‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ review: Ewan McGregor’s solid return of a Jedi

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Disney+’s latest series that’s set a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away (some nine more are coming soon). The first two episodes of the sci-fi drama that dropped Friday don’t suggest the addictive triumph that the first season of “The Mandalorian” was, but the Force is mostly with it.

The show takes place 10 years after the events of 2005’s “Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith,” which saw Anakin Skywalker turn into Darth Vader — the OG mask enthusiast.Although the math is confusing, it actually makes sense.

McGregor the actor is 17 years older now, true, but the story of the aughts movies occurred over 13 years and the hottie was prematurely sent into a midlife crisis with a silly beard.

Now, at 51, he is closer to his character’s real age.A decade on, Obi Wan calls himself Ben, as he does in 1977’s “A New Hope.” He lives on the two-sunned desert planet of Tatooine, keeping an eye on 10-year-old Luke from afar and attempting to survive in secret as the last remaining Jedi are violently hunted down by Inquisitors (led by a freaky Rupert Friend).This is where “Obi Wan” starts to resemble “The Mandalorian,” “Star Trek” and “Stargate SG-1.” Obviously it would be no fun to watch a burlap-hooded man cower in a cave all day, so there are unplanned missions that take him off-world, where we meet big-personality characters.