{"id":466885,"date":"2022-06-24T00:32:13","date_gmt":"2022-06-23T21:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/obi-wan-kenobi-and-the-death-of-anakin-skywalker\/"},"modified":"2022-06-24T00:32:13","modified_gmt":"2022-06-23T21:32:13","slug":"obi-wan-kenobi-and-the-death-of-anakin-skywalker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/obi-wan-kenobi-and-the-death-of-anakin-skywalker\/","title":{"rendered":"#&#8217;Obi-Wan Kenobi&#8217; and the Death of Anakin Skywalker"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3f7af90544a\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3f7af90544a\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/obi-wan-kenobi-and-the-death-of-anakin-skywalker\/#%E2%80%9C%E2%80%98Obi-Wan_Kenobi_and_the_Death_of_Anakin_Skywalker%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;&#8216;Obi-Wan Kenobi&#8217; and the Death of Anakin Skywalker&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/obi-wan-kenobi-and-the-death-of-anakin-skywalker\/#Obi-Wan_Kenobi_the_Jedi_Returns\" >Obi-Wan Kenobi, the Jedi Returns<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/obi-wan-kenobi-and-the-death-of-anakin-skywalker\/#Anakin_Skywalker_a_Suicide\" >Anakin Skywalker, a Suicide?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/obi-wan-kenobi-and-the-death-of-anakin-skywalker\/#Goodbye_Darth\" >Goodbye, Darth<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9C%E2%80%98Obi-Wan_Kenobi_and_the_Death_of_Anakin_Skywalker%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;&#8216;Obi-Wan Kenobi&#8217; and the Death of Anakin Skywalker&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<pre><code>     &lt;span class=\"mx-1\"&gt;Who wins this Duel of the Fates? Not Obi-Wan.&lt;\/span&gt;\n&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;div id=\"\"&gt;\n\n\n\n                &lt;figure class=\"sf-entry-featured-<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> \"&gt;\n            &lt;img width=\"800\" height=\"328\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Obi-Wan-Kinobi-Episode-6.jpg\" class=\"articlethumb wp-post-image\" alt=\"Obi Wan Kinobi Episode\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Obi-Wan-Kinobi-Episode-6.jpg 800w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Obi-Wan-Kinobi-Episode-6-768x315.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/&gt;                                    &lt;p&gt;\n                    &lt;span class=\"sf-entry-flag sf-entry-flag-creditline\"&gt;Lucasfilm&lt;\/span&gt;\n\n                        &lt;\/figure&gt;\n\n    &lt;!-- START BYLINE --&gt;\n    &lt;div class=\"row align-items-center justify-content-center my-4 text-center medium dark-gray\"&gt;\n        By\u00a0Brad Gullickson\u00a0\u00b7 Published on June 23rd, 2022 \n        &lt;\/div&gt;\n    &lt;!-- END BYLINE --&gt;\n\n    &lt;i&gt;Star Wars Explained&lt;\/i&gt;&lt;i&gt; is our ongoing <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> where we delve into the latest Star Wars shows, movies, trailers, and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> stories to divine the franchise\u2019s future. This entry examines Obi-Wan Kenobi Episode 6 and the final showdown between Obi-Wan and Anakin Skywalker.&lt;\/i&gt;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<hr\/>\n<p>This week, <strong><em>Obi<\/em><\/strong>\u2013<strong><em>Wan<\/em> <em>Kenobi<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0delivered its title bout. Obi-Wan (<strong>Ewan McGregor<\/strong>) vs. Darth Vader (<strong>James Earl Jones<\/strong>\/<strong>Hayden Christensen<\/strong>), like we\u2019ve never seen them before and will probably never see again\u2026uh, let\u2019s trade \u201cprobably\u201d with \u201cmaybe\u201d given the show\u2019s streaming success. The confrontation was chopped up similarly to how Luke Skywalker\u2019s Darth Vader saber battle was in <em>Return of the Jedi<\/em>, trading Ewok\/Stormtrooper hijinks with Third Sister Reva (<strong>Moses Ingram<\/strong>) scurring after a Tatooine child.<\/p>\n<p>Director <strong>Deborah Chow<\/strong> couldn\u2019t give us what we wanted in one big gulp. That\u2019s not the <strong>George Lucas<\/strong> way. <em>Star Wars<\/em> is about pleasure delaying, giving us just enough to keep us going, never lingering on the event we all showed up here to experience.<\/p>\n<p>As a season, <em>Obi<\/em>\u2013<em>Wan<\/em> <em>Kenobi<\/em> was an agonizing watch. Our title character spends much of the series hiding from his failures and, in doing so, continually failing those still bothering to fight the Empire. In Episode 3, when Obi-Wan first put his eyes on the monster he left melting on Mustafar, he nearly succumbed to his depression. Obi-Wan probably would have let Vader snuff him out if not for his new friends.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat have you become?\u201d asked the Jedi. \u201cI am what you made me,\u201d answered the Sith.<\/p>\n<p>Those six words cut deeper than any lightsaber gash. They represented everything Obi-Wan feared at that moment. The darkest evil walking the galaxy came from his instruction and his ignorance. Except now, <em>Obi<\/em>\u2013<em>Wan<\/em> <em>Kenobi<\/em> Episode 6 would like to let Obi-Wan off the hook. Should we let it?<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Obi-Wan_Kenobi_the_Jedi_Returns\"><\/span>Obi-Wan Kenobi, the Jedi Returns<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Throughout the season, we watched Obi-Wan Kenobi slowly escape his despair. His interactions with Leia (<strong>Vivien Lyra Blair<\/strong>) and a burgeoning resistance force awakened hope within. Yes, he and the Jedi Council lost, and their failure to recognize the evil rising from within the Republic and their prized pupil cost the galaxy its freedom. Billions died because Obi-Wan couldn\u2019t imagine such atrocity percolating in Anakin. Obi-Wan earned that shame and should never shake it.<\/p>\n<p>However, while Obi-Wan was ready to lay down in the desert and sulk, thousands of others continued to fight. They had no other choice. Obi-Wan\u2019s problem in Episode 1 is that he couldn\u2019t shake the memory of his beating. He cloaked himself in defeat, and only Leia, <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>arently, could shed him of it.<\/p>\n<p>I was recently watching the Tony Hawk documentary <em>Until the Wheels Fall Off<\/em>. The film proposes that the young skate-rat became a legend because he never held onto the pain that came with the falls. Hawk would break his arm, but he\u2019d be back on the board days later, if not hours later. His inability to remember the defeat allowed him to commit to the gnarliest tricks.<\/p>\n<p>Obi-Wan Kenobi facing Darth Vader on the nameless moon in Episode 6 is the Jedi Knight getting back on the board, back in the fight. Crossing swords was probably enough, but Vader\u2019s final words to him sealed the deal. Whatever guilt Obi-Wan had about chopping the arms and legs off his pal quickly dissipated.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Anakin_Skywalker_a_Suicide\"><\/span>Anakin Skywalker, a Suicide?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>What was the first thing we ever learned about Darth Vader? In <em>Star Wars<\/em>: <em>A New Hope<\/em>, Ben Kenobi tells Luke Skywalker, \u201cA young Jedi named Darth Vader, who was a pupil of mine until he turned to evil, helped the Empire hunt down and destroy the Jedi Knights. He betrayed and murdered your father.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A few years later, in <em>Return of the Jedi<\/em>, Force ghost Kenobi finagles history to explain the white lie to Luke after the kid learns the truth about dear old dad. \u201cYour father,\u201d he said, \u201cwas seduced by the Dark Side of the Force. He ceased to be the Jedi Anakin Skywalker and became the Sith Darth Vader. When that happened, the good man who was your father was destroyed. So, what I told you was true\u2026 from a certain point of view.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>From a certain point of view? In 1983, we were right there with Luke Skywalker. Come on, Ben. That\u2019s some B.S. In light of <em>Obi<\/em>\u2013<em>Wan<\/em> <em>Kenobi<\/em> Episode 6, we totally understand how Ben came to that conclusion. He did the mental gymnastics, for his own sake, and for Anakin\u2019s sake. He\u2019s just following the truth scripted by Darth Vader.<\/p>\n<p>With his helmet shattered and his fleshy parts poking out, Vader gurgles his disgust toward Obi-Wan. He refuses to accept Obi-Wan\u2019s wet-eyed apology. \u201cI am not your failure,\u201d he wheezes. \u201cYou didn\u2019t kill Anakin Skywalker. I did.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Goodbye_Darth\"><\/span>Goodbye, Darth<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Vader cannot give Obi-Wan the win. Once again, the Jedi got the high ground. This time by smashing the mechanical bits that keep the pulpy body beneath breathing. Shriveled and as pathetic as ever, Darth Vader rejects Obi-Wan\u2019s point of view, proudly taking ownership of his choices during <em>Revenge of the Sith<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>No one forced Anakin to the Dark Side. No one guided his hand as he struck those younglings down. Palpatine merely stoked the fires of hate swelling inside. Once the Jedi switched teams, he was eager to take on a new mantle and kill the old him. Obi-Wan remains the last vestige of his previous life, and that\u2019s why he\u2019s got to kill him so bad. That\u2019s also why Palpatine wants Vader to give up the ghost as Episode 6 wraps up.<\/p>\n<p>Vader\u2019s attachments to Obi-Wan are a threat. They remind him that there was once Light in Vader as well as Dark. It\u2019s a crack that will only widen as Vader increasingly associates with his son, Luke Skywalker. Palpatine can sense the betrayal on the horizon. You have to wonder if that Light in Vader could have grown sooner if Obi-Wan did not walk away.<\/p>\n<p>As crushed by Vader\u2019s words as Obi-Wan was in Episode 3, he\u2019s more so by the ones shot his way in Episode 6. Seeking forgiveness for creating Vader could have formed a bridge between the former master and pupil. Accepting Vader\u2019s total blame for his creation causes Obi-Wan to reject his brother as an inhuman other. The dismissal allows Vader to double down, <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a>le down on his wretchedness.<\/p>\n<p>If that\u2019s what Obi-Wan was going to do, he probably should have killed Vader on the moon right then and there, saving countless lives. But he can\u2019t kill Vader just like Luke can\u2019t kill him in <em>Return of the Jedi<\/em>. Obi-Wan can ignore the love he feels for Anakin, but he can\u2019t completely eradicate it, and this is a kind of cowardice too. It\u2019s\u00a0a lingering fear that will bubble into Obi-Wan\u2019s request of Luke to do to Vader what Obi-Wan couldn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, Luke Skywalker has the bigger heart. The son\u2019s openness to a Light Side possibility leads the father to turn on his dark master. Obi-Wan could have gotten that ball rolling earlier if Vader\u2019s words in Episode 6 didn\u2019t hurt him so deeply. Accepting Anakin Skywalker\u2019s death is as much a failing as ignoring Darth Vader\u2019s slow creation in <em>Revenge of the Sith<\/em>. The next generation is always left to fix the failings of the previous one. Just ask Ben Sol0.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><strong><i>Obi-Wan<\/i>\u00a0<em>Kenobi<\/em> Episode 6 is <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.disneyplus.com\/en-us\/welcome\/b\/obi-wan-kenobi?gclsrc=aw.ds&amp;cid=DSS-Search-Google-71700000094141000-&amp;s_kwcid=AL!8468!3!600153594885!e!!g!!obi-wan%20kenobi%20disney%2B&amp;gclid=CjwKCAjwtIaVBhBkEiwAsr7-c-qpXRfgcUDgZoXH5fc1m3bwlmqHvG0E4pbH4Y0DQav8S0yxCb_L1hoCQHwQAvD_BwE\">now streaming<\/a> on Disney+<\/strong><\/p>\n<pre><code>    Related Topics: Ewan McGregor, Star Wars, Star Wars Explained\n    &lt;!-- AUTHOR BOX --&gt;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<div class=\"gray-bg p-4 border small mb-5\">\n<div class=\"row align-items-center text-md-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/brad.jpg\" class=\"circle img-fluid\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md\">\n            Brad Gullickson is a Weekly Columnist for Film School Rejects and Senior Curator for One Perfect Shot. 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