‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ Recap: ‘Part VI’

6/23/2022

Written by Shae Rufe

Caution: This article contains spoilers for the season finale of ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’. To revisit the previous episode, click here.

What a finale. I truly have no words for this other than, wow. I have been a fan of Star Wars since I was 10, and this show really just brought back the wonder and joy of the series in a way I had not expected. First and foremost, this finale was a finale that beat out all others. Star Wars has always been a fun journey, and this concluded in a great way. While I genuinely hope for a second season, I’m also happy with how this ended. The performances were all spectacular.

Right, so. Ben and Leia and the ship of refugees are in grave peril with Vader’s ship firing at them nonstop. They need more time to get the hyperdrive back up, and they’re running out of power for the shields. There’s little hope, and there’s only one answer. Ben is going to take a shuttle and lead them away. He’s going to face Vader once and for all, and one of them will die. We all know they both live, but that’s alright. Ben’s a bit of a dramatic, and I am here for that because… same. Leia is, of course, upset about Ben just leaving her. He did promise to get her back to her family, after all. While she eventually gives in and understands, she does make him promise to come back. She even slips Lola into the pocket of his robes. Ben takes a shuttle from the ship and leaves, and just as predicted, Vader follows. Much to the disappointment of the Grand Inquisitor.

The face-off we have all been waiting for finally happens. Vader vs Ben, and Ben is doing his best, but that hate in Vader is strong. The first half of the fight doesn’t go as well as planned, but it is stunningly beautiful in a tragic way. Vader is much more in tune with the dark side at this point and he Force unleashes some fury as he buries Ben alive. Ben struggles, and Obi-Wan has to truly come to terms with who he is vs who he was. It’s not an easy thing to confront the past and let the present bleed into the future, and it’s Leia who oddly helps him remember that. It’s Leia and Luke who are the new hope of the Galaxy.

Ben emerges from his would be grave and truly shows his own power. Obi-Wan is just as gone as Anakin is, the only difference is that he’s not going to wallow anymore. This is a much different battle, one that Anakin cannot keep up with. He’s wounded, ventilator damaged, helmet broken open, and we truly get to see that Anakin is dead. Anakin wasn’t Obi-Wan’s failure, and Vader isn’t Ben’s. Anakin chose to be his own downfall, and they all have to live with that. Anakin really is dead. Ben chooses to live.

While all this was going on Reva flew to Tatooine to search for her own brand of justice. Wounded emotionally and physically, she hunts for Luke, only to face off against Beru and Owen. They fiercely fight to protect their nephew, after all he is their child. Reva isn’t as interested in killing them as she is killing Luke, so she happily discards their attacks in favor of chasing Luke through the desert. She Force trips him on the edge of a small cliff and then attempts to kill him as he’s unconscious. Battling with her own past and trying to force herself to take the life of an innocent child… in the end, Reva can’t do it. She’s not Anakin, she’ll never be Anakin. She’s not weak enough to do such a thing. She returns Luke to Owen and Beru just as Ben arrives to help search for him. With her decision made, and Ben telling her she’s now free to do whatever she wants; Reva leaves her lightsaber in the sand of Tatooine, as is some kind of Jedi tradition on this planet.

Later, Ben returns Lola to Leia, and tells her just how much of her parents reside within her. He’ll always be here for her. Leia is choosing her own path, one that will be hard won, but after her journey, she’s seen what the Galaxy is really like. Someone will have to stand up for what’s right. After that, Ben gets to properly meet Luke. And at the very end of it all, his old Master finally returns. Qui-Gon is here to help Ben further his own journey as only a Force Ghost can.

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‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ Recap: ‘Part VI’

Written by Shae Rufe

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