Titled “Apprentice,” this TV spot is all about the guilt of Obi-Wan’s past failings. “Star Wars” nerds are all too aware of the Jedi Master’s devastating failure when it came to bringing up Anakin Skywalker as the ultimate Jedi, prophesied to bring “balance” to the enigmatic Force and render their eons-long conflict with the Sith obsolete. Unfortunately, Obi-Wan didn’t have access to Disney+ or any movie theaters that could’ve played the rest of the prequel films or the original trilogy (or the sequel trilogy, for that matter!) and shown him that such efforts would all be in vain. Teaching Anakin in the ways of the Force only gave him the power to defy the Jedi Order and turn to the Dark Side, leading to decades of the Empire’s rule over the galaxy and the subjugation of untold numbers of innocents.

Here, the older and more grizzled Jedi gets a hefty dose of reminders about events he’d probably much prefer to forget. Owen Lars, portrayed by a returning Joel Edgerton, throws Anakin’s fate right into his face — though, at this point, Obi-Wan doesn’t seem to actually know that his former apprentice survived their ordeal on the volcanic world of Mustafar in “Revenge of the Sith” and went on to become the fearsome Darth Vader. 

Elsewhere, imagery of the dangling feet of a victim, presumably executed by hanging, further emphasize the dire stakes of the series as the fearsome Jedi-hunting Inquisitors (played by Rupert Friend and Moses Ingram) draw a tighter web on discovering the whereabouts of Obi-Wan (who should be pretty easy to find, considering he’s still hanging out on Anakin’s home planet under the oh-so-clever pseudonym of “Ben Kenobi”).

The action is mounting while the days are getting shorter before the two-episode premiere of “Obi-Wan Kenobi” May 27, 2022 on Disney+.