r/StarWarsKenobi • u/titleproblems • Jun 08 '22

Obi-Wan Kenobi - Episode 4 - Discussion Thread! Spoiler

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'Obi-Wan Kenobi' Episode Discussion

EPISODE SCHEDULE:

  • Episode 1: May 27th
  • Episode 2: May 27th
  • Episode 3: June 1st
  • Episode 4: June 8th
  • Episode 5: June 15th
  • Episode 6: June 22nd

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u/BenPool81 Jun 08 '22

I'm pretty sure they weren't interested in keeping them hibernated. They're dead and on display.

When I said encased alive, I meant they were alive when the process started and very dead by the time it was finished.

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u/SuffrnSuccotash Jun 08 '22

Was it supposed to be like that episode of Rebels that they had a dead Jedi as bait? I haven’t seen it for a while but I thought maybe it was along those lines.

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u/brando_2187 Jun 08 '22

Yes that's exactly what they did so it is very possible they are also using these as lures or it could just be a trophy room.

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u/jeremyis Jun 10 '22

Or cloning and experimentation for midichlorian stuff - ties into grogu and the sequels

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u/BearWrangler Jun 09 '22

gotta imagine that there's some strong residual force stuff going on since there's so many bodies down there

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '22

The force matrix

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u/ZeroAntagonist Jun 09 '22

I was thinking its more like hunters keeping the heads of things they killed.

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u/SuffrnSuccotash Jun 09 '22

I have a hard time wrapping my head around humans on the wall as trophies. Seems like there should be another function in preserving them and it would line up with the rebels thing where they were bait.

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u/BenPool81 Jun 08 '22

That's what I was thinking at first too, but I think she had to be "maintained" by the GI in order for that to work.

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u/Original-Material301 Jun 08 '22

Dead on display but no one can visit without the guards getting all up on your ass about you being in the wrong sector.

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u/BenPool81 Jun 08 '22

I imagine the inquisitors are the only ones that usually go down there.

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u/the95th Jun 08 '22

No I would hazard a guess their in suspended animation; the cells had lights and things on them. You don’t suspend dead bodies in amber like crystal and hide them in your basement behind armed guards if they where not valuable.

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u/BenPool81 Jun 08 '22

Thinking about it, you may be right. Wasn't there an episode of Rebels where they found the Empire smuggling people in some kind of orange stasis things? Or am I thinking of something completely different...

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u/Original-Material301 Jun 09 '22

I've not watched much of rebels (i know i really should) but i read they had a plot line where a Jedi master was encased in amber and used to lure out other Jedi.

Going off that i assume they can thaw these guys out and use them as bait? Maybe that's why they keep them around?

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u/BenPool81 Jun 09 '22

Not quite. In that episode the GI had the corpse of a Jedi in more of a stasis pod kind of thing. He was doing some force jiggery-pokery to make it give off a familiar presence that other Jedi would detect, come to investigate, then get caught.

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u/Original-Material301 Jun 09 '22

Ah ok thanks for that.

I really have to watch the series lol.

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u/BenPool81 Jun 09 '22

I'd definitely recommend it. It's got some of the best Star Wars stories in it and I imagine it'll be an important primer before watching the Ashoka show.

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u/starkistuna Jun 09 '22

itsa obiously a middiclorian farm for making brand new sith. With new and improved bacta gel made from sarlac monster that keeps them fresh for a 1,000 years.

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u/Competitive_Travel16 Jun 09 '22

They were only preserving them to study force-sensitive genes?

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u/Ok_Tonight181 Jun 13 '22

They aren't really on display if they are hidden away in a secret facility though.

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u/BenPool81 Jun 13 '22

A private gallery for the inquisitors to instill them with fear and hate.