#also im feeling extremely validated in my childhood phobia of darth vader so theres that

[imaybeabear]

Ok, whatever other opinions I have about the Kenobi show, I am so deeply happy that they are doing Vader right. Like, full on, 100%, darkside out, EVIL. And. It's. Awesome. There is no pulling of punches or glossing over that Anakin is Vader and Vader is Evil. This episode brought us up to 3 times we have watched Anakin kill children on screen, just in this show alone. He's pure, unstoppable, unshakable, Evil and yes!! YES! That is exactly how he is supposed to be. This is exactly the Vader that we are supposed to see in the original trilogy, this is the history that those characters know. This is what these characters are fighting. This is why when Luke tells Leia that there's still good in him, she looks at him like he's fucking crazy. And this Vader is what makes Luke saving him so incredible. Because he was so dark, so evil, that everyone else, everyone. else. in the ot saw him as completely irredeemable, even Obi Wan, one of the people who loved Anakin the most. That is what makes Luke so incredible. Not his force powers, not his bloodline, not his lightsaber skills, but the fact that he looked at this Vader , watched this Vader hunt him and his friends and his cause and try to completely destroy them all, watched him rip across the galaxy, watched him and saw every horrible, Evil thing he did and still decided to save him. Luke has hope.

And that is what makes Luke special

#i am once again sobbing over the skywalkers #god i love this show so much #i know its flawed and there are definitely things i would change #but if i had gotten nothing else out of it but this vader i would be happy #star wars #anakin skywalker #darth vader #luke skywalker #obi wan kenobi #also im feeling extremely validated in my childhood phobia of darth vader so theres that #star wars original trilogy #kenobi series