Star Wars: Must-Watch Animated Obi-Wan Kenobi Episodes
If you’re looking for more Kenobi content, these animated episodes will help fill in the characters’ story a little.
Now that the entire season of Obi-Wan Kenobi has wrapped up we’re left with a lull in Star Wars shows. Whether or not there will be a season two remains to be seen; and I’m not sure if we even need one. This season felt like an entire story with a fulfilling ending, but I wouldn’t exactly turn down more screen time from McGregor and Christensen.
Until Kenobi’s small-screen future is announced, though, there are some great animated episodes featuring the Jedi. If you haven’t seen the animated shows, these episodes are required watching for anyone looking to add a little more depth to the character, understand his history and motives a little better, and fully understand the future of Star Wars stories.
The Clone Wars Season 2, Episode 12: “The Mandalore Plot”
Many fans have been asking again if Obi-Wan was in love with Padme. While that was never the impression that I got, The Clone Wars introduces the much more likely love interest, Duchess Satine of Mandalore. The Mandalore Plot is the first episode of a three-part saga that introduces a much better day in Mandalorian history, the Darksaber, and Satine Kryze. Not only is she Bo-Katan‘s sister, but Obi-Wan Kenobi once considered leaving the Jedi Order for her. She’s a fantastic character whose story sets up much of the most important through-lines in Star Wars now.
The Clone Was: Season 3, Episode 16: “Altar of Mortis”
This episode doesn’t feel quite like the rest of The Clone Wars. Force Gods and dark side mind control make this feel more like a haunted house than science fiction, but many of these same themes come back around in Rebels. And for Obi-Wan, much of this episode acts as a foreshadowing of what is coming. Altar of Mortis is absolutely wild as far as Star Wars episodes go, but it’s worth knowing that at once point, Kenobi (and Ahsoka and Anakin) met Force Gods.
The Clone Wars Season 4, Episode 22: “Revenge”
By now you probably know that the rumors of Darth Maul‘s death were greatly exaggerated. He shows up in Solo, and the fandom has been asking if we’d get another re-match between him and Kenobi this past season. We’ll get into why the answer was always “of course not” in a little bit, but Revenge is there. Maul takes his chances at a first re-match with the Jedi, who made him half of the Dathomirian he once was. These episodes also give Maul the full nuance and character fleshing out that he always deserved.
The Clone Wars Season 5, Episode 1: “The Lawless”
After meeting Duchess Satine and seeing Maul’s return to the Star Wars Stage, The Lawless brings it all together in an episode that’s brutal and heartbreaking. Almost every main crime syndicate you can imagine has a part to play in this bloody power grab on Mandalore. It results in one of the most core memories, creating moments in Kenobi’s life.
The Clone Wars Season 5, Episode 20: “The Wrong Jedi”
This isn’t a Kenobi-heavy episode at all. In fact, he plays a very brief role in this episode, while the majority of the focus is on Ahsoka. This is the episode where Ahsoka decides to leave the Jedi Order for good. Disillusionment and mistrust force her to question whether or not the Jedi are good or good for her. In the end, she decides to cut her ties. This is one of the last times, if not the last time, that Obi-Wan sees his Padawan’s Padawan.
Over the course of the show, the three had grown to have a close, sibling-like bond. Knowing that Anakin will also soon turn to the Dark Side, this is the beginning of the end of the family that Kenobi has built. And with the live-action return of Ahsoka and the future possibilities of these characters meeting in live-action, this departure could become very important.
Rebels Season 3, Episode 20: “Twin Suns”
Taking place just two years before the events of A New Hope, Twin Suns shows a Kenobi who has been living alone in the desert for nearly two decades. This episode features the Maul/Kenobi showdown that people wanted to see in Obi-Wan Kenobi. The Master also has some words of advice for Ezra Bridger. All in all, this episode leaves us feeling like loose ends are tied up, and Kenobi is ready for his next (and last) great adventure. And after this season of Obi-Wan Kenobi, this transition makes a lot of sense.
What is a must-watch Kenobi animated episode in your book? Did your favorite episode make my list? Do you want to see more of Kenobi’s story, or do you think it’s complete now? Let us know in the comments!
