"Unnecessary" Cameos in Obi-Wan Kenobi?

Worry is a wasted emotion.

 

To make something clear- I don't mind cameos, references or easter eggs. But what Mando S2 and TBOBF did was just too much and way too forced. I mean, this is a galaxy with billions of planets, you don't just randomly run into the exact same person needed to move the plot forward. Just focus on the actual characters and plot.

Mando S2 and TBOBF were especially frustrating because these cameos took away important screen time for the actual main characters. Hell, people even criticized that Mando and Boba weren't the main characters of their own shows.

I think current Star Wars has become more about who shows up, than story. It feels like a late night talk show with different guest stars appearing. Another problem is the execution. These cameos are always meant to be a huge surprise with a big reveal. In the TBOBF it felt like they wanted certain moments to happen so they can have that "remember this?" moment.

But I'm kinda positive about the Kenobi show, because they already showed the reappearing characters in the trailers and they actually have a part in the story.

Not a cameo but a completely new character.

Both characters were only in those shows because Filoni has a crush on his own creations.

But in the end I agree with you @Darth Derringer- those characters actually had their importance, but I just didn't want to see them in those shows. I wanted something new.

I can only talk for myself, but fan service and cameos take me out of shows. I don't need to be remembered of watching a show. Yes, I do love Luke, but I don't need to see him everywhere + Mando Luke is a pretty boring Luke, but that's a different discussion.

 

But Lucas never really relied on cameos- okay you can argue if C-3P0 and R2-D2 were needed for the PT.

But TV shows really changed in the recent years. The weekly episodes are replaced by binge watching series and people are more involved in plot and character centric stories these days.

A surprise, reveal or twist never last as long as a good story. You could compare it with a jumpscare. Sure, a jumpscare will scare you, but it only works for the first time and then you forget about it shortly after. It's kinda like Hitchcock's take on suspense:

I take suspense over surprise anytime.

I was actually talking about his appearance in Mando S2. In TBOBF Luke was quite nice.

And that's a pretty big problem if you think about it. People wanted to see more of Luke (and Mando) in a Boba Fett centric show. Exactly this scares me about the upcoming Kenobi show. => the show doesn't make you care about Obi-Wan, just like Mando S2 didn't make you care about Din and just like TBOBF didn't make you care about Boba's story. It was always about other characters.

 

So far I have not noticed any unnecessary cameos in the show. We have C-3PO on Alderaan which makes sense, and we have the homeless clone trooper on Daiyu which also makes sense.

An unnecessary cameo would be if we see Ponda Baba and Dr. Evazan on Tatooine again.

 

… or Dexter Jettster… but I would not mind it… how did they become such great pals?? HAHAHA

 

Jar Jar Binks was a surprise. But a good one.

 

Seems like Star Wars fans spend a little too much time on things we don't like when there's so many things we enjoy that we could discuss instead.

 

Yes, because being critical could create uncomfortable situations and we wouldn't want people to feel offended by something they enjoy, right?

Imagine, for a second, if fans were always satisfied 100% with everything the entertainment business put out. What a nice and happy world indeed. And Sonic would still have looked like this:

 

Unnecessary appearance=

Ben and Leia stand in line for food at street food place called "Out of this World." William Shatner yells, "Hey hey hey, pal! I was here first." Stands in front of them.

 

As long as it isn't a shoe horn job that distracts from the tale at hand for no reason then I don't mind pop in's, Easter eggs, or even full on guest or regular appearances.

If it fits in context or isn't a distraction then bring it on/don't mind/don't care just depending on how it hits me.

 

Where was Binks?

 

In the opening PT flashbacks, during the Naboo funeral scene. From 3:31 to 3:33

 

Obiwan bumps his head on the ceiling of his cave.

 

If Jar Jar makes an actual appearance in the show I will forget about every single complaint I ever gave to it.

 

According to Chuck Wendig's novel "Star Wars: Aftermath", chapter "The Clown", I think Jar Jar is dead by this time, isn't he ?

Anyway, does the opening PT flashback count as an "actual appearance" - because if so, Jar Jar actually was on screen for at least two seconds.

 

According to Wookieepedia, quoting Aftermath: Empire's End, Binks outlives the Empire (possibly by many years).