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1. Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Tuesday, 07-Jun-2022 03:46:08 UTC Strypey

   Finally got around to watching the first couple of episodes of the Obi-Wan series. The long string of flashbacks to the prequels wasn't a great way to kick off Ep1 (I really didn't dig those). I was bored through most of the episode and wondering if I might just skip this one. Then it got much better at the end and I quite enjoyed Ep2.

   #SciFi #StarWars #ObiWanKenobi

   • Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Tuesday, 07-Jun-2022 03:46:00 UTC Strypey

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     • Cletus T. Cavendish

     @t23
     I can see the need for establishing when the series is set relative to the SW timeline and filling in any back story necessary to understanding it. I just think a looong string of 'previously on' clips from old movies was a lazy way to do it. What about having Obi-Wan tell his story to that Jedi who finds him, so that whole interaction has a narrative purpose?

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   • Cletus T. Cavendish (t23@mastodon.online)'s status on Tuesday, 07-Jun-2022 03:46:07 UTC Cletus T. Cavendish

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     @strypey I kept thinking, "Help me Obi-Wan Kinobi." The flashbacks were helpful maybe because I never saw those weird limbo episodes. Maybe they assumed many people haven't seen those. I'm enjoying the series so far as well.

   • Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Monday, 13-Jun-2022 05:26:38 UTC Strypey

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     • Cletus T. Cavendish

     @t23
     I've been thinking I need to ask myself more often if I'd keep watching a movie or series, if it wasn't set in a narrative universe I've enjoyed in the past. I stopped watching Clone Wars a while back because the answer was clearly 'no'. I persisted with Boba Fett but the answer was 'no' there too. If it wasn't SW related I would have pulled the pin when the fluro moped gang turned up.

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   • Cletus T. Cavendish (t23@mastodon.online)'s status on Monday, 13-Jun-2022 05:26:39 UTC Cletus T. Cavendish

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     @strypey that would have been better. I get a rushed feeling from all these series. I like them, but to your point they are pretty lazy.