THE ENDING OF OBI–WAN KENOBI PART VI
[cries]
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there’s something that makes my heart ache about the idea of obi-wan having had qui-gon at his side the entire time, but having been so clouded that he was not able to hear or see him, despite desperately calling out to him for aid. while he was seeking him, he was still closed off, still stuck in a tunnel of grief. only when he was more at peace, more open to the force, did he discover that his master had always been there, just like the force had always been there too. he’d lost sight of that, but after he regained his balance and harmony with the force, reintegrated himself with society and opened his heart to have faith in the future and trust in others, he’s rewarded with the force revealing to him that the help and strength he’d sought had been there at his side supporting him the whole time. it gives him this tremendous gift that he would no longer be so alone, both with qui-gon for the next decade until luke came of age, and afterward in eternitiy with yoda and then anakin too.
gffa:
Also, let’s give it up for BERU WHITESUN LARS, that woman was ready to call her husband out for driving away Obi-Wan who could have helped them when they were in danger, who had weapons hidden in the house because she has lived on Tatooine all her life too, and who was 100% ready to fucking go, the minute shit started going down. Beru Whitesun Lars is the woman who wove kindness into every one of Luke Skywalker’s bones, who knew he had a destiny beyond them when it was his time and was willing to let him go, but also was ready to shoot a bitch in the face the minute her son was in danger. BERU WHITESUN LARS DESERVES A STANDING OVATION.
Seeing Beru in action was one of THE HIGHLIGHTS of this series for me, LOVED IT
gffa:
Tatooine is no longer a desert planet because the Obi-Wan Kenobi finale had me crying enough tears to flood the entire Dune Sea single-handedly.
gffa:
#ABSOLUTELY CANNOT BELIEVE THEY NOT ONLY GAVE US ANAKIN FLASHBACKS
#BUT THEY HAD HIM SMILE LIKE THAT WITH OBI-WAN
#THEY CARED ABOUT EACH OTHER AND LIKED EACH OTHER AND LOVED EACH OTHER
#THERE WAS SO MUCH GOOD AND LIGHT IN ANAKIN ONCE UPON A TIME
#YOU CONTRAST IT WITH VADER IN THIS EPISODE AND IT’S SUCH A STARK BRUTAL DIFFERENCE
#BUT DARTH VADER IS STILL ANAKIN SKYWALKER
#AND OF COURSE OBI-WAN CAN’T REALLY WANT ANAKIN DEAD
#BECAUSE THIS IS ALSO THE ANAKIN THAT OBI-WAN REMEMBERS
#THE ONE WHO SMILED LIKE THIS AT HIM
#EVEN WHEN HE WAS IN NEED OF LEARNING A LESSON STILL
#THERE WAS SUCH A SWEETNESS THERE TOO
#I’M GONNA GO THROW MYSELF INTO THE SUN BECAUSE I CAN’T HANDLE HAYDEN CHRISTENSEN’S SMILE
gffa:
GOD I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS SCENE.
THE WAY IT STARTS OUT WITH VADER’S CATWALK SASHAY TOWARDS THE SHIP
YOU CAN SEE THE “WALK WALK MURDER BABY” ON FULL DISPLAY
HE IS WORKING IT LOOK AT HIM
BUT THEN!
WHAT REALLY GETS ME ABOUT THIS SCENE IS THE SAME THING THAT RUNS THROUGHOUT THE EPISODE.
I’VE SEEN DARTH VADER DO A LOT OF SHIT YOUR PANTS LEVEL TERRIFYING THINGS, I’VE SEEN HIM MURDER CHILDREN IN THE MOVIES, I’VE SEEN HIM RIP APART A ROOM AND THROW THE WALLS AT PEOPLE IN JEDI: FALLEN ORDER, I’VE SEEN HIM SLICE THROUGH REBELS LIKE THEY’RE MERE SPEEDBUMPS IN ROGUE ONE, I’VE SEEN HIM CUT OFF INQUISITORS’ ARMS IN THE COMICS, I’VE SEEN HIS BITCHY REVENGE FANTASIES FOR OBI-WAN IN THE COMICS, I’VE SEEN DARTH VADER BE A TERRIBLE PERSON A LOT
BUT SOMEHOW THIS SHOW ALWAYS MAKES IT MORE VISCERAL AND TERRIFYING
PART OF IT IS SEEING IT IN 2022 LIVE ACTION
BUT PART OF IT IS THAT THE ACTING IN THIS SERIES HAS REALLY KNOCKED IT OUT OF THE PARK
EVEN WHEN YOU CAN’T SEE HIS FACE YOU CAN HEAR VADER’S STRAINING GROANS YOU CAN SEE HIS HAND TREMBLE
YOU CAN FEEL HOW HE IS SO FULL OF FURY AND RAGE, THIS IS PERSONAL, THIS MATTERS TO HIM
OBI-WAN KENOBI MATTERS SO MUCH TO HIM THAT HE’LL RIP THAT SHIP RIGHT OUT OF THE SKY AND THEN JUST SHRED IT TO PIECES
THIS IS HOW POWERFUL ANAKIN SKYWALKER IS
HE’S A GODDAMNED WALKING NIGHTMARE THAT I AM ALTERNATELY IMPRESSED BY AND TERRIFIED BY
BUT IT’S ALSO HOW WEAK ANAKIN SKYWALKER IS BECAUSE HE’S SO BLINDED BY THAT RAGE HE CAN’T EVEN THINK STRAIGHT
HE SO BADLY NEEDS TO WIN THIS FIGHT AGAINST OBI-WAN THAT IT SCRAMBLES HIS ASSHOLE CAT CHASING A LASER POINTER BRAIN AND HE MISSES WHAT’S RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIM
ALL THE WHILE BEING ABSOLUTELY TERRIFYING
VADER IS TERRIFYING BECAUSE THIS IS THE POWER PUT IN THE HANDS OF SOMEONE WHO OBSESSES OVER THE PEOPLE HE LOVES, WHO GIVES IN TO HIS FEARS, WHO IS STILL QUAKING IN FEAR SOMEWHERE IN THERE BECAUSE HE HASN’T LEARNED A GODDAMNED THING SINCE HE WAS A PADAWAN
BECAUSE ALL THAT POWER IS IN THE HANDS OF SOMEONE WHO HAS NO CONTROL OVER HIMSELF
HE CAN TEAR A STARSHIP RIGHT OUT OF THE SKY
HE CAN RIP IT INTO PIECES WITH JUST A THOUGHT
AND THE REAL NIGHTMARE IS THAT IT’S ALL CENTERED IN SOMEONE WHO CHOSE THIS INSTEAD OF BECOMING THE PERSON HE COULD HAVE BEEN
BUT ALSO GODDAMN LOOK AT HIM JUST PULL THAT MASSIVE SHIP DOWN LIKE THAT’S NOT A SHUTTLE OR A STARFIGHTER THAT’S A FULL ON FUCKING TRANSPORT SHIP AND THEN STILL HAVE THE POWER TO TEAR IT OPEN LIKE IT’S TISSUE PAPER
JESUS CHRIST ANAKIN REALLY IS JUST FUCKOFF POWERFUL
gffa:
#JEDI CANNOT HELP WHAT THEY ARE
#OBI-WAN CANNOT HELP BEING A TEACHER
#TEACHING WAS ONE OF THE MOST CENTRAL PRINCIPLES OF THE JEDI ORDER
#AT THEIR HEART THEY WERE TEACHERS
#AND OBI-WAN LOVED BEING A TEACHER
#OF COURSE HE CAN’T RESIST TEACHING LEIA ABOUT THE FORCE WHEN SHE NEEDS COMFORT AND ASKS ABOUT WHAT IT FEELS LIKE
#BUT ALSO THIS IS WHY SHE NAMES HER SON BEN
#AFTER THE MAN WHO FIRST TAUGHT HER WHAT THE LIGHT SIDE FELT LIKE
#BECAUSE SHE WANTED HER SON TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE LIGHT OF THE FORCE
#I’M GONNA GO GNAW ON MY ARM OVER THIS ENTIRE SCENE
gffa:
I’m going absolutely feral at the imagery here, that Obi-Wan buried his lightsaber together with Anakin’s, these two people buried in the sand, they were both supposed to be dead and buried.
“This lightsaber is your life.”
And when they died, their lives were buried in the same box in the same sand.
Obi-Wan buries them together because they died together, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker died at the same time and they were laid to rest together in the sand.
He buries them together because they loved each other and these were pieces that belonged to another age, because Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker were a love story and they were brothers, they should be buried together.
But also that neither of them will stay buried.
Obi-Wan is digging himself back up, he can’t just be Ben anymore, he has to be Obi-Wan Kenobi, and he has no idea that he’s not the only one who’s going to be dug up out of the sand, that Anakin’s presence in his life will also be dug up out of that sand.
These lightsabers were their lives and I am absolutely FERAL at the imagery of them being dug up again and what that means for where Obi-Wan has to go next and who exactly is waiting for him.