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00:00Although it was great to see Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen reprising their most iconic roles,
00:06and a few other familiar faces for that matter along the way,
00:09it doesn't change the fact that there's a lot of things in Obi-Wan Kenobi that simply do not make
00:15sense.
00:16Gareth here from WhatCultureStarWars and here are 10 things in Obi-Wan Kenobi that make no sense.
00:2210. Somehow the Stormtroopers are less competent than ever
00:26The Stormtroopers' incompetence has been a running joke since Star Wars premiered all those moons ago.
00:32Their marksmanship skills are so bad, it would actually be out of character if they hit something.
00:38But in Obi-Wan Kenobi, these bucket heads aren't just inept, they're idiots.
00:42In Episode 5, hundreds of these soldiers corner half a dozen Path members,
00:46and yet fail to shoot anyone unless they are two feet away.
00:50As silly as that moment is, Episode 4 might have the dumbest Stormtrooper moment ever,
00:55After Reva suspects Imperial Officer Tala is a double agent, she has two of her white armoured footmen take her
01:02away.
01:03Luckily, Tala grabs one of the Stormtroopers' weapons and blasts them.
01:06But how did she get a hold of it? Well, she stunned the Stormtroopers by slapping them.
01:11What are these helmets made of? Paper?
01:13You wouldn't feel a slap if you were wearing a sports helmet, and yet it was enough to leave these
01:17Stormtroopers utterly dazed.
01:18Number 9. Why did it take so long to open the Path Gate?
01:23Because Episode 4 was somewhat underwhelming for most, many viewers were worried the Obi-Wan Kenobi series wouldn't be able
01:29to recover.
01:30Thankfully, Episode 5 reset the course by giving viewers everything they were looking for.
01:34We finally learned Reva's backstory and saw her develop as a character, and Darth Vader got the chance to truly
01:40cut loose.
01:41Having said that though, this episode suffers from a couple of gripes many cannot overlook.
01:46After Vader's forces track down the Path's hideout, Reva orders the Stormtroopers to use a heavy gun to rip apart
01:53the blast door.
01:54Obi-Wan tells the Path leader Roken the Imperials should break through within the hour.
01:58When the titular character fails to stall Reva, she then uses her lightsaber to slice through said door, deactivating the
02:05lock mechanism.
02:05Which actually begs the question, why didn't she just use her weapons sooner?
02:10Why did she waste all that time when she could have just hacked through the door in a couple of
02:14seconds?
02:14I mean, it's literally a laser sword.
02:16It's not like she isn't aware of her lightsaber's cutting capabilities. It just felt a bit weird.
02:21Number 8. Darth Vader keeps failing to finish his enemies off
02:25Contrary to what Darth Vader said in Return of the Jedi, he is not exactly known for being forgiving.
02:30On many occasions, he has impulsively killed his own men, simply because he was unable to control his anger.
02:36Even though this behaviour makes the Sith look a bit petty at times, it emphasises that Vader has no qualms
02:42about killing anyone.
02:43But throughout the Obi-Wan Kenobi series, Vader keeps sparing his enemies, purely for the sake of the plot.
02:49After Reva betrays him, he plunges his lightsaber into her abdomen.
02:52As she lies helplessly on the ground, finishing her off should be as easy as shooting WAP rats in a
02:57barrel.
02:58Instead, Vader walks away, giving the Inquisitor time to escape and recuperate.
03:03If this was a one-off incident, it could be forgiven.
03:06But in Episode 6, the fallen Jedi makes the same mistake.
03:10After dropping a pile of boulders on Obi-Wan, the former Padawan trots off, assuming the deed is done.
03:16But since Obi-Wan is resourceful and, you know, a Jedi Knight, a bunch of rocks obviously isn't going to
03:21be enough to kill him off.
03:22Considering Vader is obsessed about killing his master for a decade, you'd think he wouldn't accept Obi-Wan was dead
03:28unless he was looking at his charred corpse.
03:30But that would not have served the plot.
03:327. How did Anakin not sense Reva as a youngling?
03:36In Episode 5, Reva reveals to Obi-Wan that she was one of the younglings sentenced to death during the
03:41Great Jedi Purge.
03:43After the Emperor initiated Order 66, Darth Vader and the clone troopers marched into the Jedi Temple to exterminate every
03:50Force wielder they saw.
03:52And knowing she couldn't stop Vader, Reva played dead to escape the Sith's wrath.
03:57Reva's strategy was so clever, there's no reason why it wouldn't be able to fool an ordinary person.
04:02But Vader is far from ordinary, isn't he?
04:04Like any Sith, Vader can detect people from great distances.
04:08However, a Force wielder's ability to detect another is far easier if the other person is Force-sensitive as well.
04:14Because Reva was taught in the ways of the Force, she shouldn't have been able to trick Darth Vader.
04:19Especially since he's one of the most powerful Sith to ever live. How odd.
04:246. Why was Obi-Wan surprised to hear Anakin was still alive?
04:28While there could be an argument to be made that Obi-Wan was very much under the impression that his
04:32former Padawan and brother Anakin
04:34ultimately succumbed to his blistering injuries in the aftermath of the pair's fiery duel on Mustafar in Revenge of the
04:40Sith for a time,
04:41the fact he only stumbled on the fact he was actually wrong about Skywalker's demise some ten years on from
04:47their fight in Episode 2 of the series felt a little bit odd.
04:50For those pointing to the idea of Kenobi possibly not being aware of the Chosen One now going as Darth
04:55Vader,
04:56in the time since their emotional last encounter, Yoda very much referenced Anakin being consumed by Darth Vader to Kenobi
05:03during said Episode 3 prequel.
05:05Even with Kenobi's isolation on Tatooine and cutting himself off from the Force,
05:10did he not even once hear of a frightened civilian on the desert planet talk about the Emperor's right-hand
05:15man wreaking havoc across the galaxy?
05:17Sure, the planet is on the outer rim, but it just feels odd that he never once heard of the
05:22name Vader being uttered aloud,
05:24and put two and two together during his ten years of exile, and consistently spending time around the planet's occupants
05:30and his Tibidon Station workers.
05:32Number 5. How did Obi-Wan outrun a tidal wave?
05:36In Episode 4, Obi-Wan is shot at by stormtroopers in an underwater corridor, forcing him to deflect their lasers
05:42with his lightsaber.
05:44To our heroes, horror, one laser is redirected towards a glass wall, cracking it open.
05:49Using the Force though, Obi-Wan eventually keeps the glass together, giving his companions enough time to escape.
05:54And when they reach the other room, Obi-Wan then stops using the Force to join them, causing hundreds of
06:00gallons to crash into the corridor.
06:02Fortunately though, he manages to reach the next room, allowing Tala to seal the corridor.
06:07However, it's damn near impossible to outrun a tidal wave.
06:10When water bursts through a compact area like what's depicted in this scene, it can move up to 500 miles
06:16per hour.
06:17Obi-Wan could have survived if he just used Force speed, Star Wars keep forgetting that Jedi's can do that.
06:22But instead, he simply jogs away from the rushing current.
06:26Number 4. Why did Obi-Wan let himself be scanned in Mapuzo?
06:30When Obi-Wan is stopped by stormtroopers on Mapuzo in Episode 3, the soldiers force him to undergo a probe
06:36scan to ensure he's not a Jedi.
06:39As soon as the machine finishes scanning him, Obi-Wan then blasts the troops and flees with Princess Leia.
06:44Although he tries to stay hidden, the probe's data is transferred to the Imperials, informing the Inquisitors of his location.
06:51Within a matter of hours, Darth Vader and his minions land on Mapuzo, which results in the locals being murdered
06:56and Obi-Wan being incinerated by his former pupil.
06:59What a palaver, eh?
07:00However, all of this could have been avoided if Obi-Wan shot the stormtroopers before he was scanned by the
07:05Imperial probe.
07:07Obviously, he's a bit reluctant to draw his weapon since he doesn't want to cause a scene.
07:11But since he had to almost inevitably blast the stormtroopers to continue on his journey anyway, why didn't he just
07:17shoot them or the probe sooner?
07:18Even though this action put him in danger, the fact that he allowed himself to be scanned made it a
07:23thousand times worse, since the Empire then learned exactly where he was residing.
07:283. Why didn't Obi-Wan go around the gate on Mapuzo?
07:32As Obi-Wan Kenobi and Leia Organa make their way to a rendezvous point on Mapuzo, they're picked up by
07:38a mole-like alien called Freck.
07:40As he brings them to a laser gate guarded by stormtroopers, the untrustworthy Freck asks the soldiers to investigate his
07:46passengers.
07:47This then leads to a shootout since Obi-Wan and Leia aren't able to get around the laser gate.
07:52Oh wait, no, yeah, yeah, they probably could have.
07:54All they had to do was walk around the gate to reach the other side.
07:57Even though a toddler could have figured this out, Obi-Wan instead blasts the gate mechanism to continue his mission.
08:03This entire situation is so parodical, it's reminiscent of a scene from Robin Hood, Men in Tights, where our hero
08:09is informed he can just walk around little John's toll bridge, but he refuses to.
08:13What makes this scene even dumber is that this plot hole could have easily been fixed if there was a
08:18large structure on both sides of the gate or something like that.
08:22Preventing anyone from getting around it.
08:24Number two, the show contradicts key moments in A New Hope.
08:27No matter how much one loves Han Solo, lightsabers and the Force, Star Wars has always suffered from one very
08:34serious problem.
08:35It has to work around the limitations of its own continuity.
08:38Because George Lucas' creation has expanded its lore into comics, books, video games, animated series, TV shows and movie spin
08:45-offs, it's virtually impossible for the story to be flawlessly cohesive.
08:50The Obi-Wan Kenobi series proves this point since it conflicts with the original trilogy.
08:54In A New Hope, Princess Leia leaves a message in R2-D2 referring to Obi-Wan as a man who
08:59served my father in the Clone Wars.
09:01Based on this odd phrasing, it sounds like the two have never met, but as has been revealed in the
09:06Disney Plus series, the two are more than well acquainted.
09:09Considering the pair went on a planet-hopping adventure ten years prior and were chased by inquisitors for crying out
09:14loud, it feels like Leia has no reason to introduce herself since Obi-Wan knows exactly who she is.
09:21Sadly, there is no way to fix this continuity error, meaning die-hard fans will just have to accept this
09:25egregious blunder.
09:27Number one, how did no one notice Obi-Wan?
09:30The idea of a hero disguising themselves as an Empire employee is an age-old trope in the world of
09:36Star Wars, isn't it?
09:37So it's not too surprising Obi-Wan Kenobi made a reference to this running joke by including a scene of
09:42our hero pretending he's working with the Empire.
09:44But the disguise that Obi-Wan wears while escaping Fortress Inquisitorius with Leia is so ludicrous, it feels more suited
09:51to Spaceballs than the iconic sci-fi franchise.
09:54To get out of the facility, Obi-Wan dons the attire of an Imperial officer, but it fits so badly,
10:01it's blatantly obvious it's not his uniform.
10:03Also, even though the majority of Imperial officers can't have facial hair, nobody notices Obi-Wan has a damn glorious
10:09beard.
10:10But the most preposterous moment is how Obi-Wan hides Leia. To make sure nobody sees her, he places her
10:16under his coat.
10:18This guy is a legendary Jedi Knight and that is the best strategy that he could come up with.
10:22You know what the silliest thing is? Obi-Wan's plan actually bloody works.
10:26And that's our list of any other things in Disney Plus' Obi-Wan Kenobi that make no sense.
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10:45I've been Gareth from WhatCultureStarWars, may the force be with you as always.
10:49Thanks for clicking on this video today and hopefully I'll see your faces very very soon.
10:53Bye bye!
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