- I had a flashback to The Last Jedi and am a little bugged by the Star Destroyer vs. transport battle. The Star Destroyer managed to track down, disable, and capture the Tantavie IV without much trouble but couldn't do that with a transport?
I'm ok with that because I thought Tantive was disabled in some way - doesn't C-3PO say something about the main reactor being shut-down?
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I think C-3PO says that after the explosion occurs on the outside of the Tantavie IV when the ship is being attacked by the Star Destroyer.
I just think there are other ways you can dramatically have this play out that are less hokey. Maybe the hyperdrive dies after only a few seconds and you only get the transport to the other side of the sector and the Star Destroyer has to hunt a bit to find you. It gives time for the dialog to play out and forces Obi-Wan to take the drop ship to draw Vader away.
One area that I'm still not sure about is the Emperor / Vader dialog where the Emperor tells Vader to chill. Vader is obsessed but The Emperor doesn't seem to care much about the threat of Kenobi. Is this just The Emperor exerting control? Is Vader really losing it? Is Kenobi not a threat and there are more important things to focus on?
One line that still bugs me and I expected it to play out in this series was what Tarkin says about Kenobi on the Death Star, "Surely he must be dead by now". I thought Kenobi was going to stay buried in the rocks and sneak away, or there would be some large explosion/battle that Kenobi miraculously survives when everyone thought he was dead. ANH only takes place eight years later (or so) and there wouldn't be any reason to think Kenobi would have died. He's not old enough to die naturally and if he can best Vader then there isn't an Inquisitor that could begin to match him. Let's hope there is a Kenobi season 2+ where this sort of thing plays out.