That little girl who plays Leia is SO frickin' perfect in the role. She's got the sass, she's got the sense of adventure, and she's got the sense of authority (even at only ten years old). Bravo to her, she legit stole this pilot for me. I can 100% see a young Leia in her.

Adam was legit gonna make a joke about Obi just having his lightsaber on his belt but saw how happy it made Jay and didnt make the joke. what a true friend.

Something about seeing Obi-wan's light saber buried right next to Anakin's is making me so emotional. He couldn't bury Anakin's body so he buried him the only other way he knew how, next to himself, in the very sands where they first met.

I think Obi-wan is having trouble communing with Qui-gon because he's suppressed his use of the force for so long out of fear of exposing himself and by extension Luke and this mission for Leia may be what opens him back up to be able too.

I think Carrie Fisher's spirit was possessing that little actress, that swag she had XD

She just without realizing it used the Force to read her cousin’s mind.

I’m so glad they’re giving us more of Leia’s backstory/childhood- such an unexpected, but welcome, surprise!

Ewan’s performance is sooooo good. You can just see in his eyes the brokenness, doubt, and guilt. You can literally see all the pain and all the fatigue of the past ten years in there. Gah it honestly breaks my heart.

There's no question in my mind that Third Sister is one of the padawans from the opening, and she feels Kenobi betrayed them by not being there, or she blames him for Anakin turning, which led to Order 66, etc, etc. She likely led a traumatic childhood bc she wasn't saved from the Temple...but a certain green child was. I think her suffering alone as a hunted child led her to resent both the Jedi and Obi-Wan.

I still haven't seen the second episode, but what got me in the feels, is that I kept thinking this is why Leia named her son Ben. After the man who saved her.

"Resistance is futile." "Jedi Santa." LMAO

You talk about all three of the Inquisitors being pure evil, but I like the fact that the other two keep giving Third the side-eye for being a bloodthirsty maniac, in spite of them both being more superficially monsterous-looking.

Jay getting excited and teary eyed about star wars stuff just happening will always be my favorite thing

I was half expecting Grogu to run thru the 66 scene.

The reveal of Leia made me bawl happy tears. She is perfection.

I didn’t even think about how this is why Leia knows got to contact Obi-Wan when she needs help. Also I was just thinking how he tells Leia his name is Ben and she later names her son Ben after him.

That recap of the prequels then the opening scene on the temple was fantastic. The Emperor echoing “execute Order 66” gave me chills. I legit did not expect to see Leia in this show but I tell you what that little girl is knocking it out of the park! Overall I loved the first 2 episodes. Now that everything is in place I’m hoping it will pick up a little bit. Also, when they first showed Alderran I was like “wtf, is this Reach? I didn’t turn on Halo!” 😂😂😂😂😂

I literally stopped watching another reaction and switched to this. Also, now we know why Leia thought enough of Obi-Wan to name her son Ben.

“We’ve never seen Alderaan!” Well, Adam, we’ve seen bits of it here and there. Poor choice of words, but I mean we DID see a tiny bit of it in Episode 3. 😅

I love when Obi-Wan is going to get his lightsaber. It's like: "OK, I'm on a twin-sunned, desert planet in the Outer Rim of the main Star Wars galaxy, but first, I need to whip out my U.S. Army surplus collapsible Trenching Shovel."

The Lola droid is one of the aliens from "Batteries Not Included."

Fun fact: Fifth Brother (the one with the hat) is played by Sung Kang who in the Fast & Furious franchise plays a character named Han Seoul-Oh

Disney Plus heard about Jay’s vacation plans and decided to drop it at midnight EST instead of 3am 😎 thx Jay

I was expecting sad Obi-Wan in the desert and the show hasn't disappointed. He really has been just wallowing in his failures and losses for ten freaking years. Expected it and its still heartbreaking to see (Ewan does such a good job). Same for the actress doing Leia, she is exactly as I'd imagine a young Leia to be. She 100% would've been a handful 😆

JAY! You reacted to Leia the exact same way I did, just utter joy the entire time she was on screen and I love seeing it! 😊😊

The only thing missing from this episode was one of the Organa parents saying "Help her, Obi Wan Kenobi. You're her only hope."

That opening scene of order 66 REALLY hit me hard, especially in light of current events, I had to pause and walk away because I was crying so hard that I started to hyperventilate.

Grand Inquisitor was getting real into his monologue and Reva just said NOPE

I can't believe that I never considered there would be a young Leia in this show...that little girl stole the show. I think this might be the 2 best episodes of any Disney+ series so far (including Marvel). Ewan Mcgregor is so damn good.

I felt the same Adam, that opening with the padawan's was too real

The second I heard the name LOLA I had to pause and message people. 😂 Lola is the name of the song Weird Al did a parody of to make the song Yoda. And that is the most meta thing I have ever seen in Star Wars. I’m so happy about it.

Jay singing Obi-Wan's name in just the right pitch of Duel Of The Fates sounded pretty good! 😆👌🏼

The second they showed us Leia I started crying. I wasn't prepared and was completely overwhelmed in the best way possible.

Pretty sure Fifth Brother was one of the main Inquisitors in Rebels alongside Seventh Sister.

I think Qui Gon didn’t show up yet cuz Kenobi has disconnected himself from the force like the way Luke did cuz he feels like he failed the galaxy

I loved the order 66 flashback/new scene for us.. this show is about kenobi’s PTSD from his failures, and there is no better way to put us in that mind set then to show us one of the darkest moments in Star Wars… it was perfect.

Eventually Jay and Adam are going to have to move their families into a Duplex with an attached recording studio so they can record reactions 16 hours a day without interuption.

I was 100% expecting tears when little Leia showed up! That completely surprised me!

We have two Inquisitors from Rebels: The Grand Inquisitor and The Fifth Brother

"I didn't know I needed this!" Dude, HARD SAME!! I was crying seeing kidLeia. I knew we would see kidLuke, but I wasn't expecting this! ❤😭😭

Loooooove the actress for little Leia. :) She's so snarky, Carrie would be so proud. And I love to think maybe she's such a good judge of character because she's got that Skywalker blood

Couldn't wait to see y'all's reaction to baby Leia!

The thing that this reminded me of most was "Doctor Sleep". Obi-wan is very much like Danny, staying low, hiding his shine.

I was so afraid of that scene with the younglings after what happened this week.

Nice seeing C-3PO in that party scene too. And it fits, chronologically, since he belonged to the royal family before Uncle Owen bought him from the Jawas. No R2 in sight, but he could also be somewhere nearby in that scene.

Hello there! The other inquisitor (Fifth Brother) is actually in Rebels s2. But the characterization is a lot different (five year difference but still) so I kind of wish it was someone different, as there are plenty of them yet to be defined, but Third Sister is definitely new. That does seem to be a Falleen though, chasing Leia, which is Xizor's species. But I love that tiny Padme-esque Leia, such a perfect mini-Carrie. I kind of want her to play Alia in Dune pt 2.

Speaking of the Ahsoka series, the one thing I need to see is her communing with Anakin's force ghost and offering him her forgiveness.

Did you notice Obi Wan changed his voice when talking to Owen in town to sound more like Alec Guinness but speaks normally in other contexts? That may just have been me but I thought that was the case.

I'm glad that Bail's the one who's closer to Leia because it's Padme's daughter. It's just as important to him as Luke is to Obi-Wan as Anakin's son.

Whoever did the super cut of the prequels as a recap did a great job. I have a different understanding from Obi’s point of view.

Yo, this show totally head juked me. I was not expecting young Leia. Amazing idea.

funny, when Luke became a grizzled old grumpy codger hiding himself away, shutting himself off from the Force, (seemingly) everybody whined and complained "that's not the Luke I remember!" lol "That's not MY Luke!" Even though he felt equally responsible for the state of the Galaxy, because of Kylo Ren, as Obi-Wan does about Anakin. It's effectively the same story, it "rhymes," except instead of tossing the lightsaber over his shoulder he buried it in the desert. And, Obi-Wan had some semblance of hope, to hang on to, while Luke didn't, until Rey showed up. Obi-Wan was idealistic, witty, and positive as a young Jedi, in his prime, arguably the model or "quintessential" Jedi. Before Anakin's turn and Order 66. Just like Luke, except he had won, at the end of his trilogy. The Empire had begun falling with the Death of the Emperor and Darth Vader, but Obi-Wan had lost at the end of his. Lost everything. I guess I'm just wondering why it was so unacceptable for some people to see Luke like that, but with Obi-Wan it's automatically 100% understandable lol The Last Jedi isn't perfect, don't get me wrong, I have almost all the same "issues" with it as pretty much everybody else. Just not that one. Luke being depicted as he was, in the Last Jedi, makes as much sense, (if not more,] as Obi-Wan's portrayal here, in my opinion. (but, that's just me talking lol what the hell do I know, right?! 😇✌️)

You guys didn't talk about it here, but one of those little kids at the beginning during the Order 66 scene was absolutely the Third Sister. She's bitter towards Obi-Wan and blames him for her trauma, because he failed as Anakin's master, and ruined her life as a result. Vader is probably throwing gas on that fire too. HATRED, classic dark side temptation. They're setting up a redemption arc for her that will run parallel with Obi-Wan coming to terms with his failure, and accepting that the Anakin he loved truly is gone. She may get a lightsaber through her at some point, but it won't be Obi-Wan's. Probably Vader's.

In the Shadows of the Empire, Xizor's name is pronounced "She-zoor", if that matters.

Once again, john Williams knocks it out of the park with the theme. Natalie Holt also did an amazing job.

Also, remember, the Grand Inquisitor was a Jedi, actually a Jedi Temple Guard, one of the one escorting Ashoka around during her trial and seeing how wrong the Jedi were during that, and Ahsoka leaving the order

They called the apprentice of Liam Neeson because Leia was...Taken

The best reactions end with Adam Smiling, and Jay welling up with tears just saying "yea man.... yea.... yead dude..... yea...."

After seeing the title sequence, My first thought was Thank God the Hulk thought "Bring Back Obi-Wan Kenobi" when he snapped.

Love how this episode really shows how Obi Wan is going through PTSD and all the emotions he has from what happened, the reluctance and all.

The sand salmon be like "It's Omega-3. From the corridor."

Heck of a little actress there. Qui Gon Jinn has a particular set of skills that could've helped with this rescue ;-)

I really think that Leia's tear down of her cousin was a moment of Force intuition. It just seemed to come to her suddenly and was way too specific for the general ability of being able to "read" people. I think by the end of this we'll see Leia start to come into her own Force abilities and Obi-Wan is going to offer to train her but he's shot down since her parents want her to go into public service and to keep that side of her hidden for her own safety. Then, later on when all those reasons for her to keep that side of her hidden are gone (Vader and Palpatine are dead, Alderaan and her parents are gone and she's an even bigger target as a leader in the New Republic) she decides it's a good idea to have some self-defense and approaches Luke to train her.

Re Reviewmageddon, my mother used to tell us the streetcar she rode to work in the 30s ran steeply down a hill into a park. It was so scary the conductors would call out "This is it ladies, grab your hats, rats and false teeth!"

I literally don't have friends nerdy enough to get why this is so exciting to me, but I'll just say it here... Does anyone else think this is (retroactively granted) why Leia would go on to know that Obi-Wan Kenobi was a wise choice to be her "only hope"? Edit... I just got to the part where Jay said the same thing 😂

Thank you so much for doing this guys, I know it was a real push given Jay's travel deadline. 100% of my Obi-Wan Kenobi TV debut experience includes catching your reaction after I've watched. So thank you so much. I was just streaming tears down my face the whole time because the actress who plays young Leia is just so perfect and I miss Carrie so much. Also Ewan's portrayal of a broken man dealing with loss was heart wrenching.

Another awesome reaction, even on low sleep. 😂 Obi-Wan is clearly uncentered. You're definitely right, that's why he can't connect with Quigon. And you're absolutely right, that this emotional grappling is exactly what we wanted. 🙌

Love how this show seems like 'Logan' except instead of Obi-Wan & Luke it's Obi-Wan & Leia

Just happy to be enjoying more Star Wars, wish more people could sit back and enjoy it for what it is instead of picking it apart.

Jay looks so happy and I just love watching him tearing down.

I think the Luke->Leia bait and switch was well played. I know it was hard to watch the younglings scene. But there was a black girl among them. I'm wondering if she is a survivor who turned dark. I'm wondering if this will be about her destruction or her redemption?

How you do Leia in the Mando timeline is have Carrie Fisher's daughter play her. I feel like that's the only way it can be done.

The fact that they kept the Leia secret is so good. Seeing Alderaan so lively before...well you know...is such a treat. And the actress is so GOOD. I can't wait to see how this story goes.

At the reception at the Organa's when Y-O served drink to Leia, I saw 3PO and R2 in the background!!! I cried!!! Perfect casting for young Leia!!!!

Nah the 5th brother was in rebels as well

Omg I love that you snapped your fingers after Leias burn, I did too when I saw it 😂👏

"Sandmon" "Jedi Sandta" They were right there in front of you!

Jay has the same reactions I do, except I cried like a baby when Leia appeared. Had to pause and all. Just a stunning show.

LEIA: BABY YODA...???-Hold my Space Juice Box...

Did you guys noticed that the very first time we meet young Leia she’s wearing the iconic rebel alliance orange and white colors

I love the genuine enthusiasm and positivity you guys always show, its a breath of fresh air amongst all the negativity in the fandom.👍

had a watch party for Kenobi in discord and we couldn't stop talking about how badass that jedi was in the opening

Hey guys. Not sure if you mentioned in the discussion after, but the Grand Inquisitor and the Fifth Brother are both from Rebels. Third Sister (Reva) is brand new. This is who has shown up in canon so far (minus comics because I haven’t read enough to comment): Grand Inquisitor (Obi Wan and Rebels) Second Sister (Fallen Order) Third Sister (Obi Wan) Fourth Sister (Obi Wan - episode 2) Fifth Brother (Obi Wan and Rebels) Seventh Sister (Rebels) Eighth Brother (Rebels) Ninth Sister (Fallen Order) Yes…I love those damn inquisiting fools 😁 Hope that helps!

8:45 I was actually waiting for that bar guy to say "They call you the Jedi Hunter" when the Grand Inquisitor asked "Do you know who we are?"

Just walked in from the giant storm and SO HAPPY!

I'm glad someone else thought they spotted a Falleen. No one else has brought it up.

Bail Organa was correct - Obi-wan isn't just responsible for Luke. Leia plays a huge role in the Rebellion so this shows how Obi-wan and Leia get to know each other. Great first 2 episodes.

Baby Leia makes me SO. HAPPY. 😭

I'm absolutely loving the late night energy!! Sometimes you just need to burn the oil to light the brightest.

Now I better understand what Obi Wan meant when Maul tries to insult him by showing disdain for what he’s become and Kenobi replies: “Look what I’ve risen above.”

That ‘on my T-shirt’ joke killed that hard😂😂😂

Thundercat in Boba, now Flea in Kenobi? Who in Star Wars casting is obsessed with slap-&-pop style bass players? At this point, if Les Claypool or Mike Watt showed up in Ashoka, I wouldn’t be surprised. (Just perplexed.) 💕

Someone at Disney was all, "Guys, star wars is in space. Space rhymes with bass. Someone get Thundercat and Flea, I got an idea"

27:07 well said! That's why I love Luke in TLJ.

Now we know why Leia named her only child BEN.

That little girl stole the show from Ewan McGreggor and I love her!

This was so unexpected but I LOVE this! I see that Leia was already a little sassy smart-mouth from the start😂

Jay’s nervous laughter will never get old

I was hoping for punchy Adam & Jay and we sure got it 😂 Love it guys! Thanks for your dedication!

I knew you guys would flip out seeing young Leia!❤