#shorts #starwars #darthvader Why Did Obi-Wan Kenobi Let Darth Vader KILL Him in Star Wars? Source: Skywalker: A Family At War Music by: @PatrikPietschmann
Funfact: Vader actually got a bit of ptsd from Obi Wan's death since he had never seen someone disappear into the force like that before and wasnt sure what happened. Additionally, given that he lost the other 2 times they fought, Obiwan giving in at the end made him feel like he had never truly won
Because even before what we now know, for some reason Vader was afraid in A New hope! He was afraid of his old master! And yet he wanted to finally prove he was the master. And Obi if he wanted too could have pushed Vader harder, but it just made more sense to have Vader ultimately fight a younger, potentially stronger Jedi! That being his own son Luke!
Tactical. He knew Luke loved him and would not leave the Death Star without him. Rather than endanger the mission by having the gang hopelessly try to rescue him (because Vader would have defeated them), he went into The Force.
Indeed. Maybe it's just me or Guinness' masterful acting, but I felt like Obi Wan knew the future a bit; that he wasn't getting out of the Death Star in his body. @@Achillusgaming
That was my thought when I first saw the movie. Luckily, the door was able to stop Vader... or was it? 😄 The plan was to let them escape and track them. Ben might have known that, too.
@@jermf35 Right. And you can clearly see Luke, in an insane rage, begin firing his blaster toward the action and hear Ben's instructional voice say, "Run Luke. Run!" It is also arguable that Ben manipulated his engagement with Vader near the blast doors in order to distract the stormtroopers from watching over the _Falcon_ . This, if I recall, is evidenced by the troopers moving toward the saber fight, away from the ship.
He really followed exactly what Qui-Gon taught him as he now does what the force tells him to do while also thinking for himself A true Jedi Obi-Wan is
Not just that, when he said “If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you could ever imagine.” He knew he could become a powerful force ghost.
It was also a mind game in my opinion. Vader never got the satisfaction of slaying Kenobi, or at least the way he wanted to. Another thing to make Vader suffer for turning to the dark side. Petty yes, but Vader did all of those horrible things and who took the weight of it all? It was Kenobi who felt betrayed. I think it was also a final way of saying "fuck you man"
And that's why I think he isn't any better. Sure, Obi-Wan never slaughtered children, but still. Instead to kill Anakin and free him from his suffering, he chose to leave him alone while the heat and flames burned him alive. Furthermore, instead to throw destroy the lightsaber of Anakin together with him (Anakin), he stole it instead. That's just disrespectful. No honor, no mercy, no respect. And before anyone says: "but that's not what a Jedi should do." I will say that this is nonsense and hypocritical. Dooku was one thing. Sure he lost his arms but his death wasn't necessary and I'm sure the Jedi have ways to prison and secure force users like him. So yes, what Anakin did then was wrong. However, this situation is totally different. Anakin couldn't be saved anymore. There were just two options. A) to leave him alone, let him suffer and die a cruel and painful death. B) end his life and free him from all the pain and suffering. Obi-Wan chose option 1 which is something he shouldn't have done, as it is no different than something a Sith would do. If he had really loved him like brother, he would have free him from all this pain, suffer, hate and dark feelings. But he didn't. I don't defend Anakin. His actions were disgusting, unexcusable and just cruel. Nevertheless, in my opinion, no one, absolutely no one deserves to experience such a torture which he had to experience after he lost the fight.
@@MirrorOfEmotions I remember seeing somewhere that the force would always try making the chosen one survive and not die. Also. Obi-Wan chose to leave Anakin's fate to the Force.
@@MirrorOfEmotions. Why show respect to someone who just slaughtered hundreds of people including children? Also, from the RotS novelisation, one of the reasons Kenobi left him was because he sensed the Emperor's arrival and had no time to waste descending the hill to kill Anakin. By leaving Anakin's fate to the force it allowed for the Sith to ultimately be destroyed just 23 years later. Had he killed Anakin not only may he have been caught by the Emperor, it is likely that Palpatine would have successfully achieved immortality and ruled the galaxy forever since Palpatine was only defeated because of Darth Vader.
Obi-Wan: *Raises his lightsaber* Vader: "Oh no. I'm not falling for that. You told me if I struck you down you'd become more powerful than I can imagine." Obi-Wan: "... Rats."
He made Luke hate Vader, and intensify his drive to stop Vader! At that point he realized that Luke if properly trained would be the one to strike Vader down. At that point he no longer wished to redeem Vader! Nor did he want or have to desire ever to killed Vader/Anakin! Ever after all these years he still loved Anakin/Vader.
@@scientistmilorad9735 well he probably didn't abandon it entirely. Humans are complicated, We Really want to hope for the Best for the People We love even if We know it is imposible
I always thought it was to not make them wait for him. So they didn’t feel conflicted as to whether they should wait for him. This way there was nothing holding them back. I like this explanation too. Also, did Vader strike him down or did Obi Wan disappear before he was struck? I think it was the latter.
I think a Jedi that witnesses the death of his master becomes much harder to turn to the dark side and much more powerful with the force. In order for Luke to become a master he would need the best training. If u remember obi wan witnessed the death of his master Jedi trainer. Same thing.
I know that it’s the first lightsaber battle ever made in Star Wars history and they are both kinda old, but what’s the lore reason for why Vader and Obi were kinda stiff and slow when fighting on the Death Star
Best lore explanation I've seen is Vader has lost to Obi-Wan before and is being cautious not to underestimate him and lose again. Obi-Wan is actually just in rough shape after living in the double sun desert for all those years, but is still really strong in the force, so he can't just be steamrolled.
A master troller beyond the grave obi wan knew he couldnt troll anakin everywhere living so upped his game when he said" strike me down and ill be more powerythan you can possibly imagine "
Obi -Wan lived decades in the desert in Tatoine learing how to become a Force Ghost. He was ready to be one with the force but was only waiting for the right time to do it and this was the pertfect moment to do so.
I thought it was to become more powerful than he could imagine. Never got a grasp on that line and its probably one of the few quotes I can remember from A New Hope.
I agree with a fellow poster. Ben knew that Luke wouldn't leave without him. That makes me wonder one thing... why would Vader strike him down. When he lowered his defenses, I would have thought he was up to something and taken him prisoner. Once again, I'm thinking too hard. Vader wanted them to escape... perhaps he knew that killing Ben would allow the Falcon to leave. Thinking too hard again 😆😆
It wasn't only that, but he realized that Vader had become too powerful even for him to beat. The novel "From A Certain Point of View: Time of Death" makes this clear as Obi Wan is overwhelmed by his strikes while Vader seems to be able to parry all of Obi Wan's strikes and parries. It's like you being a Lvl. 50 player and then beating a lower level player than you, then you meet him again when he's Level 90 and you've only gotten to Lvl. 75 at best. Obi Wan basically ragequitted
Also he robbed Vader of his lifelong desire for redemption for the loss Mustafar. He knew he could help Luke more as a force ghost and that throwing the fight would confuse and annoy Vader. You can see it in Vader's reaction.
In my head cannon, he always knew he would lose, he foresaw it, and was only ever buying time for Luke. When he saw Luke ready to escape, he accepted the inevitable.
Even without extra lore, we can still make the deduction that this was intentional on Kenobi's part when he said "If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine." In that moment when he looks at Luke, I can imagine an extended version of this scene where we insert a short montage of Kenobi imagining what's best going forward for this 'new hope', and being able to train Luke as an ethereal spirit unburdened by the physical seemed most advantageous. On top of what others mentioned like Kenobi knowing Luke wouldn't willingly leave him behind, and perhaps on a practical level helping install in Luke further motivation to train and be the hero the galaxy needs, and also the realization that even if he could triumph once more, could he do it soon enough? He's also no longer in his prime, and with the area swarming with stormtroopers in moments, they were all out of time.
If I recall, originally it was because he knew this was the only way they could escape without Vader chasing him. Obi-wan could become one with the Force while Vader was too confused to notice his own son fleeing.
I imagine the smile he gave was seeing Luke and Leia, brother and sister separated since birth, finally united again. I figure he must have realized his mission was complete.
yeah i’ll believe this when Lucas says it. otherwise sounds like “head canon” thought up in some Reddit forum where everyone pretends everything that happens is a guaranteed connection to what comes later. Obi-Wan sacrificed himself because Lucas didn’t know what to do with the character after the Death Star. Lucas said so himself. At the time, the idea for Yoda (or quite frankly a second movie) wasn’t a thing yet.
Also, Obi-wan decided this was a good time to try becoming a Force ghost like Qui-Gon Jinn. Thus becoming much more powerful than Vader could conceive.
I always thought that it was because obi-wan knew that Darth Vader / anakin had so much intent to kill him and he knew Vader tried so hard many times to the point that he wanted to do a favor for his best friend.
I always thought that it was because Obi wan knew that Vader/ anakin tried so hard to kill him many times to the point that Obi Wan wanted to do a favor for Vader because the many times that Obi wan would struggle with the fact knowing that he let down not his padowon but his friend and so to fix it he let Vader strike him down to make his friend feel better, idk.
I think you may be wrong this time 🤔 in star wars 8 the last jedi sadly they explained this, and they broken Obi-Van death , 8 part of star wars explained that Obi-Van died from old age , he chose this moment during fight with darth vader to pass away to motivate Luke to fight for galaxy, and to protect him from joining the dark side 🌘✨️
My personal take on this is, Ben accepts he can't escape but is at peace with it. But also remembers what impression he gave to Luke about killing his father, in turn Luke witnessing Vader do this to Ben also. And Ben knowing at this point, that's your son over there but you dont it, hence the wry smile.
He let go of his physical existence and became one with the force so he could watch over and inspire Luke. Yoda gave himself over to the Force, as did Vader. That's why they became Force ghosts.
Which I know that was written before the prequels but cuz qui gon Jin (sorry bad at spelling) died in battle in front of him and he realized he needed to repeat the cycle... like the light sides rule of 2 but a sacrifice for good not murder for evil
Or he needed a way to get Luke to leave immediately. If he is dead, there is no reason for Luke to delay. And seeing that he will become more powerful than Vader could ever imagine. It’s a win win.
No obi wan knew that he could not bring Anakin out of the dark side, he knew that Luke would be able to . So he transformed himself into the force, because he wanted to save Anakin instead of destroying him as a dark lord.
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Plot twist : Obi-Wan let Vader strike him because he realised he was smaller than his former apprentice, so he didn't have the high ground anymore.
He also knew he was going to lose to he rage quit
Vader: It's over, Obi-Wan. I have the high ground, and you have underestimated my power.
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Cope from Anakin die hards
Thats why in his suit he is 15 centimeters taller
Vader: "I have you now!" (Raises Saber for final blow)
Obi-wan: (Logs out of game)
Vader: WHAT?!
he disconnected.
Vader: Obi Wan!!!!
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I read this in Vader’s voice 😂
Funny how early installment weirdness results in some funny jokes like these.
Funfact: Vader actually got a bit of ptsd from Obi Wan's death since he had never seen someone disappear into the force like that before and wasnt sure what happened. Additionally, given that he lost the other 2 times they fought, Obiwan giving in at the end made him feel like he had never truly won
That part!
Because even before what we now know, for some reason Vader was afraid in A New hope! He was afraid of his old master! And yet he wanted to finally prove he was the master. And Obi if he wanted too could have pushed Vader harder, but it just made more sense to have Vader ultimately fight a younger, potentially stronger Jedi! That being his own son Luke!
That is correct, but that is not what PTSD mean
That last bit is the killer. 3 duels, never won, and now he will never get another chance
Because it was in the script! 😛
Tactical. He knew Luke loved him and would not leave the Death Star without him. Rather than endanger the mission by having the gang hopelessly try to rescue him (because Vader would have defeated them), he went into The Force.
Came here to say this. Luke never would have left while Obi wan lived. That’s why he was such a great hero.
Indeed. Maybe it's just me or Guinness' masterful acting, but I felt like Obi Wan knew the future a bit; that he wasn't getting out of the Death Star in his body. @@Achillusgaming
That was my thought when I first saw the movie. Luckily, the door was able to stop Vader... or was it? 😄
The plan was to let them escape and track them. Ben might have known that, too.
That's a great point then I never thought of and never heard before. But your right. He would have tried to recover the body
@@jermf35 Right. And you can clearly see Luke, in an insane rage, begin firing his blaster toward the action and hear Ben's instructional voice say, "Run Luke. Run!"
It is also arguable that Ben manipulated his engagement with Vader near the blast doors in order to distract the stormtroopers from watching over the _Falcon_ . This, if I recall, is evidenced by the troopers moving toward the saber fight, away from the ship.
"Is the only way.....for me to annoy the heck out of him for the rest of his life"
"It's the only way to tell him that Leia is his sis- oh... too late"
@@unfunnyducky Whoops. That just... slipped out. *nudges Luke* THAT JUST SLIPPED OUT!!....
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That was Jar Jar. Robot Chicken is canon.
@sudafedup no way it is. If it is, I'm actually going to sue Disney
Nah, Kenobi isn't just a Jedi Master, but a Master at trolling his padawan too.
And he was a good friend.
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He really followed exactly what Qui-Gon taught him as he now does what the force tells him to do while also thinking for himself
A true Jedi Obi-Wan is
Fun Fact : Obi-wan became a force ghost and was above Vader so he had the high ground.
The good thing is that now Obi-Wan could constantky troll Vader as a ghost fir eternity
Not just that, when he said “If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you could ever imagine.” He knew he could become a powerful force ghost.
It was also a mind game in my opinion. Vader never got the satisfaction of slaying Kenobi, or at least the way he wanted to. Another thing to make Vader suffer for turning to the dark side. Petty yes, but Vader did all of those horrible things and who took the weight of it all? It was Kenobi who felt betrayed. I think it was also a final way of saying "fuck you man"
And that's why I think he isn't any better.
Sure, Obi-Wan never slaughtered children, but still.
Instead to kill Anakin and free him from his suffering, he chose to leave him alone while the heat and flames burned him alive.
Furthermore, instead to throw destroy the lightsaber of Anakin together with him (Anakin), he stole it instead.
That's just disrespectful.
No honor, no mercy, no respect.
And before anyone says: "but that's not what a Jedi should do." I will say that this is nonsense and hypocritical.
Dooku was one thing. Sure he lost his arms but his death wasn't necessary and I'm sure the Jedi have ways to prison and secure force users like him.
So yes, what Anakin did then was wrong.
However, this situation is totally different.
Anakin couldn't be saved anymore.
There were just two options.
A) to leave him alone, let him suffer and die a cruel and painful death.
B) end his life and free him from all the pain and suffering.
Obi-Wan chose option 1 which is something he shouldn't have done, as it is no different than something a Sith would do.
If he had really loved him like brother, he would have free him from all this pain, suffer, hate and dark feelings.
But he didn't.
I don't defend Anakin. His actions were disgusting, unexcusable and just cruel.
Nevertheless, in my opinion, no one, absolutely no one deserves to experience such a torture which he had to experience after he lost the fight.
@@MirrorOfEmotions I remember seeing somewhere that the force would always try making the chosen one survive and not die. Also. Obi-Wan chose to leave Anakin's fate to the Force.
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Why show respect to someone who just slaughtered hundreds of people including children? Also, from the RotS novelisation, one of the reasons Kenobi left him was because he sensed the Emperor's arrival and had no time to waste descending the hill to kill Anakin. By leaving Anakin's fate to the force it allowed for the Sith to ultimately be destroyed just 23 years later. Had he killed Anakin not only may he have been caught by the Emperor, it is likely that Palpatine would have successfully achieved immortality and ruled the galaxy forever since Palpatine was only defeated because of Darth Vader.
Yoda be like “A great Jedi Obi Wan is”
I always loved the grin Obi Wan gets right before Vader cuts him down.
"Goodbye there!!"
Ahhh Funeral Kenobi!!!!
But when Vader struck down Obi-Wan. Obi-Wan had become far more powerful than Vader could ever have imagined.
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Obi-Wan: *Raises his lightsaber*
Vader: "Oh no. I'm not falling for that. You told me if I struck you down you'd become more powerful than I can imagine."
Obi-Wan: "... Rats."
This sounds like a good idea for HISHE Star Wars Episode 4: A New Hope How it should've End
Also because he knew Luke wouldn't have left him there and there is no way Darth Vader would have let Obi Wan escape again.
He made Luke hate Vader, and intensify his drive to stop Vader! At that point he realized that Luke if properly trained would be the one to strike Vader down. At that point he no longer wished to redeem Vader! Nor did he want or have to desire ever to killed Vader/Anakin! Ever after all these years he still loved Anakin/Vader.
... Wouldn't his hate for Vader lead to darkside?
Also he abandoned the idea of Vader being redeemable after their second duel. That's why he says "goodbye, Darth"
@@scientistmilorad9735 excellent question, and the answer is yes. But it’s rather complicated!
@@scientistmilorad9735 well he probably didn't abandon it entirely. Humans are complicated, We Really want to hope for the Best for the People We love even if We know it is imposible
He left yoda to train Luke, considering the last one he trained, turned evil.
Yoda trained Dooku
So did Yoda's trainee though 😆 Yoda's whole line is a mess except Ahsoka
I always thought it was to not make them wait for him. So they didn’t feel conflicted as to whether they should wait for him. This way there was nothing holding them back. I like this explanation too.
Also, did Vader strike him down or did Obi Wan disappear before he was struck? I think it was the latter.
Disappear before.
@@ricardoj376 Yes, he disappeared like Yoda did in return of the Jedi.
You can see it on the clothes. No lightsaber marks
I think a Jedi that witnesses the death of his master becomes much harder to turn to the dark side and much more powerful with the force. In order for Luke to become a master he would need the best training. If u remember obi wan witnessed the death of his master Jedi trainer. Same thing.
A True Troller to the end. RIP to you....Master Kenobi
Me as an ordinary school teacher: My job here is done, you have all learnt all that I can teach you... 'pulls out shotgun'
i thought this was an order 66 x colombia high collab at first
I know that it’s the first lightsaber battle ever made in Star Wars history and they are both kinda old, but what’s the lore reason for why Vader and Obi were kinda stiff and slow when fighting on the Death Star
Best lore explanation I've seen is Vader has lost to Obi-Wan before and is being cautious not to underestimate him and lose again. Obi-Wan is actually just in rough shape after living in the double sun desert for all those years, but is still really strong in the force, so he can't just be steamrolled.
@@plantmanoj319Oh that makes sense, Thank you
Couldn’t he have just taken him to Degobah and said “this is where u will meet someone who will teach u now” instead of just saying “peace out”
Well, would be hard with a salty ass cyborg sith chasin ya
A master troller beyond the grave obi wan knew he couldnt troll anakin everywhere living so upped his game when he said" strike me down and ill be more powerythan you can possibly imagine "
Obi -Wan lived decades in the desert in Tatoine learing how to become a Force Ghost. He was ready to be one with the force but was only waiting for the right time to do it and this was the pertfect moment to do so.
So bro just wanted to retire, and was like "Eh, I don't feel like traveling, it's easier to just die lmao"
Wrong, all of you.
Obi Wan was gone before
Vader's saber struck.
All he hit was his robe.
Became one with the force before he was struck down.
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Nope! He didn’t want to pay his infamous plot armor insurance anymore lol 😂.
"911 obi-wan aint obi-waning his body disappeared"
i always see it as he looked over and saw leia and luke finally together, so his job was finally complete, idk makes it sweet in a way
That man logged out real quick 😂
😂😂😂 effects of the 70's
Imagine if those storm troopers could shoot staight that would’ve been one short movie
I thought it was to become more powerful than he could imagine. Never got a grasp on that line and its probably one of the few quotes I can remember from A New Hope.
"you can't win darth; if you strike me down I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine."
Obi Wan felt, "I've already defeated him twice,
let me just give this poor kid a freebie " 😂
I agree with a fellow poster. Ben knew that Luke wouldn't leave without him. That makes me wonder one thing... why would Vader strike him down.
When he lowered his defenses, I would have thought he was up to something and taken him prisoner.
Once again, I'm thinking too hard. Vader wanted them to escape... perhaps he knew that killing Ben would allow the Falcon to leave.
Thinking too hard again 😆😆
More powerful than you can possibly imagine, as a backseat driver
Obiwan ascended to the force plane of existence. Theres no corpse
The last time Obi-Wan was a master to a Jedi trainee, that guy ended up destroying thousands of Jedi, so this was probably a good call
It wasn't only that, but he realized that Vader had become too powerful even for him to beat. The novel "From A Certain Point of View: Time of Death" makes this clear as Obi Wan is overwhelmed by his strikes while Vader seems to be able to parry all of Obi Wan's strikes and parries.
It's like you being a Lvl. 50 player and then beating a lower level player than you, then you meet him again when he's Level 90 and you've only gotten to Lvl. 75 at best.
Obi Wan basically ragequitted
Also he robbed Vader of his lifelong desire for redemption for the loss Mustafar. He knew he could help Luke more as a force ghost and that throwing the fight would confuse and annoy Vader. You can see it in Vader's reaction.
i like how the stormtroopers were watching😂
And Obi -Wan also saw brother and sister united as part of his fulfillment!
All the "sorry Anakin for all of it" just to give him the greatest "fuck you". Funny
He remembered he owed Han Solo 20 credits
So he chose the easy way out of course
Wiser master in yoda? He is insane.
In my head cannon, he always knew he would lose, he foresaw it, and was only ever buying time for Luke. When he saw Luke ready to escape, he accepted the inevitable.
"I just thought it would look cool lol" -Obi-Wan Kenobi
the Jedi quote “if you strike me down I will become more powerful”
Even without extra lore, we can still make the deduction that this was intentional on Kenobi's part when he said "If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine." In that moment when he looks at Luke, I can imagine an extended version of this scene where we insert a short montage of Kenobi imagining what's best going forward for this 'new hope', and being able to train Luke as an ethereal spirit unburdened by the physical seemed most advantageous.
On top of what others mentioned like Kenobi knowing Luke wouldn't willingly leave him behind, and perhaps on a practical level helping install in Luke further motivation to train and be the hero the galaxy needs, and also the realization that even if he could triumph once more, could he do it soon enough? He's also no longer in his prime, and with the area swarming with stormtroopers in moments, they were all out of time.
If I recall, originally it was because he knew this was the only way they could escape without Vader chasing him. Obi-wan could become one with the Force while Vader was too confused to notice his own son fleeing.
Ok, here's a good one..
Why did he disappear???
Obi-Wan was already at a level where he became one with the force...
I imagine the smile he gave was seeing Luke and Leia, brother and sister separated since birth, finally united again. I figure he must have realized his mission was complete.
yeah i’ll believe this when Lucas says it. otherwise sounds like “head canon” thought up in some Reddit forum where everyone pretends everything that happens is a guaranteed connection to what comes later. Obi-Wan sacrificed himself because Lucas didn’t know what to do with the character after the Death Star. Lucas said so himself. At the time, the idea for Yoda (or quite frankly a second movie) wasn’t a thing yet.
He literally says why during the fight. But no. Let’s give an unnecessarily long and convoluted answer instead.
Dude was literally like "nah, youre yodas problem now"
Also, Obi-wan decided this was a good time to try becoming a Force ghost like Qui-Gon Jinn. Thus becoming much more powerful than Vader could conceive.
He also knew that if Vader strikes him down he would become more powerful than ever
Because Yoda believed since Vader was still the chosen one, that he was the key to defeating Palpatine.
I always thought that it was because obi-wan knew that Darth Vader / anakin had so much intent to kill him and he knew Vader tried so hard many times to the point that he wanted to do a favor for his best friend.
I've always thought that Darth Vader's strike only hit Obi Wan's empty robe...
And so, he became one with the force.
He had no way out
I wish the whole of star wars was animated like the clone wars.
This guy is ready for the empire to rise
Obi-Wan is a real one, fr
That last reason made more send than anything else you said prior
I always thought that it was because Obi wan knew that Vader/ anakin tried so hard to kill him many times to the point that Obi Wan wanted to do a favor for Vader because the many times that Obi wan would struggle with the fact knowing that he let down not his padowon but his friend and so to fix it he let Vader strike him down to make his friend feel better, idk.
Obi-wan lost his connection in the fight
I think you may be wrong this time 🤔 in star wars 8 the last jedi sadly they explained this, and they broken Obi-Van death , 8 part of star wars explained that Obi-Van died from old age , he chose this moment during fight with darth vader to pass away to motivate Luke to fight for galaxy, and to protect him from joining the dark side 🌘✨️
George Lucus explained this happened because Obiwan was an inconvenient character for the plot and decided to kill him off.
He is not dead. He trolled him.......... again.....
And in that moment, he had become like his master, Qui Gon Jinn
Guinness wanted to be sure he could not be hired for a second part of this "movie"😂
If anyone really needed this scene explained to them, media literacy is truly dead.
I choose to believe that Obi Wan, the master of trolling, let Vader win so that he couldnt have the satisfaction of a fair victory.
It’s more of a relocation than sacrifice
Nah, he looked at young Luke and remembered what happened the last time he trained a Skywalker, and thought "nah bro, I'm too old for this shit."
My personal take on this is, Ben accepts he can't escape but is at peace with it. But also remembers what impression he gave to Luke about killing his father, in turn Luke witnessing Vader do this to Ben also. And Ben knowing at this point, that's your son over there but you dont it, hence the wry smile.
Obi-Wan most likely: “I need to make sure this kid gets traumatized by literally watching getting killed, so he trains harder”
He let go of his physical existence and became one with the force so he could watch over and inspire Luke. Yoda gave himself over to the Force, as did Vader. That's why they became Force ghosts.
Obi-Wan wasn't killed by Vader. He release himself into the Force.
Didn’t this news get back to Palpatine and had him shitting bricks that there was no body? That he’d just disappeared
This was no explanation at all.
Because he learned from his master 😂
I did it just to see his expression...🤣🤣🤣
Nah i think he just needed to do a qui gon jin.
It's funny how fast Obi Wan grew so old between Revenge Of The Sith and A New Hope.
Try living in a desert under 2 suns like a hermit for 20 years and see how gracefully you age. 😛
Which I know that was written before the prequels but cuz qui gon Jin (sorry bad at spelling) died in battle in front of him and he realized he needed to repeat the cycle... like the light sides rule of 2 but a sacrifice for good not murder for evil
Or he needed a way to get Luke to leave immediately. If he is dead, there is no reason for Luke to delay. And seeing that he will become more powerful than Vader could ever imagine. It’s a win win.
Although it was soon realized that they let the rebels escape (with a tracking device) to lead them to the resistance
No obi wan knew that he could not bring Anakin out of the dark side, he knew that Luke would be able to . So he transformed himself into the force, because he wanted to save Anakin instead of destroying him as a dark lord.
Believe it or not, when i watched that scene for the first time, i really thought he did some weird jedi movement😂
It's because he said if you strike me down I'll only become more powerful
Makes sense, but he didn’t fully stop guiding Luke when his body- or avatar, expired…
Obi wan actually disappeared before Darth Vader strikes him down.
the real reason was the actor who played him didnt want to be in star wars anymore so he was killed off and only in cameos and future films