I know everyone focuses on Luke whining about wanting to get off of Tatooine at the start of ANH, but I feel like a lot of people also overlook the fact that when Obi-Wan offers him adventure and heroism and glory, his immediate reaction is to say that his aunt and uncle still need him and he can't abandon them. Like, it perfectly sets up everything you need to know about Luke in that moment, and I think it says a lot about his character right up front that becomes a lot more obvious in later movies.
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It’s been ten years. OBI-WAN KENOBI 1.01 • Part I
The Force will be with you… always.
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
The time of the Jedi is over. OBI-WAN KENOBI (2022-) STAR WARS: EPISODE III - REVENGE OF THE SITH (2005)
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."
Director Gareth Edwards turned to cinematographer Greig Fraser ASC, ACS for “Rogue One,” and together they looked at different camera format options. Edwards was initially interested in shooting on film, but while visiting ARRI in Los Angeles, Fraser was given a preview of the ALEXA 65. Available exclusively from ARRI Rental, ALEXA 65 is a large format camera system that offers a true digital version of the historic 65 mm film format.
“When I was first shown it I wasn’t sure what I was looking at,” says Fraser. “I was expecting to be shown something smaller than the standard ALEXA, not a bit bigger. But then I looked in the lens port at the sensor and was just completely gobsmacked by the size of this thing. It was one of those moments where the dominoes instantly start falling in front of you; I remember thinking, ‘Right, here we go – this is the beginning of a new era in cinematography’.”
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016), dir. Gareth Edwards
— Cinematography by Greig Fraser
I’d really love to know what the hell Vader was thinking during that pregnant pause after he asks Luke to join him in Empire because Luke just kind of stares at him, says nothing, and then just… falls? Leaving Vader there looking like a total idiot but also wondering what the hell does Luke even think he’s doing?! Only Clone Wars Anakin could have been that extra, all “I’d rather fall into an unfathomable abyss than finish this conversation with you” is such a Skywalker move, so the only thing I imagine Vader really thinking is “Well, he definitely gets that from me.”
Vader: “JOIN ME”
Luke: *falls backward into the abyss*
Vader: … honestly I don’t know what else I expected