‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ Writer Says Darth Vader ‘Should Be Awful’

Episode 3 of “Obi-Wan Kenobi” started to get a little dark.

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Darth Vader tried to intimidate Obi-Wan by snapping the necks of helpless citizens.

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When he finally caught up to Kenobi, he dragged him around through flames until he was badly burned.

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He wanted Kenobi to burn the way Kenobi left him to burn after their last battle on Mustafar.

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It may be dark, but writer Joby Harold Vanity Fair said it was their intention to be “terrifying.”

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He revealed that some of Vader’s torture scenes actually got “pulled back.”

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Harold confessed, “It was a lot more extreme, at one point.”

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“It's awful, but he should be awful,” he added. “He's Darth Vader.”

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New episodes of “Obi-Wan Kenobi” hit Disney+ each Wednesday.

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