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[–]bvanbove 634 points635 points  (161 children)

How are they not catching her immediately? Have you ever chased after a child? Like a few grown person strides equals a dozen of their tiny steps, so a child outrunning an adult (particularly a professional bounty hunter) is in itself laughable.

[–]ellieetsch 154 points155 points  (28 children)

Yeah, if they wanted her to get away for a bit she should have went up into the trees or slide down a hill or into a river. Those are the only ways a child can maintain distance

[–]illmatico 68 points69 points  (10 children)

They literally established that she was a good climber like a minute before this too. Just baffling lmao

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    [–]Reylo-Wanwalker 10 points11 points  (5 children)

    Idk what happened because she's done cool stuff on Better Call Saul.

    [–][deleted] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

    And her Mandalorian episodes were great too.

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        [–]document-cookie 96 points97 points  (8 children)

        or have her navigate over a ravine on a very small tree trunk that could only hold her weight, anything

        [–][deleted] 69 points70 points  (5 children)

        That actress can barely run straight her ass would be down that ravine in like three steps.

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          [–]theloosecanon 41 points42 points  (4 children)

          If they catch her in the same scene anyway, there's really no point in the chase scene at all other than filling screen time. It's just bad screenplay, and you think professional studios would understand this basic fact before releasing this shit to the public.

          [–]Verbal_Combat 7 points8 points  (0 children)

          I think Disney has shown they just have no patience. They started making the recent trilogy without even having a plan for the overall story arcs… just kind of made it up one movie at a time. Or Mandalorian season 2 ends on a serious note with him being separated from Grogu, a very emotional moment. In an episode of a different show (Boba Fett) they get back together again. So if you now watch Mando season 3 they aren’t separated anymore? It’s just becoming too Marvel-like in that everything feels like intertwined episodes of one big show show and you have to watch everything to know what’s going on.

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            [–]I_love_Con_Air 68 points69 points  (0 children)

            If they had thought about it for more than thirty seconds they could have had her use her little drone to distract the pursuers. They showed her climbing a tree and then didn't use it during the chase scene.

            It is another piece of shite from Disney. The villains are hilariously bad. The Inquisitors and Flea. Fucking Flea.

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              [–]hanswurst_throwaway 126 points127 points  (17 children)

              The Medichlorians in her blood force pushed her tiny little Feet to make her run faster

              [–]juju_man 76 points77 points  (13 children)

              That is unironically an explanation I have seen floating around. Leia and luke are unconsciously tapping into force to boost their physical and mental abilities

              [–]Guessididntmakeit 149 points150 points  (2 children)

              Somebody is boosting their mental abilities to find an explanation for this stupid scene.

              [–]Narillio 12 points13 points  (1 child)

              No i don't believe you, they can't be that stupid, i refuse for my sanity to believe you lmao

              Star Wars fan can do insane mental gymnastic, but this is going too far

              [–]DoctorGregoryFart 19 points20 points  (1 child)

              Of course it is. Anything to explain how Lucas fucked up the OT. Handwaving and denial.

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                  [–]Karma_Kameleon69 58 points59 points  (12 children)

                  And besides they catch her in the end anyway. So the whole chase scene is just pointless and makes the tv show look stupid.

                  [–][deleted] 29 points30 points  (7 children)

                  Still better than the moped chase scene in Boba Fett

                  [–]BurtReynoldsLives 13 points14 points  (0 children)

                  Pretty sure the kid could have our run the mopeds too.

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                        [–]P_V_ 170 points171 points  (47 children)

                        I mean... didn't you hear the saxophone music and "boingggg" sounds? Leia put those jokers in their place! EPIC WIN STAR WARS!!! This is a whole new generation of #girlpower.

                        [–]Ochoytnik 50 points51 points  (1 child)

                        Very cool

                        [–]P_V_ 43 points44 points  (0 children)

                        Very cool!

                        [–]bvanbove 94 points95 points  (38 children)

                        Joking aside, I do enjoy laughing at how often modern Star Wars has failed at making actual strong female characters that are going to be remembered.

                        Rey will be because she’s a main character and girls can cosplay as her, but she’s nothing as a character. Rose went nowhere. Gina Carrano’s character was getting somewhere, then….yeah. Laura Dern’s character sucked. Jyn Erso couldn’t even beat out one of the side characters in her own movie for a TV show.

                        So most Star Wars fans still only have Leia and Mon Mothma, the same two female characters we’ve had for 50 years. Maybe Disney will actually do something worthwhile with Ahsoka and bring her into the mainstream.

                        [–]tempest_wing 53 points54 points  (10 children)

                        But what about Maz Kanata, Zorii Bliss and everyone's favorite Captain Plasma?

                        [–]dontgoatsemebro 9 points10 points  (2 children)

                        What about that feminist robot? L3-37

                        [–][deleted] 10 points11 points  (1 child)

                        Oh my god, that robot was called L337? Ugghh

                        [–]bvanbove 4 points5 points  (3 children)

                        I didn’t even feel like mentioning Maz or Phasma, since they were both nothing.

                        ……was Zorii the Keri Russell character?

                        [–]peppermint_nightmare 11 points12 points  (1 child)

                        No it was a stunt actor in a costume with Keri Russell's phoned in voice acting.

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                            [–]OkRecommendation4479 9 points10 points  (0 children)

                            You get screamed down about being a self loathing female for hating these female characters, meanwhile they don't have even a little bit of progression and development that the men had in the other movies. Rey's development for 2 whole movies is one bad week she had.

                            [–][deleted] 16 points17 points  (2 children)

                            Bo-Katan is awesome and deserves more.

                            [–]TubaMike 6 points7 points  (2 children)

                            Laura Dern’s character sucked

                            Holdo had some potential. I liked the idea that she was a hardass that had zero patience for Poe's nonsense, but I feel like they couldn't commit to the character.

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                                [–][deleted] 41 points42 points  (3 children)

                                You can see in the shots they have to keep cutting because the adult actors are gaining on her so quickly

                                [–]very_cool321 15 points16 points  (0 children)

                                She used the force to make the editor cut to a different angle where they’re further away.

                                [–]Carnificus 10 points11 points  (4 children)

                                This is pure speculation, but I feel like Disney has created a culture of directors just filming whatever they're given without asking questions. Filmmakers for hire, is what I think Jay calls them. My feeling is that they got the script for this great, well-written(?) chase scene and then got to their sub-par location with their actress who was 8 or barely 9 at the time of filming and they just shrugged and Ron Burgundy'd that shit.

                                [–]PizzaDog39 5 points6 points  (0 children)

                                Yeah that was the moment i gave up.

                                [–]wellichickenpie 11 points12 points  (7 children)

                                Well, they have to have a scene. This is what you gotta go with when you’re fresh out of ideas.

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                                  [–]VincibleAndy[S] 369 points370 points  (29 children)

                                  I couldnt stop thinking of this music while watching this scene. Saw others say the same thing on this sub and figured someone needed to make it so here you go!

                                  [–]foodown 172 points173 points  (17 children)

                                  this scene.

                                  I can't believe this is real.

                                  [–]PolarCow 51 points52 points  (0 children)

                                  Now THIS is podracing!

                                  [–]KscottCap 42 points43 points  (13 children)

                                  I didn't know the ObiWan show was already out. And this is the very first thing I'm seeing from it. It's certainly not making a strong impression. And the fact that it has baby Leia at all tells me a lot about the direction the show will take. And I hate it.

                                  [–]tijuanagolds 12 points13 points  (0 children)

                                  There's an even worse chase in the second episode, where the little actress has to actually run much slower because the set is too small even for her. And they still can't catch her quickly.

                                  [–]Cyllid 19 points20 points  (5 children)

                                  These are my exact thoughts. Holy shit is this a bad impression.

                                  [–]MadRaymer 16 points17 points  (4 children)

                                  Honestly, this was the weakest point of the first two episodes. The second episode has some good moments with excellent performances from Ewan McGregor, specifically when Kenobi sees a clone trooper vet begging for credits, the mix of sadness and betrayal he conveys is amazing. And his emotional breakdown when one of the Inquisitors reveals Vader is still alive is also very convincing. And while this sequence was undeniably bad, the child actress playing Leia actually performs well otherwise.

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                                      [–]OldAnimator815 49 points50 points  (0 children)

                                      Well done, you did the right thing.

                                      [–]Magenta5556 24 points25 points  (0 children)

                                      Fucking gold

                                      [–]simpledeadwitches 4 points5 points  (0 children)

                                      I was never going to watch it so thank you for bringing it to the internet for me to laugh at lol.

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                                        [–]zorbz23431 307 points308 points  (2 children)

                                        Another homerun by John Williams.

                                        [–]Grimvold 284 points285 points  (12 children)

                                        lmao I love how you can see when those two other dudes appear and chase her how they have to slow down not to catch up to her. The green guy especially.

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                                            [–]TubaMike 10 points11 points  (0 children)

                                            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XslcgQJMZaY

                                            [–]Kazzack 13 points14 points  (2 children)

                                            This happens in almost any chase scene in a movie or show and now I can't stop noticing it

                                            [–]tijuanagolds 8 points9 points  (0 children)

                                            It happens. Robert Patrick could run so fast he ruined a few scenes in Terminator 2 by actually catching up to the motorcycle he was chasing.

                                            [–]weekend_bastard 3 points4 points  (0 children)

                                            Also bomb timers.

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                                              [–]Infinite_El_Oh_El 11 points12 points  (1 child)

                                              And no trapping devices. We wouldn’t bring those on a mission to capture child. Silly idea.

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                                                [–]Ill-Salamander 253 points254 points  (21 children)

                                                You remember how the first Star Wars movie starts? Leia gives the Death Star plans to R2-D2, then runs into Storm Troopers who say "There's one. Set for stun," and hits her with a stun blaster, knocking her unconscious? I'd imagine that weapon would be really useful for kidnapping, right? But no, let's comically chase her around for five minutes.

                                                [–]tempest_wing 113 points114 points  (6 children)

                                                It's almost as if Disney thinks Leia's only use as a character is to be captured by the bad guys. She gets captured in ANH, She gets captured in RoTJ, and now here.

                                                [–]Kiekdan 49 points50 points  (1 child)

                                                It’s poetry in that it rhymes…

                                                [–]spiritualdumbass 6 points7 points  (0 children)

                                                George Lucas (mumbling) : pottery.....

                                                Increasingly sweaty producers gathered around: what?

                                                [–]necrotic_terror 37 points38 points  (0 children)

                                                She's captured in ESB as well

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                                                  [–]Obh__ 29 points30 points  (0 children)

                                                  Reminds me of Mike in the TLJ review: "have you seen Star Wars?!"

                                                  [–]clif08 28 points29 points  (7 children)

                                                  To be fair, stun guns are only used when writers allow it. Otherwise, good guys wouldn't stand a chance. Stunners have wide area of effect and cannot be deflected with a lightsaber. Rebels were especially bad at suspending disbelief.

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                                                    [–]DevilJacket2000 171 points172 points  (20 children)

                                                    I’m baffled over this scene. How does someone with the power to make decisions not see this in the editing room and say, “we can’t show this. This needs to be cut completely and all footage destroyed.”

                                                    [–]tigerdrummer 43 points44 points  (4 children)

                                                    Instead they patted themselves on the back

                                                    [–]TheBigIdiotSalami 10 points11 points  (3 children)

                                                    I don't understand how a critic can watch something like this being as bad as it is, under the claim that it's shot by the guy that shot the greatest Park Chan Wook films of all time, and come out with a review saying it's good unless they were threatened with the possibility of never seeing another early Disney release again.

                                                    [–]KscottCap 28 points29 points  (3 children)

                                                    Or just go in the editing booth and say, "Do me a favor. Make another cut where the bounty hunter says, 'for you' and then Boom, bag over the head. I want to see if that doesn't make this scene a hundred times better."

                                                    [–][deleted] 25 points26 points  (3 children)

                                                    I like how she was more scared of Obi-Wan rescuing her later and was screaming more at that than she was when she was fucking kidnapped.

                                                    [–]e9tjqh 14 points15 points  (3 children)

                                                    I'm pretty sure this scene exists because someone's idea of girl power has given them brain worms.

                                                    They have to show that 10 year old Leia is a strong confident girl even to the point of it becoming nonsensical

                                                    [–]royalstaircase 10 points11 points  (0 children)

                                                    Disney Plus is a quantity>quality model, as long as it's a big brand and it keeps people from cancelling they'll put whatever out.

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                                                      [–]Hurley815 156 points157 points  (7 children)

                                                      THEY RUN WITH LEGS COMICALLY SPREAD TO THE SIDES SO THAT THEY PROGRESS SLOWER

                                                      [–]pt256 45 points46 points  (6 children)

                                                      I also like how at the start of the chase one of the characters just inexplicably diverts off track. Like she is literally 4 steps ahead of you at best!

                                                      [–]Fourwinds 31 points32 points  (4 children)

                                                      Gonna cut her off at the pass!

                                                      [–]lethrowaway4me 10 points11 points  (2 children)

                                                      Cut her off at the pass?? I hate that cliché!

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                                                          [–]juicemang762 361 points362 points  (56 children)

                                                          You've officially prevented me from watching this show.

                                                          [–]document-cookie 170 points171 points  (37 children)

                                                          who directed this shit?

                                                          this is 100% the directors fault

                                                          [–]JetBinFever 28 points29 points  (10 children)

                                                          Hey! Don’t forget the editors! They get some of that blame too :)

                                                          [–]pt256 25 points26 points  (1 child)

                                                          I mean, imagine if this is the BEST they could get out of what was filmed. I don't want to see how bad it could have been if that were the case lol. But really this whole sequence should have been cut.

                                                          [–]VincibleAndy[S] 11 points12 points  (1 child)

                                                          As an editor myself, there is no way an editor thought this was a good scene. They were definitely client noted to death and lost their will.

                                                          Or the producers were in the room at the same time and their group think made this scene while the editors jaw locked up.

                                                          The only good way to edit what was shot here is to cut it entirely, Flea confronts her, bag over head, got em.

                                                          [–]GarageQueen 27 points28 points  (5 children)

                                                          Also the casting director. If your actor has several running scenes, then maybe... just maybe.... you should have her run across the room to see if she runs like a normal human being or like a tiny Capt. Jack Sparrow.

                                                          [–]VincibleAndy[S] 4 points5 points  (1 child)

                                                          Kids just dont have the proportions to dead spring down a hill without looking like...an awkward kid.

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                                                            [–]kukallan 76 points77 points  (7 children)

                                                            The directors of these products probably have much say as marvel directors does. 99% it is all created in storyboards/previs.

                                                            [–]Narretz 29 points30 points  (4 children)

                                                            I think it's rather the script says Leia is caught after a brief chase scene and then the director is thrown into the shoot and has to figure something out with the stunt team in a few hours. The corridor crew "Stuntmen react" series many times point out how the stunt team in TV shows has very little prep time and is even doing stuff without director input, and time to shoot is also very limited.

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                                                              [–]omarkab02 12 points13 points  (2 children)

                                                              Yeah this is horribly directed. So many weird performances and sequences

                                                              [–]JudasIsAGrass 39 points40 points  (9 children)

                                                              Deborah Chow - If you look at her credits its practically only TV shows, and even then the shows she is directing aren't anything she is consistently directing. E.g 1 ep of Better Call Saul etc.

                                                              Not trying to shit on her, I think giving people a chance is good and having more women make shit is obviously great, but how the fuck did they look at her resume and think 'Lets give her this IP that people have been clamouring for for years'.

                                                              They should have made this a film, got a really great director and just left them to it. Not an Indie/Low Level up and comer that can be fucked with and forced to change things.

                                                              There's no creativity in these shows, they know before they shoot which parts will have lightsabers and which parts will have blasters, who will get captured and how. I think they heavy StoryBoard / Previs and then never veer away from it. Atleast thats my theory.

                                                              I made a previous comment - They should have just cut at the very start of this clip as she starts walking backwards from Flea.

                                                              [–]VincibleAndy[S] 14 points15 points  (6 children)

                                                              A lot of what I hear about how disney works, especially with these kinds of projects, is they want a director who is competent but wont push back or insert their own vision.

                                                              You show up, you do your job well, you go home. Dont try to fix anything, dont try to leave your stamp, just direct the scenes.

                                                              [–]JudasIsAGrass 7 points8 points  (3 children)

                                                              Yup, Same issue with anything MCU now except projects where the director is a part of the selling point (Taika, Gunn).

                                                              I don't know what part of Disney doesn't understand that these projects are meant to be made by creative(s) not committee. Star Wars Ep 3 was the vision of Lucas, it was a mans creation. And even that was saved via other creative people, it wasn't made by a corporation interferring.

                                                              Thing is though, People seemingly like corporate filmmaking, I've seen so many people hyping themselves up for the next avengers film that will probably be Secret Wars, and it seems like all people are excited for is the cameos, not the actual execution of the story and what we get out of it. Its pretty sad, man.

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                                                                    [–]DeBatton 29 points30 points  (2 children)

                                                                    If you don't stick around you'll miss all the Star Wars gold, like the badass primary color vespas.

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                                                                        [–]nitro4450 204 points205 points  (15 children)

                                                                        Between this scene and the speeder bike "chase" scene in the Book Of Boba Fett with the cyborg biker gang, this is staring to become a pattern.

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                                                                        Now I'm expecting a scene in the Ashoka show when she tries to chase Admiral Thrawn through aa super crowded, Tokyo-style bullet train. It'll be 10 minutes long and she will only have moved 5 feet from where she stated.

                                                                        [–]calebmke 71 points72 points  (3 children)

                                                                        I laughed so hard when they were the ruffians Stephen Root was afraid of. I almost died when I saw their super tough Vespas.

                                                                        [–]kryonik 17 points18 points  (2 children)

                                                                        Color coded Vespas. Like some idiotic Star Wars power rangers.

                                                                        [–]Infinite_El_Oh_El 18 points19 points  (1 child)

                                                                        It’s because the people writing these scripts are not good story tellers.
                                                                        Sorry.

                                                                        [–]Dominos_fleet 22 points23 points  (1 child)

                                                                        Fuck i forgot thrawn is going to be in it. What a fucking nightmare, thats the one character i still actually like in star wars. Rebels did a decent job with him but I'm pretty sure theyll fuck him up terribly in live action.

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                                                                            [–]Pattycaaakes 23 points24 points  (1 child)

                                                                            Yes! I could hear Rich Evans screaming while I watched this comical Bennie hill joke video

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                                                                              [–]doomtune 94 points95 points  (2 children)

                                                                              nerds running around in the woods pretending to be aliens or whatever. a timeless star wars tradition

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                                                                              Desperate weirdos + woods

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                                                                                [–]Corvus_Alendar 86 points87 points  (8 children)

                                                                                This looks like a Len Kabizinski movie.

                                                                                [–]Crilly90 67 points68 points  (3 children)

                                                                                Shot in broad daylight in a forrest, dogshit color correction. Just needs a dutch angle and audio of a plane flying overhead.

                                                                                [–]KosmonautKong 28 points29 points  (2 children)

                                                                                Is it even a forest? That could very well be a wooded trail in a suburb somewhere.

                                                                                Here's a screenshot from not Star Wars, and this looks like a real forest.

                                                                                [–]alurimperium 21 points22 points  (0 children)

                                                                                That was one of the things that really stood out to me. It looks like all those BOTW movies where they're just filming in the local forest preserve.

                                                                                If someone showed this to me without telling me it's from the show, I'd have thought it was some Star Wars fan film

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                                                                                    [–]ROABE__ 61 points62 points  (1 child)

                                                                                    Oh god, the sudden massive gains in distance between cuts because they can't pretend like catching a kid would actually be very difficult. Running around the woods in costume because its free to shoot there and you don't need to build a set. Its all so fan-film quality.

                                                                                    [–]pt256 8 points9 points  (0 children)

                                                                                    If this scene was absolutely necessary they should have got a stunt double in for the running scenes. The girl is not a bad actress but she can't run for shit. I mean they convincingly made Forrest Gump run away from kids on bikes and later a truck. Also I don't know how difficult it would be to pull off (in terms of time), but if they made it clear that she knows the terrain better than they do she might have some sort of home advantage. I don't think her sliding under a stick cuts it though. I guess these woods was all they could be bothered to find as an obstacle.

                                                                                    [–]mikevega 48 points49 points  (2 children)

                                                                                    Kenobi: a state park story

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                                                                                      [–]mikevega 4 points5 points  (0 children)

                                                                                      I live in the Bay Area, which makes this look even cheaper. It looks like an Asylum movie with a budget

                                                                                      [–]volantredx 42 points43 points  (5 children)

                                                                                      This is a great example of how mindless action is not the same as effective action. It's such a stupid sequence, and they clearly threw it in to avoid having an entirely episode without some sort of action. But it makes no sense, totally makes the villains look like dumbasses, and is just padding.

                                                                                      Also not super relevant but this girl playing Leia was not well cast, and they highlight her weaknesses but having her try and speak like an adult. It's so fucking awkward.

                                                                                      [–]batmang 142 points143 points  (16 children)

                                                                                      The most baffling part about this to me is how easy it would have been to make this make sense. Leia has a guard detail, and one of them even does try to help her. So why don't they all get involved? Have a shootout with the bounty hunters fighting her guards, Leia panics and runs into the woods, thinks she's safe, and then Flea jumps out from behind a tree and nabs her. And... scene.

                                                                                      It makes me wonder if they did it on purpose? Like, we're all talking about it, even if a bunch of you have written the show off, you're still generating content that gets it boostered up on Google or whatever. And you're creating fuel for the inevitable wave of articles like "Star Wars Nerds Are ALREADY Mad About Leia!" which only creates more buzz. It's genius in a sick sort of way.

                                                                                      [–]EsquirelyBoodro 55 points56 points  (0 children)

                                                                                      I'm gonna go throw up

                                                                                      [–]Karma_Kameleon69 43 points44 points  (0 children)

                                                                                      Dont think I can give them that much credit.

                                                                                      [–]TubaMike 17 points18 points  (6 children)

                                                                                      It makes me wonder if they did it on purpose?

                                                                                      I think there are two TV shows being squished into one.

                                                                                      Kenobi 1 is a serious, dour, gritty look at a lost and depressed Kenobi dealing with the loss of the Republic. His only purpose is to look over young Luke, but Owen doesn't even allow Kenobi to make contact.

                                                                                      Kenobi 2 is a fun Saturday morning cartoon. Wisecracking kid Leia. Moustache-twirling villain. Silly chase scenes.

                                                                                      [–]ClosedOmega 29 points30 points  (1 child)

                                                                                      Yeah no, they just fucked up. Hanlon’s Razor, man...

                                                                                      [–]KosmonautKong 13 points14 points  (0 children)

                                                                                      At this point, archeologists regularly dig up bronze age swords with a keener edge than Hanlon's Razor.

                                                                                      [–]Domesplit 5 points6 points  (3 children)

                                                                                      meh, nobody bats an eyelash anymore at "Star Wars fans are mad!". The powers that be are either creating / converting fans or they are driving the franchise into the ground. Don't think they care either way, they will make their money and move along to the next thing.

                                                                                      All that said, I can't get too worried about TV Movie of the Week level production values for what is essentially a TV Movie of the Week. I liked the scene because it was goofy shit.. and for both better and worse.. Star Wars has always had a lot of goofy shit.

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                                                                                          [–]VincibleAndy[S] 91 points92 points  (16 children)

                                                                                          I sped up the chase my 25%, for comedy and for time, a minute is already long. Otherwise this is the chase in full. It really is like this...

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                                                                                            [–]VincibleAndy[S] 61 points62 points  (3 children)

                                                                                            Yeah, the real thing is crazy slow and understated. It's like the script said "bounty hunters capture Leia" and they turned it into a two day shoot in the woods.

                                                                                            [–]choicemeats[🍰] 37 points38 points  (0 children)

                                                                                            they're not only running slow, they look like they've never run after anyone in their lives.

                                                                                            i get they're trying to take her alive but it looks more like they're playfully chasing their kid to bed

                                                                                            [–]Dominos_fleet 26 points27 points  (2 children)

                                                                                            I feel like the people that filmed this dont understand that fit adults can easily out pace children, which is fucking mind boggling.

                                                                                            [–]KosmonautKong 16 points17 points  (0 children)

                                                                                            It's Hollywood, they wouldn't know. They pay people to catch kids for them.

                                                                                            [–]EarthExile 7 points8 points  (0 children)

                                                                                            I'm guessing that when this was written, little Leia was supposed to demonstrate her deep familiarity with the woods and cleverly thwart the bad guys in fun ways. But they couldn't think of any when they got there.

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                                                                                              [–]EsquirelyBoodro 11 points12 points  (1 child)

                                                                                              I actually wish you left it at original speed. Speeding it up actually make it look more competent than it really was originally.

                                                                                              [–]Reborn_Rhubarb 34 points35 points  (2 children)

                                                                                              I was thinking "what are people complaining about? This isn't that bad."

                                                                                              I sped up the chase by 25%

                                                                                              "Ohhh"

                                                                                              [–]donio 12 points13 points  (0 children)

                                                                                              Once again Star Wars was saved in edit.

                                                                                              [–]Fearless_Cow7688 33 points34 points  (5 children)

                                                                                              Yes, its completely absurd that a group of bounty hunters are thwarted by twigs.... It's pointless as well because

                                                                                              SPOILERS

                                                                                              They do catch her eventually

                                                                                              [–]P_V_ 29 points30 points  (2 children)

                                                                                              But if there isn't an action scene every ~8.35 minutes the focus groups will say they are getting boorrreeeedddd!!!

                                                                                              [–]Fearless_Cow7688 20 points21 points  (0 children)

                                                                                              I for one was hoping it was just going to be Obi going back and forth working his dead ass job and mopping around his cave for 10 episodes

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                                                                                                  [–]gillesvdo 9 points10 points  (1 child)

                                                                                                  > set in a forest

                                                                                                  > full of desperate weirdoes

                                                                                                  yeah, it checks the SW fan film boxes

                                                                                                  [–]ncsuandrew12 24 points25 points  (4 children)

                                                                                                  It gets worse. Later she's running through a city and Obi-Wan can't keep up.

                                                                                                  [–]gillesvdo 11 points12 points  (1 child)

                                                                                                  She's also supposed to be super smart for her age, but then acts like a stupid 5 year old when the plot demands it.

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                                                                                                    [–]wasteyouryouth 91 points92 points  (10 children)

                                                                                                    I can't believe this is a Star War.

                                                                                                    [–]BearCrotch 21 points22 points  (6 children)

                                                                                                    I haven't watched the show and probably never will but when this clip started I thought it was a fan film.

                                                                                                    [–]sippin40s 14 points15 points  (5 children)

                                                                                                    The show is not good. Some people seem to like it, but all of the dialogue is so blunt that I was cringing the whole time. The villains suck too. Ewan is doing his best though

                                                                                                    [–]hgaterms 7 points8 points  (0 children)

                                                                                                    The show is aggressively okay. I don't hate it, but it's not as good as the Mandalorian. But better than the Boba Fett show.

                                                                                                    [–]VincibleAndy[S] 6 points7 points  (2 children)

                                                                                                    I think like a lot of people I am here solely for Ewan. If they can give at least a couple scenes of good Obiwan then it will be more than I have gotten from Star Wars in years. Its not like Im watching this show sober.

                                                                                                    As is in the first two episodes though, it feels like Ewan is seriously held back by the script.

                                                                                                    [–]sippin40s 4 points5 points  (1 child)

                                                                                                    I don't understand how DISNEY even allows the possibility of bad writing. Like just get the best of the best, you're fucking Disney. But here we are lol

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                                                                                                      [–]Dave_Matthews_Jam 57 points58 points  (21 children)

                                                                                                      Leia is supposed to be at least 10, and looks/sounds ~7 in the show

                                                                                                      [–]Kim_Jong_Unko 76 points77 points  (10 children)

                                                                                                      Supposed to be 10, runs like a 3 year old, speaks like a middle-aged business woman. Pretty sure the writers have never heard a kid talk, no matter how "sassy" they are supposed to eventually grow up to be.

                                                                                                      [–]ColonelJanSkrzetuski 26 points27 points  (1 child)

                                                                                                      Most Hollywood writers are not normal people. They have no idea what normal human beings look and sound like, at any age.

                                                                                                      [–]gillesvdo 25 points26 points  (3 children)

                                                                                                      Hollywood can't write smart characters. They can write lots of dialogue where other characters comment about how smart another character is, but then when it's time to have that character actually do something smart on screen they can't follow through. "sassy" is the closest they can get to writing a precocious child character.

                                                                                                      [–]AlwynEvokedHippest 29 points30 points  (2 children)

                                                                                                      A: "How do we write a smart Sansa?"

                                                                                                      B: "Have everyone suddenly start commenting about how she's the smartest person they've ever met!"

                                                                                                      A: "Genius! But what about her dialogue?"

                                                                                                      B: "Dunno, some vaguely passive aggressive lines where she's irrationally untrusting. And some talking down to the fellow male leaders for the #girlPower?"

                                                                                                      A: "Perfect!"

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                                                                                                        [–]EsquirelyBoodro 7 points8 points  (0 children)

                                                                                                        I think the actress was 8 during filming.

                                                                                                        [–]Narretz 6 points7 points  (0 children)

                                                                                                        Holy shit, I thought she was supposed to be 6, and wondered why they didn't set the show a bit later. I wonder of they casted a smaller child in anticipation of more seasons / spin offs.

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                                                                                                          [–]jimjam696969 20 points21 points  (2 children)

                                                                                                          This was probably the worst part of the episode. Like she is tiny and not fast. You can see that the actors chasing her were purposely not running as fast as they could. Embarrassing. All in service to a silly chase scene.

                                                                                                          What would have been better is a larger shoot out with the guard.

                                                                                                          [–]jacka24 4 points5 points  (1 child)

                                                                                                          Exactly. Or a more succinct scene would go like

                                                                                                          • Leia wonders off
                                                                                                          • Bounty Hunter's appear and surround her
                                                                                                          • CUT TO BLACK

                                                                                                          it's implied they capture her and treats them as competent, and shows you respect your audience's time

                                                                                                          [–]EremiticFerret 73 points74 points  (13 children)

                                                                                                          Video won't load for me.

                                                                                                          Also, I thought the tiny Leia was a joke.

                                                                                                          [–]VincibleAndy[S] 15 points16 points  (6 children)

                                                                                                          I think it was still processing, try it now!

                                                                                                          [–]EremiticFerret 20 points21 points  (5 children)

                                                                                                          Jesus it is worse than I imagined. Music is spot on though.

                                                                                                          Why did the guy looks like random modern thug. Why were they trying to kidnap her? Those are inquisitors I hope?

                                                                                                          [–]Nagel_Bagel_ 36 points37 points  (1 child)

                                                                                                          Lmao he's flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

                                                                                                          [–]EremiticFerret 13 points14 points  (0 children)

                                                                                                          Holy shit, that popped in my head when I saw that, but couldn't believe... fuck this is depressing they'd do this so badly.

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                                                                                                              [–]sad-xenomorph 18 points19 points  (0 children)

                                                                                                              How am I the only person in my friendship group that thought both episodes were awful. They said I need to lower my expectations which I find insulting. Disney will just continue to make it worse!

                                                                                                              [–]JimHadar 16 points17 points  (1 child)

                                                                                                              They catch her anyway, so there was no need to show this nonsense chase. They’re trying to show little Leia is too much of a badass.

                                                                                                              It’s not needed.

                                                                                                              [–]mchllnlms780 33 points34 points  (3 children)

                                                                                                              Is that fucking FLEA??

                                                                                                              [–]Narretz 20 points21 points  (0 children)

                                                                                                              He's a funnier miscast than Star Wars ever had before

                                                                                                              [–]BasilBoothby 6 points7 points  (0 children)

                                                                                                              Yep.

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                                                                                                                [–]the_pontiff 16 points17 points  (0 children)

                                                                                                                It reminded me of the chase scene in Wet Hot American Summer.

                                                                                                                [–]Dominos_fleet 15 points16 points  (5 children)

                                                                                                                I'm standing firm: She should have been played by mark Hamill

                                                                                                                [–]NihiloZero 11 points12 points  (3 children)

                                                                                                                Casting Carrie Fischer would have made more sense.

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                                                                                                                  [–]Ocean_Blooms 14 points15 points  (1 child)

                                                                                                                  How could not one person in that writer's room not realize how bad of an idea this was? And to do it Again in the following episode boggles my mind.

                                                                                                                  I know, Princess Leia was always a fighter and stood up for herself so, at most, she should've Tried to run, gets immediately caught, and simply tries fighting her way out of their grasp to no avail. That's as far as they should've gone but instead made an overly long chase scene with an adorable 3"11" child.

                                                                                                                  They just make it too easy to poke fun at Star Wars, don't they.

                                                                                                                  [–]iSOBigD 46 points47 points  (9 children)

                                                                                                                  Is this a joke? Is the show just a bunch of memberberry bullshit? Didn't the main characters meet her for the first time in the original movies because she was a princess? Are they saying all the popular star wars characters knew eachother as children now? Were they all hanging out with baby Yoda too?

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                                                                                                                    [–]ChungusBrosYoutube 10 points11 points  (5 children)

                                                                                                                    Leai knew / knew of Obi-wan when she was younger. Even knew where he lived despite him hiding. It’s not like luke and Leia and Han Solo are going to meet each other as kids, really just Obi-wan and Leia.

                                                                                                                    [–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (4 children)

                                                                                                                    Hahaha don't tempt them, when that lady and child said to the fake jedi that they were going to Corellia I was genuinely scared it was going to be a Han Solo reveal.

                                                                                                                    [–]Consistent-Ad-217 25 points26 points  (2 children)

                                                                                                                    God i'm so glad I watched this show higher than a giraffe pussy, watching Star Wars ironically is the only way to go now.

                                                                                                                    [–]ellieetsch 32 points33 points  (4 children)

                                                                                                                    Why did Flea give her a head start

                                                                                                                    [–]GarageQueen 23 points24 points  (2 children)

                                                                                                                    "So that the movie show could happen!" -- Pitch Meeting, definitely.

                                                                                                                    [–]fiercebanana 10 points11 points  (1 child)

                                                                                                                    Im gonna need you to get all the way off my back about how a 10 year old can outrun 3 adults if you want this show to happen

                                                                                                                    [–]GarageQueen 10 points11 points  (0 children)

                                                                                                                    Ok, let me get offa that thing!

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                                                                                                                      [–]HoB99 10 points11 points  (1 child)

                                                                                                                      It must have been a devastating moment when the director realised that a 6-year-old can't exactly outrun grown men and do convincing parkour. Yet they went on with this scene...

                                                                                                                      [–]TubularTortoise14 9 points10 points  (1 child)

                                                                                                                      How is it that hard to kidnap one kid?

                                                                                                                      [–]powerage76 41 points42 points  (2 children)

                                                                                                                      Compare this to that chase scene at the start of New Hope. You know, opening crawl, John Williams' score, then the rebel ship trying to escape the huge imperial star destroyer in a desperate space battle that still looks great. This was in 1977.

                                                                                                                      In 2022 three adults are chasing a kid in a forest.

                                                                                                                      [–]Mirtastic 8 points9 points  (0 children)

                                                                                                                      I can't believe this is an actual scene, looks like something out of a fan film.. also is that Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers?

                                                                                                                      [–]tacopeople 8 points9 points  (3 children)

                                                                                                                      Don’t know what planet they are suppose to be on but this is such a lazy filming location too. Feels like they just went to some state park in SoCal. If it was Star Trek Picard I wouldn’t blame them too much, but for Star Wars it looks like a fan film.

                                                                                                                      [–]TheMoogy 14 points15 points  (1 child)

                                                                                                                      This can't be real, how could a billion dollar franchise put out something even approaching something like this?

                                                                                                                      [–]hgaterms 5 points6 points  (0 children)

                                                                                                                      By hiring a hack director.

                                                                                                                      [–]Substitute_Pariah 7 points8 points  (1 child)

                                                                                                                      Wait tell me this is a hilarious fan re-enactment, there is no way this is supposed to be in the show. I thought this was filmed yesterday with that costume design and setting…..

                                                                                                                      [–]colonelwest 6 points7 points  (0 children)

                                                                                                                      When I first that little Leia was in this show I thought it was a joke, and now here we are. Disney are the ultimate cultural vultures, they just can’t leave it alone.

                                                                                                                      [–]TheSabi 6 points7 points  (5 children)

                                                                                                                      I didn't make it that far, after all the press about reworking the series to a lighter tone, apparently removing darth maul for darth diversity, seemingly about to retcon "now I am the master" scene, admittedly putting the series in a "hong kong like setting" for SOME REASON, the inquisitor redesign that looks like the 90's power rangers version I was cautious.

                                                                                                                      Then the show opens with a 10 min reminder of who Darth Vader is and how he relates to obi-wan and "do you remember order 66", which aside from tone-deaf for it's timing, I was done, this is for people who go "I saw a lightsaber and I clapped! let me tweet I cried butterfly tears"

                                                                                                                      [–]TheJackFroster 5 points6 points  (0 children)

                                                                                                                      I literally said to the person I was watching this the first time with, 'oh they were sent by her parents to make her stop wandering off by herself! It's the only way to explain how slow they're running and how they are somehow unable to catch up with her and avoid clearly visible trees'.

                                                                                                                      Then they shot that guy and any faith I had that this show might not be a total shitshow died with him.

                                                                                                                      [–]LastLivingPineapple 6 points7 points  (1 child)

                                                                                                                      Did you ever hear the tragedy of Dani California?

                                                                                                                      [–]frank_stoney710 6 points7 points  (0 children)

                                                                                                                      At least she wasn't able to flea...

                                                                                                                      [–][deleted] 7 points8 points  (2 children)

                                                                                                                      There is no chase scene in any film or TV show that is not greatly enhanced by speeding it up and adding the Benny Hill theme. My personal fav is the clip of Jesus carrying the cross from the Passion of the Christ.

                                                                                                                      Also, is Obi-Wan as a show as bad as this scene?

                                                                                                                      [–]VincibleAndy[S] 9 points10 points  (1 child)

                                                                                                                      Also, is Obi-Wan as a show as bad as this scene?

                                                                                                                      There are a few scenes very similar to this. One of the opening scenes an Inquisitor is stopped by a piece of drapery 2 feet wide. I really think its gotta be something about time constraints and directing constraints. Like in the script its a simple "Leia is chased into the woods and captured" but they dont have any actual direction and are told to make a scene out of it and you have half a day.

                                                                                                                      First episode is pretty bad, which is why I think they dropped the second at the same time, which is overall a better episode but still only alright.

                                                                                                                      Core plot so far is fine and tracks, but dialog is inconsistent and pacing is random.

                                                                                                                      Ewan is great, but he seems super held back by the script so far. Hes like a video game character who lost all of his power ups.

                                                                                                                      [–]Baphomet99 5 points6 points  (1 child)

                                                                                                                      Is it just me or does this kind of look like a fan film. Not in terms of effects, but there’s something about the way this is shot that reminds me of a bunch of amateurs dressed in consumes running about in the woods.

                                                                                                                      [–]theS0UND_1 13 points14 points  (1 child)

                                                                                                                      Holy shit this is amazing lol Could I post this on TikTok with credit to you??

                                                                                                                      [–]VincibleAndy[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

                                                                                                                      Sure! I don't have tiktok so I won't be posting it there.

                                                                                                                      [–]MoistSoros 3 points4 points  (0 children)

                                                                                                                      Wait, is that Flea?

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