Kenobi's decision

Originally posted by Morridini
Why do everyone think that Anakin would manage to kill Ben if Ben had saved him from the lava? Anakin would already have gotten quite a few burn marks and weakened him, and remember that he had just gotten both his legs cut off. How would he manage to kill Ben? A healthy Jedi Master with his lightsaber would be killed by a badly burned Jedi Knight/Sith Lord with no legs and no lightsaber?

uh. Not to sure but I would use a force power. If I knew certain ones that is. Force push him back and well if I was a master lighting on him. lol but I live in a dream world so 😄 😈

It is NOT Jedi like for Obi-wan to kill and/or leave Anakin to his death. It is NOT Jedi like for Mace to kill (or attempt to kill) Palpatine. I believe this is a key aspect of the story.

Spoiler:
After Anakin kills Dooku, Palpatine tells him, "He was too dangerous to be kept alive." This is word for word exactly the same thing that Mace tells Anakin when he is about to kill Palpatine.

I think this is sort of a theme that runs throughout, that is, that the Jedi's own mistakes lead to their fall. They have become too far removed from the true ideals of the Jedi. This theme may also be evident in the person of Qui-gon Jinn. I beleive he was living by Jedi ideals in a time when the council was not and was straying from it.

Spoiler:
This is shown in that Yoda himself declares himself an apprentice to Qui-gon at the end of the film. Although the main purpose of this as far as the plot is concerned is for Qui-gon to teach Yoda how to become a force ghost, I believe he also will be helping Yoda to come into tune with the Jedi ideals. Yoda makes the first step by humbling himself to someone who has shown a deeper connection with the force than he.

If Qui-gon had taught Anakin, perhaps he would have done it in a way more attuned to the force and Anakin's role as the chosen one would not have had to be fulfilled, at least in part, by his children.