Why didn't Ani just walk up to Obi instead of somersaulting over him?

That was so stupid!

Because hes a flashy, immature kid whose over confident in his own powers.

Because the whole point was that Obi-Wan was in too good a position there.

Anakin thought he coukd 'cheat' that by sommersaulting behind- but aparently not.

but it's still sorta stupid..

i mean, he could fight obi from there, then just turn around slowly till he's on the higher ground and force him over.. 😬

Well evidently no he couldn't. The whole set-up was Anakin's arrogance making him think he could bypass Obi-Wan's superior position. There is no point you saying he could 'just' have done anything. If he could have done he would.

ok. agreed. but it's still stupid.

The ground was unstable. You saw how Anakin tried grasping at it but it crumbled. Maybe he could have hopped up there, not allowing the ground to fall apart beneath him, but he would have been stopped at the top, and the ground would have slid from under him. Or he was attempting to use a massive smash down at Obi-Wan's head, using the brute force that was Djem-So's signature move.

In an alternate ending on the game, he blocks obi wan and then put's his lighsabre through him

😐

Neat! 😱

Yeah, it was ok. I'll try and find the video

You should look at Yoda, that one is stupid..

A simple answer for a simple question>>>experience, nothing more to it.
No bullshit explanation!

Well there lava between them so he could exactly walk over to Obi Wan.

Originally posted by overlord
You should look at Yoda, that one is stupid..

how? when? where?

Yoda pointlessly twirling around Dooku in all kinds of ways.
I swore Yoda could have been slashed in the back a dozen times.

His way of dueling didn't seem effective at all, only showy.

maybe...

Originally posted by overlord
Yoda pointlessly twirling around Dooku in all kinds of ways.
I swore Yoda could have been slashed in the back a dozen times.

His way of dueling didn't seem effective at all, only showy.

Yoda was toying with Dooku although it does look funny sometimes.
In Jedi/Sith terms>There is no such thing as slashing in the back.
You've got to remind that there is a thing called Jedi-sense as in sensing the opponents movements(with a lightsaber).
If slashing in the back was so easy, then Vader could've slashed Palps on numerous occasions.
The slashing part comes when an opponent is at the end of it's energy in combat and is caught off balance, mostly that would be the defeating part of combat(well, at least for one of the combatants).
To get Yoda off balance you have to be something more than Dooku in my oppinion.

Yoda's a clown, prancing around, jumping over Dooku and shit. What's that all about. How are you successfully gonna defend yourself while doing something like that in reality of swordfighting?

Originally posted by Council#13
The ground was unstable. You saw how Anakin tried grasping at it but it crumbled. Maybe he could have hopped up there, not allowing the ground to fall apart beneath him, but he would have been stopped at the top, and the ground would have slid from under him. Or he was attempting to use a massive smash down at Obi-Wan's head, using the brute force that was Djem-So's signature move.

Co-singed.

That makes the most sense, as to why he wouldn't just step off the platform and walk up the little hill.

If I were Anakin, I would have still leapt, but I would have leapt to the side or something. Not directly over Obi-Wan.