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March 11, 2023
This story happened a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. It is already over. Nothing can be done to change it.
die die die die die . the horrors of preordained fate
Don’t worry. It’ll be all right. Anakin and Obi-Wan will be there any minute. They say this as though these names can conjure miracles.
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Anakin and Obi-Wan. Kenobi and Skywalker. From the beginning of the Clone Wars, the phrase Kenobi and Skywalker has become a single word.
literally cannot let this go it permeates my mind every time they're mentioned together THE PHRASE HAS BECOME A SINGLE WORD they are inextricably and irreversibly linked they are a singular entity where one goes the other follows ohhh...
A pair of starfighters. Jedi starfighters. Only two. Two is enough. Two is enough because the adults are wrong, and their younglings are right. Though this is the end of the age of heroes, it has saved its best for last.
it has saved its best for last 🫥
He could still be surprised by the new depth of that voice. The calm confidence. The maturity. It seemed that only last week Anakin had been a ten-year-old who wouldn’t stop pestering him about Form I lightsaber combat.
Obi-Wan smiled up at him.
Obi-Wan still tried, now and again, to spark a real smile in his former Padawan. And Anakin still tried to answer.
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They both still tried to pretend the war hadn’t changed them.
For merely human pilots, this would be suicide.
But these particular pilots were far from merely human.
This is Obi-Wan Kenobi: A phenomenal pilot who doesn’t like to fly. A devastating warrior who’d rather not fight. A negotiator without peer who frankly prefers to sit alone in a quiet cave and meditate. Jedi Master. General in the Grand Army of the Republic. Member of the Jedi Council. And yet, inside, he feels like he’s none of these things.
And Obi-Wan Kenobi knows, too, that to have lived his life without being Master to Anakin Skywalker would have left him a different man. A lesser man. Anakin has taught him so much.
screaming crying throwing up pulling my hair out
Training Anakin—and fighting beside him, all these years—has unlocked something inside Obi-Wan. It’s as though Anakin has rubbed off on him a bit, and has loosened that clenched-jaw insistence on absolute correctness that Qui-Gon always said was his greatest flaw. Obi-Wan Kenobi has learned to relax.
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He smiles now, and sometimes even jokes, and has become known for the wisdom gentle humor can provide. Though he does not know it, his relationship with Anakin has molded him into the great Jedi Qui-Gon always said he might someday be. It is characteristic of Obi-Wan that he is entirely unaware of this.
it is characteristic of obiwan that he is entirely unaware of this 💔💔💔💔 how does it feel to be a truly good person and the epitome of what a jedi should be
Greatness was never his ambition. He wants only to perform whatever task he is given to the best of his ability.
ohhh how does it feel to be a truly good person and the epitome of what a jedi should be. obiwan you are unmatched
He is the ultimate Jedi. And he is proud to be Anakin Skywalker’s best friend.
QUOTE OF ALL TIME ENOUGHHHHHH most devastating line ever written worst thing that's ever happened to me crying screaming throwing up . actually probably my favourite line of all time i will never heal from this . KILL MEEEEEE
Anakin had been late once before.
“Easy? No. But it might be fun.” Sometimes a little teasing was the only way to get Obi-Wan to loosen up. “Lunch at Dex’s says I’ll blast two for each of yours. Artoo can keep score.” “Anakin—” “All right, dinner. And I promise this time I won’t let Artoo cheat.” “No games, Anakin. There’s too much at stake.” There, that was the tone Anakin had been looking for: a slightly scolding, schoolmasterish edge. Obi-Wan was back on form.
Obi-Wan’s familiar sigh came clearly over the comm; Anakin knew exactly what the Jedi Master was thinking. The same thing he was always thinking. He still has much to learn.
The dragon reminds him, every night, that someday he will lose Obi-Wan. He will lose Padmé. Or they will lose him.
feeling ill
Because his real fear, in a universe where even stars can die, is that being the best will never be quite good enough.
anakin most devastating heartbreaking character of all time yeah
“I’ll give you the first four,” Anakin said over the comm, “but the other eight are mine.” “Anakin—” “All right, we’ll split them.”
“Anakin, I understand: you want to save everyone. You always do. But you can’t.” Anakin’s voice went tight. “Don’t remind me.”
Obi-Wan was right. He almost always was.
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“Get out of here, Anakin. There’s nothing you can do.” “I’m not leaving you, Master.” Cascades of sparks fountained into space from the buzz droids’ saws. “Anakin, the mission! Get to the command ship! Get the Chancellor!” “Not without you,” Anakin said through his teeth.
Anakin had forgotten the first principle of combat. Again. As usual.
real
But for Anakin Skywalker, the completely impossible had an eerie way of being merely difficult.
“Have you noticed that the shield’s still up?” “Really?” “Really.”
iconic
“I’m going for Obi-Wan!” “No need.” Anakin whirled to find Obi-Wan right behind him in the act of slicing neatly through the braincase of a battle droid. “I appreciate the thought, Anakin,” the Jedi Master said with a gentle smile. “But I’ve already come for you.”
-__- the fondness...
This, then, is Obi-Wan and Anakin: They are closer than friends. Closer than brothers.
actually ruined my life genuinely
Neither can imagine life without the other. The war has forged their two lives into one.
i cant do this anymore srsly . i feel the end is near for me its over im fading
The war that has done this is not the Clone Wars; Obi-Wan and Anakin’s war began on Naboo, when Qui-Gon Jinn died at the hand of a Sith Lord. Master and Padawan and Jedi Knights together, they have fought this war for thirteen years. Their war is their life. And their life is a weapon.
the greatness of all these Jedi is unquestioned, but it pales next to the legend that has grown around Kenobi and Skywalker.
Together, they are unstoppable. Unbeatable. They are the ultimate go-to guys of the Jedi Order. When the Good Guys absolutely, positively have to win, the call goes out. Obi-Wan and Anakin always answer.
godddd clone wars isms
Anakin and Obi-Wan would never fight each other. They couldn’t. They’re a team. They’re the team. And both of them are sure they always will be.
EVIL EVIL EVIL EVIL . i feel sick. one of the worst things ever written like actually has ruined lives (mine) . severe severe psychic and emotional damage i fear i may never recover
“Master …” His voice seemed to be coming from someone else. Someone who hadn’t seen what he’d seen. Hadn’t done what he’d done. “Master, right here—right now—you and I …” “Yes?” He blinked. “I think we’re about to win the war.”
Treachery is the way of the Sith.
insane line
As long as Kenobi was alive, Skywalker would never be securely in the camp of the Sith;
hate it here bc he's RIGHT
With Grievous, the use of these bio-droid devices is almost forgivable; he was such a disgusting creature already that his mechanical parts are clearly an improvement. But a blend of droid and human? Appalling. The depths of bad taste.
lmao dooku characterisation so funny in this
Obi-Wan’s slightly rueful bow of acknowledgment was as affectionate as a hug.
obiwan fondness i . it's too much for me every single time
“I suppose at some point I will eventually have to stop trying to train you.” Anakin’s smile broadened toward a soft chuckle. “I think that’s the first time you’ve ever admitted it.”
ohh i need to sit down . feeling faint. why couldn't they be happy why why why why
He couldn’t imagine not being at war.
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“Anakin.” Obi-Wan’s voice had gone soft, and his hand was warm on Anakin’s arm. “There is no other Jedi I would rather have at my side right now. No other man.” Anakin turned, and found within Obi-Wan’s eyes a depth of feeling he had only rarely glimpsed in all their years together; and the pure uncomplicated love that rose up within him then felt like a promise from the Force itself. “I … wouldn’t have it any other way, Master.”
god please please spare me the pain PLEASE . "pure uncomplicated love" yeah.
Kenobi was luminous, a transparent being, a window onto a sunlit meadow of the Force.
absolutely love the characterisation of obiwan's relationship w the force <3 he is truly the perfect jedi idc
“My powers have doubled since we last met—” “How lovely for you.”
dooku u r so funny
They didn’t even comprehend how utterly he dominated the combat.
dooku comedic king yet again this line kills me . incelcore
“Your moves are too slow, Kenobi. Too predictable. You’ll have to do better.” Kenobi’s response to this friendly word was to regard him with a twinkle of gentle amusement in his eye. “Very well, then,” the Jedi said, and shot straight upward over Dooku’s head so fast it seemed he’d vanished. And in the space where Kenobi’s chest had been was now only the blue lightning of Skywalker’s blade driving straight for Dooku’s heart.
this is sooo ani and obi vs dooku duel on oba diah effortlessly working as a single entity yeah...
Dooku decided that the comedy had ended. Now it was time to kill.
fedora wearer ass lines 😭
Dooku found himself having a sudden, unexpected, overpowering, and entirely distressing bad feeling about this …
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These clowns might—just possibly—actually be able to beat him.
these clowns 😭
