Hi, Maybe. Its more likely that Obi-Wan was just to old to fight as effectively as he did in Revenge of the Sith. Remember 19 years had passed between Revenge of the Sith and Star Wars A New Hope. Obi-Wan looked to be in his 60's or 70's by the time he met Vader again, and he was probably physically weaker and slower than Vader, or he chose to let himself get killed for reason x. Plus by the time A New Hope had come along Anakin had fully become Darth Vader and probably had learned a lot more about the dark side of the force than he did 19 years previously.
If you ask me the reason Luke Skywalker managed to fight and eventually defeat Vader had nothing to do with skills or powers, but Vader's emotional weakness. Say what you will about Darth Vader he had really and truly loved Padme. That made him unable to kill his only son, and his daughter as well. That emotional bond, although distant, was enough to make him hold back and not fight as effectively as he perhaps could have. As it turns out in Return of the Jedi when Palpatine is trying to kill Luke it was Darth Vader who grabs Palpatine by the throat and tosses him into the reactor core. Apparently Vader's love for his son was greater than the dark side and any loyalty he had to Palpatine. It is apparent as early as Empire Strikes Back that Anakin, Darth Vader, secretly hated Palpatine. In Revenge of the Sith, of course, we find out why. Palpatine told Anakin if he turned to the dark side that he'd insure Padme didn't die, but of course she does die and Anakin goes into emotional melt down. Finding out that he had two children who were alive and well went a long way to bring Anakin back from the dark side and why he turned on Palpatine and threw him head long into the Deathstar's reactor core. Cheers! On 5/7/11, Hayden Presley <hdpres...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > Yeah, I know. Funny how he managed to do it once but couldn't twice. I can > only assume he had some kind of tutalidge from Palpatine. > > Best Regards, > Hayden --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
