@lefthandedguitarist You're right in terms of not manufacturing tension, but I have to say I was disappointed. The Maul-Old Ben duel has been teased for months and it just fizzled out in seconds. I agree that we knew Ben would survive but a bit more of fighting would have been better imo.
It also seems weird on another aspect. By showing an older, grizzled, less strong Obi-Wan they could've started to bridge the gap between the perfect Obi-Wan we see in ep. III and the old man who can barely wiggle a stick (I'm sorry sir Alec, but it's true) in ep. IV. Instead they went the route of still badass Obi-Wan, which doesn't really make sense since we are just a few years before A New Hope. Did Obi have a stroke between this episode and ANH? Because if not his dramatic drop in ability seems inexplicable.
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As if we didn't already know, Ezra is an idiot. Was anybody else kind of hoping he'd die?
The big draw is of course Kenobi and Maul's rematch. There are a few ways this could have been approached and I think the show did the right thing. We obviously know that Kenobi can't lose, so why draw it out? Any tension would have been artificial, but I can imagine that some viewers will be disappointed that it was over instantly.
The final moment with that music did give me a bit of a chill!