Ep. 6 pros/cons:Ok. Last installment. Not a lot to gripe about.
1.) Best.....live action......saber.......fight.......EEEEEEEEVVVVVVVEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRR.........!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Dun get me wrong, Duel of the Fates will always be one of the greats, but this time they really knocked it outta the park.
2.) A little too much rock throwing, especially when the rocks aren't that hard. But Vader effectively earth-bending was pretty special.
3.) I was appreciative that they didn't over use "saber push", but there was also a lot of throws. IMO Force adepts should know how to defend Force push/pull attacks reflexively.
4.) I didn't like how they blatantly had Obi-Wan pulling his "punches" as it were. He should have been giving everything in the attempt to kill Vader. I know he's not allowed to for continuity, but c'mon....using the pommel to break his life-support controls? That just felt weak.
5.) I actually didn't mind the "glancing" strike across Vader's back. Normally I would have screamed "THAT'S NOT HOW IT WORKS!" but in this case it was. Vader's gorget would have given him the needed protection.
6.) Getting a little sad how many times Disney is ripping off TFU, by letting Vader get his ass handed to him and ending up with severely battle damaged armor, and they don't even recognize it as canon.
7.) I still can't figure out why Reva moved from kidnapping Leia to flush out Kenobi, to simply wanting to kill Luke after receiving a garbled partial transmission about a boy on Tatooine. That was bad writing just so she could have a redemption moment.
8.) Also can't understand why the Lars couple have.....sawed-off blaster rifles?...stashed in a hidey-hole. It's not like the Empire have outlawed blasters. (Biting tongue to make further comments.) I also didn't like how close they resemble the slug-throwers favored by Tuskens. It's not like every blaster on Tatooine has to have wooden chassis.
9.) I'm hoping that there is a better explanation as to why Ben gets home and immediately decides to change residences, beyond "we have to get him to his ANH home." Perhaps it was an allegory of him coming back into the light; not necessarily from the dark side, but from being separated from the Force.
10.) I REALLY didn't understand how Ben had such a hard time communicating with Qui-Gon, when Luke was near death and untrained when he saw Kenobi on Hoth.
All in all, this series was, IMO, one of the best things Disney has produced in the franchise. Even despite my belief that the bar was set pretty low, this was overall very well done.......if you can overlook the 2 major plotholes of Vader's and Leia's tones toward Kenobi in ANH. Leia is far too formal in her plea for help to be addressing a beloved family friend. And considering the count of Kenobi kicking Vader's ass and leaving him for dead now stands at 2 ........Vader is too calm about it on the Death Star. WWWWAAAAAAAAAYYYYYY too calm.
Those are my thoughts. I welcome any concurrence or counters.