First of all the good:
Ewan McGregor is a fine actor and well cast as Obi-Wan. The cinematography and settings are very well done. Much more closely to the original films and the newer films and they are much better than the overly used CGI of the 2nd trilogy. The idea of plot is interesting and brings us up to speed with what happened after the 2nd trilogy and before the orignal trilogy. Darth Vader is reunited with James Early Jones and is both terrifying and awe inspiring.
The bad: I expected a series about a Jedi, but all I am getting is a very scared old man who doesn't use the force or his light saber, and when he is forced to fight, punches and kicks people. There is no real explanation of why he doesn't use the force or his light saber. Obi Wan is not much of a hero in this series as he just seems to be more of a victim of circumstance than a protagonist. His survival is mostly based on luck and someone else saving him at the last minute in many scenes and not in his own wit and ability.
Many cringe worthy characters and some bad acting and directing. I enjoyed both the Mandalorian and the Book of Boba Fett, and really want to like this, but some characters just make me cringe in my seat... in fact many of them do. Obi-Wan is good, Darth Vader is good... and then a significant drop off. There was a little bit of this at times with the Mandalorian and BOBF, but not enough to go off the rails. Without Obi Wan and Darth, this show is not good.
Too many plot holes or lazy writing. While the idea of the plot is interesting, the execution of the plot with writing and directing is poorly done. Without giving up any spoilers, there are just too many instances of "why don't they just do this?" or "wait... what? This can happen? Why didn't they just do that 5 min ago?".
There is too much inconstancy with the universe and abilities of people, that it doesn't make sense and doesn't give you that suspension of disbelief to draw you in. To explain, I will make up an example that doesn't exist in the show to avoid spoilers but makes my point. Jedi knocks over an entire building 30 meters away by using the force... Jedi can't get to someone 30 meters away because they are on the other side of a river.
Conclusion: I'm enough of a Star Wars fan that I want to see what happens next, so I will watch the next episode. But it is not something I would go back and watch again, or something I am inspired by after watching it.
The bad: I expected a series about a Jedi, but all I am getting is a very scared old man who doesn't use the force or his light saber, and when he is forced to fight, punches and kicks people. There is no real explanation of why he doesn't use the force or his light saber. Obi Wan is not much of a hero in this series as he just seems to be more of a victim of circumstance than a protagonist. His survival is mostly based on luck and someone else saving him at the last minute in many scenes and not in his own wit and ability.
Many cringe worthy characters and some bad acting and directing. I enjoyed both the Mandalorian and the Book of Boba Fett, and really want to like this, but some characters just make me cringe in my seat... in fact many of them do. Obi-Wan is good, Darth Vader is good... and then a significant drop off. There was a little bit of this at times with the Mandalorian and BOBF, but not enough to go off the rails. Without Obi Wan and Darth, this show is not good.
Too many plot holes or lazy writing. While the idea of the plot is interesting, the execution of the plot with writing and directing is poorly done. Without giving up any spoilers, there are just too many instances of "why don't they just do this?" or "wait... what? This can happen? Why didn't they just do that 5 min ago?".
There is too much inconstancy with the universe and abilities of people, that it doesn't make sense and doesn't give you that suspension of disbelief to draw you in. To explain, I will make up an example that doesn't exist in the show to avoid spoilers but makes my point. Jedi knocks over an entire building 30 meters away by using the force... Jedi can't get to someone 30 meters away because they are on the other side of a river.
Conclusion: I'm enough of a Star Wars fan that I want to see what happens next, so I will watch the next episode. But it is not something I would go back and watch again, or something I am inspired by after watching it.