History Fridge / ObiWanKenobi

* Also a case of Fridge Sadness, but the nature of Obi-Wan's decade-long HeroicBSOD, how he spends the time drowning in guilt and grief over Anakin, replaying old arguments, trying to figure out just where he went wrong, etc. Obi-Wan no longer thinks of himself as a Jedi during this period, so he just goes all-in on ''attachment'' in all the worst ways. The fact that he ''was'' emotionally attached to Anakin was always a known thing, and even the Jedi tend to accept the emotional relationship between Master and Padawan. It's even hinted at times that Obi-Wan's attachment to Anakin did start toeing the line of acceptability to the Order in various ways, but they also tolerated it because the two made such a good team and Obi-Wan tended to keep Anakin on the straight and narrow. But here, where Obi-Wan no longer thinks of himself as a Jedi, he stops even trying to manage his feelings in this regard, ''doesn't'' process them in any kind of remotely healthy way, and if anything, clings to the grief and guilt as a way to hang onto one last piece of Anakin. Which is more or less the opposite of how Jedi like to do things.

** Does Obi-Wan leave him thinking he'll die this time? Doe he leave him thinking his brother might learn and atone? Does he spare his apprentice because he thinks the man's children might change him? Or is he following the will of the Force? Is Uncle Ben weak, compassionate, wise...?

** Also, in Literature/StarWarsBloodline, Leia it's totally unwilling to forgive her father, thinking on the man as an utter monster whose existence only gave her pain and misery. Part III also showcases Vader lashing out after a father and a son in such a cruel and even spiteful manner, some short time after Leia wished to know if Obi-Wan was his father and she having a desire to meet him... and then Leia's illusion once she reaches adulthood gets shattered if not totally obliterated once she finds out that the homicidal monster who was willing to kill innocents just to get back at one man, razed a village and represents the worst of the empire was his father all along (and eventually killed Obi-Wan in Episode IV as well, his old friend here). It's understandable Leia wouldn't take the revelation very well.

** Adding to this, it's a small way of rubbing salt in Vader's wounds. It's Obi-Wan SPECIFICALLY telling Vader that for all the things he did, everything he destroyed and lost, all the hurt and misery he caused both himself and the Galaxy... He's just a pawn in someone else's game. He's just another Darth, no better than Maul, or Tyrannus, or any other Sith. He gave up everything he could have had... To become a servant.

* Owen's unwillingness to let Luke leave the family farm in ''A New Hope'' is completely recontextualized in this series: here he not only knows Luke is almost certainly Force-sensitive (something that's never been confirmed before) but knows fully well what the Empire does to those with the Force, and has already had ''several'' close-encounters with the Inquisitors that he just barely manages to shield Luke from. By the time Luke is nineteen, Owen is reduced to coming up with increasingly implausible excuses to keep him on Tatooine and off the Empire's radar, and knowing that it's not going to work much longer.

** Also, in Literature/StarWarsBloodline, Leia it's totally unwilling to forgive her father, thinking on the man as an utter monster who's existence only gave her pain and misery. Part III also showcases Vader lashing out after a father and a son in such a cruel and even spiteful manner, some short time after Leia wished to know if Obi-Wan was his father and she having a desire to meet him... and then Leia's illusion once she reaches adulthood gets shattered if not totally obliterated once she finds out that the homicidal monster who was willing to kill innocents just to get back at one man, razed a village and represents the worst of the empire was his father all along (and eventually killed Obi-Wan in Episode IV as well, his old friend here). It's understandable Leia wouldn't take the revelation very well.

** The big tragedy here, however? WHAT is Anakin trying to prove? And WHY does he have that need? Because Anakin is seeking that parental approval from Obi-Wan - approval that, due to the Jedi training, Obi-Wan not only isn't well equipped to offer, is also not aware he needs to offer... OR it's a need to prove that he belongs with the Jedi, since Anakin joined the Jedi being told that they wouldn't accept him for training, only changing that determination to honor Qui-Gon's dying wish - so knowing that the Jedi only welcomed him reluctantly. So Anakin's need to prove himself is almost intrinsic to his very being AS a Jedi, while ALSO, according to Obi-Wan, his failing.

** Also, Bail Organa tasked Leia to seek out Obi-Wan in ''Film/RogueOne'', and it wasn't just because Obi-Wan rescued her.

* Where did Obi-Wan learn that the lesson that "need for victory is a weakness" to Anakin? Yoda. Listen to how Obi-Wan says it "Your need to prove yourself is your undoing. Until you overcome it, [[StrangeSyntaxSpeaker a Padawan you will still be]].

** Obi-Wan will likely soon learn that Vader has buried Anakin completely and avoids anything and everything to do with his former self. He would never return to the Lars homestead because that’s where his mother’s grave is. Low orbit over Tatooine is as close as he’s ever willing to get.

** The troper who posted this also forgot that Bail Organa tasked Leia to seek out Obi-Wan in ''Film/RogueOne'', and that it wasn't just because he rescued her.

** The troper who posted this also forgot that Bail Organa tasked Leia to seek out Obi-wan in ''Film/RogueOne'', and that it wasn't just because he rescued her.