Obi-wan

Through the fall of Anakin, through the failures of Obi-wan and Yoda, through the redemption of Han Solo, and the triumph of Luke, Lucas reminds us again and again that heroism isn't a quality belonging to an individual, it's an ideal that an individual attaches himself or herself to.

Up, George Lucas, the spirit of adventure, and the myth of the fallen angel 2009

So the point of Melinda and Melinda became Will Farrell taking on his first serious acting assignment and the point of Scoop became Scarlett Johansson playing a nerdy ditz and the point of Cassandra's Dream became turning Obi-wan Kenobi into a slimy cockney villain.

Lance Mannion: 2009

So the point of Melinda and Melinda became Will Farrell taking on his first serious acting assignment and the point of Scoop became Scarlett Johansson playing a nerdy ditz and the point of Cassandra's Dream became turning Obi-wan Kenobi into a slimy cockney villain.

Woody tries to figure out what worked 2009

Qui-gon, the essential man, the one who could have trained Anakin by taming his ego, is defeated by Darth Maul, and even though Obi-wan slices Maul in two is victory is pyrrhic because now he's responsible for Anakin and he's not up to the task.

Lance Mannion: 2009

Through the fall of Anakin, through the failures of Obi-wan and Yoda, through the redemption of Han Solo, and the triumph of Luke, Lucas reminds us again and again that heroism isn't a quality belonging to an individual, it's an ideal that an individual attaches himself or herself to.

Lance Mannion: 2009

George Lucas tied Luke Skywalker's story explictly to Harry's in the final scene of Revenge of the Jedi when he let John Williams quote the Harry Potter theme as Obi-wan delivers the baby Luke to his anti-Dursley aunt and uncle.

Chosen ones 2009

** His relations with his Jedi Master, Obi-wan, including swings from hatred to love.

Master Skywalker | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles 2009

(Or, to jump to a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, he is Obi-wan to young Luke Skywalker.)

To Boldly Go... 2009

Qui-gon, the essential man, the one who could have trained Anakin by taming his ego, is defeated by Darth Maul, and even though Obi-wan slices Maul in two is victory is pyrrhic because now he's responsible for Anakin and he's not up to the task.

Chosen ones 2009

Obi-wan and Yoda are blinded, weakened, even corrupted a bit, by their devotion to the Jedi Order and to a political system that they have mistaken for an ideal.

Up, George Lucas, the spirit of adventure, and the myth of the fallen angel 2009