So much cool stuff here: John Williams composed some music, Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen returned to their iconic Star Wars prequel roles - Obi-Wan Kenobi and Darth Vader respectively - and a young Princess Leia is a focal part of the story. Plus there's Jimmy Smits and Ian McDiarmid and the menacing voice of James Earl Jones.
Also: some cool action, especially when Kenobi and his old padawan square off, and definitely a bit of a puzzle piece filler as far as events of the wider trilogy goes.
All of that great. Loved it.
I wanted to but just couldn't give this more than 7.5 rounded up to 8 because all this happens between Leia and Kenobi - and she was of an age where she'd surely remember such a meaningful connection - yet Leia doesn't mention it in the original trilogy. Nor does anyone else. Surely they could have come up with another story to get Obi-Wan back into the action? One that fits better in with the original trilogy events?
Still, good Star Wars entertainment. I'm never going to hate anything from a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.
Also: some cool action, especially when Kenobi and his old padawan square off, and definitely a bit of a puzzle piece filler as far as events of the wider trilogy goes.
All of that great. Loved it.
I wanted to but just couldn't give this more than 7.5 rounded up to 8 because all this happens between Leia and Kenobi - and she was of an age where she'd surely remember such a meaningful connection - yet Leia doesn't mention it in the original trilogy. Nor does anyone else. Surely they could have come up with another story to get Obi-Wan back into the action? One that fits better in with the original trilogy events?
Still, good Star Wars entertainment. I'm never going to hate anything from a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.