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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…

Obi-Wan looks upon a familiar face.Screenshot: LucasfilmStar Wars, on many levels, exists in series of parallels and couplets—a cycle of the rise and defeat of darkness, the fall and rebirth of light, an echo of a story told over and over across generations of families and civilizations. “It’s like poetry, they rhyme,” George Lucas says in the Phantom Menace documentary The Beginning,a statement that may be a meme now but remains one of the truest things ever said about the galaxy far, far away.But what happens when Star…

One last ride for Obi-Wan Kenobi.Image: LucasfilmObi-Wan Kenobi has reached its conclusion and I feel super weird about it. It’s that feeling you get after you finish a movie, show, or book you’ve been waiting forever for and it hasn’t quite processed yet. You know that it’s over, the mysteries are solved, and yet, you can’t believe that it happened. Obi-Wan Kenobi was kind of like that—a show that I absolutely enjoyed but ultimately just have some huge questions about and will be thinking about for a long time. My main…

Obi-Wan Kenobi was always an idea looking for a story. After all, the third live-action Star Wars series — all six episodes are now available on Disney+ and Disney+ Hotstar — had to operate within a confined space. It couldn't do anything drastic or toy with the canon, because its starting and end points were squeezed between already-established Star Wars story. Obi-Wan Kenobi is set 10 years after the climactic duel between the titular Jedi Master (Ewan McGregor) and his side-switching Padawan Anakin Skywalker (Hayden…

Obi-Wan sits at the heart of two very different battles for Jabiim.Image: Kev Walker/Dark Horse Comics, LucasfilmContemporary Star Wars is far from unafraid of taking concepts that worked from the Expanded Universe and loosely slotting them into its own narratives. Last week’s penultimate episode of Obi-Wan Kenobi was no exception—but in returning to the planet Jabiim for a fateful clash between the Empire and the would-be rebels of the Path, the series drew fascinating parallels to its source.The planet Jabiim we see in…

Image: Hasbro, Hot Toys, and Hiya ToysWelcome back to Toy Aisle, io9's regular round-up of toy news. This week, Obi-Wan Wednesdays continue with a new Black Series figure, Hot Toys keeps reminding you that its expertise lies in creepy realism with a trip to Lightyear, and, we cannot stress this enough: Nerf has a blaster shaped like a dinosaur. Check it out!Hot Toys Lightyear Space Ranger Alpha Buzz Lightyear Sixth-Scale FigureWith Disney shunting most of its Star Wars-related content to its streaming service, it looks…

The only upside to wrapping presents is maybe, just maybe, you’ll finish the roll of gift wrap and be left with a cardboard tube ready to become an imaginary lightsaber. But with a few hidden electronics inside, Joel Hartlaub created a self-extending cardboard saber that doesn’t require much imagination at all.We’re nowhere near the end of the long road that started with the initial reveal of the lightsaber in the original Star Wars in 1977 and hopefully ends with us all running around with glowing laser swords one day.…

Bill Murray said it in 1978 and we’re still saying it today: “Star Wars! Nothing but Star Wars! Give me those Star Wars! Don’t let them end.” Star Wars is everywhere these days, with movies and TV shows alike in the works from Disney and Lucasfilm. This article will give you the most up to date Star Wars release dates so you know exactly when every single new Star Wars movie or Disney+ show will be in your eyeballs.May was a huge month for Star Wars news. It began on May 4 (when else?) when an Obi-Wan Kenobi trailer…

Image: LucasfilmPart of the fun of Star Wars can be seeing well-known actors suddenly show up in one of its many movies or shows. Maybe they’re there as important characters, like we got with Sam Jackson or Ming-Na Wen, maybe they’re there as “wait, they’re in this?” cameos, like Zach Braff or Forest Whitaker. Either way, it’s always delightful when these stars pop up for to be the new “Glup Shitto” for a bit. Surprisingly, one cameo we could’ve gotten would’ve been for what would’ve been a big player during the…

Image: Pure Arts, Fan Wraps, and HasbroWelcome back to Toy Aisle, io9's regular round up of the latest toy news dazzling us on the internet. This week, Hasbro mashes Transformers up with G.I. Joe again, Lego returns to Obi-Wan Kenobi’s biggest moment, and get ready to never turn your neck with a Bat-tacular Keaton replica. Check it out!Hasbro Transformers Collaborative: G.I. Joe Mash-Up, Bumblebee A.W.E. Striker & Lonzo “Stalker” WilkinsonPeanut butter and chocolate have got nothing on the pairing of Transformers and…