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Deborah Chow Reflects on Why They Brought Darth Vader Into Obi-Wan Kenobi

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    Obi-Wan Kenobi director Deborah Chow recently spoke to Entertainment Weekly about the role of Darth Vader in the upcoming series. The magazine-turned-website already published some quotes from Chow taken from this interview in the piece they posted a few weeks ago, but now they have released the full extract from Chow's discussion about Hayden Christensen's Vader. The actor will be returning to the Star Wars franchise after 17 years.



    We learned over the past few weeks that Vader's inclusion in the series was done after Joby Harold took over as the main writer. Hossein Amini's scripts were very much different, as Kathleen Kennedy explained to EW, and may or may not have included Maul as one of the antagonists. What we do know for sure is that, when Harold came on board, the creative team decided to bring back Vader. Chow explained this decision as follows:



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    Vader's role in the series, as well as Christensen's return, was confirmed by Kathleen Kennedy during Disney's Investors Day in December 2020. Christensen had already played an early-days Vader in the second half of Revenge of the Sith, but the show is now bringing in the Vader of our nightmares. Chow said the following about having the actor back:



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    Ewan McGregor, who of course is playing the title character, described to EW a few weeks ago what it was like when Vader first showed up on set. You can read that answer here. In that piece, EW already included bits from Chow's answer to the same question, but here's her full quote:



    About the Vader we'll get to see in the series, she then added:



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    Writer Joby Harold also said in another piece by EW that we are going to see 'a very powerful Vader' in the show. So far, all we can do is trust the creators of the show, as we have only seen an image of Vader, and he doesn't even appear in the teaser trailer released in early March.



    You can check out our breakdown of that trailer here, and if you can't wait to see Vader in the series, you might be interested in reading the details we learned about Christensen's role in Obi-Wan Kenobi back in 2021.



    Obi-Wan Kenobi will debut on Disney Plus on May 25th.



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    Very good read. I like her!
     
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    ANH (IV) Quote:

    Darth Vader:
    "I've been waiting for you, Obi-Wan. We meet again, at last. The circle is now complete. When I left you, I was but the learner, now I am the master."

    I'm okay with Vader being in the show, but not in the same place and same time as Obi-Wan too.

    I do not want them to meet again just for fan-servicing reasons. Or for their meeting to be done in a way just to please infantilized "DudeBro" crowds of foul-mouthed adult-babies - who will just turn their meeting into another monetised "Reaction" video for YouTube (ala Rogue One).

    Vader and Obi-Wan should not meet again to preserve the greater cultural impact of their original reunion in ANH.
     
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    Agreed
     
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    A story and its potential shouldn't be limited by a couple of vague lines. It’s all about execution of the content.

    Let's look at those lines though:
    "I've been waiting for you Obi-Wan, we meet again at last"
    This could easily be a reference to a meeting after ROTS.

    "Then I left you I was but the learner, now I am the master."
    This only means he was a learner or he lost during their last duel.
    Vader is a Sith apprentice during the Kenobi series- a learner. In ANH he's a Sith Lord.

    Then there is this line: “Obi Wan once thought as you do…”.
    This was was never adresses in the PT. So they definitely need to have an encounter between PT and OT, only because of this line alone.

    The same goes with the line "he's more machine than man. Twisted and evil." How does Obi-Wan know that without actually meeting and fighting him again after ROTS?

    You see, this whole duel thing works perfectly fine.
     
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    This what makes me hyped for this series, these two are meant to be the heart of the series
     
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    Am I too pessimistic if I fear that they won't address these points?
     
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    Definitely! : D
     
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