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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dd.stevenson" data-source="post: 7689658" data-attributes="member: 6683099">By the standards of western story telling, the story the movie tells should be self-contained, meaning that for example the protagonist's conflicting motivations should be made clear during the rising action.The standards of star wars are higher, IMO, because of the tightly-woven precedent set by the originals; but I guess that's a matter of opinion and taste.Yes it did; kenobi, as promised, became more powerful than vader could possibly imagine. Sure one could edit the rest of the movie so kenobi's death wasn't paid off, but that's the point: one couldn't alter kenobi's death scene in in isolation, without changing other parts of the movie too. In contrast, Han's death wasn't paid off, other than the shot with chewie crying and maybe leia and rey hugging.It's a very minor point in comparison to leaving us to guess so much about the protagonist's motivations, but one that bothered me nonetheless.</blockquote>