About Vader vs Obi Wan, I think Sidious worrying about Vader being conflicted was intended by the authors to calm down all the inevitable power levels talks. Kenobi was surely conflicted as well, but Vader commented on him finding his vigor again, and especially after Vader buried him under that pile of rocks, thinking about Leia and what he had to protect gave him the focus and determination to pull him off. If Vader was supposed to be at 100% against his master the authors would have left so many clues that he wasn’t
Yeah, you're right. Killing the second most powerful man in the Empire totally wouldn't matter at all. Sending Luke with 2 weeks of training against Sidious and Vader? That was totally the right move.
True, no one pushed him as hard as Obi-Wan did. But I gotta say, Kenobi being 2:0 against Vader really takes away from Vader's status as the second baddest mf in the Empire.
Agreed, it’s still a great feat for Obi Wan but the episode made it quite clear that Vader wasn’t at 100% IMO. XPRIMEX
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So true that seems quite obvious, I reckon as well sidious stating it as well etc it definitly holds some water.. Because if he was more powerful then vader then Sids will be trying to hunt him down etc but he didnt really bother.. But how much powerful or at what level Obi was operating at seems unclear. Some people on the youtube channels (like star wards theory for eg) reckon he was ROTS level others say slightly more etc.. His force feats tbh didnt seem to crash hot in ep 6 .. Yeah force pushing vader was impressive but im thinking since vader wasnt at full power his protective force barrier wasnt there , maybe when he gets in that conflicted state(as sids stated) his force powers/and powers in general and saber skills decline?
Im thinking this force amp/or powers he got it seems to be evident in other series/episodes in a subtle manner ike for example when Obi fought both savage and maul in the cave seemed like Obi got that temporary sort of amp/ upgrade, even when fighting maul in phantom menace uses the rage amp sort of.. other characters like savage getting the slight force amp against Dooku when he force pushes him away ... Kanan jarus getting the amp to slightly when he gets blinded subduing Maul and others etc.. But i guess its sort of subtle or not so clear or well explained in the series if that makes sense ..
Kenobi was back to his former self in the first half of the fight, then became more powerful after getting crushed by the rocks and motivated by Leia/Luke.
So Kenobi before getting crushed=ROTS Kenobi
Leia/Luke motivated Kenobi>ROTS Kenobi
So Deborah Chow pretty much confirmed that Vader was conflicted:
"Actually, if we were going to use the Vader theme, I don't think we should use it until episode six, because he's still half Anakin, half Vader at this point. When his mask cracks open at the end, and he says 'You didn't kill Anakin Skywalker. I did,' you realize now he's Vader, now he's earned his 'Imperial March'. Now when you hear it, it's so powerful.”
Also another thing not that I’m down playing Obi but In ep6 i noticed his light saber moves weren’t as fluent : he made some clumsy moves I noticed: not as fluent and fast as in ROTS etc .. but nonetheless did well and got his way around etc ..