Current Events > Why didn't Obi Wan kill Anakin on Mustafar? Spoilers

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What a fucking idiot. Why would he not just put him out of his misery after such a devasting and basically life ending "if not for Palpatine" beat down?

Watching The Last Jedi right now. They're gonna show the entire PT starting at 3 tonight and I'm gonna watch that whole shit.

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He cared too much for him. He basically raised Anakin after Qui-Gon died.

He didn't have the heart to kill him so he left him to die.

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He saw he was burning to death and thought that would finish the job... plus he didn't want to murder him. They were basically brothers and war buddies.

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He had to fail Anakin one last time

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Wii_Shaker posted...

He didn't have the heart to kill him so he left him to die.

Do you realize how fucked up this sounds?

"You're basically burning. Go ahead keep burning. I love you too much"

As opposed to a lightsaber ignition to the skull, completely avoiding the atrocities that Darth Vader inflicted on the galaxy.

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Because the Jedi are all pussies.

Except for Mace Windu.

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DuranOfForcena posted...

he wanted Anakin to go through the rest of his life regretting the fact that he tried to step to Obi Wan when Obi Wan had the high ground

Darth Maul had the high ground, once. I guess position is nothing, as long as you're the superior swordsman.

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Because the original trilogy had to happen.

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Because Yoda would have gotten mad.

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008Zulu posted...

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Darth Maul had the high ground, once. I guess position is nothing, as long as you're the superior swordsman.

Obi meant the moral high ground...
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archedsoul posted...

Do you realize how fucked up this sounds?

"You're basically burning. Go ahead keep burning. I love you too much"

As opposed to a lightsaber ignition to the skull, completely avoiding the atrocities that Darth Vader inflicted on the galaxy.

But then Vader couldn't have thrown Palpatine down that shaft. Obi-Wan and Yoda probably would have trained Luke to confront Palpatine eventually, but Luke could easily have fallen to the dark side. He almost did in Return of the Jedi, until he cut off Vader's hand and realized he was about to follow the same path his father did.

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St0rmFury posted...

Obi meant the moral high ground...

lamafo XD
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You think I'll make it?



Funcoot posted...

But then Vader couldn't have thrown Palpatine down that shaft. Obi-Wan and Yoda probably would have trained Luke to confront Palpatine eventually, but Luke could easily have fallen to the dark side. He almost did in Return of the Jedi, until he cut off Vader's hand and realized he was about to follow the same path his father did.

I'm pretty sure if Obi Wan and Yoda faced Palpatine together, they would have beat the shit out of him. Yoda alone schooled that old fuck.

So they would have eventually gone and fucked him up. With both him and Vader, it became way more risky, hence hiding out instead.

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Jeff AKA Snoopy posted...

plus he didn't want to murder him. They were basically brothers and war buddies.

...... as if dismembering him and leaving him to slowly burn in agony in lava is any better lol

008Zulu posted...

Darth Maul had the high ground, once. I guess position is nothing, as long as you're the superior swordsman.

https://www.reddit.com/r/copypasta/ comments/7ayk8p/obiwan_doesnt_need_the_high_ground_to_win/

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Master_Bass posted...

https://www.reddit.com/r/copypasta/ comments/7ayk8p/obiwan_doesnt_need_the_high_ground_to_win/

Texts From Superheroes was where I saw it.

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Luke clowning on Kylo Ren right now.

5 minutes till The Phantom Menace.

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archedsoul posted...

Luke clowning on Kylo Ren right now.

5 minutes till The Phantom Menace.

That first part reminds me, Rise of Skywalker spoilers

Luke not speaking to Kylo Ren once in RoS was such bullshit

Here we go.


DarthAragorn posted...

That first part reminds me, Rise of Skywalker spoilers

Luke not speaking to Kylo Ren once in RoS was such bullshit

I just realized that this didn't happen and now I'm mad. So, basically, that night where Luke tried to kill Kyo happened from the flashbacks and that was the last time they interacted.

So much lost potential from the ST.

Edit: Whoops. Completely forgot about the clowning in TLJ that I literally just posted about.

But still, Force Luke definitely should have shown up to Kylo in TRoS.

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Obi Wan loved him too much to kill him, so he just left him for death and painful agony instead @_@

Too hot. When a hot dog falls off the grill into the flames I don't go fishing for it either.

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archedsoul posted...

that night where Luke tried to kill Kyo happened

...No, it really didn't.

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Returning_CEmen posted...

Obi Wan loved him too much to kill him, so he just left him for death and painful agony instead @_@

This was my reasoning. Obi-Wan was not a killer, even if his own friend was evil.

I always wondered if Obi-Wan regretted killing Anakin. I'm sure in some ways he did.

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Wii_Shaker posted...

This was my reasoning. Obi-Wan was not a killer, even if his own friend was evil.

Lmao you can't be serious. Killing him would have been more merciful than simply leaving him at that point. Leaving him doesn't make him less of a killer anyway, whether he leaves him to die slowly or just ends him quickly, dead either way... and it's not like the Jedi haven't killed dangerous people before (Maul, Jango Fett). Also the fact that Anakin was evil is just further reason to kill him, lest he recover and continue doing more evi- oh wait.

Obi Wan was all about that higher ground.

Once he won, he was like "fuck you, I won, goodbye"

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Bad writing.
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Sictis posted...

Lmao you can't be serious. Killing him would have been more merciful than simply leaving him at that point. Leaving him doesn't make him less of a killer anyway, whether he leaves him to die slowly or just ends him quickly, dead either way... and it's not like the Jedi haven't killed dangerous people before (Maul, Jango Fett). Also the fact that Anakin was evil is just further reason to kill him, lest he recover and continue doing more evi- oh wait.

The point is he didn't want to actively finish off someone he'd cared for. It's not a matter of what's more logical or merciful, the act would have been more painful for him to carry out, so he didn't. Not to mention he had no reason to believe Palpatine would come rescue Anakin, so he didn't even consider killing him to keep him from being a problem later.

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CapnMuffin posted...

Too hot. When a hot dog falls off the grill into the flames I don't go fishing for it either.

https://youtu.be/zaXCrMy2mwc

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It is because the Jedi were the villains so much so they were stereotypical villains.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wmHVHTCKzw&t=38

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archedsoul posted...

I'm pretty sure if Obi Wan and Yoda faced Palpatine together, they would have beat the shit out of him. Yoda alone schooled that old fuck.

Obi-Wan would've been fucking useless vs The Senate. If Dooku could casually ragdoll him in a 2v1, Palpatine would've fucking destroyed him instantly lmao

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Anakin was his brother. He loved him.

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archedsoul posted...

y would he not just put him out of his misery after such a devasting and basically life ending "if not for Palpatine" beat down?

Well, because if he did that, then we'd have no Original Trilogy.

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Sictis posted...

...... as if dismembering him and leaving him to slowly burn in agony in lava is any better lol

Yeah for real lol if Im ever in that position I hope my so-called brother either saves or mercies me rather than letting me suffer the most agonizing pain imaginable

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KeeperOfShadows posted...

The point is he didn't want to actively finish off someone he'd cared for. It's not a matter of what's more logical or merciful, the act would have been more painful for him to carry out, so he didn't.

So he had the willpower to inflict grievous, life-ending wounds but not just kill him outright? Not buying that. Killing him isn't a huge step beyond what'd he'd already done at that point tbqh.

So for people criticizing Obi, he left him to die in agony as a result of his own choices. If he had finished him off, he would have been directly responsible for his death.

Edit: And I don't think it's unreasonable for him to assume he would die there.

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Because the original trilogy already happened so Obi-Wan killing Anakin wouldn't make sense and it would be too big an issue for Lucas to retcon with bad CGI.
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To tell you the truth Luke your father was a dick. Always defying orders, always putting our lives in danger. Hell he even tried to have sex with his apprentice a few times. But when he got caught he acted like we were crazy. I would have been fine, had he not done the same thing with your mom. Thats right, he got married behind the Jedi councils back, and thought we were stupid enough to not notice it. Every time I would try to bring it up he would throw a tantrum. Then he started going crazy after a few bad dreams, killed Dookuwhich Im pretty sure is a war crimekilled Mace Windu, and even some fucking kids. When his wife and I try to talk him down, he goes crazy and chokes her out, like a fuckin' lunatic. I kept trying to talk to him but he started babbling slogans at me.

So I let him have it. 13 years of pent up rage and frustration, 13 years of dealing with backtalk from a kid you rescued from slavery. I went all out. I told him it was the high ground, but from a certain point of view that was bullshit. I just wanted to cut his limbs and watch him writhe in pain, to suffer like I suffered while dealing with his bullshit for 13 years. I even told him I loved him like a brother to add salt to his burning wounds.

Go on, ask me if I regret it. I dont. Anyway, after that I left, and he became a cyborg mass murderer. He was a piece of shit then, and a piece of shit now.

And he was a good friend.

Probably some jedi honor shit where they cant attack a disarmed person. Obi wans failure was he didnt kill him in that blow.

Seriously though, in their world with force ghosts and shit. You can't even make an exception and murder anakin there and think no one will know.

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It was just a prank!

Just leaving Anakin and assuming he'd die is a pointless and dangerous risk tbh. Yeah, it's very unlikely he'd survive and be rescued, but not impossible by any means. More importantly, the whole reason Obi-Wan went to Mustafar was to kill Anakin and--by extension--to stop the Sith. By not ensuring Anakin's death, he's forsaking his Jedi duty and possibly allowing a very vengeful and dangerous Sith Lord to continue wreaking havoc.

Also Obi-Wan had no idea at that point if Yoda succeeded in killing Palps, making it even riskier to just leave Anakin.

Obi-Wan just didn't want to kill his former pupil, even if it meant putting him out of his misery. The act of taking his life was ultimately too hard for him, so he wanted to leave it to the flames.

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Sictis posted...

So he had the willpower to inflict grievous, life-ending wounds but not just kill him outright? Not buying that. Killing him isn't a huge step beyond what'd he'd already done at that point tbqh.

He doesn't care about Grievous.

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He knew anakin would kill the emperor. If he killed anakin the emperor wouldve been untouchable. Episode 9 shat on the whole saga tho

Scotty_Rogers posted...

He doesn't care about Grievous.

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bruh

He thought it would be funny to let him burn

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Sictis posted...

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bruh

Not my fault Obi Wan fought someone named Grievous in that same movie. lol

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Then there's also this balance in the force plot device. Ensuring there will be countless episodes of star wars to come.

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Heart-Mk-II posted...

Because the Jedi are all pussies.

Except for Mace Windu.

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