With four of the 6 episodes of Obi-Wan Kenobi out in the world, a number of outlets have been criticising what they perceive to be continuity errors, digging at a show that is still only two-thirds completed. Answering that and much more besides, writer Joby Harold discussed what we’ve seen so far and also what we can expect by the time the limited series ends on Wednesday 22nd June.
“And we’re looking forward to the show airing in its entirety so that hopefully all questions are answered fully. So it’s tricky to field some of those questions mid-process. But yes, all I can say is we’re very cognizant of that, and of canon. And it’s a massive team, Lucasfilm, so we’re all very aware of all the choices that are being made.
Just that one of the challenges with the show is we know where it begins, and we know where it ends. And part of the fun of it was, in the journey in between, taking us to places maybe you wouldn’t expect, and some surprises along the way. But hopefully there’s a satisfaction to landing the plane back where we all imagine it’ll end up, vis a vis Episode IV and A New Hope. So there’s some emotional stuff ahead. There’s more surprises ahead. And hopefully when everything is concluded we’ll be able to look at the whole thing as a complete story, and some of the earlier choices will make sense. So I’m just excited for all to get out there.
It will be so much easier to speak to these things once we’ve aired everything, but as I said before, we very much take canon very, very seriously. And there are many, many people behind the scenes who prioritize that. So we have it in mind, and by the time everything has concluded, all things should be in place.”
