As the long-awaited Star Wars series, Obi-Wan Kenobi, finally made its debut this week on Disney+, we shared with you; the first reactions of the spectators, which remain on the whole very positive. But if the first two episodes seduced the French public, on the other side; of the Atlantic, the results are a little more mixed, especially at because of a scene in particular having caused a controversy on social networks.
a shocking opening scene
The Obi-Wan series Kenobi and Disney+ have been criticized by American Star Wars fans on Twitter, following the inclusion of a scene in the first episode where we can see a shooting in a school, and this a few days after a terrible incident in Texas.
Shortly after the premiere of Obi-Wan Kenobi on Disney+ this week, many American viewers took to Twitter to express their outrage over the opening scene of the first episode. The latter begins with a flashback to Order 66, in which clone troopers can be seen shooting at the Jedi Temple as children attempt to flee.
Warning: For some reason, the new Obi-Wan Kenobi series begins with a shooting at a school (this is not a joke). If this might offend you, start the episode at 6min14
It’s questionable timing to release a Star Wars series that begins with a class of young children being shot, where the fighting assailants let out comical screams, with no warning other than a small V in the corner for “violence”
Cool, so “Obi-Wan Kenobi” begins with a school shooting.
I don’t even know what would have been. the best thing to do; do for Disney, but… that’s not how I wanted to start my escape after this shitty week.
Watching the new Obi-Wan Kenobi series, launched today, to forget the stress of the pandemic and school shootings.
And the The first scene shows stormtroopers bursting into a classroom and shooting children. Not cool Star Wars, not cool.
Most critics therefore fault the inclusion of this school shooting scene, although others their dissatisfaction with no warning from Disney, in particular following a the shooting having taken place in Texas. Some then launched warnings to for other viewers, informing how to avoid this footage for the most sensitive who wish to watch the first episode.
The United States suffered another tragic shooting this week , after an 18-year-old walked in. in Robb Elementary School, an elementary school located in the town of Uvalde, Texas, claiming the lives of 21 people before being shot. This tragedy thus revived the debate in the United States on gun control laws; fire.
As reported by CBR, Netflix recently revealed ; that it would include a warning for American audiences at the start of the first episode of Season 4 of Stranger Things. The episode is expected to feature Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) bonded to a massacre of children. Netflix stated:
We filmed this season of Stranger Things a year ago. But given the recent tragic shooting at a Texas school, viewers may find the opening scene of Episode 1 painful. We are deeply saddened by this unspeakable violence, and our hearts go out to each family who mourns a loved one.
You should know that in the United States, free access to firearms; over 39,000 people die each year in the country, according to Amnesty International.