SPECULATION Options for what's next after Kenobi S1

I think they could...far better than from TROS. That film has crushed SW for me. Watching those heartbreaking scenes between Vader and Obi Wan on youtube has only cemented my hatred for the last chapter in the Skywalker Saga. It hammers home just what Palpatine did to the Skywalkers...

And DLF gave him the ultimate victory....Anakin's family extinct and his destroyer's smirking heir standing in the ashes of their home. How could you, DLF?

 

What's Yoda up to at this stage? I don't want a Yoda adventure like OWK. But the illumination of Obi-Wan's wilderness years makes Yoda's seeming stasis on Dagobah more dubious and frustrating. If thisspace was used to introduce George's world between worlds then I'd be quite supportive of that. It doesn't need to be a Yoda adventure though. Yoda, and Kenobi too I guess, learning about the mysteries of the netherworld etc from Qui Gon could be a framing device to show events from the future, the past etc. Or even from different realities.

The inquisitors are cool but I don't believe they have much staying power without Obi-Wan as the focus of their efforts. Another appearance that links with Rebels I suppose. It would take a new protagonist character to make another series involving them worthwhile.

 

They could probably do an entire series just on Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon. Make him more of "that wizard is just a crazy old man."

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By now we all know you dislike TROS, so you don't need to hate on this movie in every single post. I don't like this movie as well, but I moved on. You shoud do the same.


Now back to the actual topic.

IMO there are alot of interesting options for a second season of 'Obi-Wan Kenobi'.

1) Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon as main focus. While Ben is looking after Luke and fending off threats on Tatooine, he's training with Qui-Gon to become a force ghost. During this training we can even have another fight between Obi-Wan and Vader/Anakin (as force vision)
2) Obi-Wan and Reva as main focus. Obi-Wan trains Reva to become a better person. Reva then has to face the Inquistors (maybe together with Kenobi) and Vader again.
3) Maul as the main villain. Just use the non-canon comic "Old Wounds" + his time with Crimson Dawn.
4) A bigger focus on the Clone Wars era. There could be alot of flashbacks to the clone wars with Hayden and Ewan as young Anakin and Obi-Wan.

A mixture of everything would be the best option.

Bonus idea:
Mace Windu returns and wants to take revenge on the Skywalkers (but we kinda had this story with Reva...)

 

I agree. I think the showrunners knew that too -- which is why we got the Obi-wan line to Owen about Luke being safe with them now, he's not needed. Whatever you thought of the line, it frees Obi-wan up for any kind of compelling adventure that comes his way in a second season.

I liked Ewan McGregor as Obi-wan Kenobi during the PTs. While admittedly, I wasn't a big PT fan, I thought a young Obi-wan was an interesting character. But -- wow! -- my respect for Ewan grew tenfold during this show. What a great actor! He was incredible! So the idea of any new adventure featuring Obi-wan Kenobi at this stage in his life would be a real treat.

 

A big NO THANKS. Especially if they get the same people behind the camera. They made a total hash of it.

 

So, it was an option, so I said chose the “nothing” one. Personally, while there could be a story for Obi-wan, I don’t know if I’d want to or need to see it. If they made it, I’d check it out, but I’m content with where this story left Obi-wan. It was complete to me.

That said, I was tempted to put a Reva series. I wouldn’t mind that, but I’d want Obi-wan to stay out of it. Or at least not let him be a major role on it. Maybe as the “wise mentor”, but I lean toward her staying away from him and seeking her own path.

Idk how much I agree with that Filoni quote, though some of that could be due to lack of context. Does there *have* to be a story? Can not obi-wan hang out there? I guess that would still be a story? Does that story need to be told though? Or can there be space for people to.. imagine on their own what he does in this new space?

 

"Other"

Possibly a Reva series, but that is certainly not needed. I'd be a lot more interested in seeing a post-O-WK Darth Vader series, exploring his inner turmoil, his struggles with staying loyal to Palpy, and his role in the devestation of freedom in the galaxy (as a backdrop to the OT). I'm also quite interested in seeing more of the budding Rebellion that will eventually come together into one under Mon Mothma, and Roken's rebels could be very interesting to explore there (as would Enfys Nest's band, Saw Gerrera's partisans, and a handful other groups) -- of course, it is more than likely that Andor will give us just that, so...

In short, I don't need more Kenobi stories in my Star Wars, although I'll embrace it if it happens, of course

 

Nothing in the Star Wars saga is "needed". But I see nothing wrong with a limited series about Reva. Perhaps Lucasfilm can do one about her becoming part of the Rebel Alliance. I just don't see Obi-Wan being forced to leave Tatooine again after this last series. The best one can do for him is a standalone or two-apart episode about him rescuing Luke from Tusken Raiders or criminals. Leia is simply too young for a series about her. That leaves Reva. She is no longer associated with the Empire. She is old enough to be a lead character in a series. Nor is she limited to Tatooine like Obi-Wan.

 

OTHER:


STAR WARS - Surviving The Empire

I want to watch Vader battle, then interrogate the remaining Jedi and ask every last one of them if they've seen Kenobi.
I want to see Starkiller's training, the search for Vos, Reva, and every Jedi with a name scribbled on some wall.

I never want to see Ben again until he rescues Luke from the Sand People.

 

I chose Other just because there’s a billion different directions I could see them go following the six episodes we’ve already gotten.

OWK Season 2?

• For starters, I’d be cool with them doing a Season 2 of Kenobi but I’d also be cool if they didn’t make one. I’m pretty content with what we got and I feel like they did a great job bridging the gap between Ewan’s Obi-Wan of the prequels with Alec’s Obi-Wan of the originals. Still, it left off pretty open-ended and I could see them doing more with Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon’s spirit. You could have more prequel-era flashbacks and maybe even have Obi-Wan go to Dagobah or talk to Yoda through the Force like Ezra did in Rebels.
  
  
• The only gripes that I would have with Season 2 is that we’ve already gotten so much Tatooine in recent years and I’m not sure that I want Obi-Wan to leave Tatooine again before ANH. Again, maybe Dagobah for Force Ghost Training (TM), but that’s really it. Additionally, I don’t want him to encounter Anakin/Vader again in a Season 2. Have Hayden do more flashback or vision scenes but that’s it.

The show also left the fates of a lot of the new characters pretty open-ended which leads to my next idea…

Reva/The Path?

• They could do a show about Reva and The Path. We finally have a redeemed dark sider not get instantly killed off, which means they could do some pretty interesting things with her character. Maybe she tries to help rebuild The Path to make amends for her past mistakes and the show could be about Roken being conflicted over trusting her given the role the Inquisitors played in his wife’s demise. Maybe Reva herself was responsible? That could make for an interesting dynamic with him learning to trust and forgive her. You could still have Obi-Wan in this series as a guest appearance maybe, and you could definitely do more with the Inquisitors here. I’ll touch on that later.

Cal Kestis Series?

• They could also continue incorporate some of those aforementioned storylines in another series. Now, this source doesn’t have a great track record with leaks to my understanding but Kristian Harloff from Collider did report that a live-action Cal Kestis series was in development. If that’s true, they could definitely do more with The Path and the Inquisitors there. It might even have more appeal that my previous idea since Cal Kestis is the main character of a very popular video game and would help the show get some more viewers. Even if the rumor of a Cal show doesn’t pan out, I could still see characters like Haja, Reva or Roken pop up in Jedi: Survivor since it takes place around the same time and we know so little about that game anyway.

Seeing Leia and the Organas again?

• I would really like to see more young Leia and the Organas again. Young Leia was honestly one of the highlights of the show for me. I just don’t know if I see them getting their own show and besides Bail showing up in Andor, I’m not really sure where the rest of them could show up. I’ll say this is currently unlikely sadly.

Darth Vader/Inquisitors series?

• Hot take but I don’t really want a Vader show. I loved him in this series, and a lot of his books and comics are fantastic, but I still think that, on-screen, Vader works better in small doses and as the villain, not the main character. Unlike Obi-Wan, we can’t really get a lot of character development or shifts or growth if Vader had his own show. He’s already pretty consistent with how we view him in other media. Would it be cool? Yeah but there are other shows I’d like to see be green lit before more Darth Vader.
  
• I also don’t know about giving the Inquisitors their own show either. I’d love a comic series revolving around them however. I just think that they work better as antagonists in someone else’s show. A Reva/The Path series would be a perfect opportunity to give the Inquisitors the spotlight, perhaps without Vader around to steal the show. Despite his character design being a little off, I really likes Rupert Friend as the Grand Inquisitor and would like to see more of him down the line.

Lastly, I think this is the most obvious and most likely continuation or spin-off idea yet:

Wade: A Star Wars Story

 

I'd absolutely go for another Kenobi series as long as there is a compelling story there that doesn't involve another meeting between Ben and Vader. And I think there is plenty of room to come up with such a story.

First and foremost, Ben is now open to the Force again and able to commune with Qui Gon. That holds some interesting possibilities right there, not only in terms of Ben's own path, but also in terms of Qui Gon being able to let Ben know when he senses something out of balance elsewhere. (Remember, Reva knows about the kids - Ben has a vested interest in keeping her out of the hands of the Empire.)

Also, they didn't touch Ben's implied past experience with the cantina in Mos Eisley in ANH. It may be a minor thing in the grand scheme of things, but it is a fantastic bit of grist for the story mill! If Ben is compelled to go off-planet again, that's where he needs to go to hire passage.

Some definite kernels of a good tale there, IMHO.

 

Excerpts from the SWNN thread: OBI-WAN KENOBI: ORIGINAL WRITER FOR PLANNED MOVIE ADDRESSES HOW STORY MORPHED INTO A SERIES; HAD OUTLINE FOR KENOBI FILM TRILOGY

Seems to me that Stuart Beatte already provided Lucasfilm with a three-film story arc (now, a three season series) for Obi-wan.

 

Since it was never explained (in this series) why Kenobi chose Ben as his alias, and the notion of a long lost Kenobi brother being dangled in episode 3. I guess maybe there could be more exploration of those things. Maybe Ben was actually his brother's name. Or maybe it's the name Obi Wan's brother called him by.

 

Satine called him Ben in TCW, so he probably just wanted to honor her by taking the name during exile.

 

Why Ben?

 

Other:
Reva and Cal Kestis limited series seems the most likely to me. 2 lightsiders forming-a-team series while helping the Path with Inquisitors as the antagonists. But I don't know if that jives with what Jedi: Survivor will be about.

 

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