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The Spence Edit of Kenobi is a really spectacular attempt to turn the Kenobi series into something watchable. Overall the edit suffers from things generally outside of its control (the show didn't leave much to work with) but the edit is a great watch and tons of fun. Overall there were only 2 real sticking points for me where I wish something different had been done: in the scene where Leia is captured, she says "my father will send an army!" or something to that effect. I really wish this line had been cut because in a new hope leia specifically says that Alderaan is a peaceful planet and does not even have any weapons, so it just really doesnt work from a continuity standpoint. Now granted maybe leia was just bluffing, but yeah I wish it had been cut. Theres another part with a thermal detonator that I feel like could have been edited a little to improve the cut, but I really don't want to backseat drive because the fact is this edit demonstrated a skill for editing movies that I really do not have. Futhermore, Spence's love of star wars really came through in this edit. I can't wait to go back and watch the Spence Edits of the Prequels. I gave it 8s on Narrative and enjoyment only because, as I said, the final product suffers from the really bad original source material. Overall this is a heroic effort to give us all the Obi-wan movie we have all wanted for roughly 20 years. I would say the final product took a D+ TV show and made it into a solid B movie. To me the only way it could have been markedly improved would have been to do reshoots or rework the dialogue and story the way The Blackened Mantle did, or alternatively The End of Skywalker (which I have yet to watch). This edit made me look forward even more to Kenobi: Trials of the Master (the PixelJoker edit with reshoots done by an experienced Star Wars VFX guy) coming out.