The following contains spoilers for Season 1 of Obi-Wan Kenobi on Disney+.

Moses Ingram's The Third Sister, Reva, is one of the most exciting new Star Wars villains in years. One thing that makes her unique is her backstory. We've seen Jedi and Padawans escape the Order 66 massacre and survive the dark times. Reva's history as a Jedi Youngling, and her fall to the dark side, is the most interesting part. And Obi-Wan Kenobi ruined the introduction of that story by keeping their cards down too long.

It may seem a bit extreme to say that Obi-Wan Kenobi ruined the reveal of Reva’s backstory. In Star Wars especially, characters can grow on you, changing how you feel about them. While a fan-favorite, some kids grew up to think that C3PO is the worst character in Star Wars. Yet, first impressions for these characters are deeply important. The relationship between Din Djarin and Baby Grogu on The Mandalorian was built on that moment when the bounty hunter takes out the droid instead of his target. Introducing Reva's past is a crucial point in her story, and Obi-Wan Kenobi ruined that moment by following it up with the reveal that she actually wanted to kill Darth Vader.

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As mentioned, the series opened with the Order 66 massacre attached to the perspective of a group of Jedi Younglings. The series then shifts not to Obi-Wan's perspective, but the arrival of the Inquisitors on Tatooine, including Reva. Star Wars Rebels, the Darth Vader comics, and Jedi: Fallen Order, all reveal Inquisitors are former Jedi who survived Order 66 but fell to the dark side. Even those who aren't superfans can connect the Inquisitors to the Younglings because of the cinematic vocabulary the storytellers employed. Yet, the storytellers didn't make that connection explicit. They instead did it at a moment in the narrative that undercut the core part Reva's motivations.

This is a flaw in the Obi-Wan Kenobi series in a larger sense. We don't learn enough about the Inquisitors in those first episodes. Star Wars fans with a sense of the timeline knew Reva didn't kill the Grand Inquisitor. So, when he shows up again in Part V, the audience is still suffering whiplash from the reveal that not only is Reva a Youngling, but she actually wants to kill Vader. When she confesses to Obi-Wan that she was stabbed by an unmasked Vader, many questions fans had about the character are answered. While this is clearly the intent of the storytellers, some of those fans lacked the needed context to make a connection to the character.

The simplest fix might have been to just let the entire Order 66 sequence play out, cutting away just before Hayden Christensen's unmasked Vader stabs her. In Part II, when Reva says Anakin's name, it all comes together for the audience. Then we see Reva's obsession with Kenobi and gaining Vader's favor as a kind of dark mirror of that Mandalorian and Grogu relationship. Not only does this give Reva's brash and reckless behavior more emotional justification, the audience also feels they are outwitting her. When she eventually tells Obi-Wan her true goals, they are just as surprised as he is. And their whole perspective on the character shifts.

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Vader runs Reva through in Obi-Wan Kenobi show

Even at their best, a lot of Star Wars fans are a prickly bunch. Introducing new characters alongside legacy characters is always a risk. Ahsoka, Boba Fett and Luke Skywalker popping up in The Mandalorian was a fun surprise and validation that Din and Grogu are a big deal. With Star Wars icons like Obi-Wan Kenobi and Darth Vader in the show, new characters have to justify their proximity to the folks we already care about. Even as executed, the storytellers and Ingram succeeded in making Reva worthy of her place. Yet, turning up a few more cards in that first episode would only strengthen viewers' first impression of the Third Sister.

Reva is a compelling character, if only because of her unique background. She is a Youngling failed by the Jedi and a powerful (if outmatched) enemy of the Sith. However, revealing how she made her way to the Inquisitors along with her plan to betray them felt more like inconsistency than a powerful double reveal. Reva's origin didn't have time to settle with the viewers before the second twist hit.

Star Wars loves a mystery. Fans didn't know what "the Clone War" was for 25 years. However, mystery doesn't always lend itself to people connecting with a character, especially the uphill battle for new characters next to legacy ones. Obi-Wan Kenobi ruined the momentum of Reva's character arc by holding back too much about her past.

Give Reva a second chance at a first impression by streaming Season 1 of Obi-Wan Kenobi on Disney+.