Obi-Wan Kenobi’s six episode first season has been turned into a two and a half hour movie thanks to one dedicated fan. The fan film, made by Kai Patterson, is Patterson’s attempt to fix things he thought were “easily fixable” in the series and offer up his own “artistic interpretation of how these scenes could be strung together to make something that works better for me personally.”
Patterson decided to take things into his own hand after seeing the series and not loving what he calls its “awkward pacing, whole scenes that ultimately amounted to nothing, goofy dialogue and directing choices.”
He says he does it out of love for the Star Wars universe and the excitement he has for the new content coming from Lucasfilm. Patterson also urges people to only watch his cut of the series if they’re subscribed to Disney+ and wants to be sure everyone is “supporting all the original artists on this show by not letting this become a means of pirating.” So, if you choose to check it out, be sure you’re subscribed to Disney+.
The Obi-Wan Kenobi series was originally meant to be a trilogy of films starring Ewan McGregor reprising his role in each. The first film, written by Stuart Beattie, ended up getting scrapped but they used his screenplay as inspiration for the series.
In our review for Obi-Wan Kenobi, we gave it an 8/10 and said the show was “bookended by strong opening and closing chapters” but suffered from a “muddled middle third” and said “the action swings between dull and exciting and the script leaves a little to be desired in places.”
Be sure to also check out all the burning questions we still have after the season one finale. Currently, there are no plans for a second season but the door has been left open for a second. Though, both Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen have said they want there to be a follow up.
Casey is a freelance writer for IGN. You can usually find him talking about JRPGs on Twitter at @caseydavidmt.