The 2 actors playing Obi-Wan really do feel like the same person. Ewan McGregor is one of the best castings ever to play a younger version of a character. You really believe its the same guy.
Ye he was right because in episode 6 I think yoda tells Luke that Vader is his father so luke began to think obiwan was a lier but at a certain point of view obi wan was right as when anakin kills mace windu his eyes turn red turnig anakin into darth Vader who is a whole different person in the eyes of obiwan and what George Lucas wanted us to see
@@voltron77 didnt know being away from the force in order to not get sensed by the inquisitors, and also being traumatised after an event such as order 66 was "destroying" his character
Wow this hits so different when you find out what the original plan for annakin and darth Vader was as two different people and annakin being the last to resist Darth Vader and the empire
Anton Yopp to be fair he fought in the war and landed in Sicily so he probably saw enough shit to easily make his reactions believable by just thinking of the memories.
@ there's a video on UA-cam about how George Lucas talked about it. The clones from the Clone Wars we're meant to be the enemies not the good guys and Darth Vader killed Anakin. There's a lot of other stuff too that makes sense too when you see how it was meant to happen. George Lucas never expected everyone to love Luke and Darth Vader so much so changed the script for the second movie
I remember thinking of it just as a story type thing, but when we found out Vader was Luke's father at the end of ESB and confirmed in ROTJ and going back and watching Star Wars (which was what Ep4 A New Hope was known at the time) we knew there was more to this scene than intended. Then when the prequels were announced this and every tidbit of information form the original three movies about the past were thrown about to be in the new prequel movies by the fans, even the occasional - maybe we will get to see what the Clone Wars were about! statements. I must admit I loved all the foreshadowing in the Prequels and all of the nods to the original movies/etc and know knowing how Obi-Wan became who he is and the same for Anakin, even knowing that Yoda trained Dooku, who trained Jinn, who trained Obi-Wan who trained Anakin was so cool when it was first revealed. The hype and hysteria for the prequels when they came out at the movies was sooooooo big, it wasn't until years later that they became unpopular on the internet. It still perplexes me as they are stories to explain everything and they did exactly that in so many ways.
@@jedigreg4636 Most people who were watching the prequels were usually in the young demographic age. After a few years our rose colored glasses come off and we see that George L. isn't exactly the best writer.
@@Menaceblue3 Young demographic? When the movies came out everyone went to see them just like the Avengers today - so I'm not sure exactly what you mean by young demographic.
@Hob Nob Clone Wars was just a term thrown out there in 1977. We knew it had to be some kind of big deal in the past. But nobody knew what it really was. We also really had no idea of how huge and politically powerful the Jedi were before the fall either. We also heard Darth Vader was referred to as Lord of The Sith. But again, nobody knew exactly what the Sith were.
He did say he taught him but as you mentioned, he had Anakin in such high esteem that he saw him first and foremost as an equal before everything else.
Which in many ways was Kenobi's greatest failing. Throughout Ep2 and 3 Anakin refers to Obi-Wan as being like a father to him, while Obi Wan tells Anakin that he was like his brother, but Anakin didn't need a brother, he needed a father figure. This is what makes Qui Gon's death so tragic, he was the father figure that Anakin needed, but Obi Wan could never be, and so Palpatine filled that vacuum in Anakin's upbringing, and filled his head with a very different idea of ambition and justice to what Qui Gon would have, which is ultimately what led to his downfall.
Obi-Wan: _"Your father wanted you to have this . . . when you were old enough. He was on fire and screaming curses at me at the time, but he really DID want you to have this."_
Erm didn't Obi-Wan learn to communicate with the spirits and is seen with Anakin after he turned back good, who is to say that conversation happened when he was alive?
@@CorralejoSoloTravellers Lucas didn't get the idea to make Darth Vader Luke's father until he was well into writing the "Empire Strikes Back" script. Originally, Vader was a completely different person. But that caused problems in "Return of the Jedi" because in retrospect, Obi-wan DID lie to Luke when he said "Vader betrayed and murdered your father." Obi-wan wasn't being metaphorical, there. It also led to that really awkward "certain points of view" line.
@@KneelB4Bacon Yeah not that sad I go to script level, was a fan suggestion based purely on the films seen. If I was to go all the way into the finer detail of what made and didn't make it, then WALL-E would get a mention haha. My comment was based purely if you watch the films only it is possible what I suggested. I wasn't trying to prove you wrong just sounding out the possibility it could have in movie time. On a side note I am a MASSIVE trek/wars fan and watched them all oh lost count over last 30 years (im 43). Even in lockdown must have seen all the films again 3-4 times over pn a 24/7 running channel of SW. Just love everything, the bad films and good to me its all good. Love Mandalorian too.
@@lucadreier22 Well seeing as by the time the Prequel trilogy was released George Lucas had complete creative control. So what you see in those films may very well be exactly what he envisioned (other than the reduction of screentime for JarJar Binks who was actually taken out of the films mainly due to backlash).
wow it's almost like the built the events of the prequels AROUND the original movies... so that they'd you know, match up and be consistent? Nothing astounding lol
This edit is great. So well-put together. Alec Guinness' acting really shines, it actually looks like Obi-Wan is remembering everything as he's telling Luke.
That is i like he remember everything that happened and after anakin tells obi that everything was his own fault and bad decisions make so much sense now and when vader tells luke you dont know the power of the dark side is too late for me
The fact that he can pull this off for events that he didn't even know about at the time because that lore didn't even exist yet... it's simply amazing.
Jules Moors bro... clone wars is one of the only good things disney did... Force Awakens: It was pretty good. Last Jedi: Absolutely terrible, Rose completely changed Finn’s personality ik that movie. And a lot of other shit when down in that movie that was crap Rise Of Skywalker: It was honestly pretty good, it could’ve been better if Last Jedi didnt Flop Solo a star wars story: It was ok, opening day didnt do the best though Rouge One: ONE OF THE ONLY REALLY GOOD STAR WARS MOVIES AFTER DISNEY TOOK OVER! Clone Wars SEASON 7: Absolutely a master piece. Don’t tell me otherwise you atheists 🤣 Mandolrian: Is really REALLY GOOD!!! Live action CGI is perfect in this show My rant is over, what did I get out of it, nothing lol
@@julesmoors5219 Do you know that The Clone Wars is not Disney but George Lucas ? The first season is 2008, before Disney get Star Wars.... Ashoka is coming from the season 1 and created by George Lucas himself.
@@iziizii it is possible for two people to have the same thought. Like how calculus was developed by two different people who had no idea about the other. If that can happen to calculus, it's not that wild to think this guy thought of the joke on his own.
Obi Wan is by far the best example of one who stays true to themselves. He lost everything, was betrayed, failed those closest to him, and was forced to watch someone he loved turn evil. Yet, he remained a Jedi and stayed true to his ideals. Obi Wan, the true OG.
Adwait Tapaswi Only from a certain point of view. And I think it was the best choice at the time, Luke wasn’t prepared to hear that his father was space hitler. Or space Rommel I suppose. Either way, he wasn’t prepared, it would’ve done more bad than good to tell him.
Adwait Tapaswi Only from a certain point of view xD And I think it was the best choice at the time, Luke wasn’t prepared to hear that his father was space hitler. Or space Rommel I suppose. Either way, he wasn’t prepared, it would’ve done more bad than good to tell him.
Hayden Christensen shaped and developed both his characters exquisitely. He was the perfect choice for Anakin and later, Darth Vader. He really demonstrated the conflict and torment he went through basically all his life. Kudos and props sgain to Hayden for executing this flawlessly.
@@Ar17778 tell me about it. The OT literally has some clunky dialogue too. But because it's the originals they're held up on some pilar that can't be touched. But the sequel hate is absolutely the correct way. The prequels had their own identity. There was no need for the sequels. Disney managed to make people not look forward to a new Star Wars film. What a damn shame what they did to that trilogy.
I really admire how Alec McGuinnes, not knowing anything in depth about his character, was able to convey such a meaningful performance. Actor of those times were masters in their art.
@@TheDanrox110 It's not the he didn't like the script, he actually was one of the few people who had faith on the potential of the story. He just thought that some of the dialogue was awful, and that his part was too minor.
My mom saw the original trilogy in theaters. This video brought her to tears. On one hand, I respect the video editing, but on the other hand I hate you for making my mother cry.
Actually in legends, darth sideous used her life force energy and transferred to anikan. Essentially creating Vader. Notice how both padme and “anikan” take their last breath together.
The fact this is mixed with the actual soundtrack is honestly the most amazing significantly emotionally unreal and just down right fantastic. I’ve watched this edit over 1000 times, every single time I get goosebumps and tears because this is made perfectly, the music placement and timing to kenobis reaction to the memories, utterly incredible. This is a work of art.
Yeah fr this is easily the best one. Theirs another video similar that has slightly more view called obi wan has ptsd. But I just don’t find as good because it uses some other random sad music while this one hits hard using Star Wars music
@@konstantinos6744 Because the hatred drown him to make reckless action against the republic, the people, the jedi council, among leading jedi knight, and yes he betrayed and murdered his heart more after sabre happened.
@@AndrewAce. if u think this was good it’s nothing compared to this. ua-cam.com/video/KV7PfCCh6Oo/v-deo.html. If link doesn’t work it’s called Darth Vader
I love how Alec Guinness's acting here is so good, that these flashbacks from the prequels seem perfectly applicable to his emotions and thoughts in this scene. Magnificent actor, in more roles than just Star Wars
I'd praise the directors of the prequels for working around the emotions portrayed by Guinnes 20+ years later when Lucas changed the direction of his story. A really well edited piece of work
“A young Jedi named Darth Vader betrayed and murdered your father “ - I like how he describes Anakin’s new personality as murdering the original Anakin
when Luke asks him why did he lie....he says that "Your father was seduced by the dark side of the Force. He ceased to be Anakin Skywalker and became Darth Vader. When that happened, the good man who was your father was destroyed. So what I have told you was true... from a certain point of view."
@@MakisHMMY And your friend isn't a true friend if he suddenly commits homicide (aka kill Mace, Padme, and a lot of younglins), and then tries to kill you.
This has been on UA-cam for 5 years and it’s never appeared into my recommendations till now. WHY!!?? This was the best edit I’ve ever seen for Star Wars fandom. I’m in tears because of how beautifully edited it is in showing that George Lucas knew how to connect a storyline.
@@tomw2944 he was both weak and selfish. Saving him from burning would've meant killing him afterwards with his own hands. Obi wan wasn't strong enough to kill Anakin, so in his selfishness, he rather see Anakin's pain and hope he'd died from his injuries than Killing him directly, and deal with his own guilt.
Anakin was a seriously tragic character all in all. I had to feel bad for him. With how he was treated, manipulated, it's no wonder his anger and hate manifested him into the person he became. With the shit he went through no one would emerge from that trauma completely sane.
@@bread1616 Revenge of the Sith was the saddest because of that combined with the general downfall of the Republic and the deaths of some of the best characters from the prequels. Rest in peace, Master Plo.
3:16 punctured my heart. Everything flowed well here. From the scenes to the music to facial expressions. All insync. Anakin’s story is so gut wrenching. 😢
Dennis R Hill AotC they fight, RotS they’re constantly in sync. Obi-Wan even has the farewell to him before going to fight Grievous, or the banter in space/on the Invisible Hand.
@@lyrimetacurl0 Definitely a good fight and Qui Gon is my favorite Jedi but watching the Jedi be brought down by their own hubris, Sidious take over and Anakin's complete fall from grace in ROTS made a very interesting story.
It's always the great music that hits me. It reminds me of my childhood where star wars was my life whether it was Lego, clone wars or the films. For me it's the best film music ever made.
The acting of Alec Guiness is phenomenal here. He potrays the older Obi-Wan so well, it actually seems as if he is remembering a time before this (Episodes 1-3) even though they still yet haven't been released. Alec did an amazing job of potraying an older Obi-Wan remembering his past. May Alec Guiness R.I.P
It’s just mind boggling that the prequels weren’t made yet and Alec Guinness acted all these lines out with no source material to go off of. No one really knew who Ankain was or even who Obi Wan was. Alec Guinness had to act all these emotional scenes out with nothing to go off of. Legend.
Alec Guiness was a war veteran who commanded a landing craft during the Invasion of Sicily and was at Normandy on D-Day, transporting troops to the front lines. He was also in Bridge on the River Kwai, and was a Shakespearean actor. If you watch Bridge on the River Kwai, you can see he completely understands a person falling to madness and "Imperial jingoism", so when he's thinking about Anakin, he might be envisioning his own character in _River Kwai_, a man who started out with noble ideals and good intentions, and slowly but surely painted himself into a dark corner.
I am The Audience in the 70s, and I can confirm this as accurate. Also, in promo material, Darth Vader was mentioned as "a Dark Lord of the Sith" which isn't even in the movie. So there was a lot of pre-web chatter about *that*.
Alec Guinness' acting in this scene is so perfect when seen in retrospect. I'm dumbfounded by how correctly he portrays the emotions even though Lucas himself was unsure of the story...you can see it in Alec's face when Luke asks how his father died...he has this realization that he has to lie and clenches up remembering the day he almost killed Anakin. Beautiful.
Lucas knew Obi-Wan had been through a cruel war. Alec Guinness had been a Royal Navy lieutenant in WW2, commanding a landing ship during the invasion of Sicily, among other dangerous duties. He very well may have been directed to act like a reminiscing veteran in that scene, and he did it very well.
@@TheRobloxianTacoLord Lying isn't the only kind of deception. Withholding the truth is also deception. If someone asks you what happened, and you only tell them enough to satisfy them, that's deception without lying. Lying is including or creating something false. In the scene, Obi-Wan does both...lying about Anakin's death, but also leaving out that Anakin had become evil. He chose not to burden a young, innocent farm boy with the truth, because he wanted to convince him to take the path to becoming a Jedi...and giving him the harsh reality of what happened to the Jedi may have dissuaded Luke from it.
his ability to remember Anakin while ignoring Vader's atrocities really shows Obi-Wan's character. he understands the dark side changes people and the jedi he mentored was a different person than the monster he became
Titanium Dragon no he understood it all too well. Obi-Wan knows how lustful the dark side is. So he doesn’t blame Anakin’s former self. He knows how good of a man Anakin was in the beginning. He blames Anakin’s choices for killing the good that was in Anakin. He would never say that Anakin was always an evil person.
@LordTyph the sequels? Absolutely. The stuff they put out in between prequel and originals namely solo, kenobi and rogue one? Coming from a person who grew up watching the originals first, i accept those...
@@ArchangelRG09 I think I agree. Solo was fine, Rogue One was pretty good. Kenobi was like half really good and half lame filler, but I still liked it, even if just for the last episode being amazing. Sequels were so so bad.
DahOneGuy32 But actually tho this whole scene is basically an old man reminiscing about the war and how he lost his friends. It’s really fucking sad. I swear Obi-Wan is trying his best not to fucking cry or get emotional.
I watch this every once in a while. What really hit me this time was how popular anakin was in the order. And the betrayal he did with the young longs and the Padawan’s. They didn’t have a chance and he just mowed them down. “Master skywalker there’s to many of them” is brutal. But the one that got me this time was the hologram of taking out the Padawan’s. All of them probably Ashoka’s age. Brutal.
I saw a theory about why he didn't have sith eyes before Mustafar, and its that he, on some level, basically believed he was mercy killing them. 'Setting them free' from being slaves of the Order. It wasn't until Mustafar he truly gave in. Especially if you read about how he enjoyed killing the separatist leaders in the episode III novelization
In the novel he has a secret plan in his head to help the younglings escape the slaughter however when that one calls him master he changes his mind no shit
vader is actually completly different person than anakin, they are not one and the same, it was indeed true that vader killed anakin, he was no more and what was left was vader
It's commendable how Obi Wan spoke so highly about Anakin to luke. At any time he could have told luke the truth, but he didn't. I like to think Obi wan wanted luke to have a good image of his father.
@Schwanzus Longus yeah, I know. But if Obi wan would have told the truth, luke would have been distraught. He'd see what his father had become and compare himself to vader, not anakin. Luke needed Anakin as a role model to push him to keep going and destroy daddy palps.
“Your father was seduced by the dark side of the Force. He ceased to be Anakin Skywalker and became Darth Vader. When that happened, the good man who was your father was destroyed.” - Obi wan Kenobi. One of the saddest things said in the entire franchise.
You can just see the pain in Obi-Wan’s eyes as he has to lie to Luke and protect him from the truth of his father and explaining how he loves and misses Anakin.
I feel so sad for obi wan after all of the things he went through he lost everyone who he ever just think of losing your master and them losing someone who is like a brother to you and losing all of your jedi friends
1:53 I love the following edits; The Lightsaber getting held the same time Obi-Ewan grabs it And in the next scene, Anakin activating it before it seamlessly cuts to Luke with the saber being in the same position.
“I was once a Jedi knight, the same as your father.” I love how Obi-Wan still views Anakin as his equal in rank, even though Obi-Wan was a Jedi master. It just nails home the love the he has for him, his mislead brother of darkness.
I feel like deep down he knew Anakin was ready to become a master and wanted him to gain that rank right after the rescue of Palpatine. All the raw power, skill and bravery but it was his arrogance and vulnerability to his emotions that halted him and those flaws were what made Obi Wan agree with the council.
When he says “a weapon of the Jedi knight...for a more civilized age” Reminds me of when he killed General Greivous with a blaster and says “so uncivilized”
Grevious used cheat of san andreas but starwars version he wrote UZUMYMW and it gave him a lightsaber a blaster with 550 ammo and a bazooka but grevious wrote it 4 times
I think after all these years this is a testament to Alec Guinness's acting skill. In that he probably only had a rudimentary understanding of the background of any of the characters including his, yet he was still able to convey facial expression of emotion and anguish in that one small scene.
James B. From what I understand he didn't really care much for the story, but liked George Lucas and was really there for the paycheck. Even then he was such a professional that he didn't phone it in.
james morgan he was a more classical actor prefering theatrical type works over scifi. Still he was a brilliant actor and perfect for the role. I love that even though he had no idea you can kinda see in his acting that he wasnt being completly honest with luke.
The look on Obi-Wan's face when Luke asked how his father died is so powerful man. You can see him gulp as though he's remembering painful things (which of course he is)
Alec Guinness also giving such a performance based on a few lines, it’s not like he could watch 1-3 and say “got it”. Which amazes me that Guinness can portray the trauma of a movie that hadn’t even happened yet. Such a good actor.
@@maruraba1478 He was a war vet fighting in WW2. So we can guess he has seen such horrible stuff in war that he can easily give this look. Amazing actor!
At the time, Alec Guinness's Obi-Wan wasn't remembering the painful things we're now familiar with. That look of unease back in 1977 was simply him portraying a man who was about to tell a lie to young Luke about his father being dead, rather than telling him he was actually still alive as Darth Vader. Sir Alec's superb acting in that moment though is so full of gravitas and guilt that, in retrospect, it perfectly fits to what we now know what happened.
@@TheRowlandstone73 Guinness had no way of knowing who Vader really was though. That decision likely hadn’t been made yet & was a closely guarded secret. Well known that only a select few knew the truth - Lucas, Hamill & James Earl Jones (as the voice). Not even David Prowse in the Vader suit knew the truth!
If anyone had a fair excuse to fall to the dark side it's obi wan Watched his master die Watched his lover die Betrayed by his best friend Lost his jedi order And still controlled his hatred and anger and remained focused on his beliefs, a true jedi
@CVoYager I've always wondered if anakin had he been trained by qui gon, would he have gone through the trauma that led him to the dark side, obviously he couldn't do anything about his mother but I wonder if everything else would off played out difficult
What is amazing about this is Guinness' acting alone. A New Hope was supposed to be a standalone film with no planned sequels or prequels. And he managed to capture a man with ptsd and sorrow from events the audience was never supposed to see. He had nothing to go on except the script and his acting, and he gave a stellar performance. No wonder he told everyone to look at his other work and not be remembered as "the guy who played obi wan". He was a phenomenal actor
Phenomenal analysis, and completely wonderous how Guinness portrayed the character. You have to believe that Lucas told him more about the entire story and timeline that he did any other actor on Ep4. Still, if Lucas didn't, it makes Guinness look even more like a genius. And yes his prior work is great, but to channel that kind of emotion and foreshadowing into such basic lines in this film, THAT stands right up there with anything he'd done before this "Space/Cowboy drama"
Actually there's a correction, the entirety of 4-6 was written to be one long movie but studios made Lucas break it apart with cuts due to it being to long
@@MrMan2006 im pretty sure the story from 1-3 was a bit different from what it turned out to be. Also he only started making the whole story after the first movie turned out to be a hit.
Same to me...there are times in real life when people see my scars and ask did you fight in Afghanistan or Iraq....it doesn't hurt so bad because I go to therapy and I stay active...but this kind of dramatisation is real for some of us. It's hard when I talk to elderly women breaking their hearts when they find out I'm thirty and went to war at 18....that should sink into every generation
I felt the same way when Finn asked Han if he knew Luke and he just gives him that look and says, “Yeah, I knew him. I knew Luke.” All those memories just rushing back.
I m french and in the french version, we dont have this line "clone Wars" but something differents and we loose so much lore because of it. Sorry for my english lol
Love that Anakin and Vader are seen as two different people because that's how it feels. It's hard to imagine Anakin being Darth Vader but easy to imagine Darth Vader as someone so powerful to defeat Anakin Skywalker. Such beautiful story telling.
Watching this makes me realise that we listened to Obi Wan's story from Luke's point of view as in "cool, he's a jedi. wow, a lightsaber!", but this puts us in Obi Wan's shoes, showing us what was really going through his head throughout this monologue
Absolutely! And this doesn’t even go into all of the things the two of them experienced in the Clone Wars series. It’s a really heartbreaking tale once all the pieces of the puzzle are aligned.
@@farel8845 how do you not get the whole Anakin & Vader thing Anakin died when he was burning on Mustafar there lied Vader a being full of hatred & anger the little bit of Anakin that was holding on died
I disagree. The basic story elements of two people who were good friends, but one of them turned evil and caused a falling out between them also happens in Berserk. If you're looking for a story that has that mechanic in it, then Berserk has that similarity. Griffith recruited Guts, then they grew to be close friends over a number of years. *Spoilers ahead* Then Griffith betrays the entire Band of the Hawk, with Guts one of the very few survivors.
Don't do it. Keep just watching videos with amazing soundtracks of background. It worked for me although it made me cry so bad ( Especially Solo's death)
@@dennisrodriguez3689 that's wierd because I don't recall solo dieing, I've watched all 6 (AND THAIR ARE ONLY 6 MOVIES!) and I'm pretty sure he lives through them all.
Skip the first two. If you watch episode 3 going into 4, RotS seems so much better that if you watch it after the first 2 movies. They just leave a bad taste in your mouth. Episode 3 had bad momments but for the first ost part it was actually a good movie
2:43 You can tell how uneasy he felt answering that question. He was so heartbroken that he didn’t see Anakin and Vader as the same person. So he created this parable for Luke. Great script! Such wonderful acting. Rest In Peace Sir Alec.
@1 Gladiator eh I kinda get why he said it how he did. In a canon comic it showed that there was some anakin personality left in him before the Vader "killed" him. So I'm not really annoyed with how he put it
I always believed that Anakin and Vader were always fighting within, with Vader winning the fight. It wasn't untill when he fought Luke in ROTJ that Anakin rose and defeat Vader, returning him to the light side and betrayed the emperor to save his son.
The fact this is mixed with the actual soundtrack is honestly the most amazing significantly emotionally unreal and just down right fantastic. I’ve watched this edit over 1000 times, every single time I get goosebumps and tears because this is made perfectly, the music placement and timing to kenobis reaction to the memories, utterly incredible. This is a work of art, this makes me wanna watch them all, and just be surrounded by the universe
Alecc Guinness's performance was masterful. Despite not even knowing the true details of the backstory, he was able to convey a man who was re-living very painful memories, and this video proves it.
Damn man. The way Obi cuts his eyes and starts to rock back and forth uncomfortably knowing he can't tell Luke the "Flat out" Truth. So much pain and PTSD. Shows you how wartime really did effect him.
Crazy to think that the actor had no idea that was the truth either but still conveyed the pain. The cast and crew didn't know the "I'm your father line" until the day of shooting the scene for Empire.
Yeah, I had to scroll too far to find a comment like this. I know it's creative editing to get those eye movements in the right place, but it really adds to the story he's telling to Luke. If you wanted to, you could not see what Obi Wan is saying as lies (or plot holes for the Star Wars haters out there), but rather sparing a young man the gruesome details about his father. Alas, most people aren't talking about these things, but instead they are coming up with ways to use it to mock the prequels and/or the Disney movies. I guess I shouldn't expect more than that. This is the internet after all. lol
How would you tell him? Not only are you hiding the truth but you might also inadvertently lose friendship with him as well. The way Obi Wan did it here was executed perfectly
He did tell him the truth. Darth vader did kill Anakin, or atleast that's what Obiwan saw when he said his goodbyes to Anakin at mustifar after leaving him there. Only Luke saw that Anakin wasnt really dead.
And to think, that plot twist wasn't intended at all by that point. but even without it, it fits, as... Well, a betrayal by your own pupil? It'd be hard for anyone to take.
"you fought the clone wars?" I still can't believe the greatest star wars project ever made was made from a simple line in a movie that wasn't supposed to have any sequel
Marcia Jordan yup, no one trusted in George idea so he made a simple movie that could have ended nicely, that’s why the ending of it looks like so “perfect” or contradicting with the empire strikes back, it feels like destroying the Death Star was the victory for the Rebels, Vader just being thrown to the space and stuff. But after the amazing quantity of money it got George decide to make empire strikes back and return of the jedi
Noob exactly, when Obi Wan said he killed his father, originally he was talking seriously. When he calls Vader “Darth” in the Death Star he was referring a name, not a title
The 2 actors playing Obi-Wan really do feel like the same person. Ewan McGregor is one of the best castings ever to play a younger version of a character. You really believe its the same guy.
Jason Lee Agreed. I hope they make an Obi-Wan movie.
I hope they remake the prequels.
I hope they remake everything
They looked really hard to find someone with similar facial features to Alec. Ewan definitely has that
Jason Lee because of the beard
"He betrayed and murdered your father."
It's chilling because, thinking again at it, he's right.
i was waiting for someone to point that out... as soon as he turned to darth vader, anakin died. so obi wan is not lying
@Anakin Skywalker omfg is it you anakin?
He’s right....from a certain point of view
Ye he was right because in episode 6 I think yoda tells Luke that Vader is his father so luke began to think obiwan was a lier but at a certain point of view obi wan was right as when anakin kills mace windu his eyes turn red turnig anakin into darth Vader who is a whole different person in the eyes of obiwan and what George Lucas wanted us to see
Yes one of my favorite quotes especially in the Empire strikes back and he says “this was true and misleading”
"You can't have flashbacks of a movie that doesn't exist."
Alec Guinness: Hold my high ground
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@@mememonke1426 Amazing
@@mememonke1426 Bruh...you ain't but whatever you say XD
@@mememonke1426 Why you saying the n word? 😂
1:39 when he says "and he was a good friend" always hits me. After you watch the prequels and Obi-Wan series and Clone War this just hits SO much
“Your father wanted you to have this when you were old enough” too.
Obi-wan series destroyed his character though but yeah.
@@voltron77Ong bruh 😂
Yeah…I honestly teared up at that part. 🥺
@@voltron77 didnt know being away from the force in order to not get sensed by the inquisitors, and also being traumatised after an event such as order 66 was "destroying" his character
Imagine being such a good actor you can have PTSD of a film that isn't released for nearly 30 years
Wow this hits so different when you find out what the original plan for annakin and darth Vader was as two different people and annakin being the last to resist Darth Vader and the empire
Anton Yopp to be fair he fought in the war and landed in Sicily so he probably saw enough shit to easily make his reactions believable by just thinking of the memories.
@@alexanderforrest1983 really, gees, yeah that's mad
@ there's a video on UA-cam about how George Lucas talked about it. The clones from the Clone Wars we're meant to be the enemies not the good guys and Darth Vader killed Anakin. There's a lot of other stuff too that makes sense too when you see how it was meant to happen. George Lucas never expected everyone to love Luke and Darth Vader so much so changed the script for the second movie
I am the senate
Hello there
You are the chosen one
I am the sith
Before the dark times
Before the Empire
Liar!
... flashback...
I wonder how people felt in 1977 hearing "Did you fight in the Clone Wars?" having no idea of what it was and that idea would be further explored.
I remember thinking of it just as a story type thing, but when we found out Vader was Luke's father at the end of ESB and confirmed in ROTJ and going back and watching Star Wars (which was what Ep4 A New Hope was known at the time) we knew there was more to this scene than intended. Then when the prequels were announced this and every tidbit of information form the original three movies about the past were thrown about to be in the new prequel movies by the fans, even the occasional - maybe we will get to see what the Clone Wars were about! statements. I must admit I loved all the foreshadowing in the Prequels and all of the nods to the original movies/etc and know knowing how Obi-Wan became who he is and the same for Anakin, even knowing that Yoda trained Dooku, who trained Jinn, who trained Obi-Wan who trained Anakin was so cool when it was first revealed. The hype and hysteria for the prequels when they came out at the movies was sooooooo big, it wasn't until years later that they became unpopular on the internet. It still perplexes me as they are stories to explain everything and they did exactly that in so many ways.
@@jedigreg4636
Most people who were watching the prequels were usually in the young demographic age. After a few years our rose colored glasses come off and we see that George L. isn't exactly the best writer.
@@Menaceblue3 Young demographic? When the movies came out everyone went to see them just like the Avengers today - so I'm not sure exactly what you mean by young demographic.
We were confused as fuck, but enjoyed it anyway.
@Hob Nob
Clone Wars was just a term thrown out there in 1977. We knew it had to be some kind of big deal in the past. But nobody knew what it really was. We also really had no idea
of how huge and politically powerful the Jedi were before the fall either. We also heard Darth Vader was referred to as Lord of The Sith. But again, nobody knew exactly what the Sith were.
“How did my father die”
“I had the high ground”.
😂😂 underrated comment
Lol
"did he do it?"
"yes he overestimated his ability"
2:21
“That little bitch thought he could use MY OWN MOVE AGAINST ME??? Hell no”
It’s sick how he never says anakin was his student , he was always his friend first😢
He did say he taught him but as you mentioned, he had Anakin in such high esteem that he saw him first and foremost as an equal before everything else.
"you were my brother Anakin"...
"I loved you"... 😭
Which in many ways was Kenobi's greatest failing. Throughout Ep2 and 3 Anakin refers to Obi-Wan as being like a father to him, while Obi Wan tells Anakin that he was like his brother, but Anakin didn't need a brother, he needed a father figure. This is what makes Qui Gon's death so tragic, he was the father figure that Anakin needed, but Obi Wan could never be, and so Palpatine filled that vacuum in Anakin's upbringing, and filled his head with a very different idea of ambition and justice to what Qui Gon would have, which is ultimately what led to his downfall.
He was his brother.. 💔
he cant just say it to luke
"And a cunning warrior"
"I'm taking him now!"
"No Anakin no!"
I laugh to hard :D
I laughed to hard at that part
too*
Exacute order fall and go splat
I don’t understand
@@actego It's not a story the Jedi would tell you.
Obi-Wan: _"Your father wanted you to have this . . . when you were old enough. He was on fire and screaming curses at me at the time, but he really DID want you to have this."_
Lol 😂
Erm didn't Obi-Wan learn to communicate with the spirits and is seen with Anakin after he turned back good, who is to say that conversation happened when he was alive?
@@CorralejoSoloTravellers Lucas didn't get the idea to make Darth Vader Luke's father until he was well into writing the "Empire Strikes Back" script. Originally, Vader was a completely different person.
But that caused problems in "Return of the Jedi" because in retrospect, Obi-wan DID lie to Luke when he said "Vader betrayed and murdered your father." Obi-wan wasn't being metaphorical, there. It also led to that really awkward "certain points of view" line.
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@@KneelB4Bacon Yeah not that sad I go to script level, was a fan suggestion based purely on the films seen. If I was to go all the way into the finer detail of what made and didn't make it, then WALL-E would get a mention haha. My comment was based purely if you watch the films only it is possible what I suggested. I wasn't trying to prove you wrong just sounding out the possibility it could have in movie time. On a side note I am a MASSIVE trek/wars fan and watched them all oh lost count over last 30 years (im 43). Even in lockdown must have seen all the films again 3-4 times over pn a 24/7 running channel of SW. Just love everything, the bad films and good to me its all good. Love Mandalorian too.
The fact that the pauses, the emotion, the remembering was all just acting because the first movies didn't exist yet is astounding to me
I wonder what Lucas originally envisioned to be the "clone wars"
@@lucadreier22 Well seeing as by the time the Prequel trilogy was released George Lucas had complete creative control. So what you see in those films may very well be exactly what he envisioned (other than the reduction of screentime for JarJar Binks who was actually taken out of the films mainly due to backlash).
Sir Alec Guinness was just that damn good.
wow it's almost like the built the events of the prequels AROUND the original movies... so that they'd you know, match up and be consistent? Nothing astounding lol
It actually looks like somethings ringing his bell in his head. Especially when he heard Obi Wan
This edit is great. So well-put together. Alec Guinness' acting really shines, it actually looks like Obi-Wan is remembering everything as he's telling Luke.
That is i like he remember everything that happened and after anakin tells obi that everything was his own fault and bad decisions make so much sense now and when vader tells luke you dont know the power of the dark side is too late for me
Obi-WAN’s PTSD
The fact that he can pull this off for events that he didn't even know about at the time because that lore didn't even exist yet... it's simply amazing.
I wish he was able to witness all of the prequels...
Alec Guiness fought in WWII. He had probably lots of tough and painful memories to base his performance on.
“You fought in the Clone Wars?”
“Yes I was once an animated character, the same as your father”
I wish I could be animated
Jules Moors bro, stfu
Jules Moors they aren’t new characters, it’s canon that Ashoka is real. Boomer
Jules Moors bro... clone wars is one of the only good things disney did...
Force Awakens: It was pretty good.
Last Jedi: Absolutely terrible, Rose completely changed Finn’s personality ik that movie. And a lot of other shit when down in that movie that was crap
Rise Of Skywalker: It was honestly pretty good, it could’ve been better if Last Jedi didnt Flop
Solo a star wars story: It was ok, opening day didnt do the best though
Rouge One: ONE OF THE ONLY REALLY GOOD STAR WARS MOVIES AFTER DISNEY TOOK OVER!
Clone Wars SEASON 7: Absolutely a master piece. Don’t tell me otherwise you atheists 🤣
Mandolrian: Is really REALLY GOOD!!! Live action CGI is perfect in this show
My rant is over, what did I get out of it, nothing lol
@@julesmoors5219 Do you know that The Clone Wars is not Disney but George Lucas ? The first season is 2008, before Disney get Star Wars.... Ashoka is coming from the season 1 and created by George Lucas himself.
"You fought in the clone wars?"
"Yes, I was once a cartoon character like your father."
@@beandog7657 what do you mean 'stolen'?
@@daviscurry2005 I think he means he saw that comment on another video like this one (I saw one similar to this too) 😅
@@iziizii it is possible for two people to have the same thought. Like how calculus was developed by two different people who had no idea about the other. If that can happen to calculus, it's not that wild to think this guy thought of the joke on his own.
@@onbored9627 cool but your talking to the wrong person
😂😂
Obi Wan is by far the best example of one who stays true to themselves. He lost everything, was betrayed, failed those closest to him, and was forced to watch someone he loved turn evil. Yet, he remained a Jedi and stayed true to his ideals.
Obi Wan, the true OG.
He also watched his master die in front of him before he trained anakin
Caleb Bandoo he didn’t end up dying, he went and discovered immortality
He also lied to Luke Skywalker
Adwait Tapaswi Only from a certain point of view.
And I think it was the best choice at the time, Luke wasn’t prepared to hear that his father was space hitler.
Or space Rommel I suppose. Either way, he wasn’t prepared, it would’ve done more bad than good to tell him.
Adwait Tapaswi Only from a certain point of view xD
And I think it was the best choice at the time, Luke wasn’t prepared to hear that his father was space hitler.
Or space Rommel I suppose. Either way, he wasn’t prepared, it would’ve done more bad than good to tell him.
Hayden Christensen shaped and developed both his characters exquisitely. He was the perfect choice for Anakin and later, Darth Vader. He really demonstrated the conflict and torment he went through basically all his life. Kudos and props sgain to Hayden for executing this flawlessly.
Tell that to all the 60 year old neckbeards who are still stuck in 2005 hating on jake Lloyd and Hayden 💀
I want a neck beard lol @@Ar17778
@@Ar17778the hate they got was disgusting.
@@Danny____22 yup people like trying to ruin careers of actors because they didn’t enjoy a subjective film lmao sad creatures
@@Ar17778 tell me about it. The OT literally has some clunky dialogue too. But because it's the originals they're held up on some pilar that can't be touched. But the sequel hate is absolutely the correct way. The prequels had their own identity. There was no need for the sequels. Disney managed to make people not look forward to a new Star Wars film. What a damn shame what they did to that trilogy.
I really admire how Alec McGuinnes, not knowing anything in depth about his character, was able to convey such a meaningful performance. Actor of those times were masters in their art.
G Rover the fact he didn’t like the script but still gave an electrifying performance is a testament to his commitment to the art of acting
@@TheDanrox110 It's not the he didn't like the script, he actually was one of the few people who had faith on the potential of the story. He just thought that some of the dialogue was awful, and that his part was too minor.
@@joaquinvelazquez521 Little did he know that, in time, his character would become one of the most important in the whole franchise.
Hayden christensen was good too but we do not grant him the rank of master
@@lyubenlozanov6471 That's outrageous, it's unfair.
Luke: “How did my father die?”
Obi-Wan: “he tried it”
pfhahaha
Crazier Tacos I don’t get it
MaximusW01 obi says “dont try it” before he chops his legs off
Elijah J Buries Ah. I get it now XD
No he had the high ground
"how did my father die?"
"he didn't have the high ground"
Luke: What do you mean?
Obi-wan: You'll understand when you see the prequels.
Ben: High ground
Luke: I don't get it...
Ben: Neither did he
Joshua Alabi awkward moment when you tell him you chopped his fathers legs off 😬😬
Joshua Alabi no it was chicken duck woman
too soon 😭
My mom saw the original trilogy in theaters. This video brought her to tears. On one hand, I respect the video editing, but on the other hand I hate you for making my mother cry.
Luke: "How did my mother die?"
Obi-Wan: "She got very sad."
She lost the will to live
@@simonemeneghetti598 it was a fri**ing joke
She got her shit rocked tbh
Actually in legends, darth sideous used her life force energy and transferred to anikan. Essentially creating Vader. Notice how both padme and “anikan” take their last breath together.
@@AlkalineAjay shut the up
That quote
Luke: you fought in the clone wars?"
Obi wan: yes *cuts to his younger ages fighting in the clone wars*
This makes me so happy yet so sad
I broke down in tears from that part...
Gavin says: Obi wan: you're father betrayed the Jedi as he was brainwashed by the hidden enemy the Emperor Palpatine!!!!
loll ikrrrrrrrr
@@dennisrodriguez3689 ikrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
@@margaretseddon4653 ikrrrrrrrrrr
When someone asks "Do you know who got the lowest score on the test?"
0:37
I’ve seen that meme before
@@HaloPrime212 it didnt scare me before it does now
I’m dead
Most under rated comment ever
Snacks Quatch this actually made me laugh lol
The fact this is mixed with the actual soundtrack is honestly the most amazing significantly emotionally unreal and just down right fantastic. I’ve watched this edit over 1000 times, every single time I get goosebumps and tears because this is made perfectly, the music placement and timing to kenobis reaction to the memories, utterly incredible. This is a work of art.
This is truly the greatest fan edit I've ever seen.
Yeah fr this is easily the best one. Theirs another video similar that has slightly more view called obi wan has ptsd. But I just don’t find as good because it uses some other random sad music while this one hits hard using Star Wars music
John Williams is the finest composer of our age
I'm simply uncapable of watching this without crying. Like, literally.
Obi-Wan: "I was once a Jedi Knight, the same as your father. Then I became a master, unlike your father."
Nav Explains This is outrageous, it’s unfair! 😂
Obi-Wan: I sat on the council, it was just and fair.
Jedi Knight sounds way cooler
I heard this whilst reading this lol
@@TVMAN1997 nah Jedi Grandmaster
"he betrayed and murdered your father"
that line always gives me chills
@@konstantinos6744 Because its a way of telling the truth and not telling the thruth, such a good line
@@konstantinos6744
Because the hatred drown him to make reckless action against the republic, the people, the jedi council, among leading jedi knight, and yes he betrayed and murdered his heart more after sabre happened.
Same
@@konstantinos6744 Because of what you've done, what you plan to do
_The boy you knew, gone, he is. Consumed, by Darth Vader._
This video is 4 minutes long, but felt like a complete movie
Doesn't it!?
yes my bruva
it feels like the entire saga
It’s like a frikin movie
@@AndrewAce. if u think this was good it’s nothing compared to this. ua-cam.com/video/KV7PfCCh6Oo/v-deo.html. If link doesn’t work it’s called Darth Vader
The music kicks in. Always hits deep. “And he was a good friend.”
I love how Alec Guinness's acting here is so good, that these flashbacks from the prequels seem perfectly applicable to his emotions and thoughts in this scene. Magnificent actor, in more roles than just Star Wars
I'd praise the directors of the prequels for working around the emotions portrayed by Guinnes 20+ years later when Lucas changed the direction of his story. A really well edited piece of work
Alec Guiness hated Star Wars
Indeed, he did not like star wars, but he still acted very well. It's called professionalism
Powerful enough that they built a whole new triloy upon those few lines, for the better or worse.
@@jariiii_
That's a myth.
“A young Jedi named Darth Vader betrayed and murdered your father “ - I like how he describes Anakin’s new personality as murdering the original Anakin
when Luke asks him why did he lie....he says that "Your father was seduced by the dark side of the Force. He ceased to be Anakin Skywalker and became Darth Vader. When that happened, the good man who was your father was destroyed. So what I have told you was true... from a certain point of view."
Darth Vader was originally a different person from Anakin Skywalker.
It was only decided during the production of Empire Strikes Back
@@rogersevand unfortunately for you the history will not see that
@@crazilynoobz it doesn't matter what you want to believe, it's a fact and it cannot be changed.
@@rogersevand ok and?
Hearing from Obi-Wan “He was a good friend” I’m like: 😞
McGrady Moss yep
If you don't amputate your best friend's both legs , hide his children and burn him alive , you are no true friend
@@MakisHMMY And your friend isn't a true friend if he suddenly commits homicide (aka kill Mace, Padme, and a lot of younglins), and then tries to kill you.
Padme died of depression and childbirth though, not directly caused by Anakin.
Bolt Bolt you misread that
This has been on UA-cam for 5 years and it’s never appeared into my recommendations till now. WHY!!?? This was the best edit I’ve ever seen for Star Wars fandom. I’m in tears because of how beautifully edited it is in showing that George Lucas knew how to connect a storyline.
“This is your Father’s lightsaber. He murdered 30 children with it.”
Lol
And 10000 other jedi
did you count them
Gogul he did yes
Lmaoo
Imagine how painful it was for Obi-Wan to see Anakin burn alive like that.
@@johnhancock9022 ones mental pain ones physical pain
@@tomw2944 he was both weak and selfish. Saving him from burning would've meant killing him afterwards with his own hands. Obi wan wasn't strong enough to kill Anakin, so in his selfishness, he rather see Anakin's pain and hope he'd died from his injuries than Killing him directly, and deal with his own guilt.
A proper hell considering he Murdered younglings
Obiwan walked away half way through it.
Anakin was a seriously tragic character all in all. I had to feel bad for him. With how he was treated, manipulated, it's no wonder his anger and hate manifested him into the person he became. With the shit he went through no one would emerge from that trauma completely sane.
This is literally sadder than any movie ever.
Revenge of the sith was the saddest movie because of what happened with anakin at the end
@@bread1616 Revenge of the Sith was the saddest because of that combined with the general downfall of the Republic and the deaths of some of the best characters from the prequels. Rest in peace, Master Plo.
@@RichieK2005 yes of course that too
Not sure about any movie ever, but it’s definitely tragic.
Richie K yeah
3:16 punctured my heart. Everything flowed well here. From the scenes to the music to facial expressions. All insync.
Anakin’s story is so gut wrenching. 😢
Darth Vader is the most famous cinematic villain of all time but behind the menacing mask was a broken man who dreamed of becoming a jedi.
Yep
@@IsaacWale2004 you were the chosen one!
ikrr its veryyys ad tbh
it'd be funny if it weren't so pathetic...ah, what the heck, I'll laugh anyway...DAAAAAHAAAHAHAHAHAHA!!! -Joker
@@blookynose lol bruuhhh whoaa thi emotional stars wars..not laughable star wars!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"He was the best star pilot in the galaxy."
"And a cunning warrior."
"And he was a good friend...."
Im not crying i swear
“I HATE YOU!”
- Anakin skywalker, burning
A good friend
@@lizardboi8624 That wasn't Anakin anymore... That was Darth Vader
@@pistemutaagio ehhhh… whatever
@@lizardboi8624 You were my BROTHER, ANAKIN!!!
I loved you.
The part where he says “and a good friend” always kills me :(
Even tho in the prequels they're always fighting except for a couple of scenes 😂
Same here. It is kinda heartbreaking.
Dennis R Hill friends argue, if you agree with a friend on everything it’s boring.
Dennis R Hill my best friend and I argue about almost everything. It makes sense for those two to be like that
Dennis R Hill AotC they fight, RotS they’re constantly in sync. Obi-Wan even has the farewell to him before going to fight Grievous, or the banter in space/on the Invisible Hand.
This was a gut wrenching edit. Absolutely brilliant, brought a tear to my eye.
This makes me appreciate the prequels even more.
ROTS will always be my favorite.
@@saljpal3 my favourite is episode 1 😂 (it has the most memes plus the Darth Maul fight)
@@lyrimetacurl0 Definitely a good fight and Qui Gon is my favorite Jedi but watching the Jedi be brought down by their own hubris, Sidious take over and Anakin's complete fall from grace in ROTS made a very interesting story.
@saljapal3 we can all agree that episode 2 is the worst tho with that boring love story between Padmé and Anakin
@@saljpal3 ya best star wars movie
"How did my father die?"
"Well, I had the high ground..."
Hello there
here before it blows up
Sussy balls
"I also said don't try it, trying to make him not do it. But, he did it anyway.
@@John8coming general kenobi
This really hits hard for any anyone who grew up with Star Wars this is something very very special.
before the dark times, before disney
Jabba the Hutt before the SJW pandering and “strong female protagonist”
Indeed
Hayden Sherman just watched it. Wow
It's always the great music that hits me. It reminds me of my childhood where star wars was my life whether it was Lego, clone wars or the films. For me it's the best film music ever made.
The acting of Alec Guiness is phenomenal here. He potrays the older Obi-Wan so well, it actually seems as if he is remembering a time before this (Episodes 1-3) even though they still yet haven't been released. Alec did an amazing job of potraying an older Obi-Wan remembering his past. May Alec Guiness R.I.P
They don't make actors like Alec Guiness anymore.
It’s just mind boggling that the prequels weren’t made yet and Alec Guinness acted all these lines out with no source material to go off of. No one really knew who Ankain was or even who Obi Wan was. Alec Guinness had to act all these emotional scenes out with nothing to go off of. Legend.
He really doesn’t get enough credit for how good he was with it
He fought in some war, Lucas just directed him as to act like he was reliving those moments.
Goat
@ He was there at the British Invasion of Sicily.
Alec Guiness was a war veteran who commanded a landing craft during the Invasion of Sicily and was at Normandy on D-Day, transporting troops to the front lines. He was also in Bridge on the River Kwai, and was a Shakespearean actor. If you watch Bridge on the River Kwai, you can see he completely understands a person falling to madness and "Imperial jingoism", so when he's thinking about Anakin, he might be envisioning his own character in _River Kwai_, a man who started out with noble ideals and good intentions, and slowly but surely painted himself into a dark corner.
Luke: "You fought in the clone wars?"
The Audience in the 70s: "THE WHAT?!"
xD
Also the 80's, 90's and very early 2000's audiences.
@@BBoyBosh didn't think about it
I am The Audience in the 70s, and I can confirm this as accurate.
Also, in promo material, Darth Vader was mentioned as "a Dark Lord of the Sith" which isn't even in the movie. So there was a lot of pre-web chatter about *that*.
The actor for Obi Wan (70s) fought in ww2
Fun fact
Alec Guinness' acting in this scene is so perfect when seen in retrospect. I'm dumbfounded by how correctly he portrays the emotions even though Lucas himself was unsure of the story...you can see it in Alec's face when Luke asks how his father died...he has this realization that he has to lie and clenches up remembering the day he almost killed Anakin. Beautiful.
Decieve Luke - not lie. As we know, he was telling the truth... (all together now) ...from a certain point of view.
@@NoobsailerRBH He lied. Deception is lying. Why are you trying to act smart?
Lucas knew Obi-Wan had been through a cruel war. Alec Guinness had been a Royal Navy lieutenant in WW2, commanding a landing ship during the invasion of Sicily, among other dangerous duties. He very well may have been directed to act like a reminiscing veteran in that scene, and he did it very well.
@@TheRobloxianTacoLord Lying isn't the only kind of deception. Withholding the truth is also deception. If someone asks you what happened, and you only tell them enough to satisfy them, that's deception without lying. Lying is including or creating something false. In the scene, Obi-Wan does both...lying about Anakin's death, but also leaving out that Anakin had become evil. He chose not to burden a young, innocent farm boy with the truth, because he wanted to convince him to take the path to becoming a Jedi...and giving him the harsh reality of what happened to the Jedi may have dissuaded Luke from it.
His acting would work equally well if the story was straight. Like, pausing because of painful memories how his dear friend was killed.
I watch this like once a month. This video perfectly encapsulates the emotion and original story that captivated the world.
“Which reminds me, your father wanted you to have this when you were old enough.”
“I HATE YOU! GIVE MY SON MY LIGHTSABER WHEN HES OLD ENOUGH!”
Obi-wan:
Obi-wan: moving along
Lol 😂
@@Killerbee4712 Always on the move
Little Leo, anakins force ghost can't tell him to give his lightsaber to his son
No vader told him he hates him not anakin
his ability to remember Anakin while ignoring Vader's atrocities really shows Obi-Wan's character. he understands the dark side changes people and the jedi he mentored was a different person than the monster he became
Obi Wan was in denial.
@@TitaniumDragon I disagree. he clearly explains to Luke that from his point of view Vader killed Anakin
Titanium Dragon no he understood it all too well. Obi-Wan knows how lustful the dark side is. So he doesn’t blame Anakin’s former self. He knows how good of a man Anakin was in the beginning. He blames Anakin’s choices for killing the good that was in Anakin. He would never say that Anakin was always an evil person.
The best Jedi
EXACTLY!
Star Wars is hitting me emotionally so hard like it is real.
Star wars and it's fans love you back!!! :)
Me too bro is like everytime I watch I said please dont do it anakin
ikr
star wars is magical i feel in love with it on first sight
It is, fellow Jedi
"I haven't gone by the name Obi-wan since before you were born"... except in that whole 6 episode series when you were 10.
He said in the show he went by Ben, people like leia and Vader called him Obi wan anyway.
We do not speak of the trash Disney has been putting out. With any luck, it'll be retconned out in the next few years.
@LordTyph the sequels? Absolutely. The stuff they put out in between prequel and originals namely solo, kenobi and rogue one? Coming from a person who grew up watching the originals first, i accept those...
@ArchangelRG09 yea I'm with you I really liked kenobi
@@ArchangelRG09 I think I agree. Solo was fine, Rogue One was pretty good. Kenobi was like half really good and half lame filler, but I still liked it, even if just for the last episode being amazing. Sequels were so so bad.
„How did my father die?“
„He overestimated his power“
Etto 2.0 so right
Honestly that would also be a valid line
I think u mean he under estimated the high ground
"I estimated his power just right"
He hadn't the high ground
He *was* a good friend still hits hard.
Was
Rip both of us
Andshewasagoodfriend
😭
Hits harder than a minecraft anvil
Luke: You know anyone named Obi-Wan?
Obi-Wan: *Vietnam Flashbacks*
DahOneGuy32 But actually tho this whole scene is basically an old man reminiscing about the war and how he lost his friends. It’s really fucking sad. I swear Obi-Wan is trying his best not to fucking cry or get emotional.
Vietnam?
Vietnam=Clone Wars
buster its a meme its basicly a flashback to a bad time in your life but you just call it vietnam flashbacks
I think you mean umbara
I watch this every once in a while. What really hit me this time was how popular anakin was in the order. And the betrayal he did with the young longs and the Padawan’s. They didn’t have a chance and he just mowed them down. “Master skywalker there’s to many of them” is brutal. But the one that got me this time was the hologram of taking out the Padawan’s. All of them probably Ashoka’s age. Brutal.
I saw a theory about why he didn't have sith eyes before Mustafar, and its that he, on some level, basically believed he was mercy killing them. 'Setting them free' from being slaves of the Order. It wasn't until Mustafar he truly gave in. Especially if you read about how he enjoyed killing the separatist leaders in the episode III novelization
In the novel he has a secret plan in his head to help the younglings escape the slaughter however when that one calls him master he changes his mind no shit
That scene from a new hope has waaaay more impact this way. Damn he was really sugar coating it.
OneTruShocker haha noice
*from my point of view the Jedi are evil!*
stars wars has always been poetic
I mean...Vader did technically kill Anakin, And was planning for Luke and Leia to become Jedi.
vader is actually completly different person than anakin, they are not one and the same, it was indeed true that vader killed anakin, he was no more and what was left was vader
It's commendable how Obi Wan spoke so highly about Anakin to luke. At any time he could have told luke the truth, but he didn't. I like to think Obi wan wanted luke to have a good image of his father.
And Luke did so when he face the Emperor in Return of The Jedi where he said "Im a Jedi like my father before me"...
@SemYonah people fucking know. do you have any idea what in canon in universe explanation is, you fucking idiot
@@dickwadhotsauce6213 lol
@Schwanzus Longus yeah, I know. But if Obi wan would have told the truth, luke would have been distraught. He'd see what his father had become and compare himself to vader, not anakin. Luke needed Anakin as a role model to push him to keep going and destroy daddy palps.
If you love someone lie to them...it's for their own good....sounds like church
“And he was a good friend...” 😢
This is really well done.
Alfred Ortiz agreed. This has me in the feels a bit
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“Your father was seduced by the dark side of the Force. He ceased to be Anakin Skywalker and became Darth Vader. When that happened, the good man who was your father was destroyed.” - Obi wan Kenobi. One of the saddest things said in the entire franchise.
hawk66100 greatest character in the saga🤧
@@ethanwolfe8435 ikrrrrr
“I was once a Jedi Knight” perhaps the greatest Jedi Knight.
"But we didn't grant him rank of a Master."
What? That’s outrageous.
@@gerardsgunsmore4974 Take a seat!
You can just see the pain in Obi-Wan’s eyes as he has to lie to Luke and protect him from the truth of his father and explaining how he loves and misses Anakin.
No you can’t.
@@James_Lo Sure you can
The Guyy calm down, let him have his opinion. But yes, I can also see it
I feel so sad for obi wan after all of the things he went through he lost everyone who he ever just think of losing your master and them losing someone who is like a brother to you and losing all of your jedi friends
itszedo obi-wan didn’t lie. He was right bc when anakin becomes Vader his old self was killed by the dark side
"He betrayed and murdered your father"
This line always causes goosebumps
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same
Yeah
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@@優優 не один
This should be the ending scene for "Kenobi: A Star Wars story"
I agree
This should be how a reference for when they’re writing it!
Its insane how few clips can add to a cool scene but after the prequel trilogy this scene 😣 wow
Or a documentary about kenobi
It might be good to know a bit more about obi wan but we kind of already had that movie. 3 movies, really.
The transition at 1:58 is just another reason why this video is so good. The way the saber is almost perfectly at in the same positon.
Seeing Anakin’s eyes turn yellow truly is the saddest part, knowing he’s gone for good.
WARLORD op what? When?
@WARLORD op Nah ! Young Anakin is hot so nah !
Ah yes because he contracted liver cancer
WARLORD op Anakin died when he became Darth Vader. That’s why he’s young Anakin in Return of the Jedi.
Jink Kefka I know but anakin died when he turned.
This is so fucking powerful. Once Luke said how did my father die, and the music intensified, I literally felt my soul
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lol you big nerd
"And he was a good friend"
Nah i'm not crying. Just got something in my eyes...
Surreality L9 Nigga man the fuck up
Surreality L9 Never mind nigga I cried also :(
It sounds like and he but is it "Ani was a good friend?" I guess not if Anakin Skywalker's identity wasn't revealed until Star Wars V
I Loved you!
av3nger3 what are you talking about?
1:53 I love the following edits;
The Lightsaber getting held the same time Obi-Ewan grabs it
And in the next scene, Anakin activating it before it seamlessly cuts to Luke with the saber being in the same position.
"You fought in the Clone Wars?"
That's some next level franchise planning right there.
Audiences in 1977: "the WHAT wars...???"
@@angelotuccitto00 RbxAgain will said: "Woosh me if u want, it's Ahsoka not Ashoka". He is a flyboy.
@@emiliopazos2027 Woosh me if u want, it's Ahsoka not Ashoka
@@kml_arf Ha, you repeated my phrase, and then H will said: "Excuses, excuses. You edited it anyways, lol"
@@emiliopazos2027 excuses, excuses. You edited it anyways lol.
Luke: " How did my father die?"
Ben: "I had the high ground and told him not to try it, and he tried it. "
Luke "Understandable"
This is comedy gold
Understandable, have a nice day
*Directed by George Lucas*
And lost to the game of 'the floor is lava'
😂
The most memeable moments are in Revenge of the Sith, from the high ground to "You were the Chosen One!"
“I was once a Jedi knight, the same as your father.”
I love how Obi-Wan still views Anakin as his equal in rank, even though Obi-Wan was a Jedi master. It just nails home the love the he has for him, his mislead brother of darkness.
"Anakin was my boy! Brothers for life! Except for the time he stabbed all those children, that wasn't OK. But apart from that!"
@@loadeddice4696 lol
I feel like deep down he knew Anakin was ready to become a master and wanted him to gain that rank right after the rescue of Palpatine. All the raw power, skill and bravery but it was his arrogance and vulnerability to his emotions that halted him and those flaws were what made Obi Wan agree with the council.
"Vader was seduced by the Dark Side of the Force...."
@@SmokeyGames420 I think it's just that the term Jedi Master does not appear in the OT because it was not created yet
01:46 - Ben almost cried when he was thinking about their friendship with Anakin. Such a good actor. And such a good video.
When he says “a weapon of the Jedi knight...for a more civilized age”
Reminds me of when he killed General Greivous with a blaster and says “so uncivilized”
It was intended to be a reference to that.
He said day not age
Tape say sike rn
Grevious used cheat of san andreas but starwars version he wrote UZUMYMW and it gave him a lightsaber a blaster with 550 ammo and a bazooka but grevious wrote it 4 times
@@omerarda6723 Me good at Engish two
I think after all these years this is a testament to Alec Guinness's acting skill. In that he probably only had a rudimentary understanding of the background of any of the characters including his, yet he was still able to convey facial expression of emotion and anguish in that one small scene.
James B. From what I understand he didn't really care much for the story, but liked George Lucas and was really there for the paycheck. Even then he was such a professional that he didn't phone it in.
He didn't have any idea, neither did Lucas. Darth Vader was still supposed to have killed Luke's father when this was filmed.
james morgan he was a more classical actor prefering theatrical type works over scifi. Still he was a brilliant actor and perfect for the role. I love that even though he had no idea you can kinda see in his acting that he wasnt being completly honest with luke.
The look on Obi-Wan's face when Luke asked how his father died is so powerful man. You can see him gulp as though he's remembering painful things (which of course he is)
Alec Guinness also giving such a performance based on a few lines, it’s not like he could watch 1-3 and say “got it”. Which amazes me that Guinness can portray the trauma of a movie that hadn’t even happened yet. Such a good actor.
@@maruraba1478 He was a war vet fighting in WW2. So we can guess he has seen such horrible stuff in war that he can easily give this look. Amazing actor!
At the time, Alec Guinness's Obi-Wan wasn't remembering the painful things we're now familiar with. That look of unease back in 1977 was simply him portraying a man who was about to tell a lie to young Luke about his father being dead, rather than telling him he was actually still alive as Darth Vader.
Sir Alec's superb acting in that moment though is so full of gravitas and guilt that, in retrospect, it perfectly fits to what we now know what happened.
@@TheRowlandstone73 Guinness had no way of knowing who Vader really was though. That decision likely hadn’t been made yet & was a closely guarded secret. Well known that only a select few knew the truth - Lucas, Hamill & James Earl Jones (as the voice). Not even David Prowse in the Vader suit knew the truth!
the idea originally was what Obi Wan told but was changein Empire Strikes Back so probably he forgot his lines
If anyone had a fair excuse to fall to the dark side it's obi wan
Watched his master die
Watched his lover die
Betrayed by his best friend
Lost his jedi order
And still controlled his hatred and anger and remained focused on his beliefs, a true jedi
Benefit of being the Padawan of Qui Gon I guess if only he could train Anakin
@CVoYager I've always wondered if anakin had he been trained by qui gon, would he have gone through the trauma that led him to the dark side, obviously he couldn't do anything about his mother but I wonder if everything else would off played out difficult
*differently
Wait what lover
@pnut3844able Her name was satine, she was the duchess of mandilore, maul killed her in front of him
"How did my father die?"
"I chopped him in half, just like I did to Darth Maul. That's what I do. I chop Sith in half. Yep".
He was very bad at the floor is lava
And yet both survived.
Sith Lords are our specialty. NOT!
@@emiongoogle1160 yepppp
And they suvived always
What is amazing about this is Guinness' acting alone. A New Hope was supposed to be a standalone film with no planned sequels or prequels. And he managed to capture a man with ptsd and sorrow from events the audience was never supposed to see. He had nothing to go on except the script and his acting, and he gave a stellar performance. No wonder he told everyone to look at his other work and not be remembered as "the guy who played obi wan". He was a phenomenal actor
Phenomenal analysis, and completely wonderous how Guinness portrayed the character. You have to believe that Lucas told him more about the entire story and timeline that he did any other actor on Ep4. Still, if Lucas didn't, it makes Guinness look even more like a genius. And yes his prior work is great, but to channel that kind of emotion and foreshadowing into such basic lines in this film, THAT stands right up there with anything he'd done before this "Space/Cowboy drama"
Actually there's a correction, the entirety of 4-6 was written to be one long movie but studios made Lucas break it apart with cuts due to it being to long
@@leowolfemaximumis107 yes exactly. He also planned the first 1-3 episodes as well, or at least the key moments like Anakin’s fall.
@@MrMan2006 im pretty sure the story from 1-3 was a bit different from what it turned out to be. Also he only started making the whole story after the first movie turned out to be a hit.
George literally said he didn't expect it to do very well, and only ever thought he'd make one movie.
Luke: "How did My Father die?"
Obi-wan: "I roasted Him."
Yeah Obi roasted Anakin 's chestnuts on Mustfar
@@MoeDaBeast75 Chestnuts roasting, on a musta-fire
pls stop i came here to cry not to laugh
Oh I get it
@@josesantiago3170 😃 YEAH YOU DO . Pal
1:58 This transition was so smooth it made me tear up
Without a doubt, one of the best fan works ever.
I know right!?!!??!!?!?
Easily.
“You fought in the Clone Wars?” Always gives me goose bumps, so much combat it’s unreal.
Especially after watching clone wars
Same to me...there are times in real life when people see my scars and ask did you fight in Afghanistan or Iraq....it doesn't hurt so bad because I go to therapy and I stay active...but this kind of dramatisation is real for some of us. It's hard when I talk to elderly women breaking their hearts when they find out I'm thirty and went to war at 18....that should sink into every generation
@@wolfeusmc2011 So sorry you had to go through that shit, peace be with you brother.
I felt the same way when Finn asked Han if he knew Luke and he just gives him that look and says, “Yeah, I knew him. I knew Luke.” All those memories just rushing back.
I m french and in the french version, we dont have this line "clone Wars" but something differents and we loose so much lore because of it.
Sorry for my english lol
Love that Anakin and Vader are seen as two different people because that's how it feels. It's hard to imagine Anakin being Darth Vader but easy to imagine Darth Vader as someone so powerful to defeat Anakin Skywalker. Such beautiful story telling.
Watching this makes me realise that we listened to Obi Wan's story from Luke's point of view as in "cool, he's a jedi. wow, a lightsaber!", but this puts us in Obi Wan's shoes, showing us what was really going through his head throughout this monologue
Took the words right out of my mouth! I hope they cast Ewan Mcrgregor for the Obi-wan IF... I'm so excited for it if they do!!!
Absolutely! And this doesn’t even go into all of the things the two of them experienced in the Clone Wars series. It’s a really heartbreaking tale once all the pieces of the puzzle are aligned.
Only if the prequels were good😔 I say Disney should reboot them, who’s with me?
jake from statefarm after what they've done with episode 7 & 8? No please, yuck!!
Hell yeah man. Hit the nail on the head!
Luke: “How did my father die?”
Obi Wan: “I will tell you how he lived.”
Shoutout to Nathan Algren
Reminds me of the last samurai movie
@@IndySidhu88 Yeah I know but last samurai is a good movie
@@Mr.Binglemanofficial Yes it is
What an underrated comment.
The pause in Obi-Wan’s eyes when Luke asks “how did my father die” Is probably my favourite moment in film!
He not die he is darth vader😂
@@farel8845 how do you not get the whole Anakin & Vader thing Anakin died when he was burning on Mustafar there lied Vader a being full of hatred & anger the little bit of Anakin that was holding on died
@@farel8845 no way ur older than 9
@@farel8845 ima be very honest this is a must delete comment and i hope you were joking
Basically Anakian’s old self burned away on mustafar and the rest of him was Vader
Honestly no matter what you say "how did my father die?" Will always hit so hard...
Especially if you take into consideration that in that moment it dawned on Luke that he had been lied to by his uncle his whole life.
"and he was a good friend" got me tears in my eyes...
Have you ever read / watched Berserk? It's a bit similar, except without the fond remembrances.
Literally nothing like Star Wars
I disagree.
The basic story elements of two people who were good friends, but one of them turned evil and caused a falling out between them also happens in Berserk. If you're looking for a story that has that mechanic in it, then Berserk has that similarity.
Griffith recruited Guts, then they grew to be close friends over a number of years.
*Spoilers ahead*
Then Griffith betrays the entire Band of the Hawk, with Guts one of the very few survivors.
holy shit this makes me emotional. now i wanna go binge watch star wars
Don't do it. Keep just watching videos with amazing soundtracks of background. It worked for me although it made me cry so bad ( Especially Solo's death)
Same here bud, only my emotions pointed me towards feeding round head Ryan to 'The Great Pit of Carkoon', for his crimes against star wars.
@@dennisrodriguez3689 that's wierd because I don't recall solo dieing, I've watched all 6 (AND THAIR ARE ONLY 6 MOVIES!) and I'm pretty sure he lives through them all.
Me too. This makes it all the more sad
Skip the first two. If you watch episode 3 going into 4, RotS seems so much better that if you watch it after the first 2 movies. They just leave a bad taste in your mouth. Episode 3 had bad momments but for the first ost part it was actually a good movie
2:43
You can tell how uneasy he felt answering that question.
He was so heartbroken that he didn’t see Anakin and Vader as the same person.
So he created this parable for Luke. Great script!
Such wonderful acting.
Rest In Peace Sir Alec.
@1 Gladiator eh I kinda get why he said it how he did. In a canon comic it showed that there was some anakin personality left in him before the Vader "killed" him. So I'm not really annoyed with how he put it
@@Tainted_Human or it was just a cover up from the whole fact that Star Wars was never intended to be a trilogy, let alone the mess Disney created.
ahh you need just 1 more for 500
in legends qui gon is the one who tells obi wan not to talk about the truth of his father right at the moment when luke asks
I always believed that Anakin and Vader were always fighting within, with Vader winning the fight. It wasn't untill when he fought Luke in ROTJ that Anakin rose and defeat Vader, returning him to the light side and betrayed the emperor to save his son.
The fact this is mixed with the actual soundtrack is honestly the most amazing significantly emotionally unreal and just down right fantastic. I’ve watched this edit over 1000 times, every single time I get goosebumps and tears because this is made perfectly, the music placement and timing to kenobis reaction to the memories, utterly incredible. This is a work of art, this makes me wanna watch them all, and just be surrounded by the universe
When Luke activated the Lightsaber and cut to Anakin doing it, it was so Swift and well put together. One of the best Star Wars Videos
the best no doubt. This and "Vader remembers anakin" are outstanding
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Watch HFP's "The Greatest Teacher Failure Is". I sobbed like a baby
"The chosen one" is great
Most people think Star Wars is just crazy lightsaber fights and explosions, but its actually such a dark and sad story about family.
I hope someday Vin Diesel will play a role in Star Wars and will say something like: „May the family be with you“ or „I got no force. I got family.“
@@CrusardModding lmao
@@CrusardModding hahaha imao
Yeah
Yeah I thought that too until I watched it and realised it was pure genius
Your father wanted you to have his lightsaber.
He killed children with it
Not the handle tho, so it's fine
I remember that
The clones did a school shooting too
Ironically, in Star Wars (2015) Marvel comic, Vader gets insulted when he sees Luke holding that saber during the factory confrontation.
The best part is Obi-wan said that his father wanted him to have the lightsaber. But he actually stole it off his burning body.
I actually teared up this is the first Star Wars content I’ve seen that actually gave me such strong emotions
Alecc Guinness's performance was masterful. Despite not even knowing the true details of the backstory, he was able to convey a man who was re-living very painful memories, and this video proves it.
The first time i saw him saying this dint feel it...but after watching his words plus the flashbacks..its feels like hes rly suffering
Its called acting...
Guinness, Cushing, Lee. Basically the holy trinity of English classical acting masters, all in star wars.
@@7an7ara Master Class.
@@CaptainSpalding72 we know, but this edit made it even more realistic
That edit of Anakin and Luke both turning on the same lightsaber at the same time was perfect
@Anakin Skywalker biased
 Hallo Master skywalker :)
@Anakin Skywalker Here Master Skywalker Have Some Sand
Guys, he was never a Master don't rub it in
IIRC that was a happy accident that when I watched it back I thought "damn, that has to stay" lol
Damn man. The way Obi cuts his eyes and starts to rock back and forth uncomfortably knowing he can't tell Luke the "Flat out" Truth. So much pain and PTSD. Shows you how wartime really did effect him.
Crazy to think that the actor had no idea that was the truth either but still conveyed the pain. The cast and crew didn't know the "I'm your father line" until the day of shooting the scene for Empire.
Yeah, I had to scroll too far to find a comment like this. I know it's creative editing to get those eye movements in the right place, but it really adds to the story he's telling to Luke. If you wanted to, you could not see what Obi Wan is saying as lies (or plot holes for the Star Wars haters out there), but rather sparing a young man the gruesome details about his father.
Alas, most people aren't talking about these things, but instead they are coming up with ways to use it to mock the prequels and/or the Disney movies. I guess I shouldn't expect more than that. This is the internet after all. lol
How would you tell him? Not only are you hiding the truth but you might also inadvertently lose friendship with him as well.
The way Obi Wan did it here was executed perfectly
He did tell him the truth. Darth vader did kill Anakin, or atleast that's what Obiwan saw when he said his goodbyes to Anakin at mustifar after leaving him there. Only Luke saw that Anakin wasnt really dead.
And to think, that plot twist wasn't intended at all by that point. but even without it, it fits, as... Well, a betrayal by your own pupil? It'd be hard for anyone to take.
This is my favorite of the "Obi-wan Has PTSD" videos. Best one!
"you fought the clone wars?" I still can't believe the greatest star wars project ever made was made from a simple line in a movie that wasn't supposed to have any sequel
I did not know that the original Star Wars was not supposed to have a sequel
Marcia Jordan yup, no one trusted in George idea so he made a simple movie that could have ended nicely, that’s why the ending of it looks like so “perfect” or contradicting with the empire strikes back, it feels like destroying the Death Star was the victory for the Rebels, Vader just being thrown to the space and stuff. But after the amazing quantity of money it got George decide to make empire strikes back and return of the jedi
@@jackconway1705 so Darth vader wasn't supposed to be luke's father?
Noob exactly, when Obi Wan said he killed his father, originally he was talking seriously. When he calls Vader “Darth” in the Death Star he was referring a name, not a title
Whoa. That's crazy to even think about.