{"id":1729593,"date":"2022-11-08T07:40:58","date_gmt":"2022-11-08T12:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1729593"},"modified":"2022-11-08T10:20:54","modified_gmt":"2022-11-08T15:20:54","slug":"obi-wan-kenobi-series-writer-claims-he-disregarded-star-wars-canon-because-he-felt-handicapped-by-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/obi-wan-kenobi-series-writer-claims-he-disregarded-star-wars-canon-because-he-felt-handicapped-by-it\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cObi-Wan Kenobi\u201d Series Writer Claims He Disregarded Star Wars Canon Because He Felt Handicapped by It"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fobi-wan-kenobi-series-writer-claims-he-disregarded-star-wars-canon-because-he-felt-handicapped-by-it%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1729593&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><em>Obi-Wan Kenobi<\/em> writer Andrew Stanton recently admitted he felt he was handicapped in his storytelling possibilities by having to adhere to canon.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_188269\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-188269\" class=\"size-full wp-image-188269\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.07-08.30-boundingintocomics-63696aedc70ec-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1072\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.07-08.30-boundingintocomics-63696aedc70ec-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.07-08.30-boundingintocomics-63696aedc70ec-300x126.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.07-08.30-boundingintocomics-63696aedc70ec-1340x561-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.07-08.30-boundingintocomics-63696aedc70ec-768x322-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.07-08.30-boundingintocomics-63696aedc70ec-600x250-1.jpg 600w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-188269\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Darth Vader (Hayden Christensen) in Lucasfilm\u2019s OBI-WAN KENOBI, exclusively on Disney+. \u00a9 2022 Lucasfilm Ltd. &#038; \u2122. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/andrew-stanton-star-wars-walle-obi-wan-kenobi-disney-1849744029\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stanton spoke with Gizmodo<\/a>, where he told the outlet, \u201cThat was the blessing and the curse of it. It\u2019s like one, you\u2019re geeking out that you get to type \u2018Vader says\u2019 this and \u2018Kenobi says\u2019 that. You pause and say \u2018I can\u2019t believe I\u2019m actually getting paid to type this. I can\u2019t believe these words may be said.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut then another part of you, it has to go through such a rigorous like \u2018Does that fit the canon?\u2019 And I feel like it\u2019s bittersweet. [The reason that happens is] because people care, but it also kind of doesn\u2019t allow, sometimes, things to venture beyond where maybe they should to tell a better story. So it can sometimes really handicap what I think are better narrative options.\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_188271\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-188271\" class=\"size-full wp-image-188271\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.07-08.31-boundingintocomics-63696b1adcb97-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1072\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.07-08.31-boundingintocomics-63696b1adcb97-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.07-08.31-boundingintocomics-63696b1adcb97-300x126.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.07-08.31-boundingintocomics-63696b1adcb97-1340x561-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.07-08.31-boundingintocomics-63696b1adcb97-768x322-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.07-08.31-boundingintocomics-63696b1adcb97-600x250-1.jpg 600w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-188271\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) in Lucasfilm\u2019s OBI-WAN KENOBI, exclusively on Disney+. \u00a9 2022 Lucasfilm Ltd. &#038; \u2122. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"cb-post-title\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/08\/15\/obi-wan-kenobi-star-ewan-mcgregor-reveals-disney-plus-series-was-originally-going-to-be-a-story-about-me-and-luke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018Obi-Wan Kenobi\u2019 Star Ewan McGregor Reveals Disney Plus Series Was Originally \u201cGoing To Be A Story About Me And Luke\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Stanton then relayed, \u201cAnd so I was frustrated sometimes\u2014not a lot\u2014 but I just felt it wasn\u2019t as conducive to [the story].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Then making a reference to <em>Andor<\/em> he detailed, \u201cSo I love it when something like\u00a0<em>Andor<\/em>\u00a0is in a safe spot. And it can just do whatever the heck it wants. But I felt, you know, Joby [Harold,\u00a0<em>Obi-Wan Kenobi<\/em> co-writer and executive producer], to his credit, kept the torch alive and kept trying to thread the needle so that the story wouldn\u2019t suffer but it would please all the people that were trying to keep it in the canon. But I got some moments in there that I\u2019m very happy with.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_188272\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-188272\" class=\"size-full wp-image-188272\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.07-08.31-boundingintocomics-63696b2444e59-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1072\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.07-08.31-boundingintocomics-63696b2444e59-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.07-08.31-boundingintocomics-63696b2444e59-300x126.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.07-08.31-boundingintocomics-63696b2444e59-1340x561-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.07-08.31-boundingintocomics-63696b2444e59-768x322-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.07-08.31-boundingintocomics-63696b2444e59-600x250-1.jpg 600w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-188272\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Darth Vader (Hayden Christensen) in Lucasfilm\u2019s OBI-WAN KENOBI, exclusively on Disney+. \u00a9 2022 Lucasfilm Ltd. &#038; \u2122. All Rights Reserved<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Stanton\u2019s comments do not make any sense whatsoever given the series from the outset planned to ignore Star Wars canon by setting up a rematch between Darth Vader and Obi-Wan Kenobi before the two met on the Death Star during the original <em>Star Wars<\/em> film.<\/p>\n<p>Not only did Lucasfilm make it clear it was going to ignore Star Wars canon from the outset, but the actual show proves it in its very first episode. Kenobi has not taken up his duties of training with Qui-Gon Jinn to become one with the Force as assigned to him by Master Yoda at the end of <em>Revenge of the Sith<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_163566\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-163566\" class=\"size-full wp-image-163566\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.05.18-02.29-boundingintocomics-62845a019c609-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.05.18-02.29-boundingintocomics-62845a019c609-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.05.18-02.29-boundingintocomics-62845a019c609-300x200-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.05.18-02.29-boundingintocomics-62845a019c609-1340x893-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.05.18-02.29-boundingintocomics-62845a019c609-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.05.18-02.29-boundingintocomics-62845a019c609-360x240-1.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.05.18-02.29-boundingintocomics-62845a019c609-600x400-1.jpg 600w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-163566\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) in Lucasfilm\u2019s OBI-WAN KENOBI, exclusively on Disney+. \u00a9 2022 Lucasfilm Ltd. &#038; \u2122. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"cb-post-title\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/08\/02\/lucasfilm-and-star-wars-racism-gambit-fails-obi-wan-kenobi-finale-viewership-worse-than-the-mandalorian-season-2-loki-and-wandavision\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lucasfilm And Star Wars\u2019 Racism Gambit Fails, Obi-Wan Kenobi Finale Viewership Worse Than The Mandalorian Season 2, Loki, And WandaVision<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Instead, Kenobi has completely given up on being a Jedi telling another Jedi who sought him out, \u201cYou must leave. You\u2019ll draw too much attention.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He then advises this Jedi to take his lightsaber and \u201cwalk into the middle of the desert and bury it in the ground. Stay hidden. Live a normal life.\u201d\u00a0Kenobi also informs him, \u201cThe fight is done. We lost. \u2026 The time of the Jedi is over.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Not only does he advise this Jedi to give up, but it\u2019s revealed later in the episode that Kenobi actually took his own advice when he goes to the middle of one of Tatooine\u2019s many deserts and uncovers his lightsaber that he buried.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_165463\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-165463\" class=\"size-full wp-image-165463\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.05.27-07.16-boundingintocomics-62912396ec61c-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1072\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.05.27-07.16-boundingintocomics-62912396ec61c-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2022.05.27-07.16-boundingintocomics-62912396ec61c-300x126.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.05.27-07.16-boundingintocomics-62912396ec61c-1340x561-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.05.27-07.16-boundingintocomics-62912396ec61c-768x322-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.05.27-07.16-boundingintocomics-62912396ec61c-600x250-1.jpg 600w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-165463\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) in Lucasfilm\u2019s OBI-WAN KENOBI, exclusively on Disney+. \u00a9 2022 Lucasfilm Ltd. &#038; \u2122. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Granted Stanton is only credited on the final two episodes of the series, but even looking at those episodes you can see that he wasn\u2019t really handicapped by canon as Kenobi has left Tatooine and exposed himself to the machinations of the Empire and Darth Vader.<\/p>\n<p>This is in direct contradiction to George Lucas\u2019 comments about Kenobi during the Revenge of the Sith Story Conference where he noted, \u201cBen takes one and gives him to a couple out there on Tatooine and he gets his little hideout in the hills and he watches him grow. Ben can\u2019t raise Luke himself, because he\u2019s a wanted man.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_165943\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-165943\" class=\"size-full wp-image-165943\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.05.31-09.36-boundingintocomics-62968a757e68a-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1072\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.05.31-09.36-boundingintocomics-62968a757e68a-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2022.05.31-09.36-boundingintocomics-62968a757e68a-300x126.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.05.31-09.36-boundingintocomics-62968a757e68a-1340x561-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.05.31-09.36-boundingintocomics-62968a757e68a-768x322-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.05.31-09.36-boundingintocomics-62968a757e68a-600x250-1.jpg 600w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-165943\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) in Lucasfilm\u2019s OBI-WAN KENOBI, exclusively on Disney+. \u00a9 2022 Lucasfilm Ltd. &#038; \u2122. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"cb-post-title\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/07\/25\/new-star-wars-padawan-prequel-novel-implies-obi-wan-kenobi-is-bisexual\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New Star Wars: Padawan Prequel Novel Implies Obi-Wan Kenobi Is Bisexual<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On top of Kenobi being away from Tatooine, he\u2019s also in the company of Princess Leia who he rescued from the Inquisitors. Inquisitor Reva had previously hired a number of mercenaries to kidnap Leia.<\/p>\n<p>Kenobi not only rescued her from the mercenaries, but when the two were split up on the planet Mapuzo, Leia was captured by Reva personally. He also rescued her when she was taken to Fortress Inquisitorious.<\/p>\n<p>In the original film, Leia sends a message to Kenobi that heavily implies she has never met Kenobi before, \u201cGeneral Kenobi, years ago you served my father in the Clone Wars. Now he begs you to help him in his struggle against the Empire. I regret that I am unable to present my father\u2019s request to you in person, but my ship has fallen under attack\u00a0 and I\u2019m afraid my mission to bring you to Alderaan has failed. I have placed information vital to the survival of the rebellion into the memory systems of this R2 unit. My father will know how to retrieve it. You must see this droid safely delivered to him on Alderaan. This is our most desperate hour. Help me Obi-Wan Kenobi. You\u2019re my only hope.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_166870\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-166870\" class=\"size-full wp-image-166870\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.06.06-06.29-boundingintocomics-629e4788f0eb3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1619\" height=\"676\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.06.06-06.29-boundingintocomics-629e4788f0eb3.png 1619w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2022.06.06-06.29-boundingintocomics-629e4788f0eb3-300x125.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.06.06-06.29-boundingintocomics-629e4788f0eb3-1340x560-1.png 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.06.06-06.29-boundingintocomics-629e4788f0eb3-768x321-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.06.06-06.29-boundingintocomics-629e4788f0eb3-600x250-1.png 600w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-166870\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Star Wars: A New Hope<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In the sixth and final episode, Stanton makes numerous changes to canon including the inclusion of Qui-Gon Jinn as a Force Ghost, the duel between Vader and Kenobi, and maybe the most egregious of all is Reva discovering Luke\u2019s home on Tatooine and attacking both Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru.<\/p>\n<p>In the case of Qui-Gon Jinn being shown as a Force Ghost, in <em>Star Wars: The Clone Wars\u2019<\/em> \u201cVoices,\u201d Jinn reveals to Yoda that he cannot show himself explaining, \u201cMy training was incomplete. All energy from the Living Force, from all things that have ever lived feeds into the Cosmic Force, binding everything and communicating to us through the midi-chlorians. Because of this I can speak to you now.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_174784\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-174784\" class=\"size-full wp-image-174784\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.08.02-02.28-boundingintocomics-62e9348141ab1-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1072\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.08.02-02.28-boundingintocomics-62e9348141ab1-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022.08.02-02.28-boundingintocomics-62e9348141ab1-300x126.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.08.02-02.28-boundingintocomics-62e9348141ab1-1340x561-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.08.02-02.28-boundingintocomics-62e9348141ab1-768x322-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.08.02-02.28-boundingintocomics-62e9348141ab1-600x250-1.jpg 600w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-174784\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(L-R): Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor), his eopie and Qui-Gon Jinn (Liam Neeson) in a scene from Lucasfilm\u2019s OBI-WAN KENOBI, exclusively on Disney+. \u00a9 2022 Lucasfilm Ltd. &#038; \u2122. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"cb-post-title\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/06\/13\/obi-wan-kenobi-writer-joby-harold-on-the-grand-inquisitors-death-we-would-never-break-canon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Obi-Wan Kenobi Writer Joby Harold On The Grand Inquisitor\u2019s Death: \u201cWe Would Never Break Canon\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, Qui-Gon appears as a Force Ghost in <em>Obi-Wan Kenobi<\/em>. The duel is clearly a break in the original canon as Kenobi stays on Tatooine and never leaves the planet, working with Qui-Gon Jinn to perfect his training to become one with the Force. And finally Reva\u2019s discovery of Luke shows Kenobi as a failure in his duty to oversee Luke and keep him away from anyone involved with the Empire or the Dark Side of the Force.<\/p>\n<p>Ironically, Reva\u2019s ultimate decision to not kill Luke also leads one to question why Kenobi would think that Vader was irredeemable throughout the original trilogy despite seeing at least a minor conversion from evil with Reva.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_188268\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-188268\" class=\"size-full wp-image-188268\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.07-08.30-boundingintocomics-63696ae741fa5-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1072\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.07-08.30-boundingintocomics-63696ae741fa5-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.07-08.30-boundingintocomics-63696ae741fa5-300x126.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.07-08.30-boundingintocomics-63696ae741fa5-1340x561-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.07-08.30-boundingintocomics-63696ae741fa5-768x322-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.07-08.30-boundingintocomics-63696ae741fa5-600x250-1.jpg 600w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-188268\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Darth Vader (Hayden Christensen) in Lucasfilm\u2019s OBI-WAN KENOBI, exclusively on Disney+. \u00a9 2022 Lucasfilm Ltd. &#038; \u2122. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>What do you make of Stanton\u2019s claims about being handicapped and frustrated with having to stick to canon despite the show throwing it out the window anyways?<\/p>\n<p><strong>NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/06\/14\/obi-wan-kenobi-writer-joby-harold-cant-even-keep-his-story-straight-in-an-interview-let-alone-an-obi-wan-kenobi-episode\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Obi-Wan Kenobi Writer Joby Harold Can\u2019t Even Keep His Story Straight In An Interview Let Alone An Obi-Wan Kenobi Episode<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Obi-Wan Kenobi writer Andrew Stanton recently admitted he felt he was handicapped in his storytelling possibilities by having to adhere to canon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1729596,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1729593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1729593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1729593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1729593\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1729596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1729593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1729593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1729593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}