'Before The Dark Times'
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- Ben Kenobi recounts his life before exile, the rise of the Empire and the death of Luke Skywalker's father at the hands of his renegade apprentice, Darth Vader.
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This video is inspired by the epic 'Obi-Wan Remembers Anakin & The Truth (Flashbacks) Remastered' video by Smasher channel.
Thanks to the creators of Star Wars and also to the numerous uploaders of Star Wars clips I pulled from to use in this edit - special mention to Marcelo Zuniga and Star Wars Plus for such high quality video.
Additional music used:
Anakin's Dark Deeds - John Williams
Anakin's Betrayal - John Williams - Krátké a kreslené filmy
![Anakin Faces Obi-Wan in the Force after his Death [Canon]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/iKyqRI3_C0o/mqdefault.jpg)
Luke: "How did my mother die?"
Obi-Wan: "She got very sad."
She lost the will to live
@@simonemeneghetti598 it was a fri**ing joke
She got her shit rocked tbh
Actually in legends, darth sideous used her life force energy and transferred to anikan. Essentially creating Vader. Notice how both padme and “anikan” take their last breath together.
@@AlkalineAjay shut the up
“How did my father die”
“I had the high ground”.
😂😂 underrated comment
Lol
"did he do it?"
"yes he overestimated his ability"
2:21
“That little bitch thought he could use MY OWN MOVE AGAINST ME??? Hell no”
It’s just mind boggling that the prequels weren’t made yet and Alec Guinness acted all these lines out with no source material to go off of. No one really knew who Ankain was or even who Obi Wan was. Alec Guinness had to act all these emotional scenes out with nothing to go off of. Legend.
He really doesn’t get enough credit for how good he was with it
He fought in some war, Lucas just directed him as to act like he was reliving those moments.
Goat
@@ZupanicIsCool He was there at the British Invasion of Sicily.
Alec Guiness was a war veteran who commanded a landing craft during the Invasion of Sicily and was at Normandy on D-Day, transporting troops to the front lines. He was also in Bridge on the River Kwai, and was a Shakespearean actor. If you watch Bridge on the River Kwai, you can see he completely understands a person falling to madness and "Imperial jingoism", so when he's thinking about Anakin, he might be envisioning his own character in _River Kwai_, a man who started out with noble ideals and good intentions, and slowly but surely painted himself into a dark corner.
It’s sick how he never says anakin was his student , he was always his friend first😢
He did say he taught him but as you mentioned, he had Anakin in such high esteem that he saw him first and foremost as an equal before everything else.
"you were my brother Anakin"...
"I loved you"... 😭
Which in many ways was Kenobi's greatest failing. Throughout Ep2 and 3 Anakin refers to Obi-Wan as being like a father to him, while Obi Wan tells Anakin that he was like his brother, but Anakin didn't need a brother, he needed a father figure. This is what makes Qui Gon's death so tragic, he was the father figure that Anakin needed, but Obi Wan could never be, and so Palpatine filled that vacuum in Anakin's upbringing, and filled his head with a very different idea of ambition and justice to what Qui Gon would have, which is ultimately what led to his downfall.
He was his brother.. 💔
he cant just say it to luke
"You fought in the clone wars?"
"Yes, I was once a cartoon character like your father."
@@beandog7657 what do you mean 'stolen'?
@@daviscurry2005 I think he means he saw that comment on another video like this one (I saw one similar to this too) 😅
@@iziizii it is possible for two people to have the same thought. Like how calculus was developed by two different people who had no idea about the other. If that can happen to calculus, it's not that wild to think this guy thought of the joke on his own.
@@onbored9627 cool but your talking to the wrong person
😂😂
"how did my father die?"
"he didn't have the high ground"
Luke: What do you mean?
Obi-wan: You'll understand when you see the prequels.
Ben: High ground
Luke: I don't get it...
Ben: Neither did he
Joshua Alabi awkward moment when you tell him you chopped his fathers legs off 😬😬
Joshua Alabi no it was chicken duck woman
too soon 😭
1:39 when he says "and he was a good friend" always hits me. After you watch the prequels and Obi-Wan series and Clone War this just hits SO much
“Your father wanted you to have this when you were old enough” too.
Obi-wan series destroyed his character though but yeah.
@@voltron77Ong bruh 😂
Yeah…I honestly teared up at that part. 🥺
@@voltron77 didnt know being away from the force in order to not get sensed by the inquisitors, and also being traumatised after an event such as order 66 was "destroying" his character
Rest in peace Alec Guinness, who reflects on Obi Wan's past trauma with disappointment despite not knowing what happened before the story..
Alec Guinness hated the role. Thought it was 'beneath' him. Even though he got a Best Supporting Actor Nomination from it. For ESB and ROTJ he would only comeback to do one day of work on both films. Its how little he thought of the role, the character, and the entire series.
@@chrisstetsko5020still does not undermine his performance.
Luke: “How did my father die?”
Obi-Wan: “he tried it”
pfhahaha
Crazier Tacos I don’t get it
MaximusW01 obi says “dont try it” before he chops his legs off
Elijah J Buries Ah. I get it now XD
No he had the high ground
“You fought in the Clone Wars?”
“Yes I was once an animated character, the same as your father”
I wish I could be animated
Jules Moors bro, stfu
Jules Moors they aren’t new characters, it’s canon that Ashoka is real. Boomer
Jules Moors bro... clone wars is one of the only good things disney did...
Force Awakens: It was pretty good.
Last Jedi: Absolutely terrible, Rose completely changed Finn’s personality ik that movie. And a lot of other shit when down in that movie that was crap
Rise Of Skywalker: It was honestly pretty good, it could’ve been better if Last Jedi didnt Flop
Solo a star wars story: It was ok, opening day didnt do the best though
Rouge One: ONE OF THE ONLY REALLY GOOD STAR WARS MOVIES AFTER DISNEY TOOK OVER!
Clone Wars SEASON 7: Absolutely a master piece. Don’t tell me otherwise you atheists 🤣
Mandolrian: Is really REALLY GOOD!!! Live action CGI is perfect in this show
My rant is over, what did I get out of it, nothing lol
@@julesmoors5219 Do you know that The Clone Wars is not Disney but George Lucas ? The first season is 2008, before Disney get Star Wars.... Ashoka is coming from the season 1 and created by George Lucas himself.
This edit is great. So well-put together. Alec Guinness' acting really shines, it actually looks like Obi-Wan is remembering everything as he's telling Luke.
That is i like he remember everything that happened and after anakin tells obi that everything was his own fault and bad decisions make so much sense now and when vader tells luke you dont know the power of the dark side is too late for me
Obi-WAN’s PTSD
The fact that he can pull this off for events that he didn't even know about at the time because that lore didn't even exist yet... it's simply amazing.
Hayden Christensen shaped and developed both his characters exquisitely. He was the perfect choice for Anakin and later, Darth Vader. He really demonstrated the conflict and torment he went through basically all his life. Kudos and props sgain to Hayden for executing this flawlessly.
Tell that to all the 60 year old neckbeards who are still stuck in 2005 hating on jake Lloyd and Hayden 💀
I want a neck beard lol @@Ar17778
@@Ar17778the hate they got was disgusting.
@@Danny____22 yup people like trying to ruin careers of actors because they didn’t enjoy a subjective film lmao sad creatures
@@Ar17778 tell me about it. The OT literally has some clunky dialogue too. But because it's the originals they're held up on some pilar that can't be touched. Even the sequel hate is ridiculous. They're shit and awful but....come on some people really have no life.
Luke: "You fought in the clone wars?"
The Audience in the 70s: "THE WHAT?!"
xD
Also the 80's, 90's and very early 2000's audiences.
@@BBoyBosh didn't think about it
I am The Audience in the 70s, and I can confirm this as accurate.
Also, in promo material, Darth Vader was mentioned as "a Dark Lord of the Sith" which isn't even in the movie. So there was a lot of pre-web chatter about *that*.
The actor for Obi Wan (70s) fought in ww2
Fun fact
He shouldn't have tried it.
@Obi-Wan Kenobi No he shouldn't have
Hey... You warned him.
You underestimate my power!
General Kenobi.
I have the high ground
The fact this is mixed with the actual soundtrack is honestly the most amazing significantly emotionally unreal and just down right fantastic. I’ve watched this edit over 1000 times, every single time I get goosebumps and tears because this is made perfectly, the music placement and timing to kenobis reaction to the memories, utterly incredible. This is a work of art.
This is truly the greatest fan edit I've ever seen.
Yeah fr this is easily the best one. Theirs another video similar that has slightly more view called obi wan has ptsd. But I just don’t find as good because it uses some other random sad music while this one hits hard using Star Wars music
John Williams is the finest composer of our age
I'm simply uncapable of watching this without crying. Like, literally.
“I was once a Jedi Knight” perhaps the greatest Jedi Knight.
"But we didn't grant him rank of a Master."
What? That’s outrageous.
@@gerardsgunsmore4974 Take a seat!
Imagine how painful it was for Obi-Wan to see Anakin burn alive like that.
@@johnhancock9022 ones mental pain ones physical pain
@@tomw2944 he was both weak and selfish. Saving him from burning would've meant killing him afterwards with his own hands. Obi wan wasn't strong enough to kill Anakin, so in his selfishness, he rather see Anakin's pain and hope he'd died from his injuries than Killing him directly, and deal with his own guilt.
A proper hell considering he Murdered younglings
Obiwan walked away half way through it.
Anakin was a seriously tragic character all in all. I had to feel bad for him. With how he was treated, manipulated, it's no wonder his anger and hate manifested him into the person he became. With the shit he went through no one would emerge from that trauma completely sane.
Obi-Wan: "I was once a Jedi Knight, the same as your father. Then I became a master, unlike your father."
Nav Explains This is outrageous, it’s unfair! 😂
Obi-Wan: I sat on the council, it was just and fair.
Jedi Knight sounds way cooler
I heard this whilst reading this lol
@@TVMAN1997 nah Jedi Grandmaster
Once you watch the last episode of “Kenobi” this hit different
Just adds more sadness 😔
That final episode man 🔥
@@SoLoboo Obi Wan!!!
@@Kurai_Baku115 OBI WAAAAAAANNNNNN!!!!!!!!
“….Then my friend truly IS dead.”
Devastating.
"He betrayed and murdered your father" - Obi Wan to Luke
"You didn't kill Anakin Skywalker, I did" - Vader to Obi Wan
So what he told him was true, from a certain point of view.
@@Christrulesall2 Not just "from a certain point of view" -- what he said was already "true" in that way. The point of this retcon is to make it so it really is just plain true. Or at least, to explicitly spell out the meaning of the "certain point of view" thing, as if the viewer couldn't be trusted to work it out for themself.
I'm still not sure if I like it. It adds a layer of meaning, which is nice. It absolves Ben of lying, which is nice, from a certain point of view. But in doing so it takes away some of the moral ambiguity, which, from a different (more mature) point of view, I can't help but feel makes the story _less_ interesting.
The idea that "It really was Vader who killed Anakin (by taking over his soul from the inside)." was already out there, it was the meaning and the point of Ben's "point of view" line. It's not like it's something original that Disney came up with.
Making it something that Vader himself said, rather than an interpretation that Obi-Wan or Ben came up with on his own?
I don't know... It adds an explanation that I'm not sure was needed. It makes explicit the interpretation that the viewer used to be trusted to make on their own, and that was more satisfying for them that way.
"Absolving" Ben in this way, I can't help but feel, actually _diminishes_ him somehow.
Hearing from Obi-Wan “He was a good friend” I’m like: 😞
McGrady Moss yep
If you don't amputate your best friend's both legs , hide his children and burn him alive , you are no true friend
@@MakisHMMY And your friend isn't a true friend if he suddenly commits homicide (aka kill Mace, Padme, and a lot of younglins), and then tries to kill you.
Padme died of depression and childbirth though, not directly caused by Anakin.
Bolt Bolt you misread that
Learning about Obi-Wan and Anakin’s friendship is so heartbreaking.
It hearts even more when you watch Clone Wars and see what the two have gone through together.
They weren’t only a student and teacher, they were brothers.
And even at the death of obi wan they still had some hope left in them
The music kicks in. Always hits deep. “And he was a good friend.”
“This is your Father’s lightsaber. He murdered 30 children with it.”
Lol
And 10000 other jedi
did you count them
Gogul he did yes
Lmaoo
“How did my father die?”
“Barbecue accident.”
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😂
Underrated
Finally an original one
He wasn't good at playing the floor is lava
If anyone had a fair excuse to fall to the dark side it's obi wan
Watched his master die
Watched his lover die
Betrayed by his best friend
Lost his jedi order
And still controlled his hatred and anger and remained focused on his beliefs, a true jedi
Benefit of being the Padawan of Qui Gon I guess if only he could train Anakin
@CVoYager I've always wondered if anakin had he been trained by qui gon, would he have gone through the trauma that led him to the dark side, obviously he couldn't do anything about his mother but I wonder if everything else would off played out difficult
*differently
Wait what lover
@pnut3844able Her name was satine, she was the duchess of mandilore, maul killed her in front of him
IT IS A SHAME THAT DISNEY DON'T HAVE THE SAME RESPECT FOR STAR WARS AS THIS.
They can't take old movies from us.
Star Wars Disney is garbage for money
@@BiriBiri925 but they can shit on them and make them irrelevant. What was the point in all of this? Myt as well skip this filler bs now and go straight to the sequels. What did anakin and luke even achieve??? I thought they destroyed the sith and brought balance to the force... but no... old palpi returns a few years later stronger than ever lol!.. rendering literally everything they did completely pointless. That one awful hacky decision to bring palpi back ruined 6 amazing works of art. Just for a quick cash grab. Shame on the evil mouse and shame on the fraudulent hack jj abrams
@@mrlegkick91 SImple fix, none of the fandom considers that garbage canon anyways
@@mrlegkick91 No, Star wars ended in Return of the Jedi when luke Defeated the evil known as palpatine Redeemed he's father and celebrated he's victory with he's friends
Your father wanted you to have his lightsaber.
He killed children with it
Not the handle tho, so it's fine
I remember that
The clones did a school shooting too
Ironically, in Star Wars (2015) Marvel comic, Vader gets insulted when he sees Luke holding that saber during the factory confrontation.
The best part is Obi-wan said that his father wanted him to have the lightsaber. But he actually stole it off his burning body.
"And a cunning warrior"
"I'm taking him now!"
"No Anakin no!"
I laugh to hard :D
I laughed to hard at that part
too*
Exacute order fall and go splat
I don’t understand
@@actego It's not a story the Jedi would tell you.
“A young Jedi named Darth Vader…. He betrayed and murdered your father”. This honestly fits so perfectly after what we saw in Kenobi during the final episode when Vader said to Obi-Wan “You didn’t kill Anakin Skywalker…. I did”
Ok
I don't understand these takes from people.. Why did anyone need such a on-the-nose corny writing of a show to "explain" something that was easily comprehended by common sense before any "Kenobi"-series?
The writing originally had implied depth but with disney it's replaced by a watered down spoon-fed reasoning of "Obi wan says it because Vader said it, It's genius!" during a duel from a tv-show that completely contradicts this very movie.
Fuck that show and Disney
@@merlith4650 they'll be children, younger than twenty.
No Star Wars fan would need Disney to explain the dynamics of this.
@@merlith4650 Exactly!
2:20 This part will always give me chills
The fact that the pauses, the emotion, the remembering was all just acting because the first movies didn't exist yet is astounding to me
I wonder what Lucas originally envisioned to be the "clone wars"
@@lucadreier22 Well seeing as by the time the Prequel trilogy was released George Lucas had complete creative control. So what you see in those films may very well be exactly what he envisioned (other than the reduction of screentime for JarJar Binks who was actually taken out of the films mainly due to backlash).
Sir Alec Guinness was just that damn good.
wow it's almost like the built the events of the prequels AROUND the original movies... so that they'd you know, match up and be consistent? Nothing astounding lol
It actually looks like somethings ringing his bell in his head. Especially when he heard Obi Wan
Imagine being such a good actor you can have PTSD of a film that isn't released for nearly 30 years
Wow this hits so different when you find out what the original plan for annakin and darth Vader was as two different people and annakin being the last to resist Darth Vader and the empire
Anton Yopp to be fair he fought in the war and landed in Sicily so he probably saw enough shit to easily make his reactions believable by just thinking of the memories.
@@alexanderforrest1983 really, gees, yeah that's mad
@Excelsior there's a video on CZcams about how George Lucas talked about it. The clones from the Clone Wars we're meant to be the enemies not the good guys and Darth Vader killed Anakin. There's a lot of other stuff too that makes sense too when you see how it was meant to happen. George Lucas never expected everyone to love Luke and Darth Vader so much so changed the script for the second movie
I am the senate
Hello there
You are the chosen one
I am the sith
Before the dark times
Before the Empire
Liar!
... flashback...
The acting of Alec Guiness is phenomenal here. He potrays the older Obi-Wan so well, it actually seems as if he is remembering a time before this (Episodes 1-3) even though they still yet haven't been released. Alec did an amazing job of potraying an older Obi-Wan remembering his past. May Alec Guiness R.I.P
This was a gut wrenching edit. Absolutely brilliant, brought a tear to my eye.
I wonder how people felt in 1977 hearing "Did you fight in the Clone Wars?" having no idea of what it was and that idea would be further explored.
I remember thinking of it just as a story type thing, but when we found out Vader was Luke's father at the end of ESB and confirmed in ROTJ and going back and watching Star Wars (which was what Ep4 A New Hope was known at the time) we knew there was more to this scene than intended. Then when the prequels were announced this and every tidbit of information form the original three movies about the past were thrown about to be in the new prequel movies by the fans, even the occasional - maybe we will get to see what the Clone Wars were about! statements. I must admit I loved all the foreshadowing in the Prequels and all of the nods to the original movies/etc and know knowing how Obi-Wan became who he is and the same for Anakin, even knowing that Yoda trained Dooku, who trained Jinn, who trained Obi-Wan who trained Anakin was so cool when it was first revealed. The hype and hysteria for the prequels when they came out at the movies was sooooooo big, it wasn't until years later that they became unpopular on the internet. It still perplexes me as they are stories to explain everything and they did exactly that in so many ways.
@@jedigreg4636
Most people who were watching the prequels were usually in the young demographic age. After a few years our rose colored glasses come off and we see that George L. isn't exactly the best writer.
@@Menaceblue3 Young demographic? When the movies came out everyone went to see them just like the Avengers today - so I'm not sure exactly what you mean by young demographic.
We were confused as fuck, but enjoyed it anyway.
@Hob Nob
Clone Wars was just a term thrown out there in 1977. We knew it had to be some kind of big deal in the past. But nobody knew what it really was. We also really had no idea
of how huge and politically powerful the Jedi were before the fall either. We also heard Darth Vader was referred to as Lord of The Sith. But again, nobody knew exactly what the Sith were.
When someone asks "Do you know who got the lowest score on the test?"
0:37
I’ve seen that meme before
@@tbnrprimestudios1232 it didnt scare me before it does now
I’m dead
Most under rated comment ever
Snacks Quatch this actually made me laugh lol
This has been on CZcams for 5 years and it’s never appeared into my recommendations till now. WHY!!?? This was the best edit I’ve ever seen for Star Wars fandom. I’m in tears because of how beautifully edited it is in showing that George Lucas knew how to connect a storyline.
Honestly no matter what you say "how did my father die?" Will always hit so hard...
Especially if you take into consideration that in that moment it dawned on Luke that he had been lied to by his uncle his whole life.
Luke: You know anyone named Obi-Wan?
Obi-Wan: *Vietnam Flashbacks*
DahOneGuy32 But actually tho this whole scene is basically an old man reminiscing about the war and how he lost his friends. It’s really fucking sad. I swear Obi-Wan is trying his best not to fucking cry or get emotional.
Vietnam?
Vietnam=Clone Wars
buster its a meme its basicly a flashback to a bad time in your life but you just call it vietnam flashbacks
I think you mean umbara
"He betrayed and murdered your father."
It's chilling because, thinking again at it, he's right.
i was waiting for someone to point that out... as soon as he turned to darth vader, anakin died. so obi wan is not lying
@Anakin Skywalker omfg is it you anakin?
He’s right....from a certain point of view
Ye he was right because in episode 6 I think yoda tells Luke that Vader is his father so luke began to think obiwan was a lier but at a certain point of view obi wan was right as when anakin kills mace windu his eyes turn red turnig anakin into darth Vader who is a whole different person in the eyes of obiwan and what George Lucas wanted us to see
Yes one of my favorite quotes especially in the Empire strikes back and he says “this was true and misleading”
I watch this every once in a while. What really hit me this time was how popular anakin was in the order. And the betrayal he did with the young longs and the Padawan’s. They didn’t have a chance and he just mowed them down. “Master skywalker there’s to many of them” is brutal. But the one that got me this time was the hologram of taking out the Padawan’s. All of them probably Ashoka’s age. Brutal.
I saw a theory about why he didn't have sith eyes before Mustafar, and its that he, on some level, basically believed he was mercy killing them. 'Setting them free' from being slaves of the Order. It wasn't until Mustafar he truly gave in. Especially if you read about how he enjoyed killing the separatist leaders in the episode III novelization
In the novel he has a secret plan in his head to help the younglings escape the slaughter however when that one calls him master he changes his mind no shit
Alec was well directed in these scenes. You can tell he’s holding so much back.
Obi-Wan: _"Your father wanted you to have this . . . when you were old enough. He was on fire and screaming curses at me at the time, but he really DID want you to have this."_
Lol 😂
Erm didn't Obi-Wan learn to communicate with the spirits and is seen with Anakin after he turned back good, who is to say that conversation happened when he was alive?
@@simonevans19 Lucas didn't get the idea to make Darth Vader Luke's father until he was well into writing the "Empire Strikes Back" script. Originally, Vader was a completely different person.
But that caused problems in "Return of the Jedi" because in retrospect, Obi-wan DID lie to Luke when he said "Vader betrayed and murdered your father." Obi-wan wasn't being metaphorical, there. It also led to that really awkward "certain points of view" line.
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@@KneelB4Bacon Yeah not that sad I go to script level, was a fan suggestion based purely on the films seen. If I was to go all the way into the finer detail of what made and didn't make it, then WALL-E would get a mention haha. My comment was based purely if you watch the films only it is possible what I suggested. I wasn't trying to prove you wrong just sounding out the possibility it could have in movie time. On a side note I am a MASSIVE trek/wars fan and watched them all oh lost count over last 30 years (im 43). Even in lockdown must have seen all the films again 3-4 times over pn a 24/7 running channel of SW. Just love everything, the bad films and good to me its all good. Love Mandalorian too.
I really admire how Alec McGuinnes, not knowing anything in depth about his character, was able to convey such a meaningful performance. Actor of those times were masters in their art.
G Rover the fact he didn’t like the script but still gave an electrifying performance is a testament to his commitment to the art of acting
@@TheDanrox110 It's not the he didn't like the script, he actually was one of the few people who had faith on the potential of the story. He just thought that some of the dialogue was awful, and that his part was too minor.
@@joaquinvelazquez521 Little did he know that, in time, his character would become one of the most important in the whole franchise.
Hayden christensen was good too but we do not grant him the rank of master
@@lyubenlozanov6471 That's outrageous, it's unfair.
This is my favorite of the "Obi-wan Has PTSD" videos. Best one!
In my opinion, every star wars fans must watch this masterpiece. Best Star Wars edit
True
This video is 4 minutes long, but felt like a complete movie
Doesn't it!?
yes my bruva
it feels like the entire saga
It’s like a frikin movie
@@AndrewAce. if u think this was good it’s nothing compared to this. czcams.com/video/KV7PfCCh6Oo/video.html. If link doesn’t work it’s called Darth Vader
„How did my father die?“
„He overestimated his power“
Etto 2.0 so right
Honestly that would also be a valid line
I think u mean he under estimated the high ground
"I estimated his power just right"
He hadn't the high ground
I wish this whole scene could've been put into the original first film at this scene as a re-done version explaining Obi-Wan's words. This was brilliant 👏 ❤
01:46 - Ben almost cried when he was thinking about their friendship with Anakin. Such a good actor. And such a good video.
"he betrayed and murdered your father"
that line always gives me chills
@@konstantinos6744 Because its a way of telling the truth and not telling the thruth, such a good line
@@konstantinos6744
Because the hatred drown him to make reckless action against the republic, the people, the jedi council, among leading jedi knight, and yes he betrayed and murdered his heart more after sabre happened.
Same
@@konstantinos6744 Because of what you've done, what you plan to do
_The boy you knew, gone, he is. Consumed, by Darth Vader._
“How did my father die?”
“He wasn’t very good at playing the floor is lava.”
He also never had the elevated floor
" i had a high ground"
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Love that Anakin and Vader are seen as two different people because that's how it feels. It's hard to imagine Anakin being Darth Vader but easy to imagine Darth Vader as someone so powerful to defeat Anakin Skywalker. Such beautiful story telling.
Considering he hadn't seen all that we have, the acting by Alec Guinness is really phenomenal, as if he had watched the prequels himself.
The 2 actors playing Obi-Wan really do feel like the same person. Ewan McGregor is one of the best castings ever to play a younger version of a character. You really believe its the same guy.
Jason Lee Agreed. I hope they make an Obi-Wan movie.
I hope they remake the prequels.
I hope they remake everything
They looked really hard to find someone with similar facial features to Alec. Ewan definitely has that
Jason Lee because of the beard
"He was the best star pilot in the galaxy."
"And a cunning warrior."
"And he was a good friend...."
Im not crying i swear
“I HATE YOU!”
- Anakin skywalker, burning
A good friend
@@lizardboi8624 That wasn't Anakin anymore... That was Darth Vader
@@pistemutaagio ehhhh… whatever
@@lizardboi8624 You were my BROTHER, ANAKIN!!!
I loved you.
"I haven't gone by the name Obi-wan since before you were born"... except in that whole 6 episode series when you were 10.
He said in the show he went by Ben, people like leia and Vader called him Obi wan anyway.
Alec Guinness played this so well. His uncomfortable demeanour when Luke asks him how his father died - you can immediately tell he's hiding something. You can almost convince yourself he was privy to George Lucas' plan in Empire and Jedi. Alec does such a good job depicting a man haunted by traumatic memories of the best friend who tried to murder him.
I just hope Alec watched the prequels and saw what his character portrayed. Ewan McGregor did it justice but Alec did it so much more in this scene alone on tattooinne
@@StiX-66 Alec died in 2000, so at best he only saw The Phantom Menace.
"How did my father die?"
"Well, I had the high ground..."
Hello there
here before it blows up
Sussy balls
"I also said don't try it, trying to make him not do it. But, he did it anyway.
@@John8coming general kenobi
This makes me appreciate the prequels even more.
ROTS will always be my favorite.
@@saljpal3 my favourite is episode 1 😂 (it has the most memes plus the Darth Maul fight)
@@lyrimetacurl0 Definitely a good fight and Qui Gon is my favorite Jedi but watching the Jedi be brought down by their own hubris, Sidious take over and Anakin's complete fall from grace in ROTS made a very interesting story.
@saljapal3 we can all agree that episode 2 is the worst tho with that boring love story between Padmé and Anakin
@@saljpal3 ya best star wars movie
This movie will always hold a special place in my heart. The story behind this all is so powerful and captivating that I will for all the days of my life that remains cherish the impact it had on me as a young 12 year old boy in 1977 when I first viewed it with my father. Now at 59 years old this year 2023 it STILL remains. May the Force be with you all who read this!!
That big gulp of air Obi Wan takes before he answers lukes questions regarding his fathers death.. ..goosebumps to this day
Obi Wan is by far the best example of one who stays true to themselves. He lost everything, was betrayed, failed those closest to him, and was forced to watch someone he loved turn evil. Yet, he remained a Jedi and stayed true to his ideals.
Obi Wan, the true OG.
He also watched his master die in front of him before he trained anakin
Caleb Bandoo he didn’t end up dying, he went and discovered immortality
He also lied to Luke Skywalker
Adwait Tapaswi Only from a certain point of view.
And I think it was the best choice at the time, Luke wasn’t prepared to hear that his father was space hitler.
Or space Rommel I suppose. Either way, he wasn’t prepared, it would’ve done more bad than good to tell him.
Adwait Tapaswi Only from a certain point of view xD
And I think it was the best choice at the time, Luke wasn’t prepared to hear that his father was space hitler.
Or space Rommel I suppose. Either way, he wasn’t prepared, it would’ve done more bad than good to tell him.
Seeing Anakin’s eyes turn yellow truly is the saddest part, knowing he’s gone for good.
WARLORD op what? When?
@WARLORD op Nah ! Young Anakin is hot so nah !
Ah yes because he contracted liver cancer
WARLORD op Anakin died when he became Darth Vader. That’s why he’s young Anakin in Return of the Jedi.
Jink Kefka I know but anakin died when he turned.
"Before the dark times"
And somehow the short line that was said over 40 years ago holds so much emotion now having grown up with the prequels and witnessing the Star Wars galaxy during the republic. As a kid, I grew up watching Obi Wan and Anikan, ignorant to Luke Skywalker because I didn't understand it was one big story. Now seeing the connect of all the episodes regardless of filmography quality due to time, I understand. The dialogue is what holds the story together. Seeing old Ben Kenobi say "Before the dark days" shooting me back to my childhood, watching the prequels when the world was just "Okay" but still had our troubles and relating that phrase to real life current events now with COVID and the societal degradation. I just can't help but to shed some tears. Sorry for being overly dramatic in a CZcams comment.
Hahaha
Don’t forget the score selected really makes you empathize
The fact this is mixed with the actual soundtrack is honestly the most amazing significantly emotionally unreal and just down right fantastic. I’ve watched this edit over 1000 times, every single time I get goosebumps and tears because this is made perfectly, the music placement and timing to kenobis reaction to the memories, utterly incredible. This is a work of art, this makes me wanna watch them all, and just be surrounded by the universe
“Which reminds me, your father wanted you to have this when you were old enough.”
“I HATE YOU! GIVE MY SON MY LIGHTSABER WHEN HES OLD ENOUGH!”
Obi-wan:
Obi-wan: moving along
Lol 😂
@@Killerbee4712 Always on the move
Little Leo, anakins force ghost can't tell him to give his lightsaber to his son
No vader told him he hates him not anakin
The transition at 1:58 is just another reason why this video is so good. The way the saber is almost perfectly at in the same positon.
This brings shivers down my spine, shows how good it is
“A young Jedi named Darth Vader betrayed and murdered your father “ - I like how he describes Anakin’s new personality as murdering the original Anakin
when Luke asks him why did he lie....he says that "Your father was seduced by the dark side of the Force. He ceased to be Anakin Skywalker and became Darth Vader. When that happened, the good man who was your father was destroyed. So what I have told you was true... from a certain point of view."
Darth Vader was originally a different person from Anakin Skywalker.
It was only decided during the production of Empire Strikes Back
@@rogersevand unfortunately for you the history will not see that
@@crazilynoobz it doesn't matter what you want to believe, it's a fact and it cannot be changed.
@@rogersevand ok and?
The part where he says “and a good friend” always kills me :(
Even tho in the prequels they're always fighting except for a couple of scenes 😂
Same here. It is kinda heartbreaking.
Dennis R Hill friends argue, if you agree with a friend on everything it’s boring.
Dennis R Hill my best friend and I argue about almost everything. It makes sense for those two to be like that
Dennis R Hill AotC they fight, RotS they’re constantly in sync. Obi-Wan even has the farewell to him before going to fight Grievous, or the banter in space/on the Invisible Hand.
This is absolutely stunning. I’d love this updated with Kenobi scenes
John Williams’ soundtrack for the original trilogy was absolutely amazing & now legendary. Simply hearing it makes one immediately think of Star Wars & wax nostalgic. At around @0:58 the song “Anakin’s Dark Deeds” from the Revenge of the Sith soundtrack starts playing. It’s just a beautiful but somber & tragic song which is a further testament to William’s genius. It’s so fitting for this video too. It fits in so many ways
"How did my father die?"
"I chopped him in half, just like I did to Darth Maul. That's what I do. I chop Sith in half. Yep".
He was very bad at the floor is lava
And yet both survived.
Sith Lords are our specialty. NOT!
@@emiongoogle1160 yepppp
And they suvived always
Luke: "How did My Father die?"
Obi-wan: "I roasted Him."
Yeah Obi roasted Anakin 's chestnuts on Mustfar
lol dude 🤣🤣
@@MoeDaBeast75 Chestnuts roasting, on a musta-fire
pls stop i came here to cry not to laugh
Oh I get it
After seeing Kenobi finale yesterday, there could be an updated version of this that would be equally EPIC!
No
I disagree
Disney ruined Obi-Wan in that show, same way they ruined Luke. They make them old and useless, scared or bitter. These are NOT what their characters are.
The emotion in this video. It always tears me up. Anakin betrayal always makes me cry. This music tugs at my heartstrings every time.
This should be the ending scene for "Kenobi: A Star Wars story"
I agree
This should be how a reference for when they’re writing it!
Its insane how few clips can add to a cool scene but after the prequel trilogy this scene 😣 wow
Or a documentary about kenobi
It might be good to know a bit more about obi wan but we kind of already had that movie. 3 movies, really.
Luke: “How did my father die?”
Obi Wan: “He did not have the high ground”
For people saying this comment is stolen, I simply typed it out and then noticed there was another like it after the fact. Apologies for not going back and deleting this one.. geez
@Imsure Dont ask me screw you
@Imsure Dont ask me 😐
he didn't have the high ground but he tryed it
@Imsure Dont ask me really ?
@Imsure Dont ask me why tho ?
DARTH Vader - Obiwan, you didn't kill Anakin...I did.
"Your father's lightsaber .
This is the weapon of a Jedi Knight.
An elegant weapon for a more civilized age.
For over a thousand generations The Jedi Knights were the guradians of peace and justice in the old republic. Before the dark times"
-Obi Wan Kenobi
You know what's the saddest thing about betrayal.
It never comes from an enemy
When an enemy betrays you they become your friend.
Duudee😭
Benjamin, thats just stupid
@@aracuscesar how???
@@yaboialex8862 from who else would a betrayal come from ?
The 2K dislikes are from stormtroopers who were aiming for the like button
yes xd
LOL! Brilliant!
Best comment 2020😂👍
LOL
Underrated comment
This is what it's like watching Star Wars for me.
I grew up watching and loving the originals.
Then the prequels came out and I grew up with them coming out.
Now when I watch the originals and scenes like this come on....the flashbacks happen and the tears form....
- "You thought in the clones wars?"
- "Yes"
So much memories and sadness. Especially after watching Clone Wars. Cody was his friend too and he also forcibly betrayed him. So sad.
how come obi wan didn't talk about him
Darth Vader is the most famous cinematic villain of all time but behind the menacing mask was a broken man who dreamed of becoming a jedi.
Yep
@@IsaacWale2004 you were the chosen one!
ikrr its veryyys ad tbh
it'd be funny if it weren't so pathetic...ah, what the heck, I'll laugh anyway...DAAAAAHAAAHAHAHAHAHA!!! -Joker
@@blookynose lol bruuhhh whoaa thi emotional stars wars..not laughable star wars!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is literally sadder than any movie ever.
Revenge of the sith was the saddest movie because of what happened with anakin at the end
@@bread1616 Revenge of the Sith was the saddest because of that combined with the general downfall of the Republic and the deaths of some of the best characters from the prequels. Rest in peace, Master Plo.
@@RichieK2005 yes of course that too
Not sure about any movie ever, but it’s definitely tragic.
Richie K yeah
Obi wan kenobi: “He betrayed, and murdered your father”.
It gives me goosebumps every time
2:24--the amount conveyed by Alec Guinness in that one downward glance... he looks deeply haunted, rocking back and forth. The flashbacks obviously help enhance and bring that out, but still...
"You fought in the Clone Wars?"
That's some next level franchise planning right there.
Audiences in 1977: "the WHAT wars...???"
@@angelotuccitto9989 RbxAgain will said: "Woosh me if u want, it's Ahsoka not Ashoka". He is a flyboy.
@@emiliopazos2027 Woosh me if u want, it's Ahsoka not Ashoka
@@kml_arf Ha, you repeated my phrase, and then H will said: "Excuses, excuses. You edited it anyways, lol"
@@emiliopazos2027 excuses, excuses. You edited it anyways lol.
I’ve probably seen this video 100 times but man the look in Kenobi’s face when Luke asks about his father’s death!!!! His heart literally breaks all over again.
The fact that you can see his pain when remembering Anakin makes this movie a cinematic masterpiece
“How did my father die?”
“He didn’t”
*Directed by George Lucas*
AHHAHAHAAHAH
"I chopped off his legs & 1 of his arms and left him to die by a river of molten lava"... Nah i can't tell him that 😆🤣😆
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HAHAHAAAHAH LMAO
@@LarryAmakerIII hes lying down near a warm fire, and soon the senate will come and cure him of his injuries.
I like how the way alec guiness acts at 02:22 makes it much more believable that he was bending the truth.
I grew up with the prequels and love them. This video does a great job showcasing how traumatizing and heartbreaking obi wans past was.
Luke:How did my father die?
Ben: He didn't have the high ground.
Luke: What?
Ben:What?
Lol
Loll
Lolll
Only way to describe what you just said : 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 +@sebus lol
@@diamondmiles8462 dude you had to say Lollll
Luke: "How did my father die?"
C3PO in the background: "Obi-Wan killed him"
Obi-wan: "You son of a....."
Haha
They erased C3PO's memory and R2D2's memory of everything prior, sticking them with leia.
C3P0: "Sir, if you won't be needing me, I think I'll shut down for a while."
Obi-wan (igniting lightsaber): "Yeah, why don't you DO that."
Felix the FAMDOM I laugh so hard
How comes this brilliant comment does not have more likes!? It was too funny!
you didn't kill Anakin Skywalker. I did.
Who’s here after the last episode of Kenobi ? A young Jedi named darth vader betrayed and murdered your father line suits so well now
Well Kenobi not completely lie at all