![]() The nearly constant physical pain he experiences, even after his medical and technological enhancements, stokes his eternal anger, bringing him deeper into the heart of the dark side. His marred figure serves as painfully tangible evidence of his misery. The dismemberment of his body pushed him to the edge of what a human stand. We have seen a glimpse of an enigmatic but vindictiv e Vader as he remains imprisoned in the grips of his pain.īoth Vader and Obi-Wan are well acquainted with suffering. ![]() That encounter left Anakin without both legs, an arm, and nearly his life. Unbeknownst to Obi-Wan, Anakin has become the true “Vader” in the ensuing decade after their last encounter. With the release of th e “Kenobi” show, we find Obi-Wan willfully stranded in the deserts of Tatooine, his watchful eye set on protecting what he hopes is the true chosen one. In the first of a two-part series, we will be psychoanalyzing Obi-Wan Kenobi in this article, and Darth Vader/Anakin in next week’s article. Old “Ben” Kenobi and the renowned Lord Vader. The storied relationship between Obi-Wan Kenobi and Darth Vader is one of the mysteries placed before us in A New Hope. As the storylines of prequels and the originals connect, we come to see Obi-Wan as a linchpin whose presence, even after his death, never fades completely. In the prequels, we see just how central Kenobi was to the development of Anakin, being the only one who would accept Anakin as an apprentice - at the behest of Obi-Wan’s master, Qui Gon Jin. His influence is capped off by introducing Luke to the ways of the Jedi, in hopes Luke will eventually restore the force to balance. ![]() Obi-Wan Kenobi, the mysterious hermit we meet at the beginning of A New Hope, acts as a structure that catalyzes most of the major events in the Star Wars Saga. ![]()
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