attack of the Clones<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Oh, did we ignore that too?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Of course, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Revenge of the Sith<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> didn\u2019t linger on the kiddie killings. All we saw was Anakin, rebranded as Darth Vader, storming into the Jedi temple and flashing his blue blade after one child asked, \u201cWhat are we going to do?\u201d We\u2019re left to play that imagery in our heads. Nearly twenty years later, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Obi<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wan<\/span><\/i> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kenobi<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> refuses such kindness.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Episode 5, we learn what many already suspected after the premiere. Inquisitor Reva (<\/span><b>Moses Ingram<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) was one of those Jedi temple younglings. When the Emperor executed Order 66, she witnessed her friends struck down not just by the Clone Troopers but by Anakin Skywalker, the supposed chosen one. She stared into his eyes as he slashed his lightsaber into the tiny bodies of her friends. She escaped the same fate by playing dead, hiding amongst the corpses.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"has-credit-line\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-371519\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Obi-Wan-Kenobi-Episode-5-Order-66-Darth-Vader.jpg\" alt=\"Obi Wan Kenobi Episode Order Darth Vader\" width=\"800\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Obi-Wan-Kenobi-Episode-5-Order-66-Darth-Vader.jpg 800w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Obi-Wan-Kenobi-Episode-5-Order-66-Darth-Vader-768x319.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n                        <span class=\"sf-entry-flag sf-entry-flag-creditline\">Lucasfilm<\/span><\/p>\n<pre><code>            &lt;\/figure&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So much of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Obi<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wan<\/span><\/i> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kenobi<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has focused on how war affects children. At the narrative center are Anakin\u2019s twins, Luke (<\/span><b>Grant Feely<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) and Leia (<\/span><b>Vivien Lyra Blair<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">). Obi-Wan (<\/span><b>Ewan McGregor<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) desperately clings to the prophecy that Qui-Gon Jinn once so vehemently believed, but these kids may just be commodities to sway political and personal vendettas.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>On Daiyu, in Episode 2, we caught our first glimpse of the Path, an underground railroad used to ferry Jedi and Force-sensitive children away from Imperial slaughter. When Vader tracks Obi-Wan to Mapuzo in Episode 3, he lures his former master out of hiding by dragging bystanders through the street, breaking one child\u2019s neck, who was merely running to his father\u2019s aid.\u00a0In Episode 4, we caught a horrific glimpse at what\u2019s hiding beneath Fortress Inquisitorius. Vader\u2019s goons are collecting Jedi cadavers like trophies, including at least one of Reva\u2019s youngling classmates.<\/p>\n<p><em>Star Wars<\/em> has examined violence in the past, most successfully in the animated arena with <em>The Clone Wars<\/em> and <em>Rebels<\/em>, but also in <em>Rogue One<\/em>, even if it never went as far as Gareth Edwards initially promised. Back in 2016, Lucasfilm may have had some cold feet when leaning into the \u201cWars\u201d of its golden goose\u2019s title, but in 2022, they\u2019re ready to wallow in some human misery. Catching <em>Obi<\/em>\u2013<em>Wan<\/em> <em>Kenobi<\/em>\u2018s protagonist at his lowest, coming to terms with his role in the Republic\u2019s defeat and the numerous lives lost, compels the franchise\u2019s immense audience to reckon with the fascistic horror that the original 1977 film was built on.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou would prefer another target? A military target? Then name the system.\u201d Grand Moff Tarkin pushing Princess Leia into giving up her Rebel allies only to obliterate Alderaan while Darth Vader locks her face-front to the devastation is one of the most harrowing moments in <em>A New Hope<\/em>. The Death Star\u2019s eventual destruction and the merchandising onslaught that followed in its wake numbs us to that moment. The good guys ultimately win, highlighting the faceless losses as perfunctory plot mechanics.<\/p>\n<p><em>Obi<\/em>\u2013<em>Wan<\/em> <em>Kenobi<\/em> returns us to that scene when Episode 1 finally plants us on a live-action Alderaan with young Leia. As she\u2019s running through the woods, causing frustration to her mother and the staff tasked with educating and guarding her, we\u2019re stuck contemplating what\u2019s coming. Everything we see \u2013 the plants, buildings, droids, animals, and people \u2013 will soon be space dust. <em>Obi<\/em>\u2013<em>Wan<\/em> <em>Kenobi<\/em> is a ghost story; we\u2019re surrounded by the dead.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"has-credit-line\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-371521\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Obi-Wan-Kenobi-Revenge-of-the-Sith.jpg\" alt=\"Obi Wan Kenobi Revenge Of The Sith\" width=\"800\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Obi-Wan-Kenobi-Revenge-of-the-Sith.jpg 800w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Obi-Wan-Kenobi-Revenge-of-the-Sith-768x321.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n                        <span class=\"sf-entry-flag sf-entry-flag-creditline\">Lucasfilm<\/span><\/p>\n<pre><code>            &lt;\/figure&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>The dread the show drags us through causes us, or maybe just me, to reevaluate the many, many Darth Vader and Stormtrooper action figures we\u2019ve purchased throughout the years. Vader is no longer the cool-looking bad guy with the red sword. He\u2019s a child killer several times over.<\/p>\n<p>Again, this is not a new sensation. It\u2019s something I think about whenever I revisit <em>Revenge of the Sith<\/em>. Simmering in the Imperial era means digesting constant atrocity. It also propels the audience to the end of Darth Vader\u2019s story, where he hurls the Emperor down a ventilation shaft, receiving forgiveness from a son who never really knew him.<\/p>\n<p>Luke sensed the Light buried in the Dark. He could feel the conflict within his father, the doubt seeping from beneath all the evil he did over the years. In his last moments, Vader rejected Palpatine. We read that as a rejection of his Dark Side choices too, and George Lucas grants Anakin Skywalker a Force ghost moment alongside Obi-Wan and Yoda in <em>Return of the Jedi<\/em>\u2018s last seconds. Do we do the same?<\/p>\n<p>I believe in redemption. I believe in forgiveness. But am I capable of granting either? Can I forgive Darth Vader after watching him butcher children and explode planets? The guy wallpapered his basement with the dead. That\u2019s serial killer business.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m not Luke Skywalker. Darth Vader is not my dad. Maybe what\u2019s important is that I struggle with his forgiveness as a possibility.\u00a0Kicking back in my office, typing these words now, I\u2019m looking at a Darth Vader Black Series figure from Hasbro. I can\u2019t pretend that I\u2019ll throw him away anytime soon. But I can\u2019t look at him like I did when I was five years old. And when I see that helmet staring out at me from a <em>Star Wars<\/em>-<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\">theme<\/a>d Christmas sweater or some other absurd tie-in trinket, I also now see the youngling frozen in amber beneath Fortress Inquisitorius and Reva\u2019s watery eyes as she contemplates her grotesque hiding spot.<\/p>\n<p><em>Obi<\/em>\u2013<em>Wan<\/em> <em>Kenobi<\/em> Episode 5 opens with a warning from Disney, \u201cThere are certain scenes in this fictional series that some viewers may find upsetting.\u201d Killing kids onscreen so soon after the Robb Elementary School shooting is a heavy burden to place on your audience. Granted, the series was certainly scripted and filmed well before that mass murder, but no matter when it was completed, given our current culture, <em>Obi<\/em>\u2013<em>Wan<\/em> <em>Kenobi<\/em> was assembled around some other American atrocity involving kids. This season was always going to be upsetting.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"has-credit-line\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-371520\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Obi-Wan-Kenobi-Darth-Vader.jpg\" alt=\"Obi Wan Kenobi Darth Vader\" width=\"800\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Obi-Wan-Kenobi-Darth-Vader.jpg 800w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Obi-Wan-Kenobi-Darth-Vader-768x319.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n                        <span class=\"sf-entry-flag sf-entry-flag-creditline\">Lucasfilm<\/span><\/p>\n<pre><code>            &lt;\/figure&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>Consuming <em>Star Wars<\/em> in our violent climate stirs tremendous anxiety.\u00a0Understandably, some people do not want to be confronted with these real-world horrors when watching a series that once yanked us from the Vietnam War era and solidified Hollywood\u2019s blockbuster mindset. But viewing <em>Star Wars<\/em> as throwaway escapism was always an illusion. They\u2019re called Stormtroopers. The Imperial emblem is a quick sketch away from the swastika. As the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/starwars\/status\/1537152046956044288\"><em>Star Wars<\/em> Twitter account<\/a> recently informed an ignorant troll,\u00a0\u201cStar WARS is literally in our name.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>George Lucas couldn\u2019t make his <em>Flash Gordon<\/em> movie, so he invented a sci-fi adventure using the classic Saturday serial aesthetic. He also placed it atop a World War II framework, switching out the Fourth Reich with the Empire and the Allies with the Rebels. Actually, that\u2019s not true. Lucas did not take inspiration from the Allies for the Rebellion. At least, not totally.<\/p>\n<p>In his <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Nxl3IoHKQ8c&amp;t=54s\"><strong><em>Story of Science Fiction<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, James Cameron sat down with George Lucas and asked him about his terrorist heroes. Lucas firmly states,\u00a0\u201cWhen I did it, they were Viet Cong.\u201d His good guys were battling an impossibly large force, guerilla-style. The chances of victory were nonexistent, but they persisted despite the odds. Lucas saw the Rebels very much in line with the Vietnamese resistance.<\/p>\n<p>When Lucas returned to the Skywalker Saga in 1999, he double-downed on what he thought we missed. <em>The Phantom Menace<\/em> is a painfully blunt instrument. He\u2019s hitting his fanbase on the head, \u201cHey dummies, this is how liberty dies\u2026with thunderous applause.\u201d Palpatine fabricates a fictional war, using the fear within his Republic, so they would happily vote away their freedoms. In their death grip to maintain the status quo, the Jedi are blind to the evil swelling within their ranks. Their chosen one is their greatest enemy. Their ego is their death.<\/p>\n<p><em>Obi<\/em>\u2013<em>Wan<\/em> <em>Kenobi<\/em> is either the logical result of following Darth Vader around when he\u2019s at his most evil, or it\u2019s Lucasfilm actually falling in line with Lucas\u2019 original thematic-forward vision. Never have more eyes been glued to the franchise. No doubt, most are here for the swashbuckling rather than the disturbing confrontation with their action figures. We can resist the introspection or embrace it.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"has-credit-line\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-371522\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Obi-Wan-Kenobi-Episode-5-Anakin-Skywalker.jpg\" alt=\"Obi Wan Kenobi Episode Anakin Skywalker\" width=\"800\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Obi-Wan-Kenobi-Episode-5-Anakin-Skywalker.jpg 800w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Obi-Wan-Kenobi-Episode-5-Anakin-Skywalker-768x320.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n                        <span class=\"sf-entry-flag sf-entry-flag-creditline\">Lucasfilm<\/span><\/p>\n<pre><code>            &lt;\/figure&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>Both options require work from the viewer. The former demands a powerfully willful obtuseness and will only result in frustration and anger; you\u2019re on your way to the Dark Side. The latter demands conversation. With the narrative, the filmmakers, your friends, and yourself.<\/p>\n<p>What is <em>Star Wars<\/em> about? It\u2019s not about nothing. Listen to their Twitter. It\u2019s there in the title. In the \u201cStars\u201d rests adventure and the hope it provides. In the \u201cWars\u201d lies everything we do wrong on this planet every damn day.<\/p>\n<p><em>Obi<\/em>\u2013<em>Wan<\/em> <em>Kenobi<\/em> Episode 5 feels like a line drawn in the sand. We see Anakin Skywalker\u2019s lightsaber connect with two children. It\u2019s not new information, but we now have the visuals to match our knowledge. It\u2019s harder to ignore. There\u2019s no coming back from it. Seeing a Darth Vader cake at the next children\u2019s (or adult\u2019s) birthday party I attend will be odd, and that\u2019s good. <em>Star Wars<\/em> and its mass appeal challenges itself and the consumer.\u00a0Every spin-off series and dip back into the mythology muddies what was already a pretty muddy popcorn entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>My struggle to accept Luke Skywalker\u2019s forgiveness of his cruel, murderous father and Darth Vader\u2019s all-consuming iconography within our culture is everything George Lucas would probably want. The verdict is still out on whether Lucasfilm and Disney want that too, but I\u2019m fairly sure whoever is running the <em>Star Wars<\/em> Twitter account is down with such internal turmoil. And someone up the ladder let them off the chain. It\u2019s a positive sign that the franchise is reclaiming its political backbone.\u00a0Because if they\u2019re going to continue to prequel it up, they have little other choice. <em>Star Wars<\/em>\u00a0history is awful. All history is awful.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><strong><i>Obi-Wan<\/i>\u00a0<em>Kenobi<\/em> Episode 4 is <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.disneyplus.com\/en-us\/welcome\/b\/obi-wan-kenobi?gclsrc=aw.ds&amp;cid=DSS-Search-Google-71700000094141000-&amp;s_kwcid=AL!8468!3!600153594885!e!!g!!obi-wan%20kenobi%20disney%2B&amp;gclid=CjwKCAjwtIaVBhBkEiwAsr7-c-qpXRfgcUDgZoXH5fc1m3bwlmqHvG0E4pbH4Y0DQav8S0yxCb_L1hoCQHwQAvD_BwE\">now streaming<\/a> on Disney+<\/strong><\/p>\n<pre><code>    Related Topics: Star Wars, Star Wars Explained\n    &lt;!-- AUTHOR BOX --&gt;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<div class=\"gray-bg p-4 border small mb-5\">\n<div class=\"row align-items-center text-md-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/brad.jpg\" class=\"circle img-fluid\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md\">\n            Brad Gullickson is a Weekly Columnist for Film School Rejects and Senior Curator for One Perfect Shot. When not rambling about movies here, he&#8217;s rambling about comics as the co-host of Comic Book Couples Counseling. Hunt him down on Twitter: <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mouthdork\">@MouthDork<\/a>. (He\/Him)        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<pre><code>    &lt;!-- START RECOMMENDED READING 1 --&gt;\n                                &lt;section class=\"recommended py-5\"&gt;\n            &lt;h3&gt;Recommended Reading&lt;\/h3&gt;\n\n\n        &lt;\/section&gt;\n            &lt;!-- END RECOMMENDED READING --&gt;\n\n\n\n\n&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"&gt;&lt;\/script&gt;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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