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Revenge of the Sith, Matthew Stover

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I’m sorry. I’m sorry, Anakin. For all of it.

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ok so i was just thinking about the rots scene when obi-wan shows up on mustafar. obi-wan did not go to mustafar with the intention to fight anakin, he went there to try and bring him back. as obi-wan is getting off, he is horrified as to what he is witnessing. a man choking the woman that obi-wan knew anakin could never hurt. he realized then and there, that this wasnt anakin, this was solely darth vader. he watched as everything he knew crumbled before his eyes. he watched his fallen padawan, friend, his brother, seduced by the dark side, blinded by his lust for power, the power to save padme from what he had just caused.

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anakin telling obi-wan that it wasnt his fault. he knew how much this affected him, and deep down anakin still cared. he needed to give obi-wan at least a little bit of closure, in telling him that he didnt kill his former self, and that he never failed him. you can see anakins eyes change, you can still see the love for his old master behind all the hatred and anger, it was still in there. anakin was still in there

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OBI-WAN KENOBI (2022) / PART VI + tumblr text posts

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the fact that these dynamics are completely canon:

obi-wan and luke when they first met: obi-wan recues luke from tuskens when he trespassed their territory. luke and obi-wan have a polite conversation about the jedi. obi-wan gives anakin's lightsaber to luke as a gift.

obi-wan and leia when they first met: leia punches obi-wan in the stomach ON SIGHT. obi-wan rescues leia while she says "I dont trust you" to his face. leia wants to make obi-wan prove he's a jedi by provoking him with her sassy comments. obi-wan is forced to buy leia gloves after just one warning look from the kid.

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You didn’t kill Anakin Skywalker. I did. 

HAYDEN CHRISTENSEN as DARTH VADER Obi-Wan Kenobi - Part VI (2022) Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005

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point proven.

Really fun to see the internet collectively develop a crush on Hayden Christensen in 2022 like did you not see Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith seventeen years ago

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the tears i had while watching this

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN… THE BEST STAR WARS SCENE EVER !!!!!!

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THIS.

The kenobi series really brought out the distinction between Darth Vader and Anakin, and I absolutely adore it! It’s sort of like Anakin is trapped, per se, and he’s just stuck inside of whatever Vader is now. And there is just a little bit if Anakin left; a little bit if good,(for when he saves Luke), but not enough to stop Vader right now.

It’s like Anakin is calling for help, (he looked so sad when that mask broke; you could see it in his eyes; even if it was just for a moment) but Vader isn’t going to do anything about that. He won’t—he can’t! So he’s trying to kill that little bit of Anakin left inside him.

And see, the love he had for Obi-Wan stays with him no matter what. Vader hates that he still loves Obi-Wan! He hates he can’t kill him! He hates it to his core! And in his core, somewhere, is Anakin.

Vader wants to kill Obi-Wan so he can finally kill Anakin. Because as long as Obi-Wan’s alive, he’s going to remain “weak”, and Darth can’t afford that. Not with dried up raisin Palpatine already suspicious about his loyalties. (Well, he’s probably not all that suspicious anymore; after the duel Vader and Obi just had I think it would be inevitable for Sidious to see how much Vader still cares for Kenobi.)

All in all— beautifully done! Beautiful work! Amazing character arcs! Thank you Ms.Deborah Chow!! You have just added on another 10 years to my life.

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I’m sorry but SW is not about Padme’s and Anakins love story.

It’s about fucking Anakin and Obi-Wans ‘love story’*. Their story is everything. Their love, their pain and hate for one another, how each can’t find peace. How they are two halves of the same sword. Their bond is so strong they can feel each other, Obi-Wan can feel Anakin’s kids.

“ They are closer than friends. Closer than brothers. The war has forged their two lives into one.”- Revenge of the Sith Novel Quotes

You can see how much they are consumed by this bond when Anakin keeps searching for Kenobi 10 years later, when obi-wan was unable to deliver the killing blow when  saw Anakin’s face, his true self under the mask. You can see it when he was reduced to tears. When Darth called him ‘Master’ and said it wasn’t his fault.

Their relationship is for me, the most important of all of star Wars.

* love story : I mean not romantically, but they love each other with immense intensity and they were one for a long time, they were a team, they were family.

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Anakin's gone

The way the light changes and turns from blue to red.

The Dark Side replaces the light in the heart of Anakin Skywalker.

The inner conflict in Darth Vader.

But we know that, despite everything:

Amazing effect, amazing episode and amazing series. ❤️💙

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vader saying "he was an old man who thought he could help gifted children" in gillen's darth vader run vs obi-wan breaking down in the desert saying "i only wanted to help." vader knowing that obi-wan had wanted to help him, and killing him because he couldn't stand knowing he never let it happen. the short story where all yoda can sense from vader after obi-wan dies is unfathomable loneliness. obi-wan agonizing over the fact that all he wanted to do was help a lost and gifted kid he met by chance, and he doesn't know where the cracks showed up. in the ROTS novelization, obi-wan's first statement after watching the security tapes of anakin slaughtering jedi, and his first statement is wishing someone had shot him before he could see, and the next is wishing he never brought anakin to coruscant.

it's preteen anakin in rogue planet earnestly telling obi-wan he's the best jedi ever, and obi-wan stays silent. it's later in that same book where obi-wan looks at his sleeping charge and wonders if the affection he feels is how fathers feel about their sons. it's anakin saying obi-wan is the closest thing he has to a father, and then in the AOTC novelization obi-wan asks him, "then why don't you listen to me?" and the comic where obi-wan tells anakin he thinks anakin is part droid, and then tells him it wasn't a compliment. it's anakin feeling like obi-wan was holding him back because anakin just wants more and more. it's obi-wan in jedi quest letting his thirteen year old drive. it's anakin in the gambit duology watching obi-wan be emotionally loving to taria and getting wickedly, viciously angry because obi-wan's love is lying to him. it's obi-wan defining himself by how much he believes in anakin. it's obi-wan in labyrinth of evil joking that qui-gon should've left anakin in slavery. it's obi-wan offering to leave the jedi order just to be with anakin, if that's what anakin needed. it's anakin losing faith enough in obi-wan that by ROTS, palpatine is the father he chooses, when obi-wan still believed in him. it's the force showing vader that if he went back to obi-wan, obi-wan would still call him anakin. it's also me fucking crying in this bitch

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Do you really want Anakin dead?

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You were my brother Anakin, I loved you

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he just wanted to see him again

Every day and every night he violated every principle the Jedi had taught him about staying in the present moment, about acceptance. Going over every argument, every talk, to find the key that he should have turned to unlock the secrets of Anakin's heart.

The Last One Standing, Jude Watson