Star Wars: 10 Things In Disney+'s Obi-Wan Kenobi That Make No Sense
3. Why Didn’t Obi-Wan Go Around The Gate On Mapuzo?
As Obi-Wan and Leia Organa make their way to a rendezvous point on Mapuzo, they're picked up by a mole-like alien called Freck (Zach Braff). As he brings them to a laser gate guarded by Stormtroopers, Freck asks the soldiers to investigate his passengers. This leads to a shootout since Obi-Wan and Leia aren't able to get around the laser gate.
Oh, wait. They can. All they have to do is walk around the gate to reach the other side. Even though a toddler could figure this out, Obi-Wan instead blasts the gate mechanism to continue his mission.
This entire situation is so parodical, it's reminiscent of a scene from Robin Hood: Men In Tights where our hero is informed he can just walk around Little John's toll bridge but he refuses to.
What makes this scene dumber is that this plothole could've been fixed if there was a large structure on both sides of the gate, preventing anyone from getting around it. But since none of the scriptwriters thought of this detail, we are left with one of the stupidest moments in Star Wars.