TheObi - Wan KenobiDisney+ television set serial publication will see the Jedi Master go head - to - foreland with Darth Vader - an encounter teased inReturn of the Jedi . When Obi - Wan Kenobi came face - to - face with Darth Vader in the firstStar WarsfilmStar war : A New Hope , it was clearly the first time they had met in quite a while . " When I left you , I was but the learner , " Darth Vader taunted as the two make to duel . " Now , I am the original . "

At the time , the general supposition was that this meantDarth Vader had not meet Obi - Wansince that fateful duel on Mustafar , where the Jedi Master defeated his former Padawan and left his body burning on the volcanic planet . This explains why there was such surprise when Disney revealed both Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen would be come back in theObi - Wan KenobiDisney+ TV show , with Christensen finally pay back the luck to suit up as Darth Vader himself . The two will reportedly collide on two separate occasion , doubtlessly making this a major issue serial but also challenging the perceived canon ofStar Warsaudiences .

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astonishingly , though , Return of the Jediactually teased   at least one extra encounter between Obi - Wan Kenobi and Darth Vader . In one key shot , Obi - Wan ’s Force Ghostspoke to Luke Skywalker , essay to talk him out of trying to redeem his father . " I also thought he could be turned back to the good side , " Obi - Wan observed . " It could n’t be done . He is more simple machine now than man . distorted and iniquity . " The clear implication , therefore , is that Obi - Wan tried to ransom Darth Vader before their duel inA New Hopeand turn him back to the light side of the Force but was shake when he encountered the Sith Lord .

This , presumably , is part of theObi - Wan KenobiDisney+ TV show ; Obi - Wan clingstone to go for that Darth Vader could be redeemed but at last abandon it after two more encounters with his former apprentice . It ’s authoritative to noteDarth Vader wo n’t be fully - formed inObi - Wan Kenobi , with   director Deborah Chow teasing he is n’t quite the powerhouse seen in the original trilogy . " He ’s in between these two trilogies , " she pointed out . " So he is n’t the New Hope Vader quite yet , you know what I mean ? So we are with the fictional character sort of in the middle of this full point . It is still Vader obviously , but it ’s a Vader that is n’t quite as fully organise as A New Hope . " This comment is important to infer howObi - Wan Kenobifits into theStar Warscanon , simply because it means Darth Vader still consider himself a scholar rather than a master - thus explaining his dialogue inA New Hope .

There is , of row , a certain degree of irony here . Many had assumedObi - Wan ’s duel with Darth Vadersomehow break   canon , but in reality , they had n’t known the traditional knowledge quite as well as they consider . Far from contradicting establishedStar Warscontinuity , theObi - Wan KenobiDisney+ television receiver show is , in fact , the fulfilment of events first teased back inReturn of the Jedi- events George Lucas always stand for to have happened .

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