Obi-Wan Kenobi Episode 3

DUEL AT NABOO: Obi-Wan was still technically a Padawan learner when he made. BIO-DROID THREAT: Years before the Clone Wars animated series chronicled Obi-Wan's.

It's a fantastic marriage of familiar, nostalgic Star Wars and something new and exciting, reflecting the show as a whole. The threads of iconic Star Wars themes weaved through the soundtrack by Loki composer Natalie Holt works to stellar effect, and the moment it cuts out to let Vader’s breathing provide the base of the score is wonderful. It's a stark and savage display of power and something we've not really seen since the thrilling climax of Rogue One. The hold the Imperials have during this era is put on full display in both the impressively imposing looking architecture of the Inquisitor base, to more subtle – and arguably chilling – displays of evil infiltrating society like a worn flag on the back of a cart. The return of Vader thrills as he’s reunited with his former master for the first time in 10 years, and displays the brutality that comes with his legend. The opening half is quite low-octane, and while there's no comically slow chase scene this time, the highlight is a couple of underwhelming blaster fights.

It helps, too, that the spectre of Vader looms large throughout the episode – there's one scene on Mustafar, in which Reva dials in an attempt to further her ...

Tala swoops in and saves the Jedi, while Reva meets Leia at the end of the tunnel and scoops up her golden ticket to joining the upper ranks of the Empire. It’s not quite The Empire Strikes Back’s gut-punch of an ending, but it tracks along the same lines. Our only hope is that Obi-Wan finds some guidance – from Qui-Gon Jinn or otherwise – to put him back on the right path. Later, after a Leia/Luma slip of the tongue, Freck sells his hitchhikers out to the Empire, and we get a snatch of action. The episode spends a significant amount of time trying to make Obi-Wan and Leia seem increasingly vulnerable, yet we know the two characters make it out the other side. He even chokes out innocents while on the hunt for Obi-Wan, offering up a threat as fearsome as any seen in Star Wars media. We were promised the “rematch of the century” between Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker. While the third episode of Obi-Wan Kenobi doesn’t quite deliver on that front just yet, Darth Vader’s presence elevates what could have otherwise been a slightly weaker follow-up to last week’s strong one-two combo.

Ben Kenobi and Darth Vader face off in an incendiary Star Wars confrontation.

Embracing the natural balance of the Force is like turning on a light. That peace and quiet doesn't last long, however, as the true face of Imperial ruthlessness is revealed when the Inquisitors arrive. Vos turned to the Dark Side for a time, but appears to have survived the Order 66 purge after all and now specializes in rescuing younglings. If you recognize the voice, he's played by Zach Braff (well, Braff is listed in the credits, but at first I have to admit I thought Freck sounded more like Seth Rogen). The lack of trust among the Inquisitors leads to in-fighting that works in the favor of our heroes. And Vader's sadism in roasting Obi-Wan also provides the opportunity for the wounded Jedi to escape. Callously walking through a town snapping necks of bystanders, Vader is the epitome of Imperial terror and violence. Only when Vader aids Luke and is unmasked does he become Anakin again -- and only is the circle truly complete. The last time Obi-Wan saw Anakin Skywalker was the fateful duel in which he chopped his apprentice into bits and left him melting on the side of a volcano. "His compassion has been his undoing". But it also works the other way: the ruthlessness and violence of the Empire works against them. Throughout the series, the Inquisitors and Vader have used the Jedi's values against them. When I left you I was but the learner.

Kenobi and Leia escape Daiyu and head to safety but there is a disturbance in The Force. Vader is looking for Obi-Wan and won't stop until he finds him.

Kenobi continues to run, in an effort to lead Vader away from Leia. Reva is looking for him too, and enters the droid maintenance bay. Tala (Indira Varma) tells Obi-Wan there are safe houses like this all over the galaxy and that he is not the first Jedi to come through here. Reva returns to Mustafar and tells the other Inquisitors she knows where Obi-Wan is hiding. Tala and NED-B save him while Vader looks on. He is trying to draw Kenobi out. At a checkpoint, Freck stops and tells the Stormtroopers they might be interested in Obi-Wan and Leia. The probe droid spots Obi-Wan before he can shoot it. The Inquisitors get the info. James Earl Jones returns as the voice of Darth Vader. Vader sits on his throne in Mustafar demanding to know where Obi-Wan has gone. Leia questions Obi-Wan on The Force: How does it work? I do not fear the Dark Side. I see through the lies of the Jedi. ” – Anakin Yoda's voice is heard telling him “Only pain you will find” as a machine helps Vader out of his Bacta Tank. Let's get into “Part Three” with this Kenobi Episode 3 Easter eggs and breakdown.

Obi-Wan Kenobi will return with another episode. When can viewers expect to tune into episode 4, Part IV" on Disney Plus?

The fourth episode of Obi-Wan Kenobi, titled “Part IV”, will be released on Disney Plus on Wednesday, June 8, 2022. The show was initially expected to be a Wednesday release (like most major Disney Plus shows) but its premiere was moved to Friday instead. Reception thus far has been incredibly positive, with both fans and critics believing that audiences should expect the unexpected with this one.

From his castle in Mustafar, Darth Vader communicates with Reva as the Third Sister details her encounter with Kenobi. The Sith Lord emphasizes that the Jedi is ...

The momentum from the episode’s first half has surely led to a worthy meeting between the master and his former apprentice. Tala comes out, causes a distraction, and rescues Obi-Wan with the help of a loader droid. The Sith Lord kills a couple of locals to draw the Jedi out. Back on Mapuzo, Obi-Wan and Leia arrive at the meet-up point with no one in sight, a development that angers the Jedi. The young princess then hails a transport that passes by with the hope they will be given a ride to the nearest spaceport. He recognizes it as Quinlan Vos‘ writing, a detail that was confirmed by Tala. All of a sudden, Stormtroopers knock on the door and demand entry into the facility. The Jedi reasons with the princess and steers her away from discovering her true lineage. To the Stormtroopers’ surprise, Kenobi slips and calls Leia by her real name, an act that almost gives them away. Freck gives them a ride at the back with Obi-Wan and Leia as they state their mission of finding a Jedi on the planet. In another part of the universe, Reva proceeds to a water-filled planet with an Imperial station on it. The final one has his iconic helmet lowered down and a menacing breath emanating from within as Obi-Wan says that his former apprentice is coming for him. And with the current chapter ending the way it did, there’s really a lot of room left for several questions. With Ewan McGregor’s compelling performance, the introduction of a young Leia Organa, and a cliffhanger ending that left everyone on the edge of their seats, the hype was definitely present for this series.

Fans are now convinced character will show up in future episode.

Start your Independent Premium subscription today. The glimmer of hope in his voice when he said Quinlan.” It reads: “Only when the eyes are closed can you truly see.”

Obi-Wan Kenobi has launched with Ewan McGregor once again taking on the beloved character.

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'Obi-Wan Kenobi' Episode 3 featured not just one but two major cameos: James Earl Jones and Zach Braff. Here's what you need to know.

We assume the Anakin Skywalker actor is physically in the suit in Obi-Wan Kenobi Episode 3 when Vader fights his old master. As the credits make clear, James Earl Jones is officially back as the voice of Darth Vader. Before Obi-Wan Kenobi’s premiere, fans wondered if Jones would return. Lucasfilm’s Disney+ shows are full of unexpected cameos, and Obi-Wan Kenobi is no different.

Obi-Wan Kenobi searches for allies in Episode 3 as he and Princess Leia go on the run from the Empire, Darth Vader, and the Inquisitors hunting them.

Deborah Chow continues to deliver some of the most visually stunning Star Wars stories to date, intricately building on its script with clever directorial choices and building on this somber chapter in Kenobi’s life. Desperate to keep Leia away from her father and out of harm’s way, Obi-Wan sends her with Tala while he sets off to act as a diversion and face his former friend. But Darth Vader’s plans of maiming Obi-Wan like he was are interrupted by Tala arriving to save the day. How will they get off of the planet now that the Empire’s presence has increased? Like any young traveler, Leia (Vivien Lyra Blair) is restless aboard the freighter, and while it’s been a while since Obi-Wan has traveled with a youngling, he knows the quickest way to keep her occupied is to repair her Lola droid. With the Grand Inquisitor (Rupert Friend) disposed of, Reva’s conflict with the Fifth Brother (Sung Kang) only increases as she vies for Vader’s approval and the Inquisitors continue to treat her like an outsider among them.

– Hayden Christensen returns from the Prequels as Anakin Skywalker. It's a reunion many fans thought would never happen as the actor drew flack for his ...

He was the leader of a Jedi splinter group, the Altisian Jedi, who believed members of the Order should be able to take multiple apprentices at one time, as well as be allowed to marry. She appeared in the novel Children of the Jedi as a Force-sensitive former consort to Emperor Palpatine. Her son later became the one-off New Jedi Order villain Lord Nyax. The Jedi who pass through the safe house are headed for the planet Jabiim. This planet featured in several now non-canon The Clone Wars era comics as the site of fierce battles. The Inquisitors also have their own dramatic base. Djinn Altis is another relatively obscure Legends Jedi, first mentioned in that same novel as Roganda, Children of the Jedi, and later fleshed out in a Clone Wars era novel. The Aurebesh on the walls also reveals that a few classic Legends Jedi are canon again! Quinlan’s morally gray personality made him a fan favorite in the Clone Wars era. The graffiti inside the safehouse doesn’t just reveal than Quinlan is alive. – Hayden Christensen returns from the Prequels as Anakin Skywalker. It’s a reunion many fans thought would never happen as the actor drew flack for his performance under George Lucas’ direction. Obi-Wan has a brother? Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker clash again as Darth Vader stalks onto the small screen. Vader’s home base, appropriately named Fortress Vader, sits on the same planet where Anakin underwent his greatest tragedy.

The third episode of Obi-Wan Kenobi has dropped on Disney+, and the show continues to raise a number of questions about what's to come.

They do in fact cross blades, but Obi-Wan is still rusty and stands no chance against his former apprentice. Freck (Zach Braff) only proves his point by complying with the Empire to the point where he believes they are good and just. Of course, Obi-Wan sends Leia and Tala ahead and stays behind. Obi-Wan and Leia bond even more in this episode, particularly in the truck scene. And he quickly makes it very clear to Reva that he is in control. Picking up from where we left off in the second episode, we are immediately greeted by more haunting flashes of Vader exiting his bacta tank.

Why don't I remember him in the prequel movies then? He was just a very minor background character then, but like many very minor Star Wars background ...

(Also some fans think they had a secret love child, Satine’s “nephew,” Korkie.) Satine was then killed by Maul as revenge on Obi-Wan for cutting his legs off in The Phantom Menace. Obi-Wan has since worked with Satine’s sister, Bo-Katan, who appeared on The Mandalorian, so it’s not out of the realm of possibility that the two shows could intersect. Obi-Wan does have a long history with the Mandalorians. In The Clone Wars, we learn that, as a young Jedi, Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon Jinn were charged with protecting Satine Kryze, a Mandalorian duchess, and Obi-Wan and Satine reconnected later in life and admitted they were in love, though they never acted on it. Quinlan could just be reciting common Jedi wisdom that your eyes can deceive you and that trusting the Force is the path to enlightenment. While it’s not a very common Force ability, Quinlan isn’t the only one who has it. It’s a complicated one! We do not!

Zach Braff, best known for his roles in 'Scrubs' and 'Garden State,' made his Star Wars debut in 'Obi-Wan Kenobi' as an alien named Freck.

Freck is a friendly presence who plans to help Obi-Wan and Leia—operating under aliases to avoid Empire detection—get to the Spaceport so they can get the hell out of there. Braff is also dating Florence Pugh, a star of the Disney-owned Marvel Cinematic Universe who recently herself appeared on the Disney+ series Hawkeye. It's all connected, folks! You probably had absolutely no idea Mr. Braff was in Part III of Obi-Wan Kenobi until seeing his name in the episode's closing credits. That is, wondering until the very end credits, when the name "Zach Braff" flashed across your screen in that blue font on top of the signature Star Wars space background. That's been the case with droids in The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett (both voiced by What We Do In The Shadows alums Taika Waititi and Matt Berry) and now Obi-Wan introduced an alien named Freck, who had a big enough role that lets us believe that he simply must be played by someone of note. That trend continued in Part III of Obi-Wan Kenobi. We've reached a point where if there's any sort of monster, alien, or droid, of note, you can basically assume that it's someone famous playing the role.

Episode 3 of Obi-Wan Kenobi revealed a horrific Easter egg that's connects to the fate of Jedi younglings.

While the sequence was a stark reminder of the traumatic events of that night, it also left fans curious about its narrative purpose. While Revenge of the Sith confirmed that the younglings were killed in the Jedi Temple along with their masters, what's on display in the Fortress Inquisitorious didn't belong to those children or those fallen Jedi. Instead, the sabers and helmets on display are likely tallies of the Jedi, younglings, and any other Force-sensitive children who were brought to the Fortress to be tortured and either turned to the Dark Side or killed. Despite being set 10 years after the events of Revenge of the Sith, the first episode of Obi-Wan Kenobi opens with a surprising flashback to Order 66 from the perspective of five known younglings within the Jedi Temple. While their Jedi Master tries to save them, she ultimately doesn't survive; and the scene ends with the five agreeing to run.

"Part III" of the Disney Plus spinoff feels stitched together from known Star Wars tropes.

Hearing it again, with its mix of menace and vulnerability, was a treat, even if I remain baffled by Christensen’s choice to let himself be swallowed in that costume while letting Jones mostly calibrate his performance. Then again, once I saw that its central narrative was going to revolve around young Leia and involve Darth Vader, I knew any probing character study of a Jedi in exile coping with how to build a life would always be watered down. If I got stuck on that line from the OG film while watching Obi-Wan (played now by Ewan McGregor) fighting off Darth Vader (in characteristic Frankenstein manner, played by Hayden Christensen and voiced still by James Earl Jones), it is because I felt like I was having a dreary kind of deja vu. Not just in A New Hope (where Obi-Wan remained stoic but determined) but in Revenge Of The Sith (where flames played just as central a visual role). Then I remembered that, in many ways, that moment between the two, recycled and remixed and retconned (maybe) as it was, felt in keeping with the spirit of these latest Lucasfilm spinoffs. Now I am the master.” Even in that first film (“Chapter IV” in the saga), you got the sense this confrontation was decades in the making, that there was a festering sense of resentment that had grown over the years and hadn’t ever been allowed to bloom in each other’s presence. I was just curious to replay the one moment when Obi-Wan (played then by Alec Guinness) finally comes face to face with Darth Vader (voiced by James Earl Jones). In my head, that moment has always suggested that the elder Jedi and his once young and promising Padawan hadn’t met since a fateful fight that had finally torn them asunder, one audiences finally saw on the big screen in the fiery finale for 2005’s Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge Of The Sith.

Is that really James Earl Jones' voice? Was Freck really Zach Braff? Who is Quinlan Vos, Obi-Wan's Jedi friend? We dig into Star Wars, real and fictional, ...

With Leia in the hands of Inquisitor Reva Sevander, Vos’ tracking ability could be of good use to our hero. The Jedi council gave Vos a mission to locate and kill Count Dooku by befriending the Sith Lord’s former disciple, the assassin Asajj Ventress. He gets his due in the credits of Obi-Wan Kenobi, but again his voice may have been manufactured rather than recorded anew. Jones himself said at the time he was unaware of whether the voice was his and had not been directly involved with the production. Jones recorded his own voice as Darth Vader most recently in Star Wars Rebels and Rogue One (and also a very small part in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker). But it hasn’t always been so smooth. The Scrubs actor and Garden State director makes his debut in a cameo as this star-nosed mole man, Freck, who offers Obi-Wan and Leia a ride to the nearest spaceport.

'Obi-Wan Kenobi' Episode 3's best character reveal wasn't Darth Vader. Here's why we love Zach Braff's Cameo as Freck in the 'Star Wars' series.

But in what feels like a sly bit of political commentary from Obi-Wan Kenobi, the duo spots an Empire sign on Freck's vehicle, and he begins to reveal his true views on the endangerment of the Jedi. Obi-Wan just roughed him up a little bit, so a future in Star Wars where Freck becomes a deadlier villain than Vader is still possible. Sure. But I'm here to tell you that there's a new villain in town, and he may very well be more powerful than the combined force of 1,000 Grogus. Episode Three, which debuted on Disney+ Wednesday morning, introduces an alien named Freck. We meet the character as he's rolling along the space desert highway, running right into Obi-Wan and Baby Leia on their escape mission.

Episode 3 of Obi-Wan Kenobi suggests the Grand Inquisitor is dead. What will happen moving forward and how will it affect the canon of Star Wars Rebels?

The most important thing to remember is that Dave Filoni is a consultant for Obi-Wan Kenobi, and it would be extremely unlikely that he would let an important piece of his work be retconned so easily. However, the Grand Inquisitor will more than likely make a triumphant return in one of the final episodes to enact his revenge upon her. It could easily be explained that only one of his stomachs was injured and a long soak in the bacta tank fixed it, or that his entire midsection was replaced with cybernetics just as Fennec Shand's was. Even though Episode 3 of Obi-Wan Kenobi seemed to hint that the Grand Inquisitor had truly drawn his last breath, it is likely that they are saving his comeback as a surprise. The most important detail of this entire situation, though, is that the Grand Inquisitor appears to be truly dead. Seeing how she is not in other projects like Rebels or Jedi: Fallen Order makes the viewer think that she will be killed by Vader toward the end of the series. This is the only mention of the Grand Inquisitor from Vader. He seems to have accepted his death and is ready to move on and appoint someone else to fill the role. She says "He will pay for the Grand Inquisitor's--" when Vader cuts her off and responds with "The Grand Inquisitor means nothing." He then goes on to offer her a coveted reward if she can prove herself - "the position of Grand Inquisitor." However, due to his merciless nature, he also promises to kill her if she fails. From this exchange, it seems as though the Grand Inquisitor is truly dead. The latest installment touched on the topic, leaving the door open for many different possibilities when it comes to the future of the character. The character is an important playing piece in Season 1 of the animated show, Star Wars: Rebels, so many speculated that he would somehow return in Episode 3, or at another point later in the series.

Obi-Wan Kenobi episode three delivered powerful revelations and some fantastic Star Wars Easter eggs and references for us to enjoy.

Because in Obi-Wan Kenobi episode three, he comes face to face with Darth Vader for the first time since their fiery lightsaber duel. His words remind Obi-Wan that he needs to connect with the Force. Thanks in large part to Obi-Wan, Darth Vader spends a lot of time in his Bacta tank… They encounter a planet where they mine vintrium, a flammable material that first appeared in Star Wars role-playing supplements. Here’s every Easter egg we found in the latest episode of Obi-Wan Kenobi. Of course, if you haven’t seen episode three, be warned, spoilers lie ahead. Meanwhile, Obi-Wan and Leia continue their quest to return Leia home.

One common theory suggested that the actor played Freck, a naked mole rat-esque creature who gave Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) and Princess Leia (Vivien Lyra ...

Start your Independent Premium subscription today. And she is absolutely amazing in this series. “Moses is a brilliant actor,” he said in a video shared on Instagram. “She is a brilliant woman.