Written by Mr. Mouseburger 24th Nov 2005
This was the moment the audience had been waiting for; the final battle between Anakin and Obi-Wan, where the dark side of the force finally consumes Anakin and turns him into Darth Vader.
Having just knocked Padme unconscious for unwittingly betraying his position to Obi-Wan, Anakin launches himself at his former teacher and the pair have a protracted light sabre fight, which you can recreate perfectly in the X-box game by pressing the "A" button repeatedly.
The fight is a CGI-fest where the only thing that doesn't appear to be recreated by computer is the convincingly bad acting by the two protagonists. They fight in the control room, they fight while balancing precariously over the lava flow and they fight while jumping between lumps of detritus that is floating in the lava.
Eventually Obi-Wan makes it to solid ground, with Anakin still left floating on a melting lump of metal in the lava flow. Obi-Wan whines at Anakin that he was "the chosen one", and when he sees what Anakin is preparing to do [jump from the metal and attack him] he warns him against it.
However, the dark side of the force has clouded Anakin's judgement and he attempts the jump anyway. One skilled swipe of Obi-Wan's light sabre proves it was the wrong decision as he slices off Anakin's arms and legs. I maintain that Obi-Wan would have killed Anakin at this point and given him a merciful release from the torment, instead of leaving him in agony to be consumed by the rising lava flow.
Anakin is not killed though, as the Emperor, foreseeing he was in trouble sends some droids to go and collect him from the planet. It is during his reconstruction we get to see the conversion from Anakin to Darth Vader.
this movie was rather good but lacked some good dialogue and plotlines.I loved this death because I hate Hayden Christenson and Anakin(unless he is in the Darth Vader suit). I especially liked it that he burned up.
Um... doesn't this death count as a reincarnation? He didn't die, after all...
Observing Person Wrote:
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> Um... doesn't this death count as a reincarnation?
> He didn't die, after all...
Yes, you are right, and Mr M already assigned about eight categories. However, a combination of my failing eyesight and gnarled fingers managed to wipe the entire entry a little while ago and we had to restore from a backup.
I did tell Mr Mouseburger of my folly, but he is a bit addled in his old age too and has obviously forgotten to fix the categories.
I'd do it myself, but I'm not familiar with these obscure modern films - I'm more of a Flash Gordon man myself.
OB
Cheers for pointing that out, a tiny oversight. I have added reincarnation back in, because as you rightly say, he did not die - it would be a gaping plot hole if he did
Mouseburger
This was a good duel, and very intense, thematically and physically, but I maintain that the duel between Obi-Wan and Darth Maul was by far the best lightsaber duel of all time. Argue if you will, but that's my stance as a Star Wars geek.
after the reincarnation was it Hayden Christiansen's voice voicing Darth Vader or was it guess who?
It was James Earl Jones.
again!?
I'm surprised, but I don't see why it wouldn't be Jones.
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> again!?
What's wrong with Jones voicing Vader? Once he's in the suit, it makes perfect sense.
Um, I'm curious, how can this be both 'Betrayal' and 'Former Friends' when you say in the category description that they're different? Sorry if this sounds ignorant, or if it is annoying.
Because both apply, sometimes a former friend betrays that friend, sometimes both already know that he is only a former friend.
I didn't write up this death, but I don't think Betrayal applies.
If Obi Wan had struck him down whilst they were both on a jedi mission, then yes, it would apply. But by the time of this fight, they cannot be considered to be allies or on the "same side" by any stretch.
Former friends obviously applies though, because for a long time they were very close.
I've updated the category description for Betrayal to make this clearer.
Pah, you philistines have not watched the film recently.
When they meet they are friends(lovers), but as soon as he sees that Obi Wan is with her, he realises she is not on his side and strikes her down....it is all in the write up!
I am still saying betrayal applies, even though his betrayer is not his killer, it is a key component, as it finally snaps Anakin's grip on reality, and leads to the light sabre duel.
CRW - it is not annoying at all, we are fine tuning category descriptions, as OB has mentioned above, and to be honest, we are not above adding in categories that just are not right in the context of the film. These threads are for people to post such quibbles and also provide extra info/trivia.
OK, that is fair enough. I didn't realise you were saying Padme was the one who does the betraying.
You are right, I don't really remember the scene that well, in fact I don't remember Padme being there at all!
However, if you are adamant that Padme plays a significant part in his death, then I would have thought "Lover" applies, not Betrayal.
EDIT: However, if rabid Star Wars fans look at this fight between Obi Wan and Anakin and see "Lovers", we are going to get some serious hate mail
I don't think it's a Dilemma, as Anakin makes up Obi-Wan's mind by attacking him, making it a Contrived Self-Defence