Surprised so many canceled this, they had been showing off an updated sculpt at cons since when, last summer? It does look way better but still not quite totally Ewan. Still have my PO for the exclusive but on the fence just because the show was so, so bad.
I get past the show because my own head canon more or less gelled visually with Sideshow's original 1/4 statue. Which, ironically, is where the show got costume ideas from.
Like, in my head, after dropping off Luke, where would Obi go and what would he do? I think the original statue pretty well covered Obi slogging through the desert, needing to establish some non-descript home where he could watch over Luke.
So this fig will go well with my Sideshow Mythos Obi figure and my ROTS Obi as well as Qui-Gon. An entire Tatooine arc to old Obi. I just like the idea of Obi-Wan essentially sacrificing himself in some backwater to protect this last hope (Luke). I just ignore the stupid *&^% in the show. Same as I do for Boba, a fig I just got in.
I can't have everything; I just need a re-release of farmboy Luke to cap off my little display. Am sure if I wait long enough that will happen $$$$$ probably with some nerve-wracking Artisan version release. Anyway, a lot of the script may have been *&^% but Ewan did a stellar job. The fig looks beautiful.
Keep him, and just ignore the show like I ignore BoBF with my BoBF Bobas. After a while its easy to do. Especially with a really pretty figure.
For sure, the fans know the heart of a character; it's why they are fans in the first place. We can't help it if there's stuff like Rings of Power or the Acolyte or other dribble like the Mods in BOBF. Even then I like the Rasta guy and his attitude.
Like Obi had that stellar shot of Anakin in the field, which if I wanted to dissect it, TBH in ROTS I would have thought Obi would have been a lot more upset as he flew off. He's just "killed" Anakin and the whole Jedi order was destroyed. But it's - fine.
