Originally posted by Cascador
Anakin didn't agree that killing Sidious wouldn't be the Jedi way just because he needed him and he usd that as an excuse! Mace Windu knew better and knew the Sith had to be killed...Anakin was a Sith..."Destroy the Sith we must" Yoda said...
Obi-Wan didn't obey his orders....which is certainly not loyal and was a big mistake.
But Obi-Wan tried! He thought he was leaving him for dead.
It's less important to worry about whether or not it's the Jedi Way to put someone out of their misery, than it is to absolutely go against the Jedi code and kill a harmless person and possibly put your own self in mortal danger by doing so; meanwhile the other sith is coming, and you've got to try to save Padme and her baby.
But doing the right thing and leaving, Obi-Wan saved the galaxy, eventually.
*groans* My head aches from trying to keep track of this.
Again, Obi-Wan knew the danger Vader presented to the galaxy, and he knew that, if Anakin could not be redeemed, the he must be destroyed. Both Yoda, and the Jedi mandate told him that.
He did try, I'll give him that. It didn't work. So now, it would be his duty to the Republic, the Jedi, and Anakin himself, to destroy Vader. Which he didn't. I'll admit that, not having been through the life of Obi-Wan Kenobi, I could not kill someone that close to me. But I do not possess the gift of the Force, or the experience, wisdom, and logical behaviour of Kenobi. HE does. He should have had the foresight and common sense to see that leaving Vader there, as wounded as he was, was not a sure guarantee of his death, especially considering Vader's obvious, and furious rage, which would not be a hindrance in his survival.
THAT was his mistake. Assuming that Vader would die there, without overseeing it done. Yes, we understand WHY he made that mistake, but it was still a mistake all the same.
In the long run, his actions saved the galaxy. But who's to say the galaxy wouldn't have been saved sooner, had Vader not been a factor?