Obi Wan gaining power?

Am I the only one who doesn't understand why Obi Wan said to Vader "strike me down and I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine." It seems to me he just turned into a transparent blue guy, and his only power left was that of speaking to Luke and Yoda. Am I missing something?

to have eternal life is a huge power

Not really. He can't do anything but chat with people. He made it seem like a huge deal that killing him would make him infinitely more powerful, but all that happened is he could talk to people forever, and lost the ability to fight or physically assist anyone.

I'm guessing he can commune with the force better, or something, and to a jedi, that's power

Maybe he didn't.

But his vanishing trick sure as hell ruined Vaders day...

I would have been pretty damn annoyed.

Why? You didn't like the robe he left?

He could have sold it on ebay, but then that means that there is a naked OB1 wandering around for all eternity...as far as Vader knows...

It was his robe... not his underwear. Or do you think that was in the robe as well? Hmmm... new topic I think: did Ob1 drop just his robe or ALL of his clothes?

😂

That better never be made.

Originally posted by fascistcrusader
Am I the only one who doesn't understand why Obi Wan said to Vader "strike me down and I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine." It seems to me he just turned into a transparent blue guy, and his only power left was that of speaking to Luke and Yoda. Am I missing something?

We know that.

Originally posted by queeq
We know that.

And yet was answered earlier.

Exactly. Well, it is answered. Closing.