The new Obi-Wan streaming series starts tomorrow with two episodes dropping on Disney+ ... and expectations are high. And with good reason.

As Rob points out in today’s podcast, this Obi-Wan project first started out as a Star Wars Story film project, like Solo and Rogue One. But eventually it transitioned into a limited series. I think everyone was fine with that because people want this character to have a worthy adventure and for the story to be more than just an extended chase or series of action set-pieces.

We’re all hoping for some character development.

And while we thought it was realistic to assume we’d get that following two, highly entertaining seasons of ‘The Mandalorian’, the problematic spinoff, ‘The Book of Boba Fett’ showed that streaming shows could be just as ill-conceived and half-assed as the sequel trilogy of films in the Skywalker Saga.

Yikes. Suddenly, this Obi-Wan series, which seemed like a kind of “afterthought” to the grander Star Wars slate announced in August of 2019. There was no name for the show and information was very hard to come by. It was just the beginning of a perceived back-and-forth between a studio having greater-than-expected troubles getting a third Star Wars trilogy successfully produced, exhibited and accepted by fans and a series lead who, at times, seemed more interested in the project than Disney.

Ewan McGregor’s odyssey on this project may make for an interesting book of its own someday.

I'll be writing more about all this on the ROADTRIPPIN' blog later today (and will probably post it this evening). You can check it out on our website: https://postgeeksingularity.com/roadtrippin-with-rmb/

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This episode recorded on May 26, 2022.