Obi-Wan Kenobi is set ten years after the proclamation of the Galactic Empire, and nine years before said Galactic Empire left the critical infrastructure facility DS-1 Orbital Battle Station (more commonly known as the Death Star) so scandalously vulnerable that it was attacked and largely destroyed by the Rebel Alliance. I watched the series in the hope of tracing the development of the Empire’s information security; however, “degradation” turned out to be the more appropriate descriptor. (By the way: As usual, I’ll try not to reveal any major plot twists, but some spoilers are unavoidable; beware!)