We'll I'd imagine that if Anakin tried walking up to Kenobi, that sand would have been awefully hot by the lava bank. That's what set him on fire.
But the reason quite simply, it just looks cooler to do a flip on film. Yeah, Anakin could have walked up to Obi-Wan, but how dramatic would that have been? Star Wars is all about the fancy stuff.
It's just like TPM. The Gungans had projectile weapons, so why didn't they fire them at the droids while they were taking 5 minutes to activate? Cause simply, there's no drama to that.
Originally posted by zephiel7Simple, Anakin at that point was completely consumed by his rage and couldn't think clearly on anything but gutting Kenobi with his saber. So instead of taking a risky bout of testing the sands, he leapt over Obi-Wan Keninja and got WTF owned by the man who knew what he was about to pull off.
Not to intrude, but if Anakin truly was the superiour to Obi Wan, couldn't he of just used his uber-leet force powers to launch Kenobi away. This would have given him enough space to jump to a more favourable position.
i agree that SW is about drama, fancy moves and anakin being a cocky s-h-i-t. i was reading earlier and someone said that yoda fights stupid (jumping and prancing), in his defense, he is (unofficially) versed in ataru, which uses flips and twirls to the wielders advantage, making it harder for him to be hit. anyway, he was described as the wiset being in the galaxy when he was alive, so let him do as he pleases.
it was a stupid move, simply because he had already used it to trick obiwan when jumping on the platform. obiwan wasnt about to get fooled twice and thats how he saw it coming. he knew before anakin even jumped, as you can clearly see.
in itself though, the move was smart and perhaps the only move he could execute. had obiwan not seen it coming, he would have pulled it off. thats why obiwan said "dont try it". he saw it before on the platform so he know.
dont apply your own pseudo-logic on fictional weaponry to the duel to make nonsense out of it. it made perfect sense and was explained clearly, however briefly.
I think it is a combination of the two most likely theories posted here:
1. He was consumed by hate and anger and wanted to stike Obi Wan down with great prejudice.
2. His position was such that the only opening he had was to get behind Obi Wan and the only efficient method he had was to jump over him.
A simple response to all the "why didn't he use X force power?", because that wouldn't have worked well in that seen for the movie. In novelization form it is much easier to draw out fights with dramatic shifts in power and use of other methods to create suspense and excitement. However, in film you are bound by time, physical limitations of the actors, SFX, and budget. Thus it is most easily achieved through a more simple yet exciting action sequence such as that used in the film.
Of course we would all like to see the what if stuff but the fact of the mater is the best we will get of that is forums such as these. The story and movies are what they are.
Originally posted by dark soul
I think he should have force-pulled Obi-wan and jumped at the same time holding out his saber and then Killed palps to rule the galaxy and take me as his apprentice!