The escape plan of having a second smaller ship behind the one Vader eviscerates is almost as bad as hiding leia under a trenchcoat but I'm loving the camp of it all
He needs to see that. There’s a whole galaxy out there.
OBI-WAN KENOBI - PART I (2022) STAR WARS: EPISODE IV - A NEW HOPE (1977)
just here comforting myself with hugs
HAYDEN CHRISTENSEN AS ANAKIN SKYWALKER ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ Part III (2022) dir. Deborah Chow
anakin dragging obi-wan into fire because he wanted him to feel the pain he did on mustafar i just know anakin had that revenge tactic planned for YEARS he’s a drama king who wanted poetic revenge
Obi-Wan didn’t let Vader kill him on the Death Star to stall for time or anything, he just glanced over and saw Luke and Leia standing next to each other, thought about the pure unbridled chaos of having to deal with two (2) Skywalkers simultaneously, and said nah i’m too old for this shit let me be one with the Force now.
Anakin would have been so proud of Leia, leading old Obi-Wan on a merry chase.
obi-wan doesn't get paid much at his meat cutting job. they make a point of telling us this. and then they make a point of showing us what he does spend his money on-- a toy ship for luke. credits for a meal for a homeless clone veteran in 501st armor. and gloves and a green cape for leia. i am crying Once Again
13 years later, Obi-Wan gets himself Anakin’s Mini-Me
I've been destroyed so so will you:
- 10 years later and Obi-Wan is still having nightmares about Anakin's death.
- The first thing he does when he wakes up is reach out to Qui-Gon--but he doesn't get an answer. He feels so desperately alone, clearly still blaming himself for everything.
- Bail calls him out on this when he's begging him to save Leia, and the fear in Obi-Wan's eyes when he responds, "What if I can't save her?" is for her father, not just for her.
- Both times, when talking with Owen and Bail, Obi-Wan holds their gazes--but as soon as they say Anakin's name, he can't anymore, and he has to look away. He visibly retreats and is destabilized by that name, which makes Owen's accusations all the more brutal.
- He remembers the exact spot he buried the lightsabers. His next to Anakin's, buried together in the same
coffinbox. His face when he sees them both carries a decade of grief. - I had also thought the friend that Obi-Wan told Leia she reminded him of was Anakin at first, but then he said "she," and I was disappointed, because I thought he meant Satine when it should have been one of Leia's parents. But I just realized it was one of her parents--it was Padme.
- Using the Force seems to cause Obi-Wan pain after refraining for so long (perhaps lending some truth to Leia's assertion that he "can't"); but it's even more painful because the first time he uses it after killing Anakin all those years ago is to save Anakin's daughter.
- Obi-Wan never introduced himself to Haja, and if he did, he would have done so as Ben; he's still trying to leave his past and his identity as a Jedi behind. But Haja recognizes him for the Jedi he is (and was), and so he uses his true name."You're not alone, Obi-Wan." How much those few words mean is written all across Obi-Wan's face.
- Obi-Wan, who in all his years has always been able to keep himself under control, even right after Anakin's death, literally has a panic attack when he learns that Vader is still alive. It turns Haja's comforting words into a cruel irony, a reality so overwhelming that he's nearly killed. He can't even compose himself on the ship, with Leia standing right in front of him.
- He dares to reach out into the Force, terrified of what he will see and what he has done. And Obi-Wan finds him, and feels nothing but hatred--and still calls him "Anakin."