How was it ''over'' ?

How was it ''over'' ?

Was there truly nothing else Anakin could have done other than jump over Obi-wan? I mean there plenty of space on the slope. Sure he's at a disadvantage but couldn't he have simply pushed back Obi-wan to an even terrain? His master was on the defensive anyway up to this point anyway.

Or just wait? Jump to another debris or on the other side of the river?

Jumping over him was the worst possible move. Why was obi-wan so confident by this point that the fight couldn't possibly end any other way? Was he expecting Anakin to surrender his saber when he said ''Don't try it?''

It was written by a hack.

It was over.

Anakin underestimated Obi-Wan's power.

one of the dumbest scenes ive seen. they been fighting up and down the entire movie and all of a sudden standing on a hill is something extraordinary. fuck GL.

Why didn't he just throw some lava at Obi-Wan with the Force?

They both knew each other extremely well completely understood each others fighting style. I'm willing to believe that Obi Wan would realize a situation was a "check-mate" which wouldn't necessarily be obvious to the audience.

Obi-Wan had the high ground. It was over.

he knew Anakin wasn't thinking straight and said that to taunt Anakin, knowing he wouldn't be able to resist trying to prove Obi Wan wrong by jumping up there to him you simpletons.

Go ahead and stand on a small, inclined stretch of dirt next to a river of lava while a master in Form III tries to kill you, see how well that turns out.

It wasn't in the script

obviously there were other tactics but Obi Wan knew the stupidest thing Anakin could do is try to leap to him. Knowing Anakin- in his enraged state- would do anything he was told he couldn't do, so Obi Wan off handedly dared him to try to come up there. The high ground isn't actually a sure win, but reverse psychology used to make it seem like Obi Wan had the best spot on the field of battle tricked Anakin into wanting it as well.

Obi-wan dared him to jump, basically he taunted him and it worked

>implying Anakin was thinking straight at that point

Silly goy.

this + obi wan was in a situation against darth maul before, where he was in anakins situation. he knows how to attack from lower ground and how to defend it from the high ground.

god damn the only thing I hate more than the shitquels are the apologists.

>I have the high ground
>Obi Won killed Maul by doing the exact same thing, but in a far worse position
>Yoda has to jump around like a CGI retard whenever he uses his saber, doesn't seem to be an issue
>Pretty sure there's a scene in the 6 hour duel where Obi Wan and Anakin are swinging from ropes dueling, who got up there first?

Objectively if Big Ben wanted to he could force push an avalanche on them

read the the thread you fucking moron

To make the scene work they would have had to convey that jumping over was the only way to get back to the fight, but we can see pretty clearly in the movie that there was plenty of room.

You can't throw lava with the force that's impossible

t. brainlet

>shitquels
didn't try too hard with that one did you?

Obi wan uses soresu, the defensive form. Its a form based upon limits. Obi is neither the best fighter, the most aggressive, the most skilled, he simply is the best at knowing his limitations and how to overcome them. Anakin uses Djem So, a hyper fast aggressive style made of power attacking and rapid countering. Perfect for someone bursting with potential and needing a release from their limits. Anakins fighting style relies on no limits, he pushes himself to the edge every duel, and can sometimes tap into limitless potential. However the jedi restraint always made him hesistant to kill . As they fight it becomes apparent that it is an almost even match, anakins ferocity and limitlessness matched by obi wans slow, fluid defense. Obi wan realizes that anakin can not be stopped in this state, and so decides the only way to win is to use every available limitation to his advantage. He jumps to the highground, has anakin on a droid hovering on lava, and goads him saying the fights over. Obi Wan knows he has every advantage, and Anakin is severely limited. Unrelenting in his newfound freedom anakin refuses to acknowledge any more limits and hurls himself at his master. His hubris costs him his limbs

is this pasta

Good informative post
Bad meme post

>Obi-Wan was on the ropes
He wasn't trying to kill Anakin. He was holding back. On the hill, he knew Anakin was reckless and wasn't gonna think strategically. He gave him a warning, still trying to help his former apprentice; Anakin didn't take the hint.

Underrated.

>he hasn't read The High Ground Treatise
You, see against Maul, from a certain point of view, Kenobi DID have the High Ground. Same thing vs. Grievous.

retarded shit

Why is this movie so fucking bad?
Every actor other than spacey is like cardboard. How do casinos get away with beating people almost to death, what even is the relationship between That blonde girl and ben, why when he goes back to Boston after getting beat up he had no scares, why dosent he ever call cops on spacey, why is ben such a soy boy to begin with and if he's such a genius how does spacey literally out smart him at every turn, why does spacey freak out when ben bets too much but dosent when Fisher literally causes a shootout in the casino.

It really is hilariously terrible, and I think a lot of that was lost in repetition of the meme. There's literally no sign that either of them are particularly exhausted, and after amazingly leaping back and forth on platforms as lava spews at them, to jumping onto tiny speeding robots and rocks, and swinging across ropes, performing amazing lightsaber feats, one little hill and an uppercut after breaking apart for two seconds decides the fight and Obi-Wan supposedly has some kind of amazing and obvious upperhand. Lucas should thank god he left the Force vague enough for plebs to handwave away even the most blatant bullshit.

What would obi wan have done even if anakin accepted that it was over? Arrested him? Sheev was in control of everything.

He knew Anakin was cocky enough to try exactly the move he then proceeded to try. Anakin was so confident in his abilities that he thought he could beat Obi-Wan with that move. He underestimated Obi-Wan and that was his downfall. Same mistake Darth Maul made. Twice.

>I'm sorry, Obi-wan, you're right. Let's get that Sheev, together I'm sure we can take him!

There are literally dozens of moments during that overlong fight where you could pick out Obi-Wan as having some kind of advantageous positioning. Also none of this was explained in any of the movies so it doesn't count, or invalidates how stupidly it plays out.

>B-But Obi-Wan did it!
Obi-Wan is a better duelist. This has been shown many times throughout the series.

An unlikely scenario. He was too dangerous to be left alive.

Really? Because that's exactly what Luke did with Anakin at the end of RotJ.

with what move? A leap? Or is it described in a 3000 word wookiepedia article as the Shunjo Force Leap of the Wutu Style.

possibly this

>tells Anakin he has the high ground to taunt him
>immediately after tells him genuinely not to try it

They go in hiding together and look over anakins kids like obi wan did they would train them and build up the resistance you know exactly like what obi wan and yoda did

It's over Riley!

I have the high ground!

As others have said, Obi-Wan fought with a defensive style. He takes the high ground because he knows it will be easier to beat Anakin, but he doesn't want to kill him. He probably doesn't expect Anakin to attempt to jump *behind* him, which is why he tells him not to try it. Obi-Wan probably thought Anakin would charge up the hill, but when he jumps, Obi-Wan knew the counterattack that would disarm Anakin because he used the same technique on Darth Maul.
Basically, Anakin was blinded by the Dark Side, which clouded his judgement and made him attempt a retarded move that Obi-Wan could counter in his sleep.

Obi wan was smart enough to subconsciously challenge Anakin to actually "try it"

>Obi-Wan fought with a defensive style

I doubt Lucas knew anything about lightsaber forms.

>You are low guy
>FOR YOU
>*jumps*

>it's a big hill
>FOR YOU
>*jumps

>fighting edgy teenager
>goad him into doing something stupid by saying he can't win

This
You don't think Obi-Wan would have countered everything he would try to do in that picture? Fucking moron.

>turn ur ankles into wine