Why Did Anakin Lose Against Obi-Wan in Revenge of the Sith? Star Wars Explained

I have brought peace freedom justice and security to my new empire once Anakin got his first real taste of the dark side when his mother was tortured and beaten by the sandpeople he took his first step into a much larger world in Revenge of the Sith and it can turns to the dark side at the manipulation of Palpatine the only father figure he ever had once his transformation into Darth Vader was complete and it can betrayed all the Jedi at the temple then murdered the separatists on Mustafar at his new masters commands only now we have committed enough dark deeds to unlock his new powers in the dark side to save Padme throughout the sequel trilogy we see Anakin always take over Obi once failed jobs and do them better while still be a Padawan obi-wan was one of the least force attuned Jedi at the temple it was his perseverance to study that made him as good as he was but as for natural talent he had very little Anakin on the other hand was the chosen one he had more midi-chlorians than Master Yoda and his powers exponentially increased with each year how could he have lost to obi-wan in this video we will go over their fighting styles personality traits and dueling psychology to better understand exactly why and it can could have lost it's very easy to say because he was arrogant or Obi Wan had high ground but there's much more to it than that once obi-wan and Anakin began to duel we were given one of the most cinematic and emotional duels in the prequel trilogy and maybe even the entire saga some might say as the fight progresses we can see Anakin is the aggressor having attacked first and always pushing over one backwards continuously on the aggressive offense as he looks for any opening against his master in the comics and legends Anakin and obi-wan have fought one another in training thousands of times for practice that's what made this duel even more difficult they knew each other's moves better than anyone only this time it was real kenobi studied form 3 this is why he failed against Dooku so many times because form 3 always works on the defense it never presses forwards rather waits until the opponent either tries or makes a mistake to launch their finishing strike having trained with Master Windu himself many times he told obi-wan that he was the master of store su meaning no one could rival him in the art this is why the council sent him to defeat Grievous because his art form was perfected and they knew this would be abuse against the generals four limbs Anakin was younger stronger used the dark side and had an overpowered mechanical hand he had studied form five dem so which is characterized by power attacks and defense immediately followed by a counter strike he continuously pushed obi-wan back and we can see this when he fought Dooku as well his attacks were so powerful in conjunction with his dominant footwork that he always pressed his opponents backwards and this can be seen through his mentality as well always looking to the next thing continuously wanting more and pressing forwards with his thoughts fears and doubts instead of collectively thinking for a minute he was brash and obi-wan knew this this leads us to the cinematic scene just before we all know what happens Anakin could have waited for the robot to move down the river then ran at ov1 from a somewhat parallel direction but he was too arrogant for that he wanted to kill his master to prove that his new powers were worth his betrayal Anakin had heard the story of Darth Maul and the way Holy One defeated him many times and he tried to mimic this in their duel whereas obi-wan was constantly trying to tell Anakin to stop and to listen to him how the Chancellor was evil now the worst thing that obi-wan could have done you was to tell an already enraged Anakin to not do something and if you want to show his might that he was now the master the more powerful one that he could beat obi-wan even with the disadvantage of jumping over him the low ground and so he did [Music] the next bit that I'm gonna read is from the novelization and it covers more detail about Obi Wan's finishing strike perched on a rise above the lava river Kenobi warned Vader not to attack but the Sith Lord ignored him blinded by arrogance and rage as Vader left at Kenobi blade angled for the kill he left himself open allowing Kenobi to execute a vicious Mukai finishing move dismembering Vader with one swift strike Vader's left arm and both of his legs were severed dropping his lightsaber Vader rolled to the brink of the lava river so even though Anakin was more talented physically stronger and had more powers of the dark side it was no match for his own arrogance and brash decisions if the fight had never moved to the high ground then I think Anakin would still have won eventually once ov1 grew tired just as qui-gon did against Maul now my fellow tonight Sith friends what did you think of the duel in general did you like it do you think the high ground idea by the writers was kind of lame or do you think that Anakin really couldn't have made that jump I'd love to hear your answers below thanks so much for watching this video I really appreciate your support I hope you enjoyed it I'll see you all in tomorrow's episode of Star Wars Theory until then remember honestly and security to my new empire

Channel: Star Wars Theory

Views: 2,239,605

Keywords: Why Did Anakin Lose Against Obi-Wan in Revenge of the Sith, anakin skywalker, obi-wan kenobi, darth vader vs obi-wan kenobi, anakin skywalker vs obi-wan kenobi, obi-wan kenobi death, anakin skywalker death, anakin skywalker chokes padme, anakin skywalker mustafar, anakin burns, order 66, star wars, star wars theory, star wars explained, anakin kills younglings, Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith, darth vader, padme, obi wan, Anakin vs Mace Windu, Anakin vs Palpatine, Vader death

Id: tgn8Ro-2j00

Length: 5min 57sec (357 seconds)

Published: Sat Mar 25 2017