jay wrote:
If I remember correctly, Obi-Wan considered Anikan his brother, and his best friend. Earlier in the film, he even tells Yoda that he will not kill Anikan. You know those family members sitting in the courtroom, supporting their son or brother or daughter or sister or whatever relation, telling the press that they either know their family member isn't guilty, or regardless of guilt, are still there in support of their family member, seeking if nothing else, mercy for their family member? I imagine its pretty much the same thing. And just because he's a "master" doesn't mean he isn't affected by his own feelings. He couldn't end his friend's life, it was too much of a conflict for him.
If you follow any of the other 'star wars' stories, that either take place before episodes I-VI or after, you see other jedi masters falling from grace because of their emotions or desires. And you discover that being a 'jedi master' doesn't make them superhuman. On the contrary, those characters are probably subject to temptation more so than anyone else in that 'universe.'
just an opinion.
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Jay, you are apparently trying to explain to me why Obi Wan didn't kill Annakin. This is not what I was wondering about. It is why Obi Wan left Annakin to die miserably, rather than trying to get to know WHY for heaven's sake Annakin chose to join the dark side (and calling for a rescue team rather than let Palpatine take care of it).
Remember Obi Wan's impatient and irritated shout, just before he left : "You weren't supposed to join them, you were supposed to fight them !"
This suggests Obi Wan considered Annakin somewhat of a nitwit who is too stupid to do was he was told to, doesn't it ? Or perhaps that Obi Wan himself wasn't exactly very bright either. It actually suggests they were communicating on the level of rather obtuse people who never try to get at the why of things but just shout and remonstrate - which seems odd to me.
Try to envision some people, amongst all those categories of American citizens you know, to whom such an exchange would be natural - do any of those have the looks and feel of Jedi Masters, or in other ways evolved beings ?
Of course, I suppose Jedi Masters would not be perfect as you imply, particularly if they are still young (which BTW is another oddity to me : young Annakin definitely seems very immature emotionally ; how could such a person be a "Master" in any way ?). Nevertheless, their experience I would say should make them more able to resist temptation than other people. "Usual" temptation, that is, as it could be imagined that the dark side would try to lure experienced Jedi Masters to its side with particularly nasty and crafty schemes...
