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** While I like the theory "Palpatine was afraid that Obi-Wan might bring Vader back to the Light Side," another possibility is that Obi-Wan angered Vader more alive than dead. The fact that his former Master, who crippled him on Mustafar, is still breathing, could fuel Vader's hatred (and also direct this hatred in the right direction, and not, for example, to overthrow Palpatine). As for the fact that Palpatine doesn't act like an ordinary Sith -- well, the Sith haven't ruled the Galaxy for the last few thousand years. Palpatine can afford to be unconventional if it makes him successful. (How much Palpatine cares about the Empire, personal power, and the fight against the Jedi -- and how similar or different it is from other Sith -- is DependingOnTheWriter anyway.)
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** Moreover, Obi-Wan himself already feels a ton of guilt where Anakin is concerned and even he feels like he failed him. [[note:]] How much blame Obi-Wan should fairly take for how Anakin turned out is fairly heavily debated among fans, especially since he poured so much of himself into Anakin over the years while the systemic flaws of the Jedi Order likely played a much larger part in the whole thing. But yes, on a simplistic level, he failed in providing whatever it was Anakin needed to stay good, and therefore became "the guy that made Vader". [[/note]] He's not really going to fight Owen on this because he doesn't really disagree.

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** Moreover, Obi-Wan himself already feels a ton of guilt where Anakin is concerned and even he feels like he failed him. [[note:]] [[note]] How much blame Obi-Wan should fairly take for how Anakin turned out is fairly heavily debated among fans, especially since he poured so much of himself into Anakin over the years while the systemic flaws of the Jedi Order likely played a much larger part in the whole thing. But yes, on a simplistic level, he failed in providing whatever it was Anakin needed to stay good, and therefore became "the guy that made Vader". [[/note]] He's not really going to fight Owen on this because he doesn't really disagree.
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** Moreover, Obi-Wan himself already feels a ton of guilt where Anakin is concerned and even he feels like he failed him. [[note: How much blame Obi-Wan should fairly take for how Anakin turned out is fairly heavily debated among fans, especially since he poured so much of himself into Anakin over the years while the systemic flaws of the Jedi Order likely played a much larger part in the whole thing. But yes, on a simplistic level, he failed in providing whatever it was Anakin needed to stay good, and therefore became "the guy that made Vader". [[/note]] He's not really going to fight Owen on this because he doesn't really disagree.

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** Moreover, Obi-Wan himself already feels a ton of guilt where Anakin is concerned and even he feels like he failed him. [[note: [[note:]] How much blame Obi-Wan should fairly take for how Anakin turned out is fairly heavily debated among fans, especially since he poured so much of himself into Anakin over the years while the systemic flaws of the Jedi Order likely played a much larger part in the whole thing. But yes, on a simplistic level, he failed in providing whatever it was Anakin needed to stay good, and therefore became "the guy that made Vader". [[/note]] He's not really going to fight Owen on this because he doesn't really disagree.
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** Moreover, Obi-Wan himself already feels a ton of guilt where Anakin is concerned and even he feels like he failed him. [[note: How much blame Obi-Wan should fairly take for how Anakin turned out is fairly heavily debated among fans, especially since he poured so much of himself into Anakin over the years while the systemic flaws of the Jedi Order likely played a much larger part in the whole thing. But yes, on a simplistic level, he failed in providing whatever it was Anakin needed to stay good, and therefore became "the guy that made Vader". [[/note]] He's not really going to fight Owen on this because he doesn't really disagree.
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** Hate to say it, but the comics and books aren't canon, only the movies (and latterly the TV shows) are. If a film/TV script takes something from other media and uses it that makes it official but, until then, it's not. We've never seen any evidence - on screen - that Vader will kill to keep his Anakin identity a secret. I doubt he even cares, given that he longer considers himself to be Anakin Skywalker but that's just conjecture on ''my'' part.
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** Another possibility is that he FEARS what will happen if he were to kill Anakin. That killing a beaten, defenseless person he has a personal attachment to will lead him down a dark path. It's not necessarily that he's afraid of killing, it's that he's always of what will happen if he doesn't stop.
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** To be sure, there have been moments in the books and comics depicting Vader walking through literal fire without even a flinch so clearly his suit can protect him. That said, I agree, Vader was being sadistic and draggng it out longer than necessary. The latter, of course, entirely being within his character.
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** My interpretation is because just killing her wouldn't be enough, he wants her to rise up to where she *thinks* she actually has a chance to kill him only to tear it all down which is exactly what we see during their fight.
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* So it's revealed that Darth Vader knows exactly who Reva is and her plot to kill him. This would mean that he knows that she knows his identity. We all know Vader's quite the stickler for people knowing he's Anakin. That's part of the reason he hunts down his former loved one's so much; he wants to eliminate every trace of Anakin in the galaxy. In the ''ComicBook/DarthVaderDarkLordOfTheSith'' comics, we see him kill a bunch of clone troopers because Jocasta told them he's Anakin. Why would Vader suddenly be chill with Reva knowing his identity? Even if you wanna argue that she's useful, Vader should kill her before he even considers it, considering what he did to those clones.

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* So it's revealed that Darth Vader knows exactly who Reva is and her plot to kill him. This would mean that he knows that she knows his identity. We all know Vader's quite the stickler for people knowing he's Anakin. That's part of the reason he hunts down his former loved one's so much; he wants to eliminate every trace of Anakin in the galaxy. In the ''ComicBook/DarthVaderDarkLordOfTheSith'' comics, we see him kill a bunch of clone troopers because Jocasta told them he's Anakin. Why would Vader suddenly be chill with Reva knowing his identity? Even if you wanna argue that she's useful, Vader should kill her before he even considers it, considering what he did to those clones.

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* So it's revealed that Darth Vader knows exactly who Reva is and her plot to kill him. This would mean that he knows that she knows his identity. We all know Vader's quite the stickler for people knowing he's Anakin. That's part of the reason he hunts down his former loved one's so much; he wants to eliminate every trace of Anakin in the galaxy. In the ''ComicBook/DarthVaderDarkLordOfTheSith'' comics, we see him kill a bunch of clone troopers because Jocasta told them he's Anakin. Why would Vader suddenly be chill with Reva knowing his identity? Even if you wanna argue that she's useful, Vader should kill her before he even considers it, considering what he did to those clones.

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** Worst-case, Obi-Wan will sense Haja dying, and that gives away her position or proximity to him. It'd also clue him in that their escape route is no longer safe, which would make finding him harder as opposed to boxing him in.
** Why waste a useful source of info?
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*** This is a misconception from Legends. In the Canon comics we see Darth Vader modifying his suit to his wishes. He even gets mad at the idea of repair droids doing it for him.

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*** This is a misconception from Legends. In the Canon comics comic series ''ComicBook/DarthVaderDarkLordOfTheSith'' we see Darth Vader modifying his suit to his wishes. He even gets mad at the idea of repair droids doing it for him.
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*** This is a misconception from Legends. In the Canon comics we see Darth Vader modifying his suit to his wishes. He even gets mad at the idea of repair droids doing it for him.

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