You know what just cracks me up about the Korkie Kenobi theory? That it isn’t just a backstory/inside joke for Dave Filoni. If it was just a joke that Dave never intended to be canon, he would have just kept it to himself and chuckled in amusement.
But that’s not the case, because Korkie’s look is a purposeful design choice, and the character designers (and the animators animating that chin rub) must be in on the “joke.”
Compare beardless Obi-Wan to Korkie when he’s younger and older.
It would not surprise me one bit if, when they designed Korkie in “The Academy,” the designers took the Obi-Wan animation model (sans beard), slapped Satine’s nose on it, and then aged him down.
But then “The Lawless” rolled around. They aged up the character a bit, but then (in my mind) they promptly realized their mistake! Because Korkie and Obi-Wan are seen in the same episode together (though never in the same scene)
But the resemblance between them is uncanny. As he’s getting older, Korkie starts to look even more like his father Obi-Wan. His thin nose is filling out more, and their chins and jawlines are identical. And look at those deep-set eyes and heavy eyebrows.
So they compensated by completely changing Korkie’s features that were Obi-esque in The Academy. They lightened his hair, eyebows, and skin to more closely resemble the other blond Mandalorians, and they slicked his hair back instead of letting it fall to the side. They changed so much that he doesn’t even look like the same character any more, and that’s so freaking hilarious to me!
Far from throwing us off the scent, it just gives more fuel to the Korkie Kenobi theory!
Don’t. you. tell. me. this. child. is. not. a. Kenobi!