The aim of filmmaker Kai Patterson, creator of the edit, was to address "fluff," fix "some of the ordering to some of the scenes just to make them more effective or impactful," "awkward pacing, whole scenes that ultimately amounted to nothing, goofy dialogue and directing choices," and Moses Ingram's character, Reva, to make her "more menacing."

Patterson explained that the edit is "my own artistic interpretation of how these scenes could be strung together to make something that works better for me personally." He has also stated that he was not trying to undermine the work of the original creators in creating the edit.

The show itself originally began development as a trilogy of films before transforming into a television series after the mixed reception and poor box office performance of 2018's Solo: A Star Wars Story. Because of this, Variety and Complex.com wrote that Patterson's edit "brings the project back to its origins." Screen Rant called it, "a glimpse at what could have been."

Despite the show receiving overall positive responses from critics and audiences, some fans took issue with the "filler," writing, pacing, a "weaker" middle half, questioning if it negated established Star Wars canon, and if development hell affected the final product.

In a TikTok video, Patterson presented the statement, "The Obi-Wan Kenobi series should've been a movie, and I have proof."

He cut most of the footage from episodes one, four and six, including a scene where Leia insults her cousin (but retaining the following scene where her father tells her to apologize), the widely panned scene in which Leia is chased by bounty hunters in a forest, and the subplot where Reva attacks the Lars' homestead.

Patterson restructured certain segments, such as moving the introduction of the character Nari to his encounter with Obi-Wan in the desert before the scene where the Inquisitors arrive on Tatooine.

Patterson also produced new shots, including one where a Stormtrooper asks Darth Vader for instructions, which was made with Blender using pieces of James Earl Jones' archive audio as Vader.

• The Phantom Edit, a fan edit of Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace