Obi-Wan Kenobi lived the life of a near perfect Jedi, and fought in the Clone Wars as one
of the top Jedi Generals.
But his biggest failure and deepest regret of course came from the failure of his apprentice,
Anakin Skywalker.
Despite loving Anakin like a brother, Kenobi couldn’t prevent him from falling into the
dark life of Darth Vader.
This failure went so far that it was even the cause of his own death aboard the first
Death Star, sending Obi-Wan into the cosmic force.
Because of this, the Jedi master was able to watch over Vader for his entire life, including
his most important moment of throwing Darth Sidious into the reactor shaft to save Luke.
So what were Obi-Wan’s thoughts as this happened?
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In Return of the Jedi we see the final interaction between the Force Ghost of Obi-Wan and Luke
on Dagobah following Yoda’s despite…
Or so we thought.
Despite not being physically present, Obi-Wan’s presence followed Luke throughout the rest
of his journey, including his final encounter with the Emperor.
Obi-Wan likely managed to learn of the Chain Worlds theorem from Qui-Gon Jinn once he transcended
into the living force, allowing him to move through both space and time.
As Luke gave himself up to Darth Vader, Obi-Wan watched their walk down the hallway and he
even watched the young Boy’s attempt to turn him back to the lightside.
Seeing this, Obi-Wan was heartbroken and disgraught, once again filled with regret.
He knew that Darth Vader’s line “Obi-Wan once thought as you did” was true at one
point, but not anymore.
Seeing Luke utterly fail to turn the Dark Lord back to the light confirmed what Obi-Wan
had believed.
There was no Anakin left under that mechanical suit, only Darth Vader.
If Obi-Wan still had a body within the living force, you can almost guaranteethat a tear
would be rolling down his cheek at this moment.
Moving on from this, as Luke showed himself to the Emperor and began the battle with his
father, Obi-Wan began to beg Luke to kill Vader on the spot.
Obi-Wan believed that Luke’s fear and attachment to his friends was causing him to stray dangerously
close to the Dark Side, enough so that Kenobi was worried Luke would take things too far.
After Luke eventually came out on top from the battle with his Father, and Palpatine
demanded that he take Vader’s position as the new Sith apprentice, Obi-Wan was shattered.
He believed that moment that he had failed the Skywalker family once again, and that
all hope was now lost.
The final light in the Galaxy was about to go out and this time there was no one there
to protect it.
Even with Luke denying Palaptine’s request to join him, Obi-Wan believed he was defeated,
with not a chance in the Galaxy that Luke would be able to resist what was coming next.
Next things got even Darker.
Seeing Luke continue to refuse to join Palpatine, he believed that the young boy would be killed,
while Vader continued to serve Sidious.
Kenobi believed that the Darkness in Vader would again rise and that his nature was now
totally defined by the dark side of the of force.
Because of this, Obi-Wan thought Vader would just get back up and take whatever punishment
was coming to him, as that was the way of the dark side.
The strong subjugate the weak, but the weak still continue to follow.
But as this dread washed over Obi-Wan, something incredible happened.
The Wise Master saw Luke being absolutely ravaged by the Force Lightning, but something
within his ethereal being told him to keep his view squarely on Darth Vader.
With his gaze locked on his former apprentice, Obi-Wan was stunned to see him lift Darth
Sidious into the air, carry him across the room and then toss his body into the reactor
shaft of the death star.
Obi-Wan was in total shock as he saw Vader fall to the ground next to Luke, not believing
that it actually happened.
Kenobi was so sure that there was no good left in Anakin at all, and that his life was
totally comprised of only hate, anger and regret, that this couldn’t be true.
But the Master knew better than the question the force, especially given that he was now
part of it and soon accepted this reality.
He was relieved to know that Palpatine was dead… or so he thought at the time…
Obviously he would later come back through cloning and dark science, but in this moment,
Obi-Wan believed he weas gone for good.
Obi-Wan now watched on wit angst as Luke pulled Vader’s body aside and removed his mask.
At this moment, a small amount of pain washed over Kenobi knowing that he had failed him
through one simple error.
He had believed that Anakin was dead, and because of this, the Master had deprived him
of the chance to redeem himself for all of those years.
Because Kenobi lost all hope that Anakin was still inside, he directly caused that to be
true.
Luke was different however.
Luke’s unwavering belief that there was still good in Vader was the only thing that
could ever pull him out of the darkness.
And Obi-Wan even admitted that Luke had just taught him this very important lesson, albeit
in the netherworld of the force.
As Luke looked upon his father’s face for the first time, Obi-Wan was transported back
to a memory he had of Qui-Gon during his time in exile on Tatooine.
He remembered finding out that Anakin had slaughtered the Tusken Raiders on Tatooine
and was angry that Qui-Gon had never told him about this situation, because he may have
been able to help.
He was especially frustrated when he learned that Anakin had already told Padme and Palpatine,
and even other Jedi…
Qui-Gon told Obi-Wan that he wasn’t given this information earlier because he wasn’t
ready.
He had not yet allowed the thought of forgiving Anakin to enter his mind at the time of this
memory.
Now that Luke had brought out the good in Anakin and saved him from the Darkness, Obi-Wan
was ready to forgive his former apprentice for everything that happened since mustafar.
After this, things get really cool.
In the final moments of Luke holding Vader, Obi-Wan quickly realized that his old friend
didn’t have much time left.
He was on the verge of death, and without his suit, it was certainly coming to him.
This worried Obi-Wan, because Anakin obviously hadn’t gone through the training that he
and Master Yoda did under Qui-Gon’s supervision, so he came up with a plan.
The moment that Anakin died and passed into the netherworld of the force, Obi-Wan called
out to Vader and tried to gain hold of his spirit.
Hearing the call, Anakin’s spirit responded to Obi-Wan and immediately broke out into
a heartfelt apology and a deep sorrow for everything that went down and for choosing
the Sith over his former life.
But little did he know, Obi-Wan had already forgiven him.
With not much time to Spare, Kenobi imparted the wisdom of Qui-Gon Jinn’s training onto
Anakin, probably through something similar to the world between worlds.
This now meant that Anakin could manifest as a force ghost wherever he wished and throughout
all space and time.
Being given such a beautiful gift by his Master, Anakin broke down and demanded to know why
he of all people deserved this privlege, considering everything he had done.
Obi-Wan simply responded “you have proven you were the chosen one, and now have fulfilled
the prophecy”.
Anakin had destroyed both the Sith and the Jedi, leaving the force in Balance.
Of course Luke still existed, but there was darkness still lurking in the Galaxy to balance
the force out.
In the end though, Obi-Wan admitted that Anakin being the chosen one wasn’t the full reason
he passed on Qui-Gon’s teachings.
Kenobi did it because he still loved Anakin like a brother wanted to give him this last
little gift for losing faith.
I don’t know about you guys but this is a pretty beautiful final moment for both Anakin
and Obi-Wan, even though they’ll both be together forever in the cosmic force.
Despite all of the horrid and disgraceful actions that Darth Vader committed, Obi-Wan
was still able to forgive him in the end, after seeing Luke do the same thing.
As Anakin joined Yoda and Obi-Wan in the netherworld of the force, the two both forgave him once
more and he appeared at the Endor Celebreation with both of them.
Although only Luke Skywalker could see the trio.
Afterwards, Anakin asked Yoda and Obi-Wan if his son Luke would end up ok and not stray
down the dark path, to which Kenobi responded: he has been so far, so it is possible.
Not the most reassuring answer, but the only realistic one.
Some time after the Battle of Endor, Obi-Wan returned to Luke to warn him about an impending
threat gathering in the Outer Rim of the Galaxy.
One that would invade and strike terror in the citizens of the New Republic…
You can probably guess that this was the rising threat of the first order, which was created
by the chosen few Imperial Leaders selected by Palpatine as part of Operation Cinder.
For
the next few years, Obi-Wan’s spirit along with Anakin and Yoda continued to guide Luke
in his journey to rebuild the Jedi order, including show up at multiple vergences in
the force across the Galaxy.
Kenobi’s force imprint even showed up on the planed Gazian, in it’s living sea.
A planet which remembered those who visited it exactly as they were, and stored that memory
in it’s depths.
A very strange, but cool mystical planet!
But let me know what you think about this beautiful story, would you like to see something
like this replicated in the Obi-Wan Kenobi show, or do you think it’s already perfect.
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