Highly recommend the tour.
Just watched the first episode of Halo. Not badā¦(I actually really liked it 
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Now seen the complete Obi Wan series. Hmmm.
Firstly the link to Leia was good. Episode 4 needed a basis of how she knew him.
The last ding dong battle between Vader and Obi Wan was also good but it strongly questions Vaderās abilities. I thought he was the most powerful Jedi / Sith? Then again that never comes across in any films either.
The story to the end was shite imo. Yet again Iām continuously saying to myself that Iāve seen that before. Trackers in use, star destroyers chasing down ships with some strange time limit on how long they survive, rescue mission into an Empire base, Empire camped outside a rebel base etc. Thereās very little new in it.
Yeah, so have watched the entire season, not sure what to feel to be honest. I mean, Master Chief is supposed to be like 9ft tall and HAS NEVER shown his face; on both counts they went against long established norms!
I dont know the lore but thought that might be the case ( never played the games but have watched others play them) so a little disappointing on that front. I also thought it was his relationship with Cortana that was supposed to have humanized him?
One word. Herogasm 
Binge watched Stranger Things in the last few days and Iām totally hyped for the final two episodes of season 4 which are going to be released on Friday.
The release of the first 7 episodes of the season garnered over 286.79 million streaming hours in its premiere weekend on Netflix 
Chapter Eight: Papa (1h25m)
Chapter Nine: The Piggyback (2h19m)
With the above mentioned streaming hours I have the feeling the release is going to kill the internet or at least the Netflix servers.
Watching 3rd season of umbrella, looking good so far.
@deneb Had a storm ruined sunday so decided to give Kenobi a shot and agree almost entirely with you. Itās just a mess of a story.
Ben is faithful to his commitment to protect Luke and takes it very seriously to the point he is in an arguing argument with Lukeās uncle about training in the Jedi ways once he comes of age. Yet he at other points he is shown to be a beaten beaten man who thinks further resistance is pointless and can offer no help to anyone about anything.
Itās hard to square the existence of the inquisitors with anything else in the story weāve seen. How does the existence of a band of fallen Jedi working under Vader jive with the rule of 2? One of the themes you get from New Hope is that belief in the force was considered a quaint, silly tradition from the distant past. Han said it on more than occasion, as did the guy Vader had to convince of its power with the force choke. Itās hard to reconcile that being a common attitude with the timeline the prequels presented of how recently the fall of the Jedi was. But maybe people viewed them similarly to how many people view the catholic church - people who play dress up pretending to be in touch with mystical powers. But itās harder rely on that as an explanation with this elite band of Imperial former Jedis running around the galaxy doing Vaderās bidding.
The robes - I dont get the robes. The characteristic robes first shown in a New Hope were surely meant to be a example of dessert planet attire, but the prequels made clear that they were actually standard Jedi dress. So, you have this guy who is hiding out yet continues to walk around in dress that identifies him as a Jedi? I guess its lucky that on this planet these locals all dress unironically in Jedilike garb. I get this is actually an issue with the prequels, with them showing that the robes were not Benās tatooine dress but his Jedi, but this is just continuation of that.
The showdown with Vader makes no sense on so many levels. A 12 foot long path of fire is enough to prevent vader stopping him getting away? Why didnt he just force pick him up and levitate him over the fire to him? The show down makes their New Hope show down make little sense. What Vader said to him at that point isnt contradicted by them having met again after Mustafa, but itās hard to make sense of why heād ignore that and call back to that point. Itās almost as if heās forcing Kenobia into responding āyes I know, know youāre the master. You say that every time we meet.ā But how was Ben even surprised that Anakin is still alive? Maybe you can argue that Tatooine is such a distant outpost and Ben was so blocked off from what was happening in the rest of the Empire that he wouldnt have known about the rise of Vader, but heās clearly still in contact enough with Alderan to make that inconceivable.
I think itās likely that these characters have been pulled apart in so many different directions by the prequel and sequel trilogies that I just donāt think there is anyway to tell any more stories about them that donāt require glaring contradictions and things that make no sense in the context of what weāve already seen. But I dont think thatās the issue with this show and it couldnt present a coherent perspective of the main character for even half an episode.
I havenāt seen the show and am not big on star wars lore but Vader wonāt see himself as Sith or Jedi at this point would he? if not, then he may not feel constrained by the rule of 2. Instead he is overseeing a team hunting down Jedi?
Before Ben and Anakin meet do people know that Vader was Anakin?
Possibly, but I dont know why that would be the case nor is it ever alluded to in anything I have seen (I know some the canon is fleshed out in the cartoons that I havent seen)
EDIT: I think you can probably argue that the purpose of the rule of 2 was negated with the elimination of the Jedi. It was something that allowed the Sith to operate in secret, which clearly isnāt a consideration anymore. So maybe its explainable, but I think the main point is that something is not well done if fans are constantly having to scramble to find explanations for how this things makes sense because you then lose the benefit of doubt over an issue like this that MIGHT be explainable.
I dont know, but even if it wasnt common knowledge, he would have to be pretty fucking thick to know of the existence of a powerful Jedi being the right hand man of the Emperor and not make the connection.
I think the rule of two persists because the thing in Return of the Jedi is Vader wanting Luke to join him and rule as father and son, but the Emperor seems happy at that point for Luke to kill Vader and join him. Never any discussion of all 3 of them joining up together
And this for me sums up why for me they should stop with the stories that involve the Skywalkers. Looking forward to Taika Waititiās efforts after his recent comments, but probably wonāt even bother with that Andor series.
There was one conversation, I think in Empire, where they talk about getting Luke to join them that seemed to contradict the Rule of 2. By Jedi it seemed they were both doing it to betray the other and had no intention of the three of them working together, but they at least openly discussed with each other the possibility of it. I think this was the basis of the initial push back to the rule of 2 being mentioned in Phantom Menaceā¦
Is the rule of 2 that there can only be two sith, or that a sith lord can only take one apprentice because I thought in Empire Luke would effectively have been Vaderās apprentice had he accepted the offer?
It was never really fleshed out in a way that made sense, and really only stated as an expositional way to introduce the real identity of Palpatine.
It was later fleshed out in non-film canon to explain it as a response to losing the Jedi-Sith war. It was thought that the natural deceitfulness of the Sith created too much infighting that made them too easy to defeat so moving forward they would remain hidden in the shadows with only 2. The need for secrecy is eliminated after they beat the Jedi and install Palpatine as Emperor, but the primary issue was still present.
Finished Kenobi. God I hated it. My first comments were made after the first 3 episodes and not only were those issues no redeemed, but the final episodes added to the problems.
