PT Would Anakin kill Obi Wan

When Obi Wan defeated Anakin, he couldn't kill him. He still slightly loved him. But what if Anakin was better than Obi Wan during Mustafar and won the battle. What if it was Obi Wan on the ground burning. Would Anakin finish him off?

 

He'd just killed a ton of Jedi, and several children back in the Jedi Temple. I would think he would continue to give Obi-Wan one chance to either join him or flee. If Obi-Wan refused, I think Anakin would have killed him.

 

This. I think ultimately Anakin would have killed Obi Wan if the tables had been turned. I think his hatred has blinded him and he no longer saw Obi Wan as the brother he once was

 

"This is the end for you, my Master."

Think that says it all in relation to Anakin's mindset...

 

In the end, he does kill Obi Wan. So I think we're done here

 

Yes.

 

Exactly what I was going to post. My mind has been pre-emptively read!

 

INB4 LOCK?

 

I mean, he DID eventually kill him....

 

Eh. Nah. There's still some potential discussion. Ethical, philosophical, benchual

 

That's what I said

 

yes.

 

Yes, without a doubt.

 

he wouldve tried to get him to join him and i'm sure he would've been conflicted but yes he wouldve eventually killed obi-wan if he had to.

 

Obi-Wan is essentially the face of the Jedi to Anakin. He represents everything Anakin has come to distrust. There is no doubt Anakin, or more rightly, Vader, would kill Obi-Wan. Anakin perceives Obi-Wan to be the source of most of his hardships in life, as I'm sure most kids think of their parents. That ol' dark side though, raises the parenticide.

 

Yes, exactly. He was ready to get it done.

 

Interestingly, the script had him say one more thing after that.
"I wish it were otherwise."

Or something close to that at least. Either way, he expresses a certain desire that he didn't have to kill Obi-Wan - and interesting wording I just used there. I think it's he feels he MUST kill him. Why, though? Perhaps to prove himself as the stronger, perhaps as rite of passage to be a proper Sith, maybe something like just feeling the Jedi needed to all die off. It's difficult to tell, given the emotional turmoil he was in

 

Another thought - because he knows Kenobi would never stop trying to get at him. Being a Sith,the sworn enemy of the Jedi, as long as Vader was alive,eventually the Jedi would come again for the Sith, be it Kenobi himself or perhaps someone he would train.All the Jedi must be wiped out. It's the only way to ensure a Sith stranglehold . Kenobi would always be a threat to him. I found it interesting what they did in some of the books/comics (now non-canon,of course) where Vader was still obsessed with killing Obi-Wan years after Mustafar, whereas Palps was like ,"Eh. Screw em! The Order is broken, let them go crawl under rocks and hide." ... Perhaps it could be looked at as Vader having more insight into a situation than Sidious - Vader considered the remaining Jedi,and especially Kenobi, still a threat, whereas Sidious blew any potential danger off. and of course Vader was right, as Obi-Wan's last apprentice helped destroy the Sith once and for all.

 

Well, also, Vader was never not going to be obsessed with Obi-Wan because he loved and hated him too much. Anakin was never capable of being impartial, and Sith use their emotions and look inward. So, regardless of the Jedi were defeated he was always going to have something to prove to Obi-Wan.

 

He was trying to murder Obi-Wan with each saber swing throughout the almost 10 minute duel, so I think it's a no-brainer...

 

Considering the now mentally-unbalanced and psychopath Anakin just slaughtered a bunch of younglings, committed domestic abuse on his beloved wife, killed a bunch more people in his conquest, betrayed everything and everybody he has known since he was nine years old and fully intended to kill ObiWan -

Yes. I'm sure that Anakin would have absolutely murdered Obi-Wan if he hadn't been so full of emotion that did nothing for him.