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I will argue to my dying day, that obi wan kenobi would be a great show it they gave it time to grow and develop into a show rather then stretch out 3 episodes worth of content pver 3 movies worth of time
One finally problem nobody seems to talk about is the boring color grading, I would really love to see you add a bit of a more cinematic colors to give a bit more of a film feel instead of the cheap show feel..
This is absolutely amazing. I left this series feeling disappointed, this edit really made me look deeper into the show and what star wars is all about. Disney really needs to hire the fans.
that's what I was thinking, eventhough I haven't watched it (downloading it), just by the explanation I was also thinking big corporations, for their own sake, should stop hiring the traditional way and should look for creative sensical people out there. Passion obliterates experience and reputation.
People don't realize many of the people who work for Star Wars/Disney ARE FANS. They grew up with the dream of being writers and editors on their projects. The issue is that people have a bias against Disney so naturally they hate anything from them. And two, people have a sense of false ownership over something that isn't theirs and always feel like they can do better. Disney was George's vision and he even gave an interview in the 80s in response to the hate mail he was getting for editing the OT. He told them that that's the Story he wanted to tell and he put his heart and soul into it but yet people felt like they could tell a better star wars story than him..... well now many of those fans are working on Star Wars stories and of course in predictable fashion....fans on UA-cam act like they can tell a better story. And because the YT fans are not paid by Disney they tend to act like their work is better. I almost guarantee you that if the uploader of this video worked on a new star wars film with Disney and fans didn't know.... they'd universally hate it as well.
I see this as a Canon movie (Kenobi: A star wars story) and include it in my star wars ranking as the 5th best movie thanks to your elevating editing like the missing music🤩
The only thing I would've added was the traditional circle closing to the end credits... that would've made it feel more like an official teathrical Star Wars movie. just a nitpick doesn't matter ;D
Absolutely incredible. I didn't hate the show, but this edit took what they did and elevated it to something I can truly consider to be canon. I look forward to checking out the Boba Fett edit!
just watched the cut, and it's legitimately the best way to enjoy that story. I quit the series after episode 3 precisely because of the filler and too much focus outside of Obi-Wan's storyline. This fixes all that up and makes it so good, if i do ever run back through movies 1-6, i'll definitely be incorporating this. Granted, there are a few inconsistencies and rough spots with this edit, but nothing that big. So, yeah, thanks for fixing Disney's fuck up.
I tried it there but it didn't work because a) you can see Obi-Wan's mouth quite clearly so it doesn't match up and b) the line as used in the show has some music behind it and that scene didn't, so it stuck out even more. That would have been the natural bit for the show to have included it though.
@@PentexProductions Hopefully one day you can revisit it with newer deepfakes technologies to get the mouth synced and the original voice removed from the music.
Pentex...Just wow...I was so disappointed at how the Disney version of Obi-Wan was executed, but this version that you gave us, just shows how great this concept could have been if executed properly. Your choice of music, tone, cuts, flashbacks, and just overall vision was spot on for what I and, dare I say, most of the fan base, wanted from a Kenobi show/movie (one that you gave us). I was in tears of pain, anguish, happiness, hope, and leading into a NEW HOPE. Thank you so much for taking the time to do this for the fans!
Thank YOU so much for watching it. I'm so glad it's resonated so well with so many fans. It was made out of a love for Star Wars and specifically the character of Obi-Wan, and I am so glad it's helped other fans experience his story in a different way. May the Force be with you.
Thank you so much for this edit! I've just done an all nighter watching this and experimenting with upscaling it to 4k. You inspired me to make a higher 4k version of this. I'd love to work with you to make it happen, this edit deserves a 4k release! Again. Thank you!
@@thire10 Exactly my reason for it ✨😁 But I just realized that it already looks great on a 4k TV if you watch it at a distance and use the TVs internal video player 📺✨👍
Just watched. This is a great edit and really does the job of keeping the story faithful to the series while fixing a lot of gripes that some people had. I agree that the first 20 minutes has some very rough cuts, and I personally wasn't a huge fan of the sudden opening with with the prequel insert. But you did one thing that I LOVED... Spoilers I suppose I loved how you completely recontextualised Vader's motives by simply adding the Emperor scene immediately after he seems to let Obi Wan escape. It makes it so that the act of letting Obi Wan go is a key point in revealing Vader's imbalance, and from then on Vader's narrative becomes more of a question of 'Will Vader really go through with this?'.
I 100% agree, less is definitely so much more when talking about the Kenobi series. Your editing choices make a lot of sense and round off the narrative better than the series does, whilst also reflecting consistent themes from the prequels. Overall i think the film cut that you have created adds so much more weight to this story. WELL DONE. Hopefully we get better quality star wars stories from Disney in the future.
It's ridiculous how one just watch your cut without any form of cringe and the urge to get to the end. It feels like an intriguing story all the sudden. Well done.
It was all there in the show, just hidden between a lot of noise. Hopefully I've succeeded in telling that story. Check it out and let me know what you think.
LOL, love the montage of the absolutely ridiculous 'helmet slaps' from episode 4. Who watched that and went. Yeah, I can totally believe that she managed to disable those guars back slapping their helmets, and tugging on it. Oh wait, the person who greenlit that is the same person who greenlit the Leia chase from the first episode. Nevermind.
@@olivercastillo5883 We care about continuity and enough realism that a sci fi show can have to be believable, as well as stories with appropriate pacing and characters. Watch the new trilogy if you need an example of how messing up those simple things turns the true fans against you.
@@Orangemanbad101 SW has always been cheesy, if you have to make it serious to make it better you so you can complain about the smallest things that you find important, says a hell of a lot more about you than the show and this true fan gatekeeping nonsense, can go jump in a cheesy SW lava bloody lake.
Just finished watching your Cut. And even though you were limited to work with the material from the show, I liked your version so much better! Really amazing work! Thank you so much for all your effort!
Well, your edit doesn't solve every issue I have with that show, but nonetheless you and the other contributors did an outstanding job here. I think , given the material you worked with, this is pretty much as good as it gets.
Just finished watching, I actually felt something watching it all. It being a film makes a lot more sense. Thank you to everyone who worked on the project!
I think this is the fifth fan edit released in the past days. I'm impressed by the effort and skill invested in these projects for the fandom. I'll try to see and compare all of them. Thanks!🙏
thank you for at least making it more of a quality experience while also removing some of the filler. there are a few things i'd change about it, but it still WAY better. Great job, Pentex!
My only significant criticism, is the Reva/Vader fight scene. I saw another edit on UA-cam where someone had Reva sneak up on Vader immediately after he had finished pulling down the first ship, which provides an explanation for both Reva's timing, and why Vader let the second ship go. I'd like to see something to that effect incorporated. Otherwise, this was absolutely fantastic.
Interesting, I'll have to check that out to see how it works. In my head, it works because I imagine Vader is so filled with rage while processing the empty ship that he doesn't react in time to the surprise of the other one taking off.
I think that would make vader toying with her less plausible. If she was the reason Kenobi got away, rather than surprise, it'd be surprising for him to mess with her like that.
I think it's awesome that the fans are making their own cuts of this content, it shows the studios and creatives that are hired for these projects, and the producers that they, being themselves working for Disney, can do a better job 👍🏼
I just watched your edit and while I do have a few gripes overall you did a fantastic job. The beginning is easily the roughest but from ep 2 onwards it's such smooth sailing with welldone pacing, considering the source material you had and the added bonuses you did were well fit. I had a much better time watching this edit you made then the show itself. Also I really liked Reva much more in this version. It just makes me wish that we had this as a movie, this was meant to be Obi-wan's story and now we finally have that so thanks.
Thank you for watching and for the feedback. The beginning definitely needed the most work, I'm glad you enjoyed it regardless of the hiccups here and there. It was great to be able to tell Obi-Wan's story in a more effective way than the show because I love his character so much, and felt there was a great story in the series buried amidst the fluff.
@@PentexProductions I was dying at how you removed all of Ep 4 and the added score, especially during Talia's sacrifice left me teary eye. Seeing the Darth Fight paired with the flashback was incredible and added so much more weight to an already excellent character moment. If you're open to feedback some things I would have kept is Obi-Wan donating money to that Trooper in the city, it gives him a good character as well as fleshing out the world as to what happened with the troops. I would have also kept some of the Leia scenes, especially when she comes back and gets dressed herself. It isn't her story but it would have been great to see some growth from her as well having changed from this experience. Other then that, I would say smoothing out some of the cuts and letting scenes breath for 1 sec or two longer would make it feel lessy jumpy in areas. These are just my personal suggestions but like I said you did the best with what you had and I think it's incredible how you managed to salvage this show. This couldn't have been easy especially because of how much of a nightmare audio editing is and making sure everything is timed probably. You did a wonderful job, hopefully I can get my hands on the 15 gb ver and this stays up for others to see.
I have to say, after watching this, it’s easily up there with Rogue One. I feel some parts were needlessly left out like the homeless 501st clone and Kenobi throwing rocks at Vader but those are just small gripes. You really do justice to what this show was meant to be and really clean it up. This is easily my favourite fan cut of a movie I’ve ever seen.
I have just watched the movie, and man, I have no words to describe this masterpiece. it's incredible how you made it sooooo much better. Perfect work man. When I feel like watching kenobi again, I'll watch this movie and not the series ❤❤
Wow, your edit was absolutely incredible! You did such a service to all the Star Wars fans out there, this is the story we all needed! And I am pretty sure I am not alone to say this should absoluely be canon!!
I just watched the whole thing and... it was very beautiful! Thank you so much to everyone who made this project, it really was something to see this story be better,
I enjoyed this edit so much! The pacing is great. The focus is on Obi-wan as it should be. To me, this edit also made Reva's character much more stronger. If she survived, her character is now set up really well for further "stories" going forward. Awesome job! This was the KENOBI that we needed, Thank you!
It's satisfying and sad at the same time how much this version improves over the show. Given that some cuts are a little rough, I feel overall it tells a better story. Good job !
I really hope this video reaches out to more people, the amount of passion can be clearly seen in all aspects and it reflects in a very enjoyable experience. Thank you so much Pentex ✨
just watched your cut... bro u def fixed the mess that came out... ur executive editing decisions are spot on imo.. the way u melded the fight scenes are incredible. It does seem the fans are taking over on how these creations should be delivered. Keep up ur great work.
Thanks, good to know. I was worried about impacting the quality too much, but am glad there are a range of options available. Hope the audio is OK too!
I dig this cut, more so than the patterson one. I think its a bit of a shame that his edit is receiving more attention than yours, because in spite of the effort he put into his edit, I believe this to be the superior one. Great job, and I wish you luck in your future projects.
That's kind of you to say, but the only reason most people found my version was because of the success of Kai's, so it worked out well for us both! A rising tide lifts all ships.
Both are true statements but only one outlook is the outlook of a winner. No diss to original comment but what a beautiful mindset displayed by ours truly pentex
Dude, you need to be a professional movie producer. This movie you made is what disney shouldve made in the first place and it would've been so cool to see it in theaters. I hope this makes for an interesting conversation at disney about what they should do in the future because the movie you made really fixed the mistakes disney made and still kept the good and important parts. Also, I LOVE that you replaced the music with the themes from the other films, it really made it feel like Star Wars.
Thank you so much for that, I really hope the response to this and the other edits out there like Kai Patterson's shows Lucasfilm and Disney that there is desire for these stories, but to be told properly. Let's get quality over quantity. Thanks for noticing the music too - I didn't want to overdo it, so hope I found the right balance. Thanks again for watching.
I avoided watching the series. Now having watched your edited version, I'm glad I did. Star Wars has been dead to me since "The Last Jedi". This edit helped revive my love for Star Wars. I was there for the original film in 1977 at the age of 18, so I've been there from the beginning. I don't know what it was like watching the series. But you were able to capture some real emotional moments and feel of Star War. It reminded me why I'm a fan. It's fans like you that keep the dream alive! Thank you!
Just watched the edit. Fantastic work. Amazing what some editing can do. Amazing all that money being spent at Disney and they can't touch this quality of storytelling. This is how I'd like to think this went down. Can we do the sequel trilogy next?
Thank you to you and everyone who worked on this. I'm so glad this edit exists. I felt really disappointed with the show but when I finished this movie I had a huge smile on my face I loved it and again thank you to everyone for making this it was clear to see the passion and love put into it ❤️ definitely will be watching this anytime I want to rewatch the series 👍🏼
*THIS WAS AMAZING!!* I and my family watched this tonight and it was SO much better than the series GREAT WORK you single-handedly shortened it making the emotional beats more powerful you removed the cringe/boring/bad filler that was completely unnecessary it demonstrated how much of a difference a good editor can do to a film! AMAZING and THANK YOU, I'm just gonna need you to make a re-edited version of all the new Star Wars stuff xD goodbye and thank you!
Such an awesome job! The music and little details made me feel like I was watching a Star Wars movie for the first time. Thank you for every tear shed.
Thank you for making this. I only got half way through the show because I got fed up with all the baffling writing decisions. So watching this let me see the third act for the first time.
UA-cam algorithm send this my way and wow am I pleased! I just finished watching your edit and Bravo! You took a clumsy 6 episode series into a cohesive, well thought out, well structured movie. What a totally different and better experience. Well done
Definitely gonna have to check this out! My only concern is that you left the escape from Vader and Reva's attempt to kill him mostly untouched. I would have hoped you'd have put the attempt in where Vader is grabbing the ship, and cut out the entire 'tears the ship apart only to watch the second ship fly away', making Reva the reason Vader doesn't capture Obi-Wan. It makes perfect sense, why wasn't it cut this way originally!? That Reva attempts such an obvious strike well after the conflict is over instead of taking her chance while he's distracted is infuriating! And this could also explain why Vader just lets the ship fly away after tearing the first one apart (similar to how he stands and watches the droid take Obi-Wan instead of putting out the flames like he did before). So in my head, the scene works like this: Vader marches in, the ship launching. He grabs it in mid air. Suddenly, Reva comes from behind and attempts to strike. Vader turns to stop her. The ship flies away. Vader and Reva fight.
thank you for your service! i genuinely enjoyed the moments of the show that were about obi-wan, but they were so few and far between that... well. the cut sequence with them fighting at the end going between the present and the past allowed both moments to land so much harder, and the acknowledgement of anakin being gone to be that much more devastating. cheers!
The whole reason anything in this show happened never made sense. So glad you jumbled up the puzzle pieces into a motivation base plot line rather than convenience base one
i love this so much. i love this edit SO MUCH. IT IS SO GOOD jesus christ. the part that made me like it even more was the classic starwars outro in the end.... DAMN THE MUSIC
I just watched it. You made the beginning sooo much better and I loved that you killed off Reva after her fight with Vader. However I will not lie to you when I say I think the ending was very sloppy. If you fixed the awkwardly slow flashback transitions, waited to play the mustafar theme for later in the fight and kept the rock-throw scene I think it would’ve been perfect. Overall though very impressive, I will not be watching episodes 1-4 anymore thanks to your edit.
Thanks for all the work you put in for the community to enjoy! Can’t wait to check it out! Kenobi was kind of a let down for one of the biggest characters in the franchise.
Yes! Thank you for noticing that all the movies start out from an Imperial POV in space. My favourite SW author is Timothy Zahn and he made sure to do this in his books as well. Also, how about that duel with Vader and the Third Sister?!? I love how even in a robotic suit Vader is still more fluid in his movements to beat an opponent largely without landing a hit. Dun Moch!
Thank you so much for this, I love what you've accomplished here. Aside from a few cuts that felt a bit rough around the edges, I think you did a great job focusing on character, pacing, and tone. You took a series that made it tough to fully enjoy its high points because of all the disappointing nonsense holding it back, and crafted something that actually let me get those true Star Wars feels and enjoy this story in such a better form. The force is strong with you, thanks again!
I've already watched another fan edit of this, and while it greatly improved the overall story I still felt generally let down by it and it still overstayed its welcome. Excited to give yours a shot!
@@PentexProductions you nailed it. I'm unsure how much music you added but the scenes felt far more complete this time around and it really helped the story hit its beats. Each time I noticed you added music it was a boon to the story and it helped it maintain a star wars feel. Cutting the entire inquisitorius deal was worth it entirely, the story moved along so much better. You came in on the logical moment i.e. the ship silhouetted on the street is an obvious opening stinger and it worked wonders. The intro as a whole was wildly improved, especially your choice to allow a day to breathe between Bale calling and arriving. My one big gripe, and this isn't your fault because it sounds terrible to cut around, is that Leia should have been introduced AS a captive because her home life has very little story impact outside of characterizing her relationship with her father. Cutting between her story and Obi Wan's actually makes Obi Wan feel less isolated in a way, it kinda tips the hat that he'll be leaving tattoine before long. Reva was handled very very well and she actually came off more menacing and stronger with less screen time, I just wish it was possible to cut her flashbacks. I don't think they're needed in a story that doesn't focus on her and they're also, in your version, the first time flashbacks are used. Finally I thought the final fight worked well outside of minor sound issues, again not your fault. Only so much can be done there, the switch to the first flashback could, potentially be cut a little differently to give it more impact but overall incredibly happy with it all. Final thought. The Wilhelm scream was perfection. You took a (to me) awful show and turned it into a good movie. This is now my canon version. Edit: I'll probably watch it again tomorrow and take notes, I think this was exceptionally well done and I'd love to actually study how you cut it all together and actually find all the places you augmented the soundtrack.
Thanks so much for the thoughtful feedback. If demand is high I may do an 'editor's commentary' version where I talk through every change I made because there are a lot that I think most people won't even notice.
I don't know what prompted me to search up Kenobi Edits, but I ended up finding this video. I listened to your takes on what you changed and then proceeded to watch the whole thing myself, and I could definitely say that what you did made the story a lot better. I feel like if I ever wanna watch this story again, I'll skip the show and just watch this instead. Not only did you fix the pacing of the story, but your edits in specific scenes helped elevate those moments and, by the end, felt satisfied when the film ended.
There should never be these things called limited series when a movie would suffice. In this case it not only sufficed but surpassed the "series". Great Job! I only had one complaint with one of you cuts to a flashback. It seemed forced. Still a great job. Thank You! Disney should pay you, pull their series and put your movie in its place.
Just finished watching it. I think it was brilliant and a great running time. I know there's another edit out there (Patterson?) that's about 20 or 30 minutes longer, but I really like the pacing and editing along with the musical cues that we love. Only thing I wonder if it would be a good idea to try would be the introductory scroll. Could probably write 3 short paragraphs to catch us up. Great job! Thanks for doing it.
Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed it. I didn't include an introductory scroll because so far only the main Skywalker Saga 'Episodes' have used that - the other 'Star Wars Story' movies like Solo and Rogue One use cold opens, so I decided to replicate that here to make it feel consistent with the other films.
@@PentexProductions Yeah, I can see trying to maintain that consistency, but I think it would be fun to do one as it is sort of in the SAGA and deals with the Skywalkers in some capacity. Upon thinking on it, I do feel that adding the tense stormtrooper ride would be nice, just because of the wonderful acting and tension in the scene that would lead to where you cut. Thanks again.
Finally watched it. it was GREAT! I loved the Patterson Cut and loved the things he added like a line about letting Obi-Wan escape from the fire and Qui-Gon's voice telling Obi-Wan that Anakin is the Chosen One. I think your facing also made those scenes less awkward. My only nitpick was keeping Reva's "Obi-Waaaaaan" when she's looking for him. I can't believe that actually filmed that and thought that was good. She might as well have said, "WARRIORS! COME OUT AND PLAEEEEYAY!!!!!". Great fan edit.
I don't think you should cut the altercation between Kenobi and his boss It shows how he is so cut off and helpless that he doesn't even attempt to defend people from evil, his values have been worn off and I think it was a brilliant first representation of how Kenobis character values has changed
Fair enough, and I did strongly consider including it for that reason. Ultimately I was trying to keep the runtime down a bit and had to be a bit ruthless. In my edit, it's left ambiguous whether or not Obi-Wan has changed or not until the communication from Bail. This is the first time we see him refuse to help anyone - so we the audience are as shocked as Bail is when he says "I'm not who I used to be. Find someone else." I felt that was a more powerful moment of character development than choosing not to intervene in a minor scuffle at work (even though I really liked how the scene functioned this way in the original edit of the show).
Just finished watching it and absolutely loved it. Pacing is king when it comes to storytelling, you can have all the big, extravagant moments you want in a film but if it's not interwoven well, it doesn't hit nearly as hard. The show's pacing was quite frankly horrendous, full of filler just so Disney could market it as a "six-episode event" and cash in, but the big moments were there and you have successfully turned a drawn out, mid miniseries into a pretty great feature-length Star Wars film. Will definitely be watching this during my Star Wars marathons in the future, thank you so much!
The Obi Wan series was originally intended to be a feature flick, but was split into a series by Disney. Kind of neat that you said it should be a movie, because that's what was originally intended. Suspect the series route allowed them (Disney) to include more content without all the cutting associated with feature films. I think it was an interesting decision concerning the Obi Wan story.
Agreed, I think the edit here shows what was likely the bulk of the original feature film script, that was expanded into six episodes of TV. Would have been better as a shorter, but better, movie.
You nailed it. the unnecessary side characters and focus on things other than obi-wan was not Star Wars at all. I quit on episode 2 after the fight scene between obi and… these random stereotypical looking ‘bad’ guys that belonged in MARVEL. I voiced my opinion on reddit and I got downvoted to oblivion.
Unnecessary side characters is VERY Star Wars. The first characters who ever appear in Star Wars are R2D2 and C3PO, who just sort of bumble around the films with little to do. This was a direct homage by Lucas to Kurosawa's The Hidden Fortress, and telling the story through non-essential characters
You are a genius! Kenobi was the one project I was really looking forward to and I also agree that beneath the show that we got is a hidden gem of a story worth telling. I consider your edit to be my canon episode 3.5.
Absolutely incredible work with this. After the 4th episode came out I told my friends this would’ve worked much better as a film… the show had gotten so bloated we couldn’t help NOT being disappointed. This video shows just how much better it would’ve worked as one, can’t wait to watch it tomorrow. Thank you so much!
@@PentexProductions Really enjoyed it. Much better than the bloated Disney series. Even though there were a few scenes that were still a bit silly, I understand you had no choice to keep them to keep the story flowing. It's amazing that fans can come up with better editing and storytelling that the 'professional' people who should know better.
Now THIS is what I call a movie. It didn't give me the chance to get bored with it. This is hands down the greatest star wars movie period. I'm not even joking. I dropped Obiwan kenobi after finishing the first episode and never bothered to give it another chance despite the few real good scenes they cooked in which by the looks of your edit were almost the only bits you kept in. I cannot thank you and myself enough for this holy experience. By the way I was rewatching rebels when I happened to directly stumble upon this video before watching the Obiwan episode from season 3 so MY WORD was this quite the happy coincidence.
Your decision to cut the Hello there and Kenobi meeting Luke is absolutely the correct one! Thank you for this amazing movie and great decisions. I enjoyed it way more than the series!
My only gripe is removing "Hello there" from the end and moving it to the Bail scene....Obi-Wan wouldn't sound that excited to see Bail at this point and besides I love that cheesy moment lemme live in it xD
Fair enough, each to their own. I knew moving it would be controversial, I just felt it's use in the show was too on the nose but still wanted to incorporate it somehow. I felt the tone of delivery was a bit more neutral, and using it with Bail signaled to Obi-Wan that he recognised the intruder was not a threat. But I do feel it's one of the moments of the edit that stands out a bit more than the others.
It's interesting that I hear of this, now, a couple years later, just a day after Star Wars Theory's interview with the guy who conceived the Obi-Wan Movie which got canned. It sounds like this edit follows that script nearly beat-for-beat. Some differences, I'm sure, like Leia. And, there was the potential for Cody and Rex to be helping Kenobi on Tatooine. Wish I could watch this, but, some of your requirements are effectively a paywall. But, it goes to show that the fans do the best work. (Yeah. That's a RetroBlasting quote.)
Dude, you're doing God's work! Will be watching this with my friends. The show had many good elements but we couldn't help noticing just how bloated with useless stuff it was; stuff which made watching it a chore rather than a joy. Thank you, from a fellow fan in South Africa✨
I just watched the cut, it's pretty good, there are a few cuts that were janky and it was clear a cut happened (mainly noticable for the parts where you cut out the times when Leia ran off I reccommend the version for the first chase scene done by spikul with the youtube id VpUfMh2gAkE, he added like 3 seconds of them actually getting her rather cutting immediately). Though it was overall done generally well, I think if I judge it as a star wars film, I'd rank it 4th leaning on 5th.
Great edit, really let Ewan as Obi-Wan shine. His performance made me all teary eyed. This edit is a wonderful way to enjoy the best parts of this series again for a complete SW rewatch. Since I saw that you did the same with The Book of Boba Fett, I will definitely give that a watch as well.
as someone that hated the show, I can't wait to see most of bad stuff cut out and especially the entire episode 4 and reva luke plot. I don't think you realized it, but you might have saved Kenobi.
I watched the first three episodes before giving up. Now I am 35 minutes in and it is so much better. I would never have watched this series otherwise.
I hate the fact that they had Reva attempt to kill the Grand Inquisitor in the first place. The writers knew the timeframe that Kenobi took place in and knew that Rebels happened later because that's not something that just slips by and is "fixed" by bringing him back with no explanation like Palpatine was. Unless that's actually what happened, which wouldn't surprise me with how Disney treats this franchise.
Agree, it was frustrating because it was unnecessarily convoluted. There were dozens of ways to remove him from the story temporarily if they wanted to, but instead they went with a fakeout death that I think alienated a lot of Rebels fans from the show really early on (who obviously didn't expect him to come back). But yes, because the show chose to do that I had to work with it, and brought him back to stay consistent with canon.
Now THIS is podracing! Seriously, THIS is how Star Wars is supposed to feel, making you want more, letting our minds fill in the rest that Disney feels we are too stupid to imagine. You made BRAVE cuts, especially trimming the many fan service moments. While cool to see, they only dragged out the story. A hallmark of an excellent editor!
Alright, I just saw the cut and I have a couple of things to say... First of all, great job, it shows that you really put effort and dedication into it, I definitely enjoyed seeing it this way more than viewing it into weekly parts, with filler included. In general terms it's a great job, obviously far from being perfect, the cuts are noticeable in many scenes tbh, especially in the music, but it's still a good option, although imo it works much better as a re-watching than a first time watch, I must clarify. However, there were things that I just didn't like that you omitted, they were great details, they didn't absorb time and I honestly don't understand why you decided to remove them, such as the 501 Old Clone Trooper cameo, Bad Ass Obi-Wan moving the rocks with the force, and the encounter between Obi-Wan and kid Luke at the end. But what was really wrong was that you left Reva dead lol, why? I get that the farm chase scene could have been abridged, however you just decided to leave her dead after her fight with Vader, you can't just kill off characters that don't die in the original work, that really bothered me tbh, because already I was thinking of showing it to some friends who didn't see the series, but because of those missing details I think it's not such a good option. It's just an advice, take it as constructive critic, I repeat, I loved what you did, however, take care of the small details, we loved that you remove the filler (like the horrible episode 4) but things like the ones I mention are what it does the difference.
Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed it overall. I address most of these points in the explainer video, but to expand on the main one Reva's death I think is left ambiguous. We, like Vader, think she dies, but the last we see of here she is still alive, but barely. If she were to show up again in a future property I think it would still be consistent with this edit because we never confirm she actually dies. Then we the audience would be just as surprised as the other characters that she did, in fact, survive. Think of how Darth Maul returns in the animated shows, but we assume he just dies in Phantom. If Phantom Menace had tacked on a scene just to show him alive again, that would have ruined the pacing. Same for why I didn't show Reva return - there would be no way of doing this with the material in the original TV show without messing up the pacing of the final showdown. As for the clone trooper, I wanted to include him but the edit was messy because I wanted to remove the 'spice girl' character interaction because I thought it slowed the scene down way too much. Trust me, if it had looked neat in the edit, I would have kept it. I wanted to keep it the way it currently plays out because it lends itself to the Qui-Gonn reveal: Obi-Wan says "if ever I needed guidance, Master, it's now" and is immediately met by the street kid who takes him to Haja - a subtle indication that Qui-Gonn is in fact "always here" like he tells Obi-Wan. It's a shame to loose the Tem cameo (I'm a Kiwi, so it's doubly painful!) but sometime you have to sacrifice these things for the sake of the overall pacing.
Watched the movie two nights ago and had to tell you, it was EXCELLENT! Best version I have seen. The technical points of sound, and scene transition are done really well, and most of all the narrative flow and character development unfolds in a much more engaging way. Hats off to you!!!
If anyone is able, maybe we could promote Pentex's cut anywhere we see Kai Patterson hype. I haven't seen his, have nothing against him, and have no skin in this game, just want to spread the love.
I'd appreciate that! Not that it's a competition, and full credit to Kai for being first and for his efforts. Having done this myself, I can tell you it's a lot of work. The beauty of fan edits is everyone gets their own take on re-telling the story, but from what I have read about his edit, I humbly feel mine is more focused on Obi-Wan's character (you could say it is The Chosen Wan)...
I watched the Kai Patterson cut The story is great but the pacing is horrible, it's like he cuts random shit or speeds it up just to shorten the runtime, not for the quality of the show He cuts out like half the Reva fight making it clunky, he ruins a bunch of other scenes like this and removes like the only jokes in the show
Waiting for my chance to download it! I've watched a different fan edit and like it. When I get my turn I'm going to pick my favorite and show that to my 11 year old that hasn't seen the D1 $ney+. I just don't want to put him through another badly written, poorly thought out disappoinment. Watching the series I felt like I was part of a focus group being shown the first draft of an amateur film project.
Hope you and the little one enjoy it, and sorry the links aren't too reliable. The 3.5 GB Mega file is most reliable, and the quality should still be good enough.
I look forward to watching the edit. I really liked your thought process and agree with a lot of it. Especially your handling of Reva. You give the audience a chance to decide on their own if they like her as well as removing a lot of the repetitiveness of her scenes that make her seem incredibly one-note. Also, I appreciate that your ending is focused on the conflict that we all watched the series to see, that of Obi-Wan and Vader.
I think the over drawn speech about jedi needing to help people should stay as well... it shows that the Grand Inquisitor talks too much... but it also shows that the Empire ACKNOWLEDGES that they're evil and that, despite their flaws, the jedi were good...
@@PentexProductions Cool; thank you... sorry, I'm unable to download it right now... google say too many people are downloading it... and mega just isn't working... but I have the link bookmarked and am consistently checking it...
There's a couple odd edits here and there but wow! What a gem was hiding in that tv show, great job highlighting the heart of the story! I really enjoyed this edit. One of the biggest issues I had with the original was the scene where Vader burns Kenobi and then let's him escape. This fan edit addresses that with a simple fix. Really dug it, fantastic edit!
i felt the same yet i feel due to how the prequel fight to the current fight was edited made up for that removal.. tough decision to make but in the end i felt Pentek makes the right call.
Disagree - that was WAY over the top. If anything, I think the part where Vader buries him should have been cut because it was goofy, too. Remember, this is less than ten years before ANH and Jedi were never meant to be Marvel Superheroes.
The past year I had been showing the star wars universe to my not geek girlfriend. We have seen the six movies (sequels and solo doesnt exist), rogue one, clone wars, tales of the jedi and rebels. For her, once we left the republic era, it has been a step down. Rebels wasnt great and I was afraid of showing her Obi Wan because of all its problems, but still it was a crucial show. Thanks to you now she can enjoy it as cannon, saving her the painfull stuff of the cannon. Once we finish it we will keep on with Andor, Bad batch and finally Mandalorian. Thank you so much. People in Disney should take note.
Waow! What a masterpiece. You saved Kenobi! You had an amazing pacing and it really didnt feel like a fan Edit! It felt like a real movie. This Edit makes Kenobi Almost on par with Solo. Although I really enjoyed it, I could see that some changes could be made to perfect the your edit, if you ever decide to do so: 1. ENGLISH SUBTITLES (Just makes it feel like a produced movie! 2. GOODBYE TATOOINE (The choice to leave Tatooine and Luke is a big one for Obi-Wan, so you could have included the ending of episode one. 3. HELLO THERE (It just didn’t work at that scene with Bail…only time the movie felt like an edit. I actually like it in the show where he gets to have conversation with Luke, but it leaves it to the viewers imagination YOUR Edit is a 9/10. FAR, FAR better than Kai pattersons. Even though I liked his too, his felt to clumsy and rushed. Your edit let’s the scenes breathe and you really understand Kenobis struggle. With this edit you made Kenobi go from a 4/10 to 6,5/10. Be proud and eat well.
Thanks so much, really glad to hear you liked it. Good suggestions on the edits - for subtitles I'd have to transcribe the entire script and then manually encode them which is a bit too much work right now, but if demand is high enough I may give it a go (for what it's worth, I caption all of my YT videos for accessibility). On leaving Tatooine I cut that because the moment of his decision is with Bail, not at the ship. I did enjoy that scene, and think it was good seeing the moment of hesitation by Kenobi before boarding the ship. I think it was a good way to end the episode, but I think in the context of a film it would have affected the pacing too much - especially after him digging up the lightsaber. Once he's decided to go, we want to keep things moving from there, hence the cut to Daiyu. Agree the 'hello there' could be better worked in; I just felt like that right before Qui-Gonn was a bit too much fan service at the tail end, but I knew it'd be a controversial cut. Thanks so much for watching it and for your comments - I really appreciate it and I'm glad it helped you enjoy the Kenobi story more.
I watched the movie. It was brilliant! The editing was good as if it was an actual production, and the added music and features added what was missing from the series. Thank you for making this adaptation!
Hello there!
There are links in the description for you to watch the full edit. If you want more Star Wars fan edits, I teamed up with Kai Patterson to create BOBA FETT - A two-part movie edit of The Book of Boba Fett series. More on that here: ua-cam.com/video/HnPDF7aUS60/v-deo.html
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P.S - Sorry about the occasional soft thudding noises in the audio of this video.....my neighbours just bought an elephant.
I will argue to my dying day, that obi wan kenobi would be a great show it they gave it time to grow and develop into a show rather then stretch out 3 episodes worth of content pver 3 movies worth of time
Can you pin the comment so i can see it?
The last Hello There is pure fan service and we all know it. Basically self referencing and cracks the 4th fall, but still fun though
What program did you use to edit it into a movie? Photoshop?
One finally problem nobody seems to talk about is the boring color grading, I would really love to see you add a bit of a more cinematic colors to give a bit more of a film feel instead of the cheap show feel..
This is absolutely amazing. I left this series feeling disappointed, this edit really made me look deeper into the show and what star wars is all about. Disney really needs to hire the fans.
Tell Disney I'm very cheap.
This will only happen, when you get rid of Kathleen Kennedy. As long as Kathleen Kennedy is still on the show. This will never happen
that's what I was thinking, eventhough I haven't watched it (downloading it), just by the explanation I was also thinking big corporations, for their own sake, should stop hiring the traditional way and should look for creative sensical people out there. Passion obliterates experience and reputation.
People don't realize many of the people who work for Star Wars/Disney ARE FANS. They grew up with the dream of being writers and editors on their projects. The issue is that people have a bias against Disney so naturally they hate anything from them. And two, people have a sense of false ownership over something that isn't theirs and always feel like they can do better. Disney was George's vision and he even gave an interview in the 80s in response to the hate mail he was getting for editing the OT. He told them that that's the Story he wanted to tell and he put his heart and soul into it but yet people felt like they could tell a better star wars story than him..... well now many of those fans are working on Star Wars stories and of course in predictable fashion....fans on UA-cam act like they can tell a better story. And because the YT fans are not paid by Disney they tend to act like their work is better. I almost guarantee you that if the uploader of this video worked on a new star wars film with Disney and fans didn't know.... they'd universally hate it as well.
@@fallen4life080 false and biased. Rogue One was very well accepted because it didn't insult ghe intellect.
I see this as a Canon movie (Kenobi: A star wars story) and include it in my star wars ranking as the 5th best movie thanks to your elevating editing like the missing music🤩
The only thing I would've added was the traditional circle closing to the end credits... that would've made it feel more like an official teathrical Star Wars movie. just a nitpick doesn't matter ;D
it was originally intended for kenobi a star wars story to be a movie around the time of "solo" but years later it turned into a show.
Absolutely incredible. I didn't hate the show, but this edit took what they did and elevated it to something I can truly consider to be canon. I look forward to checking out the Boba Fett edit!
Well go on then... give us your top 4 please!
@@adamthorntonillustration9281
1. The phantom Lucas
2. The last Johnson
3. Rise of skywalker
4. Attack of the emo
Somehow, the Grand Inquisitor returns
Somehow, Reva returns
I see that this is becoming a baseline Disney SW storytelling
Somehow, Palpatine retuns.
Somehow, Rey is a Skywalker. (she is not)
“We don’t know how… but- *bad guy* has returned”
@@thelion9976 A good question, for another time.
Somehow, Disney returned with yet another spinoff
"Somehow Darth Plagueis retuned" then Palpatine returns for a second time and is like wtf i killed u bro?
just watched the cut, and it's legitimately the best way to enjoy that story. I quit the series after episode 3 precisely because of the filler and too much focus outside of Obi-Wan's storyline. This fixes all that up and makes it so good, if i do ever run back through movies 1-6, i'll definitely be incorporating this. Granted, there are a few inconsistencies and rough spots with this edit, but nothing that big. So, yeah, thanks for fixing Disney's fuck up.
Where I can watch it?
@@Mitistefan Check the description of the video
I first saw the Patterson cut before this. I absolutely love the combining of the two lightsaber duels at the end. Its perfect
Personally I was expecting to hear "Hello there!" when Obi-Wan greets the delivery driver that Leia convinced to help them.
I tried it there but it didn't work because a) you can see Obi-Wan's mouth quite clearly so it doesn't match up and b) the line as used in the show has some music behind it and that scene didn't, so it stuck out even more. That would have been the natural bit for the show to have included it though.
@@PentexProductions well as for the scene having music in it, i can completely remove it but i'm not sure what's there to do about the former
@@PentexProductions Hopefully one day you can revisit it with newer deepfakes technologies to get the mouth synced and the original voice removed from the music.
@@PentexProductions any chance for using another clip for the opening scene? The Nubian irks a bit admittedly
Pentex...Just wow...I was so disappointed at how the Disney version of Obi-Wan was executed, but this version that you gave us, just shows how great this concept could have been if executed properly. Your choice of music, tone, cuts, flashbacks, and just overall vision was spot on for what I and, dare I say, most of the fan base, wanted from a Kenobi show/movie (one that you gave us). I was in tears of pain, anguish, happiness, hope, and leading into a NEW HOPE. Thank you so much for taking the time to do this for the fans!
Thank YOU so much for watching it. I'm so glad it's resonated so well with so many fans. It was made out of a love for Star Wars and specifically the character of Obi-Wan, and I am so glad it's helped other fans experience his story in a different way. May the Force be with you.
Well said
Well said but the series was soooooo good anyways
@@ramizmirza5688 Agree ! Loved the series and this is a great fan nod.
Said perfectly
I think it absolutely should have been a movie. It sounds like you have really done the story justice.
Thank you so much for this edit! I've just done an all nighter watching this and experimenting with upscaling it to 4k. You inspired me to make a higher 4k version of this. I'd love to work with you to make it happen, this edit deserves a 4k release!
Again. Thank you!
Thank YOU so much. Please do send me an email and we'll can see what we can do.
That would be amazing. I really want to watch this edit in 4K glory on my OLED. The show looked great on it.
@@thire10 Exactly my reason for it ✨😁 But I just realized that it already looks great on a 4k TV if you watch it at a distance and use the TVs internal video player 📺✨👍
@@PentexProductions any update on this? I’d love to watch this on my 4K tv as well
@@duch11 any chance for changing replacing the Nubian in the opening scene or using another scene entirely?
Just watched. This is a great edit and really does the job of keeping the story faithful to the series while fixing a lot of gripes that some people had. I agree that the first 20 minutes has some very rough cuts, and I personally wasn't a huge fan of the sudden opening with with the prequel insert. But you did one thing that I LOVED...
Spoilers I suppose
I loved how you completely recontextualised Vader's motives by simply adding the Emperor scene immediately after he seems to let Obi Wan escape. It makes it so that the act of letting Obi Wan go is a key point in revealing Vader's imbalance, and from then on Vader's narrative becomes more of a question of 'Will Vader really go through with this?'.
I 100% agree, less is definitely so much more when talking about the Kenobi series. Your editing choices make a lot of sense and round off the narrative better than the series does, whilst also reflecting consistent themes from the prequels. Overall i think the film cut that you have created adds so much more weight to this story. WELL DONE. Hopefully we get better quality star wars stories from Disney in the future.
It's ridiculous how one just watch your cut without any form of cringe and the urge to get to the end.
It feels like an intriguing story all the sudden. Well done.
It was all there in the show, just hidden between a lot of noise. Hopefully I've succeeded in telling that story. Check it out and let me know what you think.
@@PentexProductions it's been deleted by disney mate
no, it wasn't?
@@JohnDoe-in2gk Only the rescore on youtube was, the full movie link is still up there
@@think8736 where can i find it?
The amount of thought that went into this video including fun facts etc is next level. Amazing stuff! 👍🏻👍🏻
Thank you friend. 🙏🏻
LOL, love the montage of the absolutely ridiculous 'helmet slaps' from episode 4. Who watched that and went. Yeah, I can totally believe that she managed to disable those guars back slapping their helmets, and tugging on it. Oh wait, the person who greenlit that is the same person who greenlit the Leia chase from the first episode. Nevermind.
I mean, we all make fun of how useless Stormtrooper armour is but that just takes the cake...
why do you care about such small detalis so you have something to complain about
@@olivercastillo5883 Because the little details are important. Piss off.
@@olivercastillo5883 We care about continuity and enough realism that a sci fi show can have to be believable, as well as stories with appropriate pacing and characters. Watch the new trilogy if you need an example of how messing up those simple things turns the true fans against you.
@@Orangemanbad101 SW has always been cheesy, if you have to make it serious to make it better you so you can complain about the smallest things that you find important, says a hell of a lot more about you than the show and this true fan gatekeeping nonsense, can go jump in a cheesy SW lava bloody lake.
Just finished watching your Cut. And even though you were limited to work with the material from the show, I liked your version so much better! Really amazing work! Thank you so much for all your effort!
Thank YOU for watching!
Well, your edit doesn't solve every issue I have with that show, but nonetheless you and the other contributors did an outstanding job here. I think , given the material you worked with, this is pretty much as good as it gets.
Just finished watching, I actually felt something watching it all. It being a film makes a lot more sense. Thank you to everyone who worked on the project!
i am just stunned by how much better this is, thank you so much
I think this is the fifth fan edit released in the past days. I'm impressed by the effort and skill invested in these projects for the fandom. I'll try to see and compare all of them. Thanks!🙏
I'd be interested in your findings!
Me too! I want to see the others
thank you for at least making it more of a quality experience while also removing some of the filler. there are a few things i'd change about it, but it still WAY better. Great job, Pentex!
My only significant criticism, is the Reva/Vader fight scene. I saw another edit on UA-cam where someone had Reva sneak up on Vader immediately after he had finished pulling down the first ship, which provides an explanation for both Reva's timing, and why Vader let the second ship go. I'd like to see something to that effect incorporated. Otherwise, this was absolutely fantastic.
Interesting, I'll have to check that out to see how it works. In my head, it works because I imagine Vader is so filled with rage while processing the empty ship that he doesn't react in time to the surprise of the other one taking off.
I think that would make vader toying with her less plausible. If she was the reason Kenobi got away, rather than surprise, it'd be surprising for him to mess with her like that.
@@benjaminshulman2407 In the old Canon this is the way that Vader fights, always playing and taunting his opponents.
I think it's awesome that the fans are making their own cuts of this content, it shows the studios and creatives that are hired for these projects, and the producers that they, being themselves working for Disney, can do a better job 👍🏼
I just watched your edit and while I do have a few gripes overall you did a fantastic job. The beginning is easily the roughest but from ep 2 onwards it's such smooth sailing with welldone pacing, considering the source material you had and the added bonuses you did were well fit. I had a much better time watching this edit you made then the show itself. Also I really liked Reva much more in this version.
It just makes me wish that we had this as a movie, this was meant to be Obi-wan's story and now we finally have that so thanks.
Thank you for watching and for the feedback. The beginning definitely needed the most work, I'm glad you enjoyed it regardless of the hiccups here and there. It was great to be able to tell Obi-Wan's story in a more effective way than the show because I love his character so much, and felt there was a great story in the series buried amidst the fluff.
@@PentexProductions I was dying at how you removed all of Ep 4 and the added score, especially during Talia's sacrifice left me teary eye. Seeing the Darth Fight paired with the flashback was incredible and added so much more weight to an already excellent character moment.
If you're open to feedback some things I would have kept is Obi-Wan donating money to that Trooper in the city, it gives him a good character as well as fleshing out the world as to what happened with the troops. I would have also kept some of the Leia scenes, especially when she comes back and gets dressed herself. It isn't her story but it would have been great to see some growth from her as well having changed from this experience.
Other then that, I would say smoothing out some of the cuts and letting scenes breath for 1 sec or two longer would make it feel lessy jumpy in areas.
These are just my personal suggestions but like I said you did the best with what you had and I think it's incredible how you managed to salvage this show. This couldn't have been easy especially because of how much of a nightmare audio editing is and making sure everything is timed probably. You did a wonderful job, hopefully I can get my hands on the 15 gb ver and this stays up for others to see.
where can i watch the edit?
Links in the description
Links in the description
I have to say, after watching this, it’s easily up there with Rogue One. I feel some parts were needlessly left out like the homeless 501st clone and Kenobi throwing rocks at Vader but those are just small gripes. You really do justice to what this show was meant to be and really clean it up. This is easily my favourite fan cut of a movie I’ve ever seen.
I have just watched the movie, and man, I have no words to describe this masterpiece. it's incredible how you made it sooooo much better. Perfect work man. When I feel like watching kenobi again, I'll watch this movie and not the series ❤❤
Wow, your edit was absolutely incredible! You did such a service to all the Star Wars fans out there, this is the story we all needed! And I am pretty sure I am not alone to say this should absoluely be canon!!
I just watched the whole thing and... it was very beautiful! Thank you so much to everyone who made this project, it really was something to see this story be better,
I enjoyed this edit so much! The pacing is great. The focus is on Obi-wan as it should be. To me, this edit also made Reva's character much more stronger. If she survived, her character is now set up really well for further "stories" going forward. Awesome job! This was the KENOBI that we needed, Thank you!
It's satisfying and sad at the same time how much this version improves over the show. Given that some cuts are a little rough, I feel overall it tells a better story. Good job !
I really hope this video reaches out to more people, the amount of passion can be clearly seen in all aspects and it reflects in a very enjoyable experience. Thank you so much Pentex ✨
Thank YOU for watching!
I have seen this edit and compared to other edits this really feels like a movie. And the music! Finally! Truly a wonderful experience
just watched your cut... bro u def fixed the mess that came out... ur executive editing decisions are spot on imo.. the way u melded the fight scenes are incredible. It does seem the fans are taking over on how these creations should be delivered. Keep up ur great work.
The smaller file looks fine on my 72" tv. This is a real gift. Thank you.
Thanks, good to know. I was worried about impacting the quality too much, but am glad there are a range of options available. Hope the audio is OK too!
I dig this cut, more so than the patterson one. I think its a bit of a shame that his edit is receiving more attention than yours, because in spite of the effort he put into his edit, I believe this to be the superior one. Great job, and I wish you luck in your future projects.
That's kind of you to say, but the only reason most people found my version was because of the success of Kai's, so it worked out well for us both! A rising tide lifts all ships.
Drive is down just fyi
Both are true statements but only one outlook is the outlook of a winner. No diss to original comment but what a beautiful mindset displayed by ours truly pentex
Dude, you need to be a professional movie producer. This movie you made is what disney shouldve made in the first place and it would've been so cool to see it in theaters. I hope this makes for an interesting conversation at disney about what they should do in the future because the movie you made really fixed the mistakes disney made and still kept the good and important parts. Also, I LOVE that you replaced the music with the themes from the other films, it really made it feel like Star Wars.
Thank you so much for that, I really hope the response to this and the other edits out there like Kai Patterson's shows Lucasfilm and Disney that there is desire for these stories, but to be told properly. Let's get quality over quantity. Thanks for noticing the music too - I didn't want to overdo it, so hope I found the right balance. Thanks again for watching.
@@PentexProductions You absolutely nailed the music changes. Not overdone at all :)
This is incredible! Just goes to show how much a simple plot restructure can make all the differnence in the grand scheme of a story.
I avoided watching the series. Now having watched your edited version, I'm glad I did. Star Wars has been dead to me since "The Last Jedi". This edit helped revive my love for Star Wars. I was there for the original film in 1977 at the age of 18, so I've been there from the beginning. I don't know what it was like watching the series. But you were able to capture some real emotional moments and feel of Star War. It reminded me why I'm a fan. It's fans like you that keep the dream alive! Thank you!
Just watched the edit. Fantastic work. Amazing what some editing can do. Amazing all that money being spent at Disney and they can't touch this quality of storytelling. This is how I'd like to think this went down. Can we do the sequel trilogy next?
Stay tuned...
No amount of editing can salvage *that* big of a mess
for this we need a backwards version of the scene where the Palatine falls 😂
The only way to fix is the sequal trilogy is to just get rid of them
Thank you to you and everyone who worked on this. I'm so glad this edit exists. I felt really disappointed with the show but when I finished this movie I had a huge smile on my face I loved it and again thank you to everyone for making this it was clear to see the passion and love put into it ❤️ definitely will be watching this anytime I want to rewatch the series 👍🏼
*THIS WAS AMAZING!!*
I and my family watched this tonight and it was SO much better than the series
GREAT WORK
you single-handedly shortened it making the emotional beats more powerful
you removed the cringe/boring/bad filler that was completely unnecessary
it demonstrated how much of a difference a good editor can do to a film!
AMAZING
and THANK YOU, I'm just gonna need you to make a re-edited version of all the new Star Wars stuff xD
goodbye and thank you!
Saved in the edit, just like episode IV.
Well of course the editors from the Kenobi series where just doing their jobs doesn't mean they are bad. They where just following a script.
Such an awesome job! The music and little details made me feel like I was watching a Star Wars movie for the first time. Thank you for every tear shed.
Thank you for making this. I only got half way through the show because I got fed up with all the baffling writing decisions. So watching this let me see the third act for the first time.
Enjoy.
UA-cam algorithm send this my way and wow am I pleased! I just finished watching your edit and Bravo! You took a clumsy 6 episode series into a cohesive, well thought out, well structured movie. What a totally different and better experience. Well done
Definitely gonna have to check this out! My only concern is that you left the escape from Vader and Reva's attempt to kill him mostly untouched. I would have hoped you'd have put the attempt in where Vader is grabbing the ship, and cut out the entire 'tears the ship apart only to watch the second ship fly away', making Reva the reason Vader doesn't capture Obi-Wan. It makes perfect sense, why wasn't it cut this way originally!? That Reva attempts such an obvious strike well after the conflict is over instead of taking her chance while he's distracted is infuriating! And this could also explain why Vader just lets the ship fly away after tearing the first one apart (similar to how he stands and watches the droid take Obi-Wan instead of putting out the flames like he did before).
So in my head, the scene works like this:
Vader marches in, the ship launching. He grabs it in mid air. Suddenly, Reva comes from behind and attempts to strike. Vader turns to stop her. The ship flies away. Vader and Reva fight.
The same studio that created kamekazi hyperdrive, retconning and destroying any battle scenes to come in the future as well as in the past.
The scene you talk of is in the edit. Unless of course I fell into a bath full of mushrooms on my way home from the pub last night 🍄 😅
Not sure that would've worked edit wise. I think that's probably something Disney would've had to do just with the way they shot it.
@@Micahproductions ua-cam.com/video/OOGffGecPJI/v-deo.html this guy proved it can be done!
thank you for your service! i genuinely enjoyed the moments of the show that were about obi-wan, but they were so few and far between that... well. the cut sequence with them fighting at the end going between the present and the past allowed both moments to land so much harder, and the acknowledgement of anakin being gone to be that much more devastating.
cheers!
The whole reason anything in this show happened never made sense. So glad you jumbled up the puzzle pieces into a motivation base plot line rather than convenience base one
i love this so much. i love this edit SO MUCH.
IT IS SO GOOD
jesus christ.
the part that made me like it even more was the classic starwars outro in the end.... DAMN
THE MUSIC
I just watched it. You made the beginning sooo much better and I loved that you killed off Reva after her fight with Vader.
However I will not lie to you when I say I think the ending was very sloppy. If you fixed the awkwardly slow flashback transitions, waited to play the mustafar theme for later in the fight and kept the rock-throw scene I think it would’ve been perfect.
Overall though very impressive, I will not be watching episodes 1-4 anymore thanks to your edit.
Watched this today and it was awsome. Great work!
This was great ,I saw it posted on a article on google and downloaded it to my Apple TV , well done you made it great!
Enjoy!
Thanks for all the work you put in for the community to enjoy! Can’t wait to check it out! Kenobi was kind of a let down for one of the biggest characters in the franchise.
Yes! Thank you for noticing that all the movies start out from an Imperial POV in space. My favourite SW author is Timothy Zahn and he made sure to do this in his books as well.
Also, how about that duel with Vader and the Third Sister?!? I love how even in a robotic suit Vader is still more fluid in his movements to beat an opponent largely without landing a hit. Dun Moch!
Thank you so much for this, I love what you've accomplished here. Aside from a few cuts that felt a bit rough around the edges, I think you did a great job focusing on character, pacing, and tone.
You took a series that made it tough to fully enjoy its high points because of all the disappointing nonsense holding it back, and crafted something that actually let me get those true Star Wars feels and enjoy this story in such a better form.
The force is strong with you, thanks again!
I've already watched another fan edit of this, and while it greatly improved the overall story I still felt generally let down by it and it still overstayed its welcome. Excited to give yours a shot!
Thanks - I'd be interested in your comparisons.
@@PentexProductions you nailed it.
I'm unsure how much music you added but the scenes felt far more complete this time around and it really helped the story hit its beats. Each time I noticed you added music it was a boon to the story and it helped it maintain a star wars feel.
Cutting the entire inquisitorius deal was worth it entirely, the story moved along so much better.
You came in on the logical moment i.e. the ship silhouetted on the street is an obvious opening stinger and it worked wonders. The intro as a whole was wildly improved, especially your choice to allow a day to breathe between Bale calling and arriving.
My one big gripe, and this isn't your fault because it sounds terrible to cut around, is that Leia should have been introduced AS a captive because her home life has very little story impact outside of characterizing her relationship with her father. Cutting between her story and Obi Wan's actually makes Obi Wan feel less isolated in a way, it kinda tips the hat that he'll be leaving tattoine before long.
Reva was handled very very well and she actually came off more menacing and stronger with less screen time, I just wish it was possible to cut her flashbacks. I don't think they're needed in a story that doesn't focus on her and they're also, in your version, the first time flashbacks are used.
Finally I thought the final fight worked well outside of minor sound issues, again not your fault. Only so much can be done there, the switch to the first flashback could, potentially be cut a little differently to give it more impact but overall incredibly happy with it all.
Final thought. The Wilhelm scream was perfection.
You took a (to me) awful show and turned it into a good movie. This is now my canon version.
Edit: I'll probably watch it again tomorrow and take notes, I think this was exceptionally well done and I'd love to actually study how you cut it all together and actually find all the places you augmented the soundtrack.
Thanks so much for the thoughtful feedback. If demand is high I may do an 'editor's commentary' version where I talk through every change I made because there are a lot that I think most people won't even notice.
@@PentexProductions looking forward to it!
I don't know what prompted me to search up Kenobi Edits, but I ended up finding this video. I listened to your takes on what you changed and then proceeded to watch the whole thing myself, and I could definitely say that what you did made the story a lot better. I feel like if I ever wanna watch this story again, I'll skip the show and just watch this instead. Not only did you fix the pacing of the story, but your edits in specific scenes helped elevate those moments and, by the end, felt satisfied when the film ended.
There should never be these things called limited series when a movie would suffice. In this case it not only sufficed but surpassed the "series". Great Job! I only had one complaint with one of you cuts to a flashback. It seemed forced. Still a great job. Thank You! Disney should pay you, pull their series and put your movie in its place.
This is guaranteed to go into my library after I upscale it to 4K. Impressive work and the right decision. Thank you!
Just finished watching it. I think it was brilliant and a great running time. I know there's another edit out there (Patterson?) that's about 20 or 30 minutes longer, but I really like the pacing and editing along with the musical cues that we love. Only thing I wonder if it would be a good idea to try would be the introductory scroll. Could probably write 3 short paragraphs to catch us up. Great job! Thanks for doing it.
Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed it. I didn't include an introductory scroll because so far only the main Skywalker Saga 'Episodes' have used that - the other 'Star Wars Story' movies like Solo and Rogue One use cold opens, so I decided to replicate that here to make it feel consistent with the other films.
@@PentexProductions Yeah, I can see trying to maintain that consistency, but I think it would be fun to do one as it is sort of in the SAGA and deals with the Skywalkers in some capacity. Upon thinking on it, I do feel that adding the tense stormtrooper ride would be nice, just because of the wonderful acting and tension in the scene that would lead to where you cut. Thanks again.
brother i just finished it, and it was fantastic. thank you for giving us the kenobi we deserved. that final fight gave me chills.
I just watched the Movie and I absolutely loved it. Big thanks to you for this masterpiece ❤❤
Finally watched it. it was GREAT! I loved the Patterson Cut and loved the things he added like a line about letting Obi-Wan escape from the fire and Qui-Gon's voice telling Obi-Wan that Anakin is the Chosen One. I think your facing also made those scenes less awkward. My only nitpick was keeping Reva's "Obi-Waaaaaan" when she's looking for him. I can't believe that actually filmed that and thought that was good. She might as well have said, "WARRIORS! COME OUT AND PLAEEEEYAY!!!!!". Great fan edit.
I don't think you should cut the altercation between Kenobi and his boss
It shows how he is so cut off and helpless that he doesn't even attempt to defend people from evil, his values have been worn off and I think it was a brilliant first representation of how Kenobis character values has changed
Fair enough, and I did strongly consider including it for that reason. Ultimately I was trying to keep the runtime down a bit and had to be a bit ruthless. In my edit, it's left ambiguous whether or not Obi-Wan has changed or not until the communication from Bail. This is the first time we see him refuse to help anyone - so we the audience are as shocked as Bail is when he says "I'm not who I used to be. Find someone else." I felt that was a more powerful moment of character development than choosing not to intervene in a minor scuffle at work (even though I really liked how the scene functioned this way in the original edit of the show).
@@PentexProductions Both of these are great options but I understand the runtime concern.
@@PentexProductions Completely agree. Your edit was practically perfect!
I don't even remember it, so it must not have been that important.
Just finished watching it and absolutely loved it. Pacing is king when it comes to storytelling, you can have all the big, extravagant moments you want in a film but if it's not interwoven well, it doesn't hit nearly as hard. The show's pacing was quite frankly horrendous, full of filler just so Disney could market it as a "six-episode event" and cash in, but the big moments were there and you have successfully turned a drawn out, mid miniseries into a pretty great feature-length Star Wars film. Will definitely be watching this during my Star Wars marathons in the future, thank you so much!
Glad to have made a fine edition to your collection (of Star Wars movies)
The Obi Wan series was originally intended to be a feature flick, but was split into a series by Disney.
Kind of neat that you said it should be a movie, because that's what was originally intended. Suspect the series route allowed them (Disney) to include more content without all the cutting associated with feature films. I think it was an interesting decision concerning the Obi Wan story.
Agreed, I think the edit here shows what was likely the bulk of the original feature film script, that was expanded into six episodes of TV. Would have been better as a shorter, but better, movie.
Actually a trilogy of feature films
Amazing how simplifying a story-line brings makes such a difference.
You nailed it. the unnecessary side characters and focus on things other than obi-wan was not Star Wars at all. I quit on episode 2 after the fight scene between obi and… these random stereotypical looking ‘bad’ guys that belonged in MARVEL.
I voiced my opinion on reddit and I got downvoted to oblivion.
Reddit is retarded, particularly these new "fans" that have been popping nowadays.
Reddit’s a sespool. You are safe here.
Unnecessary side characters is VERY Star Wars. The first characters who ever appear in Star Wars are R2D2 and C3PO, who just sort of bumble around the films with little to do. This was a direct homage by Lucas to Kurosawa's The Hidden Fortress, and telling the story through non-essential characters
Every 9gag pleb went to Reddit. It ain't how it used to be. Actually had a better time here on UA-cam comments
You are a genius! Kenobi was the one project I was really looking forward to and I also agree that beneath the show that we got is a hidden gem of a story worth telling. I consider your edit to be my canon episode 3.5.
Absolutely incredible work with this. After the 4th episode came out I told my friends this would’ve worked much better as a film… the show had gotten so bloated we couldn’t help NOT being disappointed. This video shows just how much better it would’ve worked as one, can’t wait to watch it tomorrow. Thank you so much!
Hope you enjoy the movie!
@@PentexProductions Really enjoyed it. Much better than the bloated Disney series. Even though there were a few scenes that were still a bit silly, I understand you had no choice to keep them to keep the story flowing. It's amazing that fans can come up with better editing and storytelling that the 'professional' people who should know better.
Now THIS is what I call a movie. It didn't give me the chance to get bored with it.
This is hands down the greatest star wars movie period. I'm not even joking. I dropped Obiwan kenobi after finishing the first episode and never bothered to give it another chance despite the few real good scenes they cooked in which by the looks of your edit were almost the only bits you kept in. I cannot thank you and myself enough for this holy experience.
By the way I was rewatching rebels when I happened to directly stumble upon this video before watching the Obiwan episode from season 3 so MY WORD was this quite the happy coincidence.
May the Force be with you!
Incredible work mate. Truly an inspiration. 👌🏻
Your decision to cut the Hello there and Kenobi meeting Luke is absolutely the correct one! Thank you for this amazing movie and great decisions. I enjoyed it way more than the series!
My only gripe is removing "Hello there" from the end and moving it to the Bail scene....Obi-Wan wouldn't sound that excited to see Bail at this point and besides I love that cheesy moment lemme live in it xD
Removing "Hello there" is fine, moving it somewhere else is kind of weird
Fair enough, each to their own. I knew moving it would be controversial, I just felt it's use in the show was too on the nose but still wanted to incorporate it somehow. I felt the tone of delivery was a bit more neutral, and using it with Bail signaled to Obi-Wan that he recognised the intruder was not a threat. But I do feel it's one of the moments of the edit that stands out a bit more than the others.
@@varimarthas5 Make your own edit then
commenting to boost this video because this is such an amazing act done for the fans !
Just finished watching it and it’s truly a massive improvement and gets rid of pretty much every problem I had with the series terrific job!
It's interesting that I hear of this, now, a couple years later, just a day after Star Wars Theory's interview with the guy who conceived the Obi-Wan Movie which got canned. It sounds like this edit follows that script nearly beat-for-beat. Some differences, I'm sure, like Leia. And, there was the potential for Cody and Rex to be helping Kenobi on Tatooine.
Wish I could watch this, but, some of your requirements are effectively a paywall.
But, it goes to show that the fans do the best work. (Yeah. That's a RetroBlasting quote.)
Dude, you're doing God's work! Will be watching this with my friends. The show had many good elements but we couldn't help noticing just how bloated with useless stuff it was; stuff which made watching it a chore rather than a joy. Thank you, from a fellow fan in South Africa✨
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Also close with the accent, but this little blue penguin is from New Zealand.
@@PentexProductions We're all from the Southern Hemisphere, mate, so erm you're my bro in that regard:)
The notion of the intercut duels just feels so right, so impactful
I just watched the cut, it's pretty good, there are a few cuts that were janky and it was clear a cut happened (mainly noticable for the parts where you cut out the times when Leia ran off I reccommend the version for the first chase scene done by spikul with the youtube id VpUfMh2gAkE, he added like 3 seconds of them actually getting her rather cutting immediately).
Though it was overall done generally well, I think if I judge it as a star wars film, I'd rank it 4th leaning on 5th.
Great edit, really let Ewan as Obi-Wan shine. His performance made me all teary eyed. This edit is a wonderful way to enjoy the best parts of this series again for a complete SW rewatch. Since I saw that you did the same with The Book of Boba Fett, I will definitely give that a watch as well.
as someone that hated the show, I can't wait to see most of bad stuff cut out and especially the entire episode 4 and reva luke plot. I don't think you realized it, but you might have saved Kenobi.
I watched the first three episodes before giving up. Now I am 35 minutes in and it is so much better. I would never have watched this series otherwise.
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OMG im so glad you had the same thoughts I had about the little girl with the weird run in the Forrest
Amazing! I wish you could save Rise of Skywalker but the movie would be only 5 minutes long
By far, you made the best editing decisions compared to other fan edits. This is the one that deserves attention.
I hate the fact that they had Reva attempt to kill the Grand Inquisitor in the first place. The writers knew the timeframe that Kenobi took place in and knew that Rebels happened later because that's not something that just slips by and is "fixed" by bringing him back with no explanation like Palpatine was. Unless that's actually what happened, which wouldn't surprise me with how Disney treats this franchise.
Agree, it was frustrating because it was unnecessarily convoluted. There were dozens of ways to remove him from the story temporarily if they wanted to, but instead they went with a fakeout death that I think alienated a lot of Rebels fans from the show really early on (who obviously didn't expect him to come back). But yes, because the show chose to do that I had to work with it, and brought him back to stay consistent with canon.
@@PentexProductions Agreed why not make him pick-up a trail of a member of the council perphaps Yoda? Maybe to set up Windu survival?
Now THIS is podracing! Seriously, THIS is how Star Wars is supposed to feel, making you want more, letting our minds fill in the rest that Disney feels we are too stupid to imagine. You made BRAVE cuts, especially trimming the many fan service moments. While cool to see, they only dragged out the story. A hallmark of an excellent editor!
Perhaps a bit too ruthless in some cases, but many tough decisions were made indeed. Thanks for watching.
Surprise but a welcome one as usual 🙂
Great Job. A New Hope was saved by the editors.
Georges ex wife. Which is why he was constantly changing them to get out of paying her royalties.
Alright, I just saw the cut and I have a couple of things to say...
First of all, great job, it shows that you really put effort and dedication into it, I definitely enjoyed seeing it this way more than viewing it into weekly parts, with filler included.
In general terms it's a great job, obviously far from being perfect, the cuts are noticeable in many scenes tbh, especially in the music, but it's still a good option, although imo it works much better as a re-watching than a first time watch, I must clarify.
However, there were things that I just didn't like that you omitted, they were great details, they didn't absorb time and I honestly don't understand why you decided to remove them, such as the 501 Old Clone Trooper cameo, Bad Ass Obi-Wan moving the rocks with the force, and the encounter between Obi-Wan and kid Luke at the end.
But what was really wrong was that you left Reva dead lol, why? I get that the farm chase scene could have been abridged, however you just decided to leave her dead after her fight with Vader, you can't just kill off characters that don't die in the original work, that really bothered me tbh, because already I was thinking of showing it to some friends who didn't see the series, but because of those missing details I think it's not such a good option.
It's just an advice, take it as constructive critic, I repeat, I loved what you did, however, take care of the small details, we loved that you remove the filler (like the horrible episode 4) but things like the ones I mention are what it does the difference.
Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed it overall. I address most of these points in the explainer video, but to expand on the main one Reva's death I think is left ambiguous. We, like Vader, think she dies, but the last we see of here she is still alive, but barely. If she were to show up again in a future property I think it would still be consistent with this edit because we never confirm she actually dies. Then we the audience would be just as surprised as the other characters that she did, in fact, survive. Think of how Darth Maul returns in the animated shows, but we assume he just dies in Phantom. If Phantom Menace had tacked on a scene just to show him alive again, that would have ruined the pacing. Same for why I didn't show Reva return - there would be no way of doing this with the material in the original TV show without messing up the pacing of the final showdown.
As for the clone trooper, I wanted to include him but the edit was messy because I wanted to remove the 'spice girl' character interaction because I thought it slowed the scene down way too much. Trust me, if it had looked neat in the edit, I would have kept it. I wanted to keep it the way it currently plays out because it lends itself to the Qui-Gonn reveal: Obi-Wan says "if ever I needed guidance, Master, it's now" and is immediately met by the street kid who takes him to Haja - a subtle indication that Qui-Gonn is in fact "always here" like he tells Obi-Wan. It's a shame to loose the Tem cameo (I'm a Kiwi, so it's doubly painful!) but sometime you have to sacrifice these things for the sake of the overall pacing.
Watched the movie two nights ago and had to tell you, it was EXCELLENT! Best version I have seen. The technical points of sound, and scene transition are done really well, and most of all the narrative flow and character development unfolds in a much more engaging way. Hats off to you!!!
If anyone is able, maybe we could promote Pentex's cut anywhere we see Kai Patterson hype. I haven't seen his, have nothing against him, and have no skin in this game, just want to spread the love.
I'd appreciate that! Not that it's a competition, and full credit to Kai for being first and for his efforts. Having done this myself, I can tell you it's a lot of work. The beauty of fan edits is everyone gets their own take on re-telling the story, but from what I have read about his edit, I humbly feel mine is more focused on Obi-Wan's character (you could say it is The Chosen Wan)...
Looks like there's also a version by Film Heart
ua-cam.com/video/cclwLvDyZ-s/v-deo.html
And a version attributed to 'dewit', that I can't find.
I watched the Kai Patterson cut
The story is great but the pacing is horrible, it's like he cuts random shit or speeds it up just to shorten the runtime, not for the quality of the show
He cuts out like half the Reva fight making it clunky, he ruins a bunch of other scenes like this and removes like the only jokes in the show
@@a_agadir3964 Still haven't had a chance...
Just watched the edit and WOW, it is really solid. Makes the show into something palatable and actually a worth while investment to watch.
Waiting for my chance to download it! I've watched a different fan edit and like it. When I get my turn I'm going to pick my favorite and show that to my 11 year old that hasn't seen the D1 $ney+. I just don't want to put him through another badly written, poorly thought out disappoinment. Watching the series I felt like I was part of a focus group being shown the first draft of an amateur film project.
Hope you and the little one enjoy it, and sorry the links aren't too reliable. The 3.5 GB Mega file is most reliable, and the quality should still be good enough.
I look forward to watching the edit. I really liked your thought process and agree with a lot of it. Especially your handling of Reva. You give the audience a chance to decide on their own if they like her as well as removing a lot of the repetitiveness of her scenes that make her seem incredibly one-note. Also, I appreciate that your ending is focused on the conflict that we all watched the series to see, that of Obi-Wan and Vader.
I think the over drawn speech about jedi needing to help people should stay as well... it shows that the Grand Inquisitor talks too much... but it also shows that the Empire ACKNOWLEDGES that they're evil and that, despite their flaws, the jedi were good...
Is that the speech he makes in the saloon at the start of Episode 1, because that has stayed for exactly this reason. It's how the movie edit opens.
@@PentexProductions Cool; thank you... sorry, I'm unable to download it right now... google say too many people are downloading it... and mega just isn't working... but I have the link bookmarked and am consistently checking it...
There's a couple odd edits here and there but wow! What a gem was hiding in that tv show, great job highlighting the heart of the story! I really enjoyed this edit. One of the biggest issues I had with the original was the scene where Vader burns Kenobi and then let's him escape. This fan edit addresses that with a simple fix. Really dug it, fantastic edit!
Man I wish you hadn't cut out the part where He hurls the boulders at Vader, otherwise it was damn near perfect
i felt the same yet i feel due to how the prequel fight to the current fight was edited made up for that removal.. tough decision to make but in the end i felt Pentek makes the right call.
Disagree - that was WAY over the top. If anything, I think the part where Vader buries him should have been cut because it was goofy, too.
Remember, this is less than ten years before ANH and Jedi were never meant to be Marvel Superheroes.
@@worldwideinterests1 Upon reflection, you are correct. However I do think that scene is still cool even if its innaccurate
The past year I had been showing the star wars universe to my not geek girlfriend. We have seen the six movies (sequels and solo doesnt exist), rogue one, clone wars, tales of the jedi and rebels. For her, once we left the republic era, it has been a step down. Rebels wasnt great and I was afraid of showing her Obi Wan because of all its problems, but still it was a crucial show. Thanks to you now she can enjoy it as cannon, saving her the painfull stuff of the cannon. Once we finish it we will keep on with Andor, Bad batch and finally Mandalorian. Thank you so much. People in Disney should take note.
Waow! What a masterpiece. You saved Kenobi! You had an amazing pacing and it really didnt feel like a fan Edit! It felt like a real movie. This Edit makes Kenobi Almost on par with Solo.
Although I really enjoyed it, I could see that some changes could be made to perfect the your edit, if you ever decide to do so:
1. ENGLISH SUBTITLES (Just makes it feel like a produced movie!
2. GOODBYE TATOOINE (The choice to leave Tatooine and Luke is a big one for Obi-Wan, so you could have included the ending of episode one.
3. HELLO THERE (It just didn’t work at that scene with Bail…only time the movie felt like an edit. I actually like it in the show where he gets to have conversation with Luke, but it leaves it to the viewers imagination
YOUR Edit is a 9/10. FAR, FAR better than Kai pattersons. Even though I liked his too, his felt to clumsy and rushed. Your edit let’s the scenes breathe and you really understand Kenobis struggle.
With this edit you made Kenobi go from a 4/10 to 6,5/10. Be proud and eat well.
Thanks so much, really glad to hear you liked it. Good suggestions on the edits - for subtitles I'd have to transcribe the entire script and then manually encode them which is a bit too much work right now, but if demand is high enough I may give it a go (for what it's worth, I caption all of my YT videos for accessibility).
On leaving Tatooine I cut that because the moment of his decision is with Bail, not at the ship. I did enjoy that scene, and think it was good seeing the moment of hesitation by Kenobi before boarding the ship. I think it was a good way to end the episode, but I think in the context of a film it would have affected the pacing too much - especially after him digging up the lightsaber. Once he's decided to go, we want to keep things moving from there, hence the cut to Daiyu.
Agree the 'hello there' could be better worked in; I just felt like that right before Qui-Gonn was a bit too much fan service at the tail end, but I knew it'd be a controversial cut.
Thanks so much for watching it and for your comments - I really appreciate it and I'm glad it helped you enjoy the Kenobi story more.
FYI, an English subtitle file has now been uploaded to the website.
I watched the movie. It was brilliant! The editing was good as if it was an actual production, and the added music and features added what was missing from the series. Thank you for making this adaptation!