Darth Maul

Image: Lucasfilm Onthe one hand you’ve got the real life realities of Darth Vader is in the other movies so he can’t kill him. But that’s obvious and not really the issue we’re discussing.Back on Mustafar, Obi-Wan was ready to kill Anakin. In fact, he thought he did kill Anakin. And now that the two are fighting again, we get the sense this fight starts the same way. Obi-Wan is ready to end him. By the end though, we see a crucial manifestation of Obi-Wan’s conscious. He’s less inclined to kill “Darth Vader” than he is…

Get ready to return to the rise of the Empire.Gif: LucasfilmAt a glance:Set 10 years after the events of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi tells the story of how Darth Vader tried to hunt down and kill Obi-Wan Kenobi, his old master.Star Wars fans, of course, know that Obi-Wan Kenobi is on Tatooine, watching over Vader’s son, Luke Skywalker, as we first saw him in 1977's Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. Here’s everything you need to remember about Kenobi’s life to that point.Ewan…

The last few years have been interesting for Star Wars as an IP. While the theatrical films more than made their money back (for the most part), and the franchise has seen a recent surge in the TV and books space, its gaming presence has been a bit messier. Both DICE and EA’s multiplayer-focused Star Wars Battlefront titles have earned solid fanbases and sold well, but Battlefront II 2017 in particular was plagued by bad press in relation to loot boxes and gambling addictions, and the LEGO Star Wars games simply existed.…

Image: LucasfilmFor much of Obi-Wan Kenobi’s pre-release buildup, the focus was rightly on how time has changed Ewan McGregor’s titular Jedi, and the eventual round two he’d have with Anakin Skywalker. But this being Star Wars in the Disney era, the trailers hid what the show would actually be about, so as to fuel speculation and make waiting up all night for a new episode to drop on a weekly basis worth it. Whether or not that marketing tactic works and how often it should be used is another discussion for another time,…