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Despite Lucas suggesting that it was?

He never did suggest that. Tell me where I can find that non existent dribble.

Lucas said that in the OT we only saw an untrained boy, an old man and a half-man-half-cyborg cripple.

He was explaining how the sabre fighting in TPM would be like the REAL Jedi fighting style.

He's old? Really? Where does it say that it is the reason for his lack of mobility. Isn't it odd that we see an old man in AOTC, who obviously has no problem moving around?

That quote doesn't have anything to do with the discussion.

Good try though.

We've already been through this. My interpretation is that Obi-Wan has not kept his powers and skills into his old age.

What GL certainly did not say was that Ob-Wan was less good because of earlier wounds.

Lucas hasn't said anything about it. But it's obvious that age doesn't matter since Ki-Adi Mundi, Dooku and many other old men have outstanding force powers. The don't just lose their powers.

Read the SW Insider article with the Silas Carson interview. In case you didn't know he is Ki-Adi. He said he looks old but when in battle he has just as much power and skill, if not more than the much younger Jedi. You will forget what you've said when you see many old men with exceptional skills.

By the way that is the SW Insider with Mace on the cover.

But all these people were still highly active Jedi. Obi-Wan had retired and done virtually nothing for two decades. Hence his powers being weak.

You just don't understand. You don't lose something, that isn't physical, by not working out. Do you think Yoda ran laps and hit the weight room every day. The guy needs a cane to walk, but when needed to is the quickest and most skilled swordsman in the galaxy.

If you just think and read instead of type, you would understand.

How do you know he was on Tatooine every day sitting in his hutt for the last 30 years of his life. Do you think he never hads contact with Yoda?

He is only 36 at the end of Episode III. You think he just sat there twiddling his thumbs for 30 years. I think he knows what he has to do to keep his skills sharp, unless of course injuries prevent him from doing so.

I think and read a hell of a lot more than you do, to judge by your moronic posts. Did I ever say he had to physically work out? His powers were weak because of his lack of mental practice.

Obi-Wan was a disilluioned, broken man. If he really WAS so powerful still, why does he say that he is getting too old for this sort of thing?

The fact remains, in any case, that he WAS impaired in ANH, and saying that this is because of injury is far more ridiculous than saying it was because he was out of practice.

And it is 20 years, not 30. Perhaps YOU should think a little more, unless you think Luke was a 30 year old.

Typo, ************.

Yeah he was mentally worn out. Great reason. 🙄

OFFICIAL WARNING: HELMET, MIND YOUR LANGUAGE!!! NO NEED TO BE OFFENSIVE LIKE THAT! - queeq

Well, you typoed it twice, so it looked like an error to me.

Being mentally worn out is a VERY good reason, especially for a broken, disillusioned man.

He's not the only one that's disillusioned

I'm sure.

You should.

Try acting civilised and mature, gentlemen. And that goes double for you, Helmet. Mind the language and attitude towards your fellow posters.

My prblem with the whole issue is basically OB1's age in ANH.... I think he was originally imagined to be a lot older than in his erly sixties. And obviously, he wasn't as weak as Vader imgained him to be because he couldn't beat him.

And really, did GL think Vader up in ANH as a cripple???? Or just as a very well designed bad guy?
For me, I think GL is trying to sweet talk things he later changed his mind about.

I'm pretty sure he was meant to be slow and crippled, yes. And I don't think Obi-Wan was meant to be much older than Guiness himself.

Hmmmm....

didn't OB1 said in a new hope that he WAS a jedi knight?

I think that it means something. Maybe the jedis can "quit" not just the order but the powers, or the practice. And THIS can make him a weak fighter, instead of his age or his injuries...
On second thought, the injuries really doesn't matter. We are speaking about a galaxy far away were the technologie do miracles...

I just think he uses the past tense thing to tell Luke about what he was during the clone wars

Obi-Wan is only ever a Jedi Knight. And he isn't a weak fighter because of it. You will be amazed how awesome he is in the arena.