Star Wars Legacy #16

Originally posted by Captain REX
In any case, Hett wasn't showing up at the Lars family farm with an army of Sand People just to say hello. Kenobi knew that. Hett was there for revenge.

I do realize the comparison to Native Americans fighting against Americans taking their soil, but this is a bit different. I don't think a Jedi would support the Native Americans in killing settlers.

I'm not saying what he was doing was perfectly right.
But I wouldn't call it Dark Side stuff, it is in his nature, his very being, to be a warrior. And when his people and land is threatened, he acts.

What I am trying to get at is that Obi turned to fighting very very fast, he didn't even try to reason with Hett. Maybe telling him that this specific spot would be off limits, or maybe even tell him the full truth.

The truth? That the son of Anakin Skywalker - who, by the way, happens to be the guy that wiped out the Jedi - is within his reach? Yeah, that would've been the smart thing to do.

Originally posted by Captain REX
I'm not sure if he's actually tearing it off, seeing as there's no blood and Hett's stub is smouldering after having the arm removed.

Still, not sure about it.

Obi-wan obviously cauterized it with his penetrating, badass stare

Obi-wan cuts Hett's arm off with his lightsaber.
http://boards.theforce.net/Message.aspx?topic=27471682&brd=10003&start=27475106

Originally posted by tulakhordpwns
Obi-wan cuts Hett's arm off with his lightsaber.
http://boards.theforce.net/Message.aspx?topic=27471682&brd=10003&start=27475106

It seems to me like he did force blast the arm off.

http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/10/blz17dy5.jpg
^as seen in the comic as lightsnake has posted for us,there is blue aurora coming from obiwan's hand as the arm is seen separated from the body. Then in the pick right below it you see the same blue aurora on his hand when he uses the force to toss hett's lightsaber away from him. It seems to me that he did not cut off the arm with a lightsaber since he appears that he is using the force(note the blue aurora again visible only when he uses the force)

Originally posted by Morridini
What I am trying to get at is that Obi turned to fighting very very fast, he didn't even try to reason with Hett. Maybe telling him that this specific spot would be off limits, or maybe even tell him the full truth.

he did try to reason, but when someone basically says "I don't give a damn, they spilled Tusken blood I'm gonna spill Human blood!" There's nothing else you can really do. Hett was simply asking for the ass whooping he received.

If Kenobi has any failing it's that he does the right thing ALWAYS and TOO WELL. If I where Kenobi I woulda just sliced his damn head off and be done with it.

He didn't try to reason at all.
Hett voiced his opinion, and instead of trying to show Hett the other side of the case or compromise, Obi went straight for the fight.
It's all obvious if you look at the scan I provided at the previous page.

Originally posted by Darth Hord
It seems to me like he did force blast the arm off.

http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/10/blz17dy5.jpg
^as seen in the comic as lightsnake has posted for us,there is blue aurora coming from obiwan's hand as the arm is seen separated from the body. Then in the pick right below it you see the same blue aurora on his hand when he uses the force to toss hett's lightsaber away from him. It seems to me that he did not cut off the arm with a lightsaber since he appears that he is using the force(note the blue aurora again visible only when he uses the force)

9th post down the artist himself says Hett's arm was cut off.

I have the comic. It looks like a force wave..

Jan Duursema, who probably drew the panel himself, clarified that it was removed via lightsaber. Kenobi just decides to be more badass and fling the arm away, in addition to his lightsabers.

I think it's implied that Hett is not thinking like a Jedi when it comes to killing settlers. The Sand People vs. settlers relationship has been there at least since the time of KOTOR, and Revan fights for the settlers until he can reach an impass.

Kenobi was obviously not going to reach an impass, though. Hett was there for blood and revenge, which is completely not the Jedi way.

Originally posted by tulakhordpwns
Go here:
http://boards.theforce.net/Message.aspx?topic=27471682&brd=10003&start=27475106

9th post down the artist himself says Hett's arm was cut off.

True, I didn't notice the whole job title by his name(i actually also didnt look at the name of who posted there originally) So he did cut it off but then dam, obiwan is getting more badass with the force,why can't we see more of this side of him?

Originally posted by Captain REX
Jan Duursema, who probably drew the panel himself, clarified that it was removed via lightsaber. Kenobi just decides to be more badass and fling the arm away, in addition to his lightsabers.

I think it's implied that Hett is not thinking like a Jedi when it comes to killing settlers. The Sand People vs. settlers relationship has been there at least since the time of KOTOR, and Revan fights for the settlers until he can reach an impass.

Kenobi was obviously not going to reach an impass, though. Hett was there for blood and revenge, which is completely not the Jedi way.

Looking at the pic I can't help but think it looks differently. At no point does it show the saber make contact with the body. I'm glad I saw that post though. It's one of those things I had to see to believe.

Does anyone have the pic of the page before it?

Originally posted by Darth Scythe
Looking at the pic I can't help but think it looks differently. At no point does it show the saber make contact with the body. I'm glad I saw that post though. It's one of those things I had to see to believe.

Yea no offense to the artist( his artwork is quite good) but he doesn't to a good job of portraying how Hett lost the arm and like i said above one pic he has the arm the next pic he don't and kenobi is force pushing the arm away from him (force is represented by the blue aurora) and im glad he clarified it.

Meh, he force ripped it off.

I never care about what they say behind the scenes, I decide what happens by the way it is described/shown, obviously the artist failed if he meant that it was cut off. But since it obviously shows he force pushed/ripped it off, that's what it is.

Thankfully you're not in the debate forum or you'd have several people jump down your throat. 😛

Personally, as badass as it is, ripping off people's limbs is a bit extreme, not just for a Jedi, but for the way that Kenobi uses the Force. He tends to rely on more subtle powers, like the Mind Trick!

Not saying it isn't way over the top.

Just saying that I let the comics speak for themselves.

The Comic clearly shows that Obi rips the arm of, I couldn't care what some weird artist who are over in the US says. If he wanted Obi to cut off the hand, then he should have drawn it into the comic.

Just seems too stupid if artists/writers can come and say something opposite of what they wrote/drew and make that "what actually happened".

Actually, I agree...

So, as for continuity.

Will what the comic actually depicted count? Or what the artist said on some place on the internet?

Can future comics/books rip off limbs with force push?

(Slow reply, kinda forgot about this thread until a friend mentioned Legacy 16).

If obi wan actually hacked his arm it would be a clean cut but this case is different, the severed arm isnt a clean cut and instead looked like it got ripped off

It looked like when Darth Bane used the force so smash that kids hand.