Television series

Obi-Wan Kenobi

Name: Obi-Wan Kenobi
Genre: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
Released: 2022
Cast: Ewan McGregor

A six-part Star Wars miniseries reuniting Ewan McGregor with the role that defined him. Ten years after Anakin's fall, Obi-Wan emerges from hiding to confront his past—and Vader himself. Character-driven, visually sumptuous, and heavy on the emotional weight of failure and redemption. For anyone who wondered what happened in that gap.

TVMaze rating

3.7

Should you watch it?

Watch it if you already love the Star Wars prequels' melancholy and want a lean, character-driven story where an older, weary Obi-Wan carries the weight of old failures.

Skip it if you want the sweeping space battles and fresh worlds of the films, since this is a small, talky six-episode story mostly set on dusty planets with modest scale.

What it asks of you: Six episodes of roughly 45 minutes each, unhurried and reflective, with long stretches of watching a man think before the action arrives in bursts.

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