I'm not invested in its universe, its characters or its success. I simply don't care about Star Wars any more, and I don't think I'm alone. During that period Star Wars has taken me on a wild journey that began with anger, then acceptance, but that ultimately ended in complete indifference. Make no mistake: Star Wars, for the last decade at least, has sorta sucked.
#Kenobi movie series
A do-or-die moment for a series languishing in the doldrums. So Obi-Wan Kenobi feels like a huge gamble for Disney. Since taking over Lucasfilm and the Star Wars franchise 10 years ago, we've had a mixed big-budget trilogy and largely unsuccessful spinoff movies, chased by mediocre shows like The Book of Boba Fett. You're my only hope."Īnd from a weird, meta perspective it could be Disney itself. Me: A bruised and battered Star Wars fan, watching aghast as Disney released clunker after clunker into the canon.Īs I press play on the new trailer for the series, it could be me in hologram form: "Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. Now, ahead of Obi-Wan Kenobi's premiere on Disney Plus on Friday May 27, it could be me delivering that line. But as I contemplated this on May the Fourth, of all days, it's a line that hit differently. Maybe the defining line in a series packed with them. He accidentally triggers a secret message sent from Princess Leia aboard the ship Tantive IV, revealing a message that kickstarts the movie's second act and - in many ways - the Star Wars franchise as an enterprise: In the original Star Wars movie, released back in 1977, Luke Skywalker is cleaning his newly acquired droid R2-D2. Obi-Wan Kenobi feels like a huge gamble for Disney as the Star Wars-verse expands at a dizzying rate, fueled by nostalgia and turning in lackluster results. The latest Star Wars saga, Obi-Wan Kenobi, is about to land on Disney Plus, joining the ranks of The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett.
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