Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
From a certain detail of prospect , Obi - Wan Kenobi died alongside Anakin Skywalker during their fateful duel on Mustafar inStar war : Episode III - Revenge of the Sith . Some of the heavy retcons and mysteries throughout the entireStar Warssaga can easily be manus - beckon off by saying it come " from a sure point of perspective " . That line was infamously used by Obi - Wan inReturn of the Jediwhen Luke Skywalker confronted him about Darth Vader and the true statement of what really happened to his father .
Of course , George Lucas did n’t know he ’d retconDarth Vader to be Luke ’s fatherwhen he in the beginning had Obi - Wan tell Luke inA New Hopethat his don was murdered . But it made sense in the end ; Anakin Skywalker the Jedi become flat when he turned to the dark side and became Darth Sidious ' prentice ; he help enact Order 66 , killed younglings , and move to put down the Jedi . So a part of him was murder that day when he sided with the Emperor , and then another part of him was destroy when he in truth became Vader - after fight down his Master and being dismembered and scorched on the Earth’s surface of Mustafar .
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While that was the solar day Anakin died and Vader was born , it ’s potential that Obi - Wan died as well . The bit he was forced to edit down Anakin , he not only lost his prentice but his friend too . Obi - Wan loved Anakin as a comrade despite the Jedi teach their disciples to desist from attachment - and Obi - Wan ’s identity was shattered when he allow for Anakin for dead . It would explicate why , at some point afterRevenge of the Sithended , Obi - Wan became Ben Kenobi ; he failed his apprentice .
Even when Luke suggests to his uncle Owen inA New Hopethat Obi - Wan might come look for R2 - D2 , Owen Lars respond , " He wo n’t . I do n’t think he exists anymore . He died at about the same time as your don . " Although they did n’t show it to Luke , Owen and Beru Lars knew who Obi - Wan really was , peradventure what take place to Anakin , and what it all meant . Again , from a certain point of view , Obi - Wan the Jedi Master died when he defeated Anakin and leave alone for Tatooine . And it would n’t be the first clock time that a Jedi or Sith has shed their identity for a new one either .
Anakin becoming Vader , Count Dooku becoming Darth Tyranus , and even Darth Maul becoming just Maul all accompany a path inStar Warsupon which one spirit ends and another begins - not just a round-eyed name change . Obi - Wan ’s " expiry " may have been more symbolic than physical , seeing as Anakin ’s eyes turned yellow when he turned to the dark side and Obi - Wan stay the same ( even choosing to keep his Jedi robe ) , but the personal identity shift could ’ve had a more profound meaning in the tenacious run than many mass may have realize .
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