Kenobi's Obi-Wan was Perfect

This video essay will showcase why Obi-Wan was perfectly written in the Obi-Wan Kenobi TV Series. It will also teach a good lesson we can all take from this show.

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[BanesBasement]

9:37 It's as George Lucas said in the Clone Wars writers' meeting in 2010:

"The core of the Force–I mean, you got the dark side, the light side, one is selfless, one is selfish [...] when you go to the dark side is it goes out of balance and you get really selfish and you forget about everybody … because when you get selfish you get stuff, or you want stuff, and when you want stuff and you get stuff then you are afraid somebody is going to take it away from you. [...] Where joy, by giving to other people, you can’t think about yourself, and therefore there’s no pain. But the pleasure factor of greed and of selfishness is a short-lived experience, therefore you’re constantly trying to replenish it, but of course the more you replenish it, the harder it is to, so you have to keep upping the ante. You’re actually afraid of the pain of not having the joy.

So that is ultimately the core of the whole dark side/light side of the Force. And everything flows from that. Obviously the Sith are always unhappy because they never get enough of anything they want. Mostly, their selfishness centers around power and control. And the struggle is always to be able to let go of all that stuff."

[You-Tube-nk]

While the show has its problems, I genuinely think this is by far the best performance and characterization for Obi Wan to date.

[waydex]

I love how Ewan gives all he has to portray a broken Jedi, tormented by his past, his exile and an annoying kid that nearly got him killed more than one time. I have plenty of issues with the show, but none of those is related to Obi-Wan himself.

[jssomewhere]

Obi Wan has always been my favorite character. The truest Jedi. Everything about his character involves the act of over coming his own failures. While always being true to his beliefs in the teachings of the Jedi. Like many Jedi he started by losing his family, then almost not being picked as a padwan. His master initially doesn't care for him and tells him he's to weak in the force to ever become a great Jedi. Then he ends up training the chosen one only to have that apprentice turn to the dark side. Along the way loses the love of his life. In the end he watches the order he has modeled his life with their teachings crumble from thousands to just a handful. He is then tasked with protecting the son of his apprentice, a child that the hopes of any future for the Jedi is placed on his shoulders. In the end Kenobi gives his mortal life to give a chance to his new apprentice.
Kenobi was what a Jedi was supposed to be and at the same time may have been one of the main reasons the Jedi fell.
What a great story he had. Anakin, and Luke were supposed to be who they ended up being. Kenobi was not. He fought for everything he had, and in the end gave everything including his own life to a cause that abandoned him. He was truly the greatest Jedi. Not the most powerful, not the best fighter. Not the most gifted. Yet still the greatest Jedi.

[BulletPointFitnessPodcast]

It wasn't the Obi Wan show. It was the show

[isaacmcallister]

As my own father has said: “Instead of asking 'Why is this happening to me?' Instead, ask yourself 'What is this trying to teach me?'"

[Lr.Laecro.Lirus]

It also explains, why he was so willing to return to the fight again in A New Hope even after all the trauma and sacrifice of the Clone Wars, as he returned to it again in this show and was in a purer state of mind, as he knew, that he wasn't responsible for Anikans fall.

[m-koz]

He has returned!!! Great comeback video... as always well done !

[thestarseeker]

Pound-for-pound Obi-Wan Kenobi is the greatest Jedi ever and this series only solidified that. I enjoyed almost everything about the show, I think it'll be remembered extremely well over time.

[alexdeghost]

Obi Wan Kenobi's journey in this series mirrors Darth Maul's story in CW and Rebels. Darth Maul is found living in a cave for a decade, fixated on the past, talking quietly about his master but is called back into action and things seem to be going well for him until he's terrified to sense his past in the form of Palpatine arriving, choking the people around him, beating Maul in a fight badly but not killing him as he has plans for him down the road...JUST like Obi Wan and Darth Vader. In Maul's case, afterwards, he remained fixated on the path and in a way, was cursed to repeat the cycle due to not adapting his life style. Obi Wan is in danger of making the same mistake as Owen himself points out "Like you trained his father?" However, during his re-match with Vader, he learns that the connections he's made along the way are what help give him strength to follow the will of the force. Now on the same level of understanding of Qui Gon Jinn, he overcomes Vader, his guilt and his by the books ways, admitting Luke needs to grow up with a family, like what Anakin needed but never got (Duel of the Fates). He's now able to see Qui Gon and we next see Kenobi in the Rebels Episode, Twin Suns, facing his longest nemeses, Darth Maul. The two since the beginning have been the opposite side of their coin, partaking in the same journey and now the duel answers who made the correct decisions in said journeys. It's Obi Wan. He learned from his past mistakes and became more wise and powerful because of it while Maul remained fixated on the past in an endless cycle of hatred. Because of this, Obi Wan succeeds in guiding Luke Skywalker on the path of brining balance to the force.

[The_Great_Dood]

Great channel, man! Hope you keep at it

[jayfiggs]

Because Anakin was still hiding within the shroud of Vader I do believe it was Anakin that told Obi Wan that he wasn't responsible, to spare him the guilt. As you see the duality of fading blue from the blue light saber on his face. It's only when he tells Obi Wan that Vader killed Anakin with a sadistic smile you see the color shifts to red to represent Darth Vader taking back control.

[realdashrendar]

"That use of the Force was so unrealistic" perfectly shows the problem with the Star Wars fandom nowadays

[pop-culturecinephile]

Your explanation as to why Obi-Wan could not see Qui-Gon was pretty satisfying for me. Though we still need an explanation as to why Yoda could not see him

[tommyg]

His voice sounds kinda off I know he hasn't been Obi in a minute though (I wonder if it was intentional)

[danielwilliamson]

The Obi-Wan series is about overcoming trauma.

[johnyork]

Is it still 9 to 5 on a planet with 2 suns?

[andrewzabinski]

I agree with your topic of the video. I just with the show didn't break lore and become the leia show. They could have done it without breaking lore.

[programmer]

I just finished watching this series yesterday, so this video was a coincidence! Ewan made me cry in the last epsiode.

[BrianHartman]

I thought the character of Obi-Wan was well-drawn. I didn't really have a problem with him. I think that where the show failed (in my eyes, anyway) was in the characters they chose to include with Obi-Wan. Leia should *not* have been part of the show. I thought the actress did a fine job, but having them together breaks canon, as does having him meet Luke. The other problem with using Leia is that it drained all the tension from the show. We know nothing's going to happen to Leia, Obi-Wan, or Luke, or to Uncle Owen or Aunt Beru. The only one who was in any danger was Reva, and they didn't even have the decency to kill *her*. (Not that i thought the actress did a bad job, but that was the one character who was in actual danger that we might have cared about.)

What I think they should've done instead is to focus on Obi-Wan helping people go on the Path. A Jedi Underground Railroad would've been an interesting thing to explore for more than 5 minutes.