Obi-Wan Kenobi (spoilers)

[Zaukrie]

Killing isn't an evil act, in and of itself. MURDER is. Like I said, old school. @Stalker0 has also made a very valid point on the matter.

If you can't accept either of those, then how about, "Because Vader has to be alive in 'A New Hope'"?

Hence my desire that something keeps Obi from killing him. Like the idea above about others coming to save Vader. That would humiliate him and make him hate Obi even more.

Don't both Obi and Yoda tell Luke he has to kill Vader? Or am I recalling that wrong?

 

[Ryujin]

Hence my desire that something keeps Obi from killing him. Like the idea above about others coming to save Vader. That would humiliate him and make him hate Obi even more.

Don't both Obi and Yoda tell Luke he has to kill Vader? Or am I recalling that wrong?

I can't remember if Obi Wan said anything, but IIRC Yoda said that Luke must "confront" Vader.

 

[Nikosandros]

I can't remember if Obi Wan said anything, but IIRC Yoda said that Luke must "confront" Vader.

In RotJ Luke tells Obi Wan that he can't kill his own father and the reply is: "Then the Emperor has already won".

 

[Maxperson]

It comes down to...killing a defenseless person leads to the dark side.

Where is this ever said? Hate. Anger. Fear. Those things lead to the dark side. Killing a defenseless Sith Lord who had already murdered thousands and will murder many more in order to prevent innocents from dying? I don't remember that being on the list of things that lead to the dark side.

Why does it....well why is water wet?

Water isn't wet. Water makes things wet.

 

[Davies]

Don't both Obi and Yoda tell Luke he has to kill Vader?

Yes. But they're both either lying or wrong when they do so.

 

[Bolares]

Where is this ever said? Hate. Anger. Fear. Those things lead to the dark side. Killing a defenseless Sith Lord who had already murdered thousands and will murder many more in order to prevent innocents from dying? I don't remember that being on the list of things that lead to the dark side.

It's at least heavilly implied when anakin beheads count dooku

 

[Zaukrie]

Yes. But they're both either lying or wrong when they do so.

The point being, they both felt he should be dead for the good of the Galaxy. What changed, because Obi had a real chance there ...

 

[Maxperson]

It's at least heavilly implied when anakin beheads count dooku

And yet he didn't go to the dark side because of it. It took being seduced by the emperor into wanting to save Padme from death(strong emotion of fear) and the anger within him that caused him to fall.

 

[Mannahnin]

The point being, they both felt he should be dead for the good of the Galaxy. What changed, because Obi had a real chance there ...

Probably they lost faith.

The story arc does parallel LotR, in that if Vader had been killed earlier, he wouldn't be around to defeat the Emperor*, and if Gollum had been killed earlier, he wouldn't be around to destroy the ring once Frodo was finally corrupted. In both cases evil contains the seeds of its own destruction, and fate/The Force required that the good people give mercy to the evil and corrupt.

(*I'm ignoring Episode IX, as it bringing back the Emperor is trash)

 

[Mannahnin]

And yet he didn't go to the dark side because of it. It took being seduced by the emperor into wanting to save Padme from death(strong emotion of fear) and the anger within him that caused him to fall.

But presumably killing Dooku was the first big step on the path/in that direction.