The first moment he meets with Kenobi, who is severely out of practice with the Force, he tosses his former master into literal flames, hoping to burn him alive the same way he was in Episode III. Like how Marvel's Darth Vader books reveal why his castle fortress is on the planet Mustafar - where he was once defeated by his former master - Obi-Wan Kenobi makes a point to show that Vader hasn't forgotten what happened all those years ago. Even in Darth Vader's battles against Obi-Wan and the Third Sister ( Moses Ingram), his fighting style and lightsaber techniques mimic young Anakin's in the flashback, reminding us that these two are actually one.īut there's more to it than just that. Being able to see both Anakin and Vader share a common frailty - their inability to hold back their anger in battle - connects them as the same character, and serves to bridge a gap that has been hard for many to believe. Not only does the scene highlight Obi-Wan's love and care for his young apprentice, but it also makes note of Vader's own weakness - the same weakness he's never been able to get over. Rather than being a simple moment of fan service (which it easily could have been), this training flashback served the greater narrative - and the relationship between Kenobi and Vader - incredibly well. They just feel like different people entirely. But, what many fans struggled with was the original trilogy's Darth Vader being the same person as the prequel's angst-fueled Jedi Knight when they seem to share very few characteristics with one another. Don't misunderstand, Anakin turning to the Dark Side isn't hard to grasp at all, especially after his slaughter of the Tusken Raiders in Attack of the Clones or his betrayal of the Jedi in Revenge of the Sith. Until recently, the idea that Hayden Christensen's Anakin Skywalker would turn into David Prowse/James Earl Jones' menacing Darth Vader still seemed like a bit of a stretch.
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Hearing Matt Lanter's voice come out from Vader's cracked helmet was exciting for longtime Star Wars fans, but given that Rebels was an animated series and not live-action, it only whetted our appetite for more. Star Wars Rebels began building this bridge when Vader confronted his former apprentice Ahsoka Tano ( Ashley Eckstein), revealing that he was in fact Anakin Skywalker. RELATED: 'Obi-Wan Kenobi' and How Reva Breaks the Star Wars Villain Mold
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