Star Wars Fandom
One of the more frustrating aspects of Star Wars fandom is the obsession with Obi-Wan and the weird presumption that he can do no wrong. There are way too many fic out there that have Anakin drastically misunderstanding the Jedi Order and its teachings and blaming him for it while showing Obi-Wan as having not done anything wrong and being hurt by Anakin’s failure. If a student is not understanding a lesson the fault is in the teacher, it is not possible for Anakin to misunderstand Jedi teachings without Obi-Wan being a bad teacher to him. I will admit that I have a huge bias towards Anakin, he’s my favorite character and I get defensive over him so I do understand why people defend Obi-Wan, I just find this trend really annoying. I do like Obi-Wan as a character, I just hate Anakin being portrayed as in the wrong (in his pre Vader era) without any look back to where Obi-Wan holds some blame. The way I see it, Anakin’s Fall is the combined result of his poor integration with the Jedi Order, the trauma of his youth and from being a soldier, his lack of proper support network and healthy relationships, and Palpatine’s grooming. Out of these factors, Obi-Wan and the Jedi Order do hold a significant part of the blame (not that they deserve what happened to them as a result). Anakin was a child when he came to the Order, it is the job of the adults in his life to support him and teach him, and they failed him. Obi-Wan failed him.
