#showbi-wan

[mrv3000]

If I were Bail Organa and had knowledge that Darth Vader has an Obi-Wan-shaped hole in his brain, I'd be using that ALL THE TIME.

Like 10 different Obi-Wan lookalikes running around the galaxy in places conveniently away from anything important, but mysteriously gone by the time Vader entered the system.

[thetorontokid]

anybody else feel this way?

[allthingskenobi]

Obi-Wan Kenobi concept art from ‘Total Film’

[complementaryhalves]

i just realised that the Forearm GrabTM in the vaderwan duel in the showbi-wan finale is metaphysically the same thing as the Thigh GrabTM in the reylo throne room fight.

[catboyvader]

appreciating how obi wan is like just sopping wet in 3 out of the like 6 live action apperances it rlly makes me happy they will see thjs guy and be like "ok but what if he was covered in water" and i think thats neat

[findrythehobbit]

Don't mind me, guys, just crying about the first two episodes of the Kenobi Show Showbiwan at 2:30am because they dropped them 3 hours early and I have no impulse control.

I know it's still kinda too early to call, but uhhhh. They might have gotten this one right, guys.

Oh man. I'm crying.

[lowkeyanakin]

i'm sorry for the person i'll become if the trailer actually drops today

[mrv3000]

I dipped my toe into SW discussion, mainly on youtube after watching some clips. (I KNOW. Youtube comments are generally never a good idea.)

Anyway, there's a lot of discussion about what Anakin did and what Obi-Wan did leading up to Order 66, and how things could have been better and who's to blame. But the one thing I haven't really seen? Is a mention of the frickin Sith Lord twisting the crap out of Anakin's brain for over a decade.

Were the Jedi actually uncaring? No, but you better believe Palpatine was whispering that in Anakin's ear. Was Obi-Wan really trying to hold Anakin back? Of course not. He wanted nothing more than for Anakin to thrive. But Palpatine was absolutely telling Anakin that. The Jedi don't understand you, you're so much better than them, the Jedi are actually the bad guys, etc. etc.

Sure you could say "if only Anakin got therapy" he would have been okay, but...I'm not sure he would have been while Palpatine was still pouring Sith darkness into him. This is the Star Wars universe, so it likely wasn't just childhood manipulation (which is bad enough) but probably also included darkside Force bullshit. And this went on since he was nine years old.

Does that excuse Anakin's actions? No. But I'm just surprised that Palpatine doesn't seem to be a part of the conversation.