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–From a Certain Point of View – “Master and Apprentice”
This is the heart of who Obi-Wan Kenobi is. He is a trained fighter and there are few that can match his skill, even fewer left in the galaxy now. But that is only a slim part of what makes him great.
What is so much greater than that is who he is as a person. That he can face such terrible losses, such devastating losses that were often right in front of him that he could not stop, losses where he loved so deeply, and it could not break him of his nobility and inherent good. It could not make him crumble and turn to rage and bitterness and darkness.
It’s not a big, splashy kind of victory. It’s a quiet, personal victory, and it doesn’t get recognized nearly enough. To have Qui-Gon, who has become one with the Force, who has transcended so much of the more petty concerns of life, to really see the incredible achievement this is, on an incredibly profound level, was so incredibly satisfying.
Anyone can pick up a weapon and wield it to some degree with training. Only truly great people can resist the dark when everything else has been torn away from them. Only the truly strong can stay true to themselves and their path. It’s never been easy, but Obi-Wan still walks that path every day, even if it means simply waiting to be what he’s supposed to be again.
And it’s all the more a marvel that Obi-Wan doesn’t seem to fully realize just what incredible strength of personality that takes.
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