#ANAKIN SKYWALKER VS OBI WAN KENOBI SERIES#

While Obi-Wan's appeals will fall on deaf ears in this series, they'll resonate enough with the Dark Lord of the Sith that he relays them to Luke years later.

#ANAKIN SKYWALKER VS OBI WAN KENOBI SERIES#

Obviously, he's not going to be successful, but we may come to realize the events of the series mark the first step in Anakin Skywalker's long journey back toward the light. When they do finally reunite in the new series - whether that occurs in person or through some sort of Rey/Kylo Ren-style Force communion - we may see Obi-Wan try to reason with Vader and reawaken Anakin Skywalker. He understands how Anakin became corrupted and knows the Emperor can't have entirely eradicated the goodness within Darth Vader. Having had years to meditate and reflect, Obi-Wan probably has far more perspective on his pupil's tragic downfall. The answer, it would seem, is that the two had another fateful encounter in between the two trilogies. Will this scene take on new context thanks to the Obi-Wan Kenobi series? So why in Return of the Jedi does Vader suddenly have this newfound insight into Obi-Wan's motivations? To Vader, Obi-Wan is simply an enemy to be vanquished and one more tether to his old life to be severed. When they meet again in A New Hope, Obi-Wan gives no indication he thinks Vader is capable, or deserving, of redemption. How does Vader actually know Obi-Wan felt that way? When we last see the two together in Revenge of the Sith, a despondent Obi-Wan leaves his fallen friend to slowly burn to death. Luke insists some trace of Anakin Skywalker still remains, to which Vader responds, 'Obi-Wan once thought as you do.' The Obi-Wan Kenobi series has the potential to address a much bigger and more crucial loose end from Return of the Jedi.Īs writer Nick Arkis points out, there's something very odd about Vader's conversation with a newly captured Luke on Endor. Marvel's current volume of Star Wars alone has done everything from canon-izing Luke's yellow lightsaber to revealing how Luke managed to recover his X-Wing from Cloud City. Disney has gotten a surprising amount of mileage out of using new Star Wars projects to address old plot holes and unanswered questions about the movies.

Anakin skywalker vs obi wan kenobi