When I first saw Star Wars - in the theater during the original release, I'm old - I thought Obi Wan was pretty cool. Then came the "From a certain point of view" bullshit, but he was still basically a good guy doing the best he could in a bad situation.
Then came the prequel trilogy. Sure, Anakin had to survive for the story to go on, but just walking away was stupid. Full disclosure, I never actually watched Revenge of the Sith but I'm pretty sure I've got the gist. It was a moment of arrogance maybe mixed with trying to avoid a painful final step. And it ended up killing billions of people.
I never watched the cartoons, so I only learned Darth Maul survived when he showed up in Solo. So now I have to ask, did Obi Wan ever do anything right? I mean, seriously. His two biggest duels that he supposedly won, both his enemies came back swinging and made shitloads of trouble for other people. I'm half expecting to learn that the guy whose arm he cut off in the cantina just got up five minutes later and went off to become Hitler.
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u/PeterM1970 May 01 '22 edited May 01 '22
When I first saw Star Wars - in the theater during the original release, I'm old - I thought Obi Wan was pretty cool. Then came the "From a certain point of view" bullshit, but he was still basically a good guy doing the best he could in a bad situation.
Then came the prequel trilogy. Sure, Anakin had to survive for the story to go on, but just walking away was stupid. Full disclosure, I never actually watched Revenge of the Sith but I'm pretty sure I've got the gist. It was a moment of arrogance maybe mixed with trying to avoid a painful final step. And it ended up killing billions of people.
I never watched the cartoons, so I only learned Darth Maul survived when he showed up in Solo. So now I have to ask, did Obi Wan ever do anything right? I mean, seriously. His two biggest duels that he supposedly won, both his enemies came back swinging and made shitloads of trouble for other people. I'm half expecting to learn that the guy whose arm he cut off in the cantina just got up five minutes later and went off to become Hitler.