# Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022)

> A broken former Jedi Master goes into hiding under the Empire, protecting a young Princess Leia while confronting the enemies he once trusted.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/78550

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 6
- Episode runtime: 48 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: science fiction, action, adventure
- Network: Disney+
- Cast: Ewan McGregor, Rupert Friend, Bonnie Piesse, Rya Kihlstedt, Joel Edgerton, Vivien Lyra Blair, Moses Ingram, Ming Qiu
- TMDB rating: 7.0/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8466564/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: moderate
- Tone: melancholic, tense, atmospheric, hopeful

## What critics say

Viewers found a promising premise and a strong return for Ewan McGregor, though the uneven writing and slow pacing undercut the story.

## Synopsis

Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022) is a Disney+ Star Wars miniseries created for Disney+ by Lucasfilm and set during the Galactic Empire's grip on the galaxy. Ewan McGregor plays the exiled former Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi, now a weary hermit who must confront former allies who have turned into enemies. Vivien Lyra Blair plays a young Princess Leia, a precocious child whose kidnapping sets the story in motion, while Rupert Friend plays the ambitious Grand Inquisitor who relentlessly hunts them. Moses Ingram appears as Reva Sevander, adding a dangerous rival thread. The engine of the six-episode limited series is a fugitive chase across desert planets and imperial outposts, with each episode built around a new pursuit, a tense confrontation, or a lightsaber duel. Its tone is melancholic and tense, with an atmosphere of imperial dread and a theme of reluctant guardianship and broken-hero redemption. Fans of The Mandalorian and Star Wars: The Clone Wars will find a similar blend of space opera action and wounded-hero drama, with a moody, imperial atmosphere that rewards patient viewers of the franchise.

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