In Return of The Jedi, when Luke tries to stir the emotions of his father on the forest moon of Endor, Vader states:     Obi-Wan once thought as you do...   Does this imply that, at some point between Episode III and IV, Obi-Wan tried to contact Anakin?
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In the latest Dark Horse Star Wars comic, Obi-Wan's ghost starts talking to Vader, mostly messing with him, but it occurred to me.   Has any early Expanded Universe material had Obi-Wan reach out to Vader?
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Obi-Wan left Anakin for dead, and one movie later (in A New Hope) he was saying Anakin had been killed by Darth Vader.  What exactly did Obi-Wan know about Anakin and Darth Vader before A New Hope started?
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In The Empire Strikes Back film, the opening crawl says:     The evil lord Darth Vader, obsessed with finding young Skywalker, has dispatched thousands of remote probes into the far reaches of space....   It has also been established in Return of the Jedi that Force users can sense each other:     Chewie whines nervously. Luke stares at the Huge Super Star Destroyer    that looms ever larger before them.      LUKE: Vader's on that ship.   If Darth Vader is obsessed with finding Luke and he can sense his presence, the obvious thing to do would be to follow Luke's X-Wing after the battle of Hoth rather than the Millennium Falcon. Why didn't he?
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In Episode VI, during their conversation before meeting the Emperor, Luke asks Vader to give up on the Emperor and join him instead, at which Vader replies: "You don't know the power of the Dark Side, I must obey my master".  What does this mean? Is Vader somehow afraid of the Emperor?  P.S. Please do not say it was a lie, a deceptive trick to get Luke to join the Dark Side, because clearly it has nothing to do with that.
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Spoilers for The Last Jedi:      Just before Snoke is slain,   he narrates Kylo Ren's thoughts/feelings (saying things like "he turns the lightsaber towards his enemy" and so on) we see the Skywalker lightsaber being manipulated through the Force to point towards and then slay Snoke. My question is, do we know for sure who was using to Force to use the Skywalker lightsaber in this scene?   It could have been   A) Kylo Ren was turning igniting the Skywalker lightsaber with the Force. Snoke assumed the thoughts/feelings he was sensing were directed at Rey but they weren't.   Or... B) Snoke was so preoccupied with Kylo's thoughts that he wasn't paying any attention to Rey's thoughts. Rey takes advantage of this and uses the Force to turn and ignite the Skywalker lightsaber to slay Snoke. This option is reinforced by the fact that  1) the Skywalker lightsaber then zooms into Rey's hand, not Kylo's.  2) after the ensuing scuffle, Kylo Ren reveals that he hasn't switched sides; he is still a believer in the First Order.  3) Kylo Ren even tells Hux that Rey slew Snoke.
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Near the end of Empire Strikes Back, Darth Vader has a big proposal for Luke:     "Luke, you can destroy the Emperor. He has foreseen this. It is your   destiny! Join me, and together, we can rule the galaxy as father and   son! Come with me. It is the only way."   Is Vader really intentioned to destroy the Emperor with the help of his son, or is he just trying to lure Luke into the dark side using a proposal that might sound light-side oriented to him (destroy evil, bring back peace...)?  Of course I don't mean he is already a good guy at this point, but does he really have a personal plan against his master, to take his place and have Luke as his apprentice? Is he even showing a little bit of fatherly love? Or is it all a lie?
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In Star Wars Episode 3, Revenge of the Sith, there's a scene where Anakin and Yoda are sitting in that little meditation room (with the horizontal shades over the windows) and discussing the meaning of Anakin's recent premonitions of &quot;someone&quot; (Padme) dying. Yoda gives Anakin a piece of advice that starts out quite wise, but then, for me, skews off into nonsense.  Yoda: &quot;These visions you have ...&quot; Anakin: &quot;They are of pain, suffering ... death.&quot; ... Yoda: &quot;Careful you must be when sensing the future, Anakin! The fear of loss is a path to the Dark Side.&quot; Anakin: &quot;I won't let my visions come true, Master Yoda.&quot; Yoda: &quot;Rejoice for those around us who transform into the Force. Mourn them, do not. Miss them, do not. Attachment leads to jealousy, the shadow of greed, that is.&quot; Anakin: &quot;What must I do, Master Yoda?&quot; Yoda: &quot;Train yourself to let go of everything you fear to lose.&quot;  The bold words are the parts that I find to make little sense or have little relevance to the problem Anakin is trying to seek help for. Now, I understand that certain George-Lucas-isms have been injected into this speech, but maybe I'm the one who just fails to understand the meaning? First of all, how is fearing for a loved one a path to evil? Isn't that precisely what makes a tragic hero tragic? It may be harkening back to the Phantom Menace's &quot;Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering&quot; line, but even that is gibberish. My biggest problem is the &quot;attachment leads to jealousy&quot; line. Now, I've put a LOT of thought into trying to understand this, but I've come up empty each time. According to Lucas, the Jedi are similar to Buddhist monks, so I looked up &quot;attachment in Buddhism&quot; and discovered that it means something very different to the Western world's definition of attachment. We Westerners see 'attachment' as synonymous to a bond, a relationship or even love. Buddhism defines it as ... well, something confusing to me. One definition is that it is &quot;clinging&quot;, another, that it is &quot;craving&quot; and then another that says something about &quot;becoming&quot; ... I have no good idea what any of this means or how it relates to Anakin Skywalker, or greed, or jealousy. Then there's the &quot;letting go of what you fear to lose&quot; part. This sounds, a lot, like Yoda is saying, &quot;Well, Anakin, to spare yourself the pain of grief, you should just cut this person out of your life and forget them. Let them go before he/she dies!&quot; I would assume that he means to learn to let Padme go after she dies, but the wording of &quot;train yourself to let go of everything you fear to lose&quot; is so darn vague and sounds like Yoda is talking about &quot;letting go&quot; while Padme is still alive. Isn't that a little cold? Does anyone know what is going on in this scene? :P
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It seems as though, by the time of A New Hope Darth Vader's real identity was unknown by most people. Were Anakin and his alterations kept secret from everyone? Who knew who Darth Vader really was?  As far as I can tell these are the few:   Vader (of course) Obi-Wan Yoda Palpatine   I can't think of anyone else who specifically knows.  Who else knew, and was Vader's true identity (and past life as Anakin) kept secret?
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I watched Star Wars, Episode IV: A New Hope for the first time in a while a few days ago (the first step in taking my Daughter through the Machete Order). One thing that stood out was the pre-duel smack talk between Vader and Obi-Wan:     Vader: When I left you, I was but the learner; now, I am the master.   Obi-Wan: Only a master of evil, Darth.   From memory, this is the only example I can think of where 'Darth' is used as if is was Vader's first name, as opposed to the title that we (eventually) learn that it is, once we meet other Darths.   I wonder when Lucas decided that Darth would be a title for dark side Jedi (not called 'Sith' until the prequel trilogy)? In Empire and Jedi, Darth Sidious is referred to only as 'The Emperor', but 'Darth Vader' ceases to be called Darth if only one word is used; e.g. Yoda's "Vader, you must face Vader".  Is this just an example of Lucas making stuff up as he went along, rather than having it all planned out from the start (not actually all that unreasonable)? Or is there some reason that Obi-Wan used 'Darth' instead of 'Vader'? On previous viewings (i.e. before the prequels existed) I'd interpreted this as Obi-Wan being informal with his old student by using his first name, rather than his last. However, the reverse interpretation could be true once you know that Darth is a title, i.e. that Obi-Wan is using his title rather than his name in order to be as cold and impersonal as possible (i.e. replace 'Darth' with 'Sir' and put Bastard swords in their hands instead of light sabers).
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In the climactic scene, where Obi-Wan and Anakin are dueling with their light-sabres across a wide range of platforms (moving rafts, on precarious ledges etc) without the slightest awkwardness - why is it that when Obi-Wan got a slightly higher ground than Anakin (and even explicitly pointed this out), did Anakin lose the fight so spectacularly?   Anakin could have   Walked/run up the incline Used his Jedi powers to engage Obi-Wan at a distance Do a host of other things, instead of leaping in a way that would make him a sitting duck   I'm just curious: having a "high ground" generally makes for an advantage for "normal" battles involving projectiles (an arrow fired with the same force would cover more distance from a higher position to a lower position, than vice-versa), where participants are subject to laws of physics.  Is this not the same with Jedi battles?  It'd be nice to know if there is an explanation that fits within the scope of the story.
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In Star Wars: The Last Jedi Supreme Leader Snoke says that      it was he himself who was connecting Rey and Kylo Ren via the force, minutes before Kylo Ren killed him.   But later on, on the planet Crait, Rey sees Kylo when she is about to board the Millenium Falcon. She closes the door in the apparition's face. How did this happen?      Wasn't Snoke, who was connecting them, dead?
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In Star Wars Episode III, before the battle on Mustafar, why didn't Obi-Wan admit to Anakin that it was his idea to hide in Padmé's ship to find him? His hate towards her would at least be forgiven, since Obi-Wan had no idea how the confrontation with Anakin would start or if Padmé died.
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Some Jedi disappear when they die:   In Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope       At the end of his duel with Vader on the first Death Star, Obi-Wan Kenobi let down his guard and concentrated for a moment, disappearing entirely just as Vader's lightsaber passed through his empty robe.   In Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi      When Luke returned to Dagobah in the Return of the Jedi, Yoda also disappears when he peacefully dies.  In Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi      When Luke is exhausted after “being” on Crait he looks into the Horizon and disappears.    And others don't:   Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace      When Qui-Gon Jinn's dies after his duel with Darth Maul, he doesn't  disappear and is cremated.  Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi      When Vader/Anakin Skywalker dies on the second Death Star, he does not disappear and he is cremated by Luke.      Also, they all became a "ghost" after their death.
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Is the reason neither Yoda or Obi-Wan thought it a good idea to inform Luke that      his father and Vader were the same person   ever discussed? Were they hoping that       Vader himself   didn't realize this, and that it wouldn't come up? Or was there an explicit rationale behind hiding this fact from Luke?  Wouldn't it seem risky to send Luke in blind, with the chance of him finding out without their support, considering how emotional attachment can be a door into the Dark Side?
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In episode I, when Anakin mentions to Qui-Gon that he is a podracer pilot (and the only human one), Qui-Gon tells him that he must have Jedi reflexes.   Does he mean that because Anakin is human and should not be able to survive those races, let alone at that age? and does this imply that every podracer pilot have Jedi-like reflexes?
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In the original trilogy Yoda refers to another hope:     Obi-Wan: "That boy is our last hope."   Yoda: "No...there is another..."   The assumption being after seeing Return of the Jedi (Episode VI) that the other was Leia.  If, however, you consider the prequel trilogy canon, then this assumption depends greatly on your point of view*. Obi Wan knows about Leia (and for unknown reasons has discounted her as a hope), so Yoda must be referring to someone or something else.  Is there any canonical source as to what Yoda meant, or was uncle George setting us up for Episode VII?  *as a wise man once said      you will find that many of the truths we cling to depend greatly on   our own point of view.   Just to add a bit of clarity: I was thinking about who Yoda was referring to when he was talking to Obi-Wan. When talking to Luke, it is obvious that Leia is the other (as he talks about a 'Skywalker'). It is not so obvious (after watching the prequel trilogy) that he means it when talking to Obi-Wan.
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In The Empire Strikes Back as Han Solo leaves to look for Luke Skywalker a rebel worker says     Your tauntaun will freeze before you reach the first marker.   Han replies     Then I'll see you in hell!   Is there a concept of heaven and hell in the Star Wars mythology? If not, to what is he referring?