It also was a thoughtful continuation of the Obi Wan/Anakin ark. Showing strength with mercy and the kind heart characteristic of Obi Wan it sets up the final fight between these two and the eventual return to light and sacrifice of Anakin. The tired and depressed Obi re-awakening to his ...
They are comrades in the Clone Wars (as seen in the 7-season animated show of the same name), then fight each other after Anakin becomes a mass-murderer dubbed Darth Vader by Emperor Palpatine. A badly wounded Vader becomes more machine than man. Obi-Wan hides Luke, the son Vader didn...
that he was just as prone to falling to the Dark Side as Anakin and that he was just as likely to form and hold onto attachments. Therefore, this key element [flaw] of Kenobi’s character poses tremendous problems for the filmmakers. Why did Obi-Wan fight Anakin?
Qui-gon introduces him to Obi-Wan Kenobi. Obi-Wan inquires as to why Qui-gon doesn’t sense the danger in Anakin that the rest of the Jedi council senses. As Obi-