Did Obi-Wan become more powerful than Vader could possibly imagine?

[Frumpus]

I agree with Prowl lightstar. If in fact Obi-Wan believed Luke to be the "only hope" for the Alliance/Rebellion, part of his self-sacrifice would be to ensure Luke's escape from the Death Star. ??

 

Imagine Obi-Wan back-pedalling towards the Falcon and drawing a big firefight out too early, jeopardizing Han, Leia, Luke, Chewie, R2, and C3PO's escape. Bad idea.

 

As for Qui-Gonn's fate, Maul gave him a cheap shot (albeit a deathly one). QG didn't "sacrifice" himself the way OB1

 

However,

 

Originally posted by sev707

. . . All im saying is that maybe star wars isnt as well-thought out as everyone thinks, . . . lucas isnt perfect u no, he is still coming up with new versions of episodes 4-6 to fill in al the empty gaps, so i bet that this "if u strike me down..." will be modified to fit the complete saga.

 

Touche.

[Zindell]

Have you noticed how the door closes between vader and the hanger, blocking vader from luke et al. Maybe this is Kenobi acting through the force. What do you guys want? A neon ghost apearing to press the button?

 

Han specifically tells luke to shoot the panel that shuts the door blocking vader so that covers that.

 

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Have you ever noticed how jedi's deaths differ in star wars? Obi-Wan when struck down dissapears into nothingness and vader is somewhat shocked by this when he kicks around the close heap on the floor in confusion. Yoda also dissapears when he dies, But vader does not he is cremated by luke. My original thinking after seeing the original trilogy was that light users went on to a higher place and the dark did not but episode 1 changed that for me when we witnessed the death of Qui-gon. He simply died and yet again was cremated. It is my belief that those prepared to die (Yoda, Obi-Wan) make their ascension and simply disapear and do become stronger with the force. But I believe all light users do. Hence the image of Anakin skywallker at the end aswell. I just thought I'd point out that fact of how some vanished and others did not.

 

 

I believe Obi-wan felt he could assist look alot better if he could be this all powerful force to watch over him. Give him some good advice when he needed it. Luke might not have blown up the deathstar if it wasn't for Obi-wan's advice. And had Vader not gone out to personally shoot some ships down luke might have killed him right then and there.

 

I think he had a much better influence on Luke after his death. It allowed look to see the forces true power. being from an age where the force was practically dead. Knowing that obi-wan had gone to a better place and was always there to watch over him. His last words to luke "The force will be with you, Always" he knew the minute they got there he was not leaving with them. It was something that had to be done for luke to comprehend the full power of the force.

 

That's my outlook at least trash it if you must but I'm sticking to it.