Anakin Skywalker, meet Obi Wan Kenobi
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ship_manifestoAnakin / Obi-Wan {Star Wars}
Ship Manifesto
Pairing: Anakin/Obi-Wan
Fandom: Star Wars
Author: Leah1878
Warnings: None
Spoilers: All 6 Movies
Author’s Notes: Thank you to marilla_pm67 {http://www.livejournal.com/users/marilla_pm67/}, for the scripts, and imadra_blue {http://www.livejournal.com/users/imadra_blue/}, jw4ever {http://www.livejournal.com/users/bitchygrrl/}, phoenixwish {http://www.livejournal.com/users/phoenixwish/}, and caitlin {http://www.livejournal.com/users/caitlin/} for their comments and for their help.
What I think makes Anakin/Obi-Wan so popular, beyond the shallow aspect of their physical beauty is the inherent tragedy and pain of the relationship. Pain speaks to a lot of people. They have wonderful chemistry, some of the better dialogue in the prequels, fascinating characterization, and complicated dynamic and relationship. They click together, and this speaks to people. I'm not much of a shipper, honestly, and the only ship I really fangirl is Anakin/Obi-Wan, because of that pain, and because its a bit twisted. {imadra_blue}
Anakin/Obi Wan took longer to catch on then some of the other Star Wars pairings (Luke/Han Solo, Obi Wan/Qui Gon), but has developed a steadily growing following nonetheless.
I think one of the main reasons Anakin/Obi Wan seems to work so well, like imadra_blue said, is the sheer amount of emotion and chemistry and passion in their relationship. They argue and fight and hate and love each other, and they’re best friends and closer then brothers sometimes, and they want to kill each other other times, but that fire of emotion between them is always there.
Anakin~
{I think} the one reason Anakin/Obi Wan became so popular was because of Hayden's charisma. His Anakin is fantastic, he just represents us, human beings, at our worst...his character is so realistic that it becomes impossible not to love him. He's just like us...full of anger, arrogance, and general flaws. I don't know what people think on the matter, but my interest was first and foremost on Anakin. Obi-Wan came along because he's the obvious choice. :-) Not that he isn't adorable too. {jw4ever}
Anakin Skywalker (played by Hayden Christiansen) was born as a slave on Tatooine, but you would never have guessed from the way he acts. From the first moment we meet him, he seems to know he’s special and acts that way, doing things on his terms and arguing when someone tries to order him around. (Something that doesn’t change very much throughout the series)
Anakin is cocky and arrogant, but very very smart and very gifted. The Chosen One, who was too old to be trained as a Jedi, but still managed to become one of the most powerful (if a little evil).
He “falls in love” with Padme, a Senator, but their relationship is… different, and they doesn’t even come close to having as much chemistry as he has with Obi Wan. But more about that later.
Qui Gon (Obi Wan’s Master) is the first to recognize Anakin’s potential and requests that he be trained, something that creates worry in the Jedi Council (because he has the potential to be so powerful and his future is so unclear) as well as some resentment in Obi Wan because his master chooses Anakin to become his new Padawan.
YODA : Master Qui-Gon more to say have you?
QUI-GON : With your permission, my Master. I have encountered a vergence in the Force.
YODA : A vergence, you say?
MACE WINDU : Located around a person?
QUI-GON : A boy... his cells have the highest concentration of midi-chlorians I have seen in a life form. It is possible he was conceived by the midi-chlorians.
MACE WINDU : You're referring to the prophesy of the one who will bring balance to the Force...you believe it's this boy??
QUI-GON : I don't pressume...
YODA : But you do! Rrevealed your opinion is.
QUI-GON : I request the boy be tested.
The JEDI all look to one another. They nod and turn back to OBI-WAN and Qui Gon.
YODA : Trained as a Jedi, you request for him?
QUI-GON : Finding him was the will of the Force...I have no doubt of that.
MACE WINDU : Bring him before us, then.
YODA : Tested he will be.
Anakin, Obi-Wan, and Qui-Gon stand before the twelve members of the Jedi Council.
Yoda : ...Correct you were, Qui-Gon.
Mace Windu : His cells contain a high concentration of midi-chlorians.
Ki-Adi : The Force is strong with him.
Qui-Gon : He's to be trained, then.
The council members look to one another.
Mace Windu : No. He will not be trained.
Anakin is crestfallen; tears begin to form in his eyes.
Qui-Gon : No??!!
Obi-Wan smiles.
Mace Windu : He is too old. There is already too much anger in him.
Qui-Gon : He is the chosen one...you must see it.
Yoda : Clouded, this boy's future is. Masked by his youth.
Qui-Gon : I will train him, then. I take Anakin as my Padawan learner.
Obi-Wan reacts with surprise. Anakin watches with interest.
Yoda : An apprentice, you have, Qui-Gon. Impossible, to take on a second.
Mace Windu : We forbid it.
Qui-Gon : Obi-Wan is ready...
Obi-Wan : I am ready to face the trials.
Yoda : Ready so early, are you? What know you of ready?
Anakin watches asQui-Gon and Obi-Wan exchange angry looks.
Qui-Gon : Headstrong....and he has much to learn about the living Force, but he is capabe. There is little more he will learn from me.
Yoda : Our own council we will keep on who is ready. More to learn, he has...
Mace Windu : Now is not the time for this...the Senate is voting for a new Supreme Chancellor. Queen Amidala is returning home, which will put pressure on the Federation, and could widen the confrontation.
Yoda : And draw out the Queen's attacker.
Ki-Adi : Events are moving fast...too fast.
Mace Windu : Go with the Queen to Naboo and discover the identity of the dark warrior. That is the clue we need to unravel this mystery of the Sith.
Yoda : Young Skywalker's fate will be decided later.
Qui-Gon : I brought Anakin here; he must stay in my charge. He has nowhere else to go.
Mace Windu : He is your ward, Qui-Gon...we will not dispute that.
Yoda : Train him not. Take him with you, but train him not!
Eventually, of course, the Jedi Council change their minds and Anakin becomes Obi Wan’s apprentice, but it still takes Obi Wan a little while to get over feeling betrayed by Qui Gon.
Obi Wan~
Obi-Wan : It is not disrespect, Master, it is the truth.
Qui-Gon : From your point of view....
Obi-Wan : The boy is dangerous...they all sense it. Why can't you?
Qui-Gon : His fate is uncertain, not dangerous. The Council will decide Anakin's future...that should be enough for you. Now get on board!
{A little while later}
The Naboo spacecraft has landed in the Gungan swamp. Troops unload the ships in the background as Obi-Wan approaches Qui-Gon.
Obi-Wan : Jar-Jar is on his way to the Gungan city, Master.
Qui-Gon's thoughts are elsewhere.
Qui-Gon : Good.
Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon stand silently for a moment.
Obi-Wan : Do you think the Queen's idea will work?
Qui-Gon : The Gungans will not easily be swayed, and we cannot use our power to help her.
OBI-WAN : I'm...I'm sorry for my behavior, Master. It is not my place to disagree with you about the boy. I am grateful you think I am ready for the
trials.
QUI-GON looks at him for a long moment.
QUI-GON : You have been a good apprentice. You are much wiser than I am, Obi-Wan. I foresee you will become a great Jedi Knight.
I always thought it was interesting that Obi Wan is described by Qui Gon and Yoda as being headstrong, the same way Anakin always is, when the two of them are supposed to be such polar opposites.
Anakin is arrogant and confrontational and doesn’t think before he acts, Obi Wan is quieter and calmer, always thinking and trying not to take risks. But it almost seems like as different as they are, they’re still so much alike. They’re both stubborn, and like Yoda and Qui Gon said, headstrong. They both believe themselves to be right.
They argue so much because they *are* so much alike. They try to be (and are) good Jedis, but they are both not very good at following the no-emotions rule, although Obi Wan is arguably better at it then Anakin.
Anakin lets his emotions rule him at many key points in the movies; his mother, yelling about Obi Wan to Padme- the whole “he’s holding me back” speech-, when he loses his hand, when he kills Count Dooku, Mace Windu, and the younglings, his second to the last battle with Obi Wan (at the end of RotS), and when he goes with Luke at the end of the very last movie.
Obi Wan’s main moment of forgetting the emotion rule, (although when Qui Gon dies and all his arguments with Anakin are prevalent too) is when he doesn’t kill Anakin after he’s been burned by the lava. He knows he should, and I bet a part of him even wants too, but he can’t, because it’s still his padawan, still *Anakin*.
Obi Wan didn’t even want Anakin to be trained in the first place, but because Qui Gon asks him to just before he dies, he convinces Yoda and the Jedi Council to let him.
OBI-WAN : Master! Master!
QUI-GON : It is too late...It's...
OBI-WAN : No!
QUI-GON : Obi-Wan promise...promise me you'll train the boy...
OBI-WAN : Yes, Master...
QUI-GON : He is the chosen one...he will...bring balance...train him!
{Later}
YODA : Confer on you, the level of Jedi Knight the Coucil does. But agreeon you taking this boy as your Padawan learner, I do not.
OBI-WAN : Qui-Gon believed in him. I believe in Qui-Gon.
YODA : The Chosen One the boy may be; nevertheless, grave danger I fear inhis training.
OBI-WAN : Master Yoda, I gave Qui-Gon my word. I will train Anakin. Without the approval of the Council if I must.
YODA : Qui-Gon's defiance I sense in you. Need that, you do not. Agree, the council does. Your apprentice, young Skywalker will be.
Their Relationship~
Anakin and Obi Wan are introduced for the first time by Qui Gon, and while it’s possible that the swelling music signifying SIGNIFICANT MOMENT SIGNIFICANT MOMENT is a factor, it’s pretty obvious that this particular scene is going to be very very important.
First impressions are everything, and often set the theme of relationships in movies. Anakin is immediately impressed by Obi Wan, but not overly so, and Obi Wan, although he may resent Anakin a little at first, does seem to like him in spite of himself.
ANAKIN and OBI-WAN rush into the hallway to find QUI-GON collapsed on the floor opposite the entry. ARTOO is looking over him.
ANAKIN : Are you all right?
QUI-GON : I think so... that was a surpirse I won’t soon forget.
OBI-WAN : What was it?
QUI-GON : I don't know... but he was well trained in the Jedi arts. My guess is he was after the Queen.
ANAKIN : Do you think he'll follow us?
QUI-GON : We'll be safe enough once we're in hyperspace, but I have no doubt he knows our destination.
ANAKIN : What are we going to do about it?
OBI-WAN gives ANAKIN a "who are you?" look. ANAKIN returns the look with an innocent stare.
QUI-GON : We will be patient. Oh. (Realizes they haven’t met) Anakin Skywalker, meet Obi-Wan Kenobi.
ANAKIN : Pleased to meet you. Wow! You're a Jedi too?
OBI-WAN stares at Anakin with an ‘uh, *who* is this kid again?’ look, but he’s still sort of smiling.
They work well together, even from the beginning, and Obi Wan quickly becomes very important to Anakin, first as a father figure, and then later as a best friend.
After Qui Gon dies, Anakin seems to cling to Obi Wan a little, depending on him and looking to him as what sort of Jedi he should be. Obi Wan gets over whatever resentment he may have felt for Anakin pretty quickly, and they grow closer.
QUI-GON's body goes up in flames as the JEDI COUNCIL, the QUEEN, SIO BIBBLE, CAPTAIN PANAKA, the HANDMAIDENS, and ABOUT ONE HUNDRED NABOO
TROOPES, TWENTY OTHER JEDI, PALPATINE, OBI-WAN (standing with ANAKIN), JAR JAR, BOSS NASS, and TWENTY OTHER GUNGAN WARRIORS watch. There is a drum
roll that stops. Doves are released, and the body is gone.
ANAKIN looks to Obi Wan
OBI-WAN : He is one with the Force, Anakin...You must let go.
ANAKIN : What will happen to me now?
OBI-WAN : I am your Master now. You will become a Jedi, I promise.
Their relationship picks up with Attack of the Clones. The way they interact has changed, and Obi Wan has become more of a very close friend to Anakin then the father figure he was, something that creates problems between them when Obi Wan has to act like an authority figure.
Obi Wan is also Anakin’s Master, which means he has to correct him and remind him of the Jedi rules, something which Anakin does not appreciate.
Anakin : We will find out who's trying to kill you Padmé, I promise you.
Obi-Wan gives Anakin a Look.
Obi-Wan : We will not exceed our mandate, my young Padawan learner.
Anakin : I meant in the interest of protecting her, Master, of course.
Obi-Wan: We will not go through this exercise again, Anakin. And you will pay attention to my lead.
Anakin : Why?
Obi-Wan: {looks a little hurt} What?
Anakin : Why else do you think we were assigned to protect her, if not to find the killer? {Looks abashed, but continues anyway} Protection is a job for local security... not Jedi. It's overkill, Master. Investigation is implied in our mandate.
Obi-Wan : We will do exactly as the Council has instructed.
And you will learn your place, young one.
About Padme~
Padme and Anakin are supposed to have this huge passionate relationship, but as many times as I’ve watched the movies, I just don’t see it. Anakin and *the Chancellor* have more chemistry. But that’s a story for a different mainfesto. {http://www.livejournal.com/community/ship_manifesto/106001.html#cutid1}
The first time they see each other again, Padme does not act like someone who’s just seen her one true love. She still treats him like a kid, which, you know, he kind of is, to her at least.
Padmé : Ani? (stares) My goodness, you've grown.
They look at each other for a long moment.
Anakin : (trying to be smooth) So have you... grown more beautiful… for a Senator, I mean.
{Obi-Wan looks amused. It’s not every day he sees Anakin flustered} Padmé laughs and shakes her head.
Padmé : Oh Ani, you'll always be that little boy I knew on Tatooine.
This embarrasses Anakin, and he looks down. Obi-Wan and captaine Typho smile.
For Anakin, it seems like she’s more like a fantasy, like ‘oh, here’s this attractive older woman who I sort of have a crush on, let’s see if I can flirt with her and see how she responds.’
Anakin and Obi-Wan ride in a windowed elevator attached to the outside of the Senate Building. They are on their way to Senator Amidala'S apartments. Anakin nervously rearranges his robes.
Obi-Wan {looks a little concerned}: You seem a little on edge, Anakin.
Anakin : Not at all.
Obi-Wan : I haven't felt you this tense since we fell into that nest of gundarks.
Anakin : {smiles} You fell into that nightmare, Master, and I rescued you, remember?
Obi-Wan : Oh yeah. (they laugh) You're sweating. Relax. Take a deep breath.
Anakin : I haven't seen her in ten years, Master.
{Obi-Wan just shakes his head, grinning}
Part of it also is that having this “relationship” thing is against the rules, which for Anakin is sort of a turn on. He hates being told what to do, and, because he is a teenager, I think that the marriage is just his way of rebelling a little.
But mostly, he and Padme seem to be pretty good friends, when they forget that they’re supposed to be having their awkward flirty moments, and even those are a joke, because Anakin keeps bringing up Obi Wan!
Padmé picks up her fork and goes to spear a piece of apple, but it moves She frowns and tries again.
Padmé : Anakin!!
Anakin moves his fingers. The fruit flies into his hand. They grin at each other (very flirtily) and Anakin says,
Anakin : If Master Obi-Wan caught me doing this, he'd be very grumpy.
Anakin sometimes even seems to use Padme as a sounding board to complain about Obi Wan and get out his frustrations, and as many times as I’ve watched this scene, it just seems more and more like he’s whining about his boyfriend. (‘He never listens, we never *do* anything together anymore’) :
Anakin : {looks discouraged} Master Obi-Wan manages not to see it...
Padmé : Mentors have a way of seeing more of our faults than we would like. It's the only way we grow.
Anakin : Don't get me wrong... Obi-Wan is a great mentor, as wise as Master Yoda and as powerful as Master Windu. I am truly thankful to be his apprentice. Only... although I'm a Padawan learner, in some ways... a lot of ways... I'm ahead of him. I'm ready for the trials. I know I am! He knows it too. But he feels I'm too unpredictable... Other Jedi my age have gone through the trials and made it... I know I started my training late... but he won't let me move on.
Padmé : That must be frustrating.
Anakin : It's worse... he's overly critical! He never listens! He just doesn't understand. It's not fair!
{Padmé cannot suppress a laugh. She giggles and just shakes her head, almost like, ‘Oh, Anakin, you know you love him.’}
If anything, Padme is the one who seems to understand just how important Obi Wan is to Anakin even if he can’t say it, and tries her best to help.
(Receiving Obi Wan’s message after his mother’s funeral)
Obi-Wan : The Commerce Guilds and Corporate Alliance have both pledged their armies to Count Dooku and are forming an... Wait!... Wait!!
Anakin and Padmé watch as Obi-Wan is attacked by Droidekas. The hologram cuts off. Anakin jumps up, agitated, and looking *very* worried.
The Council members also see the attack on Obi-Wan. Yoda looks to Mace Windu.
Yoda : More happening on Geonosis, I feel, than has been revealed.
Mace Windu : I agree.
Anakin and Padmé watch a hologram of Mace Windu.
Mace Windu : Anakin, We will deal with Count Dooku. The most important thing for you is to stay where you are. Protect the Senator at all costs. That is your first priority.
Anakin : Understood, Master.
The hologram switches off. Padmé is looking at the readout on the ship's control panel.
Padmé : They'll never get there in time to save him. They have to come halfway across the galaxy. Look, Geonosis is less than a parsec away.
Padmé starts to hit buttons and flick switches.
Anakin : {Stiffly, trying not to care} If he's still alive.
Padmé : Ani, are you just going to sit here and let him die?? He's your friend... your mentor...
{Your lover…}
Anakin : He's like my father, but you heard Master Windu. He gave me strict orders to stay here.
Padmé : He gave you strict orders to protect me...
Padmé pulls her hand free and flicks more switches. The engines fire.
Padmé : ...and I'm going to save Obi-Wan. So if you plan to protect me, you will have to come along.
Anakin grins, relieved, and takes the controls.
Anakin/Obi Wan’s Relationship (continued)~
Obi Wan seems to get that Anakin needs Padme to see him as more then just a kid to protect his ego, and doesn’t tease him about her. Instead, he even goes out of his way to make him feel better after she pretty much insults him, and then ignores him the first time they see each other again.
Obi-Wan : Anakin, you're focusing on the negative again. Be mindful of your thoughts. She was pleased to see us. Now lets check the security here.
Anakin : Yes, my master.
Anakin and Obi Wan tend to bicker a lot, but it’s more teasing and bantering, the way best friends and couples do, and it’s a complete contrast to the way Padme and Anakin interact. Every time Obi Wan and Anakin are on screen together, there is just this energy and dynamic chemistry and deep emotion between them that makes the ‘oh-that’s-so-romantic’ tedious scenes between he and Padme seem very lacking.
{After he jumps out of Padme’s window and is hanging from a droid}
Obi-Wan : I have a bad feeling about this.
Finally, the droid suffers a direct hit and blows up. Obi-Wan falls fifty stories, until a speeder drops down next to him, and he manages to grab onto the back end of the speeder and haul himself toward the cockpit. He struggles to climb into the passenger seat of the open speeder and sit down next to Anakin.
Obi-Wan : What took you so long?
Anakin : Oh, you know, Master, I couldn't find a speeder I really liked, with an open cockpit... and with the right speed capabilities... and then you know I had to get a really gonzo color...
They zoom upward in hot pursuit of ZAM as she fires out the open window at them with her laser pistol.
Obi-Wan : If you'd spend as much time working on your saber skills as you do on your wit, young Padawan, you would rival Master Yoda as a swordsman.
Anakin : {glances at him and smiles} I thought I already did.
Obi-Wan : Only in your mind, my very young apprentice. Careful!! Hey, easy!!
As this conversation is going on, Anakin deftly moves in and out of the oncoming traffic, across lanes, between buildings, and miraculously through a construction site.
Zam Wessel continues firing at them.
Anakin : Sorry, I forgot you don't like flying, Master.
Obi-Wan : I don't mind flying... but what you're doing is suicide!
They barely miss a commuter train.
Anakin : Master, you know I've been flying since before I could walk. I'm very good at this.
Obi-Wan : Just slow down! There! There he goes!
Zam Wessel and the Jedi race through a line of cross traffic made up of giant trucks. The speeders bank sideways as they slide around right-angle turns between buildings. Zam races into a tram tunnel.
Obi-Wan : Wait! Don't go in there! Take it easy...
Anakin : {reassuringly} Don't worry, Master.
Anakin zooms into the tunnel after ZAM. They see a tram coming at them. They brake, turn around, and race out, barely ahead of the charging commuter transport.
Obi-Wan : You know I don't like it when you do that!
Anakin : Sorry, Master. Don't worry, this guy's gonna kill himself any minute now!
(Later in the scene)
Out of a cloud of smoke and ball of flames the Jedi tear after Zam. They are smoking. Obi-Wan slaps out the small fire on the dashboard. Zam goes up and down, through cross traffic. There is a near miss as a speeder almost hits them. Zam turns down and left between two buildings. Anakin pulls up and to the right
Obi-Wan : Where are you going?!... He went down there, the other way.
Anakin : Master, if we keep this chase going, that creep's gonna end up Deep-fried. Personally, I'd very much like to find out who in the hell he is and who he's working for... This is a shortcut... I think.
Obi-Wan : (sarcastically) What do you mean, you "think?"
Anakin turns up a side street, zooming up several small passageways, then stops, hovering about fifty stories up.
Obi-Wan : Well, we lost him.
Anakin : I'm deeply sorry, Master.
Anakin looks around front and back. He spots something. He seems to start counting to himself as he watches something below approach.
Obi-Wan : Well, this is some kind of shortcut. He went completely the other way! Once again, Anakin...
Anakin : ...Excuse me for a moment.
Anakin jumps out of the speeder. Obi-Wan looks down and sees Zam's speeder about five stories below them cruising past.
Obi-Wan : {Impressed despite himself} I hate it when he does that.
{About Padme}
Obi-Wan : You're using her as bait??
Anakin : It was her idea... Don't worry, no harm will come to her. I can sense everything going on in that room. Trust me.
Obi-Wan : It's too risky... besides, your senses aren't that attuned, young apprentice.
Anakin : {Teasingly} And yours are?
Obi-Wan : {a little snarkily} Possibly.
{After Anakin and Padme come to rescue Obi Wan}
The cart with Anakin and Padme turns to the center, where Obi-Wan is chained to one of four upright posts. As the cart passes him, Obi Wan looks surprised to see them. Anakin sort of grins and raises his eyebrows, like ‘well, what did you expect?’
Padmé and Anakin are taken down, dragged to posts, and chained to them.
Obi-Wan : {to Anakin} I was beginning to wonder if you’d even gotten my message.
Anakin : I retransmitted it as you requested, Master. Then we decided to come and rescue you.
Obi-Wan : {Looks up at his handcuffed wrists, then back at Anakin} Good job!
Anakin looks sheepish.
For all Obi Wan says that Anakin isn’t ready to be a Jedi, he does seem to trust him and rely on him a lot:
Padmé : We're going to need some help.
Obi-Wan : No, there's no time. Anakin and I can handle this.
{After Padme falls}
Obi-Wan : Anakin, I can't take Dooku alone. I need you. If we catch him, we can end this war right now.
And Anakin knows this. He knows that even though Obi Wan scolds him and corrects him and makes him feel like an incompetent kid sometimes, he still trusts him to take care of and protect him. This is why, after Count Dooku throws him against the wall, Anakin gets up again and saves Obi Wan, even if he does end up losing an arm because of it.
Obi-Wan looks up at Dooku helplessly, knowing he’s about to die. Dooku's lightsaber comes down and just before it hits Obi Wan, it clashes against Anakin's lightsaber. Count Dooku and Anakin are eyeball to eyeball.
Count Dooku : That's brave of you, boy - but foolish. I would have thought you'd have learned your lesson.
Anakin : I'm a slow learner.
And Anakin charges at Count Dooku. The force of his attack catches Dooku slightly off balance. Anakin's lightsaber flashes, and Count Dooku draws back.
Count Dooku : You have unusual powers, young Padawan. But not enough to save you this time.
Anakin : Don't bet on it!
Obi-Wan : Anakin!
Obi-Wan uses the Force to catch his lightsaber and he tosses it to Anakin, even though it leaves him without protection.
Anakin is driven back against the wall. He loses one lightsaber. Finally Count Dooku cuts off Anakin’s arm at the elbow and Anakin collapses right next to Obi Wan in pain.
Obi Wan, on Anakin~
Even though Obi Wan has to constantly remind Anakin to slow down and *think* before he does something, he does care about him. And not just because Qui Gon asked him to, but because despite Anakin’s many faults, (or many because of them) he loves him, as an apprentice, as his best friend, and the person who’s closest to him.
Obi Wan doesn’t have any family either, and I think that’s part of what makes he and Anakin so close.
Obi-Wan lands the speeder in the nearby street. He gets out and runs through the crowd toward Anakin. Anakin is just about to follow Zam into the nightclub when Obi-Wan catches up to him.
Obi-Wan : Anakin!
Anakin : She went into that club, Master.
Obi-Wan : Patience. Use the Force, Anakin. Think.
Anakin : Sorry, Master.
Obi-Wan : He went in there to hide, not run.
Anakin : Yes, Master.
Obi-Wan hands Anakin the lightsaber.
Obi-Wan : Here. Next time try not to lose it.
Anakin reaches for the lightsaber.
Obi-Wan : A Jedi's saber is his most precious possession...
Anakin : Yes, Master.
Obi-Wan : He must keep it with him at all times.
Anakin : I know, Master. (reaches to take the lightsaber)
Obi-Wan grabs hold of Anakin's lightsaber (not *that* lightsaber) again.
Obi-Wan : This weapon is your life.
Anakin : I've heard this lesson before...
Obi-Wan finally holds out the lightsaber and Anakin grabs it.
Obi-Wan : But, you haven't learned anything, Anakin.
Obi-Wan releases hold of the lightsaber.
Anakin : I try, Master.
Obi-Wan walks ahead through the club entrance. Anakin follows him.
Obi-Wan : Why do I get the feeling you're going to be the death of me?!
Obi-Wan and Anakin enter the nightclub bar, and everyone stares at them
Anakin : Don't say that Master... You're the closest thing I have to a father... {deleted part that should have been in the movie} I love you. I don't want to cause you pain.
Obi-Wan : Then why don't you listen to me?!
Anakin : I am trying.
Obi-Wan : Can you see him?
Anakin : I think he's a she... and I think she's a changeling.
Obi-Wan : In that case be extra careful... (nods to the room) Go and find her.
Obi-Wan walks away.
Anakin : Where are you going, Master?
Obi-Wan : {grins at him} For a drink.
Obi-Wan heads for the bar as Anakin blinks in surprise at the thought of Obi Wan going for a drink on the job.
Obi Wan seems to know Anakin pretty well and even manages to get him talking about things Padme has to beg him to discuss with her.
Anakin and Obi-Wan continue their conversation, moving out onto the apartment's balcony.
Obi-Wan : You look tired.
Anakin : I don't sleep well anymore.
Obi-Wan : Because of your mother?
Anakin : I don't know why I keep dreaming about her now. I haven't seen her since I was little.
Obi-Wan : Dreams pass in time.
Anakin : I'd rather dream of Padmé. Just being around her again is... intoxicating.
Obi-Wan : {Sounding jealous} Be mindful of your thoughts, Anakin, they betray you. You've made a commitment to the Jedi Order... a commitment not easily broken... and don't forget she's a politician. They're not to be trusted.
Return of the Sith~
I love how every time Obi-Wan is in danger in RotS, Anakin gets this look on his face that speaks volumes. It happens when he's trying to get the buzz droids off Obi-Wan's starfighter and when Dooku throws Obi-Wan into the wall. That look on his face is one of focus and concentration, but also very much of anger and a hint of fear. And Anakin will stop at nothing to save Obi-Wan.
I also love their banter. I don't remember who it was, but I remember reading a meta (I think) where someone wrote about how she'd loved Han and Leia's relationship in OT because of their dynamics. The relationship in PT that resemble this wasn't Anakin/Padmé, it was Anakin/Obi-Wan.
They know each other well; in many ways better than Anakin and Padmé know each other. Anakin tries to avoid telling her the truth when she asks him about his dream, and when he tries to tell her that something is wrong ("I'm not the Jedi I should be. I want more."), she doesn't understand how serious it is and shrugs it off (though that's also because she doesn't want to see). In the novelization, Obi-Wan says to Yoda and Mace Windu that "We don't keep secrets from each other", and that's how I see their relationship. In Episode II, it is obvious that they've talked about Anakin's nightmares (later, when Padmé confronts him, he initially denies having nightmares at all). It is true that they never talk about Padmé, but Obi-Wan still knows (it is hinted at in the movies and stated in the novelization of RotS). If Obi-Wan had ever asked Anakin directly, I'm sure he would have receive an honest answer. {phoenixwish}
{At the very beginning of RotS}
Obi-Wan’s ship rocks violently, and he looks nervous. Suddenly we hear Anakin’s voice over his intercom, and Obi Wan visibly relaxes.
Anakin : There isn't a droid made that can out fly you, Master, and no other way to get to the Chancellor.
Obi-Wan : Look out, four droids inbound . . .
Obi-Wan struggles to maintain control of his ship.
Obi-Wan : We've got to split them up.
Anakin : Break left, fly through the guns on that tower.
Obi-Wan flies to the left of a huge tower on a republic cruiser. The two droid drop fighters follow.
Obi-Wan : Easy for you to say… why am I always the bait?
Anakin : {Smiles, and you get the feeling Obi Wan’s said that before} Don't worry. I'm coming around behind you.
Obi-Wan : Anakin, they're all over me!
Anakin : Dead ahead! Closing… lock onto him, R2 …
R2 beeps his reply as Anakin swoops in for the kill. Anakin blasts one of the droid drop fighters. It explodes.
Anakin : (laughing) We got him, R2!
Anakin blasts away at the second droid drop fighter as R2 beeps an angry warning.
Anakin : I copy, R2.
Obi-Wan : I'm going down on the deck.
Anakin : Good idea ... I need some room to maneuver.
Obi-Wan dives toward the surface of one of the larger trade federation battleships and is forced to fly through a maelstrom of laser flack. He skims the surface, followed by the droid drop fighter, which is followed by Anakin.
Anakin : (worried) Cut right. Do you hear me?! Cut right. Don't let him get a handle on you. Come on, R2, lock on! Lock on!
R2 beeps. The crosshairs merge on the droid drop fighter.
Obi-Wan : Hurry up! I don't like this!
Obi-Wan flies through a narrow gap between two towers on a Battleship. The droid drop fighter hits one of Obi-Wan's wings with a laser blast, and parts of the ship go flying around Obi-Wan's Astro Droid, R4.
Obi-Wan :Ouch!
R-4 beeps.
Obi-Wan : Don't even try to fix it, R4. I've shut it down.
Anakin : We're locked on ... we've got him…
Anakin drops in behind the droid drop fighter and blows him apart.
Anakin : Yeah! We got him… good going, R2.
Obi-Wan : Next time you're the bait
(later in the scene)
Anakin : I'm going head to head. See you.
Obi-Wan : Take it easy, Anakin.
Four Clone Fighters move into formation behind the Jedi.
Odd Ball : I'm on your right, Red Leader.
Anakin : Incoming!
Obi-Wan : Five more on the right!
Obi-Wan and Anakin continue to fly in unison, backing each other up.
Anakin : Here we go.
Obi-Wan : I'm going high and right.
Anakin : Hang on. There are four more of them.
Obi-Wan : Stay with me… swing back and right… help me engage. Back off ... Let them pass between us.
Anakin : I'm coming around. I'm coming around on your tail.
Obi-Wan : All right, engage… and hurry. These droids are all over me like a rash.
In one incredible move, Anakin swings in behind the droid tri-fighters, blowing them away one by one until there is only one left.
Anakin looks behind him.
Anakin : How many back there. R2? (R2 beeps) Three… Four… that's not good.
Obi-Wan : Anakin, you have four on your tail.
Anakin : I know. I know!
Obi-Wan : Four more closing from your left.
Anakin : I know. I know!
Obi-Wan : Break right and go high.
Anakin : {Does the opposite} I'm going low and left.
Obi-Wan shakes his head.
Obi-Wan : (to himself) He still has much to learn.
Anakin : Hang on, R2. Obi-Wan, do you copy? I'm going to pull them through the needle…
Obi-Wan : Too dangerous. First Jedi rule: "Survive."
Anakin : Sorry, no choice. Come down here and thin them out a little.
Obi-Wan drops in behind the droid vulture fighters chasing Anakin. R4 beeps to Obi-Wan.
Obi-Wan : Just keep me steady… hold on ... not yet… now break left.
Obi-Wan fires as he swings across the back of the vulture droids, blasting four of them away.
Obi-Wan : You'll never get through there, Anakin. It's too tight.
R2 beeps nervously.
Anakin : Easy, R2… we've done this before.
Obi-Wan : {Knows Anakin is going to do it anyway} Use the Force, think yourself through, the ship will follow.
R2 squeals in a panic. On the view screen R2's squeal reads out, "We're not going to make it."
Anakin : Wrong thought, R2.
Anakin slips through the narrow gap. The trailing vulture droid fighters crash.
Anakin : I'm through.
Suddenly, Obi-Wan shudders, and his ship starts to plummet toward the surface of the Trade Federation Cruiser. The trailing missiles fly into what looks like debris, and detonate. Five silver balls fly out of the debris and attach themselves to the ship. The balls pop open, revealing small buzzdroids that begin to crawl across the surface like spiders.
Obi-Wan : (continuing) I'm hit! Anakin?
Anakin : I see them… Buzz Droids.
The buzz droids crawl across Obi-Wan's ship and start to tear it apart. Sparks erupt where the buzz droids break into the wiring. One of the buzz droids goes after R4.
Obi-Wan : R4, be careful. You have one…
R4's head gets ripped off and flies away.
Obi-Wan : {With a look like ‘just fucking great’} Oh dear. They're shutting down all the controls.
Anakin : Move to the right so I can get a clear shot at them.
Obi-Wan : The mission. Get to the Command Ship. Get the Chancellor! I'm running out of tricks here.
Anakin ignores him and moves into position just off Obi-Wan's left side and angles his ship so his guns are pointing at the droids crawling over Obi-Wan’s Starfighter. Anakin fires and vaporizes the two bbuzz droids, along with the left wing of Obi-Wan's ship.
Obi-Wan : In the name of ...
Anakin : Steady… steady…
Obi-Wan : Anakin, hold your fire… hold your fire. You're not helping here.
Anakin : I agree, bad idea. Swing right… ease over… steady…
Obi-Wan : Wait… wait… I can't see a thing! My cockpit's fogging. They're all over me, Anakin.
Anakin : Move to the right.
Obi-Wan : Hold on, Anakin. You're going to get us both killed! Get out of here. There's nothing more you can do.
Anakin : I'm not leaving without you, Master.
Obi-Wan : Blast it ... I can't see… my controls are gone.
Anakin : Get 'em, R2. Watch out!
Obi-Wan : R2, hit the buzz droid's center eye.
R2 extends an arm and aims a stream of electricity at the swerving buzz droid. The buzz droid is hit squarely in the eye and falls off the ship.
Anakin : Yeah, you got him!
Obi-Wan : Great, R2.
Anakin : Stay on my wing… the General's Command Ship is dead ahead. Easy… pull up ... Head for the hangar.
Obi-Wan : Have you noticed the shields are still up?
Anakin : Oh. Sorry, Master.
Anakin streaks ahead of Obi-Wan's disintegrating Jedi Fighter and blasts the shield generator. It sparks and explodes.
Obi-Wan : Oh, I have a bad feeling about this.
This whole scene is important, because it shows just how close Anakin and Obi Wan have become. The way they work together, and how much they trust and take care of each other. Anakin would risk himself and his own life to keep Obi Wan safe, and that is something that is clear throughout the whole movie no matter how evil he may get- Anakin doesn’t want to (and can’t) hurt Obi Wan.
Anakin and Obi-Wan head for the elevator. A door opens in the hallway and two of General Grievous’s bodyguards confront the Jedi .
Bodyguard I: General Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker. We've been waiting for you.
Obi-Wan : We are here to relieve you of Chancellor Palpatine, not join him.
As a dozen more droids join the group, the Jedi ignite their lightsabers and stand back-to-back.
Obi-Wan : Anakin…
Anakin : Ready.
I don’t know really why I like this scene, except that the fighting back-to-back thing, it makes me think of the way Anakin and Obi Wan walk, with Anakin on Obi Wan’s left, guarding his weaker side. It’s the trust issue again, no matter how much Yoda and the other Jedi may not trust Anakin, Obi Wan does. In some ways, I think that’s the reason Anakin seems to be holding back during their final fight.
Besides trust, they also have a more mutual respect and camaraderie for each other then they had during Attack of the Clones, probably because Anakin isn’t a sulky teenager anymore. It’s around this time in the Star Wars timeline that most Anakin/Obi Wan shippers have them hook up in their stories, partly because it’s right before Anakin goes evil, and partly because the father/son relationship has evolved into much more of a best friend/ hidden lover relationship.
A hatch opens in one of the main hallways of the Trade Federation Cruiser, and the Jedi squeeze out, slamming the hatch. Behind them, Anakin seals the hatch with his laser sword.
Obi-Wan : That won't hold when the fuel hits those power dischargers.
Anakin : The blast will break the hull. This side's pressurized.
Obi-Wan : You still have much to learn, Anakin.
The super battle droids climb up the vent shaft. Super battle droid R77 and several other droids wait in the generator room as the fuel continues to rise toward the power discharger.
Super battle droid R77: I have a bad feeling about this.
The fuel hits the SPARKING power discharger, and there is a huge explosion. A great explosion and a flaming gas cloud spray out of the side of the Federation Cruiser.
A large bulge appears in the wall around the sealed hatch as the explosion hits. Obi-Wan jumps back, then stands looking amazed.
Obi-Wan : All right, you win. I have much to learn. Let's go!
Anakin grins at Obi-Wan, and they run down the hallway.
{In the elevator}
The elevator begins to move and screeches to a stop.
Obi-Wan : Did you press the stop button?
Anakin : No, did you?
Obi-Wan : No!
Anakin : Well, there's more than one way out of here.
Anakin ignites his laser sword.
Obi-Wan : We don't want to get out, we want to get moving. R2… R2. Do you copy? Activate elevator… (looks at control panel)… 31174…
Anakin cuts a hole in the elevator ceiling.
Obi-Wan : R2?
Anakin climbs through the hole in the ceiling of the elevator.
Obi-Wan : (as he watches him) Always on the move.
{R2 gets the elevator starts moving again}
Anakin looks down and sees the elevator heading toward him at a high rate of speed. He looks at the battle droids leaning over him with their guns pointed at him. He calculates for a moment, then gives himself a push and flips himself up into the elevator shaft.
Before Anakin can arc into a descent down the shaft, the elevator races up through the shaft, cutting the droids in two. Anakin lands on the elevator and quickly drops back through the hole in the ceiling. Obi-Wan is startled and ignites his lightsaber.
Obi-Wan : {realizing that it’s Anakin} Oh, it's you…
{Anakin grins in response, then looks around}
Anakin : What was that all about?
Obi-Wan : Well, R2 has been…
Anakin : No loose wire jokes… He's doing the best he can.
Obi-Wan : Did I say anything?
Anakin : He's trying!
Obi-Wan : I didn't say anything!
The elevator door opens and the two Jedi carefully make their way into the main room of the General's Quarters. At the far end sits supreme chancellor Palpatine. Anakin and Obi-Wan move toward the chancellor.
As they get closer to Palpatine, they see a very distressed look on the Chancellor's face.
Obi-Wan : (bows) Chancellor.
Anakin : {To his friend} Are you all right?
Palpatine : (quietly) Count Dooku.
Palpatine makes a small gesture with his hand. Obi-Wan and Anakin turn around. The elevator doors can be heard opening and closing as Count Dooku strides into the room. He is above the Jedi , standing on a balcony, with two super battle droid. He looks down at the Jedi .
Obi-Wan : (quietly to Anakin) This time we will do it together.
Anakin : {Grins and nods} I was about to say that.
Seems he’s learned to listen to Obi Wan since the last movie.
{After Anakin kills Dooku}
Anakin rushes over to Obi-Wan, lifts the control console from on top of him, and pulls him free. He kneels down, checking his pulse and looking worried. Palpatine heads for the elevators.
Palpatine : Anakin, there is no time. We must get off the ship before it's too late.
Anakin : He seems to be all right. No broken bones, breathing's all right.
Palpatine : Leave him, or we'll never make it.
Anakin : {Doesn’t even consider it} His fate will be the same as ours.
Anakin picks up Obi-Wan, slings him over his shoulder, and heads for the elevators.
Anakin, Obi-Wan, and Palpatine hang precariously on the side of the bottomless elevator shaft. Obi-Wan regains consciousness and tries to look around.
Anakin : Easy.… We're in a bit of a situation.
Obi-Wan : Did I miss something?
Obi-Wan looks down and sees Palpatine and the bottomless pit. They hear R2 beeping on Obi-Wan's comlink. The ship begins to roll, causing the vertical shaft to move into a forty-five-degree angle. They hear the elevator brakes release and look up to see the elevator heading toward them.
Anakin : Hold on.
Obi-Wan : What is that?
Obi-Wan and Anakin look up to watch the elevator approach them at high speed, then Obi-Wan turns to Anakin.
Obi-Wan : Oops.
Anakin : R2, R2, shut down the elevator!
Obi-Wan : Too late! Jump!
They fall about three hundred feet before the tilt of the ship catches up with them, and they hit the side of the shaft and slide at great speed just ahead of the elevator. The shaft continues to rotate until it is completely horizontal.
Anakin and Obi-Wan throw grappling hooks. The hooks catch and they continue to fall. All the doors in the elevator shaft open up, and the group swings through the open door into a hallway. The elevator roars by.
Anakin, Obi-Wan, and Palpatine fly through the elevator door and land.
Obi-Wan : Let's see if we can find something in the hangar bay that's still flyable. Come on.
And thank you thank you thank you to Caitlin, who sent me that same scene from the book:
Obi-Wan Kenobi opened his eyes to find himself staring at what he strongly suspected was Anakin's butt.
It looked like Anakin's butt - well his pants anyway - though it was thoroughly impossible for Obi-Wan to be certain, since he had never before had occassion to examine Anakin's butt upside down, which it currently appeared to be, nor from this rather uncomfortably close range.
..."He said, "Um, have I missed something?"
"Hang on," he heard Anakin say. "We're in a bit of a situation here.”
So it WAS Anakin's butt afer all. He supposed he might take a modicum of comfort from that. Looking up, he discovered Anakin's legs, and his boots..."
{Still trying to escape with Palpatine}
Obi-Wan : None of those ships will get us anywhere.
Anakin : I agree.
Palpatine : What are we going to do?
Anakin : I don't know.
Obi-Wan : Don't look at me. I don't know.
Anakin and Palpatine both look to Obi-Wan anyway. He shrugs his shoulders, and Anakin grins.
{They make it into a hanger doorway}
Obi-Wan, Anakin and Palpatine are out of breath.
Anakin/Obi-Wan : Well, that was close.
They look at each other and laugh, and Palpatine just rolls his eyes.
{Later in the scene}
They run down the hallway. Suddenly, ray shields drop around them, putting them in an electronic box in the middle of the hallway.
Anakin : Ray shields!
Obi-Wan : Wait a minute, how'd this happen! We're smarter than this.
Anakin : Apparently not, Master. This is the oldest trap in the book… {glances over at him} Well ... I was distracted.
Obi-Wan : Oh, so all of a sudden it's my fault.
Anakin : You're the Master. I'm just a hero.
Obi-Wan : I'm open to suggestions here.
Palpatine : Why don't we let them take us to General Grievous. Perhaps with Count Dooku's demise, we can negotiate our release.
Anakin and Obi Wan look at each other in disbelief. {‘He’s *your* friend’ Obi Wan’s eyes say. Anakin shrugs}
Anakin : I say… patience.
Obi-Wan : Patience! That's your plan, is it?
Anakin : Yes, R2 will be along in a few moments and he'll release the ray shields…
R2 comes skidding across the hallway and bashes into the opposite wall. He takes a moment to compose himself.
Anakin : See! No problem.
Suddenly several doorways open, revealing two destroyer droids. Sixteen super battle droids emerge from behind the destroyer droids.
R2 turns and zaps one of the super battle droids who then kicks R2 over.
Super battle droid : Don't move, dummy. Ouch! Zap this.
Obi-Wan : Do you have a plan B?
Part II~ http://leah1878.livejournal.com/29431.html#cutid1
Ship Manifesto
Pairing: Anakin/Obi-Wan
Fandom: Star Wars
Author: Leah1878
Warnings: None
Spoilers: All 6 Movies
Author’s Notes: Thank you to marilla_pm67 {http://www.livejournal.com/users/marilla_pm67/}, for the scripts, and imadra_blue {http://www.livejournal.com/users/imadra_blue/}, jw4ever {http://www.livejournal.com/users/bitchygrrl/}, phoenixwish {http://www.livejournal.com/users/phoenixwish/}, and caitlin {http://www.livejournal.com/users/caitlin/} for their comments and for their help.
What I think makes Anakin/Obi-Wan so popular, beyond the shallow aspect of their physical beauty is the inherent tragedy and pain of the relationship. Pain speaks to a lot of people. They have wonderful chemistry, some of the better dialogue in the prequels, fascinating characterization, and complicated dynamic and relationship. They click together, and this speaks to people. I'm not much of a shipper, honestly, and the only ship I really fangirl is Anakin/Obi-Wan, because of that pain, and because its a bit twisted. {imadra_blue}
Anakin/Obi Wan took longer to catch on then some of the other Star Wars pairings (Luke/Han Solo, Obi Wan/Qui Gon), but has developed a steadily growing following nonetheless.
I think one of the main reasons Anakin/Obi Wan seems to work so well, like imadra_blue said, is the sheer amount of emotion and chemistry and passion in their relationship. They argue and fight and hate and love each other, and they’re best friends and closer then brothers sometimes, and they want to kill each other other times, but that fire of emotion between them is always there.
Anakin~
{I think} the one reason Anakin/Obi Wan became so popular was because of Hayden's charisma. His Anakin is fantastic, he just represents us, human beings, at our worst...his character is so realistic that it becomes impossible not to love him. He's just like us...full of anger, arrogance, and general flaws. I don't know what people think on the matter, but my interest was first and foremost on Anakin. Obi-Wan came along because he's the obvious choice. :-) Not that he isn't adorable too. {jw4ever}
Anakin Skywalker (played by Hayden Christiansen) was born as a slave on Tatooine, but you would never have guessed from the way he acts. From the first moment we meet him, he seems to know he’s special and acts that way, doing things on his terms and arguing when someone tries to order him around. (Something that doesn’t change very much throughout the series)
Anakin is cocky and arrogant, but very very smart and very gifted. The Chosen One, who was too old to be trained as a Jedi, but still managed to become one of the most powerful (if a little evil).
He “falls in love” with Padme, a Senator, but their relationship is… different, and they doesn’t even come close to having as much chemistry as he has with Obi Wan. But more about that later.
Qui Gon (Obi Wan’s Master) is the first to recognize Anakin’s potential and requests that he be trained, something that creates worry in the Jedi Council (because he has the potential to be so powerful and his future is so unclear) as well as some resentment in Obi Wan because his master chooses Anakin to become his new Padawan.
YODA : Master Qui-Gon more to say have you?
QUI-GON : With your permission, my Master. I have encountered a vergence in the Force.
YODA : A vergence, you say?
MACE WINDU : Located around a person?
QUI-GON : A boy... his cells have the highest concentration of midi-chlorians I have seen in a life form. It is possible he was conceived by the midi-chlorians.
MACE WINDU : You're referring to the prophesy of the one who will bring balance to the Force...you believe it's this boy??
QUI-GON : I don't pressume...
YODA : But you do! Rrevealed your opinion is.
QUI-GON : I request the boy be tested.
The JEDI all look to one another. They nod and turn back to OBI-WAN and Qui Gon.
YODA : Trained as a Jedi, you request for him?
QUI-GON : Finding him was the will of the Force...I have no doubt of that.
MACE WINDU : Bring him before us, then.
YODA : Tested he will be.
Anakin, Obi-Wan, and Qui-Gon stand before the twelve members of the Jedi Council.
Yoda : ...Correct you were, Qui-Gon.
Mace Windu : His cells contain a high concentration of midi-chlorians.
Ki-Adi : The Force is strong with him.
Qui-Gon : He's to be trained, then.
The council members look to one another.
Mace Windu : No. He will not be trained.
Anakin is crestfallen; tears begin to form in his eyes.
Qui-Gon : No??!!
Obi-Wan smiles.
Mace Windu : He is too old. There is already too much anger in him.
Qui-Gon : He is the chosen one...you must see it.
Yoda : Clouded, this boy's future is. Masked by his youth.
Qui-Gon : I will train him, then. I take Anakin as my Padawan learner.
Obi-Wan reacts with surprise. Anakin watches with interest.
Yoda : An apprentice, you have, Qui-Gon. Impossible, to take on a second.
Mace Windu : We forbid it.
Qui-Gon : Obi-Wan is ready...
Obi-Wan : I am ready to face the trials.
Yoda : Ready so early, are you? What know you of ready?
Anakin watches asQui-Gon and Obi-Wan exchange angry looks.
Qui-Gon : Headstrong....and he has much to learn about the living Force, but he is capabe. There is little more he will learn from me.
Yoda : Our own council we will keep on who is ready. More to learn, he has...
Mace Windu : Now is not the time for this...the Senate is voting for a new Supreme Chancellor. Queen Amidala is returning home, which will put pressure on the Federation, and could widen the confrontation.
Yoda : And draw out the Queen's attacker.
Ki-Adi : Events are moving fast...too fast.
Mace Windu : Go with the Queen to Naboo and discover the identity of the dark warrior. That is the clue we need to unravel this mystery of the Sith.
Yoda : Young Skywalker's fate will be decided later.
Qui-Gon : I brought Anakin here; he must stay in my charge. He has nowhere else to go.
Mace Windu : He is your ward, Qui-Gon...we will not dispute that.
Yoda : Train him not. Take him with you, but train him not!
Eventually, of course, the Jedi Council change their minds and Anakin becomes Obi Wan’s apprentice, but it still takes Obi Wan a little while to get over feeling betrayed by Qui Gon.
Obi Wan~
Obi-Wan : It is not disrespect, Master, it is the truth.
Qui-Gon : From your point of view....
Obi-Wan : The boy is dangerous...they all sense it. Why can't you?
Qui-Gon : His fate is uncertain, not dangerous. The Council will decide Anakin's future...that should be enough for you. Now get on board!
{A little while later}
The Naboo spacecraft has landed in the Gungan swamp. Troops unload the ships in the background as Obi-Wan approaches Qui-Gon.
Obi-Wan : Jar-Jar is on his way to the Gungan city, Master.
Qui-Gon's thoughts are elsewhere.
Qui-Gon : Good.
Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon stand silently for a moment.
Obi-Wan : Do you think the Queen's idea will work?
Qui-Gon : The Gungans will not easily be swayed, and we cannot use our power to help her.
OBI-WAN : I'm...I'm sorry for my behavior, Master. It is not my place to disagree with you about the boy. I am grateful you think I am ready for the
trials.
QUI-GON looks at him for a long moment.
QUI-GON : You have been a good apprentice. You are much wiser than I am, Obi-Wan. I foresee you will become a great Jedi Knight.
I always thought it was interesting that Obi Wan is described by Qui Gon and Yoda as being headstrong, the same way Anakin always is, when the two of them are supposed to be such polar opposites.
Anakin is arrogant and confrontational and doesn’t think before he acts, Obi Wan is quieter and calmer, always thinking and trying not to take risks. But it almost seems like as different as they are, they’re still so much alike. They’re both stubborn, and like Yoda and Qui Gon said, headstrong. They both believe themselves to be right.
They argue so much because they *are* so much alike. They try to be (and are) good Jedis, but they are both not very good at following the no-emotions rule, although Obi Wan is arguably better at it then Anakin.
Anakin lets his emotions rule him at many key points in the movies; his mother, yelling about Obi Wan to Padme- the whole “he’s holding me back” speech-, when he loses his hand, when he kills Count Dooku, Mace Windu, and the younglings, his second to the last battle with Obi Wan (at the end of RotS), and when he goes with Luke at the end of the very last movie.
Obi Wan’s main moment of forgetting the emotion rule, (although when Qui Gon dies and all his arguments with Anakin are prevalent too) is when he doesn’t kill Anakin after he’s been burned by the lava. He knows he should, and I bet a part of him even wants too, but he can’t, because it’s still his padawan, still *Anakin*.
Obi Wan didn’t even want Anakin to be trained in the first place, but because Qui Gon asks him to just before he dies, he convinces Yoda and the Jedi Council to let him.
OBI-WAN : Master! Master!
QUI-GON : It is too late...It's...
OBI-WAN : No!
QUI-GON : Obi-Wan promise...promise me you'll train the boy...
OBI-WAN : Yes, Master...
QUI-GON : He is the chosen one...he will...bring balance...train him!
{Later}
YODA : Confer on you, the level of Jedi Knight the Coucil does. But agreeon you taking this boy as your Padawan learner, I do not.
OBI-WAN : Qui-Gon believed in him. I believe in Qui-Gon.
YODA : The Chosen One the boy may be; nevertheless, grave danger I fear inhis training.
OBI-WAN : Master Yoda, I gave Qui-Gon my word. I will train Anakin. Without the approval of the Council if I must.
YODA : Qui-Gon's defiance I sense in you. Need that, you do not. Agree, the council does. Your apprentice, young Skywalker will be.
Their Relationship~
Anakin and Obi Wan are introduced for the first time by Qui Gon, and while it’s possible that the swelling music signifying SIGNIFICANT MOMENT SIGNIFICANT MOMENT is a factor, it’s pretty obvious that this particular scene is going to be very very important.
First impressions are everything, and often set the theme of relationships in movies. Anakin is immediately impressed by Obi Wan, but not overly so, and Obi Wan, although he may resent Anakin a little at first, does seem to like him in spite of himself.
ANAKIN and OBI-WAN rush into the hallway to find QUI-GON collapsed on the floor opposite the entry. ARTOO is looking over him.
ANAKIN : Are you all right?
QUI-GON : I think so... that was a surpirse I won’t soon forget.
OBI-WAN : What was it?
QUI-GON : I don't know... but he was well trained in the Jedi arts. My guess is he was after the Queen.
ANAKIN : Do you think he'll follow us?
QUI-GON : We'll be safe enough once we're in hyperspace, but I have no doubt he knows our destination.
ANAKIN : What are we going to do about it?
OBI-WAN gives ANAKIN a "who are you?" look. ANAKIN returns the look with an innocent stare.
QUI-GON : We will be patient. Oh. (Realizes they haven’t met) Anakin Skywalker, meet Obi-Wan Kenobi.
ANAKIN : Pleased to meet you. Wow! You're a Jedi too?
OBI-WAN stares at Anakin with an ‘uh, *who* is this kid again?’ look, but he’s still sort of smiling.
They work well together, even from the beginning, and Obi Wan quickly becomes very important to Anakin, first as a father figure, and then later as a best friend.
After Qui Gon dies, Anakin seems to cling to Obi Wan a little, depending on him and looking to him as what sort of Jedi he should be. Obi Wan gets over whatever resentment he may have felt for Anakin pretty quickly, and they grow closer.
QUI-GON's body goes up in flames as the JEDI COUNCIL, the QUEEN, SIO BIBBLE, CAPTAIN PANAKA, the HANDMAIDENS, and ABOUT ONE HUNDRED NABOO
TROOPES, TWENTY OTHER JEDI, PALPATINE, OBI-WAN (standing with ANAKIN), JAR JAR, BOSS NASS, and TWENTY OTHER GUNGAN WARRIORS watch. There is a drum
roll that stops. Doves are released, and the body is gone.
ANAKIN looks to Obi Wan
OBI-WAN : He is one with the Force, Anakin...You must let go.
ANAKIN : What will happen to me now?
OBI-WAN : I am your Master now. You will become a Jedi, I promise.
Their relationship picks up with Attack of the Clones. The way they interact has changed, and Obi Wan has become more of a very close friend to Anakin then the father figure he was, something that creates problems between them when Obi Wan has to act like an authority figure.
Obi Wan is also Anakin’s Master, which means he has to correct him and remind him of the Jedi rules, something which Anakin does not appreciate.
Anakin : We will find out who's trying to kill you Padmé, I promise you.
Obi-Wan gives Anakin a Look.
Obi-Wan : We will not exceed our mandate, my young Padawan learner.
Anakin : I meant in the interest of protecting her, Master, of course.
Obi-Wan: We will not go through this exercise again, Anakin. And you will pay attention to my lead.
Anakin : Why?
Obi-Wan: {looks a little hurt} What?
Anakin : Why else do you think we were assigned to protect her, if not to find the killer? {Looks abashed, but continues anyway} Protection is a job for local security... not Jedi. It's overkill, Master. Investigation is implied in our mandate.
Obi-Wan : We will do exactly as the Council has instructed.
And you will learn your place, young one.
About Padme~
Padme and Anakin are supposed to have this huge passionate relationship, but as many times as I’ve watched the movies, I just don’t see it. Anakin and *the Chancellor* have more chemistry. But that’s a story for a different mainfesto. {http://www.livejournal.com/community/ship_manifesto/106001.html#cutid1}
The first time they see each other again, Padme does not act like someone who’s just seen her one true love. She still treats him like a kid, which, you know, he kind of is, to her at least.
Padmé : Ani? (stares) My goodness, you've grown.
They look at each other for a long moment.
Anakin : (trying to be smooth) So have you... grown more beautiful… for a Senator, I mean.
{Obi-Wan looks amused. It’s not every day he sees Anakin flustered} Padmé laughs and shakes her head.
Padmé : Oh Ani, you'll always be that little boy I knew on Tatooine.
This embarrasses Anakin, and he looks down. Obi-Wan and captaine Typho smile.
For Anakin, it seems like she’s more like a fantasy, like ‘oh, here’s this attractive older woman who I sort of have a crush on, let’s see if I can flirt with her and see how she responds.’
Anakin and Obi-Wan ride in a windowed elevator attached to the outside of the Senate Building. They are on their way to Senator Amidala'S apartments. Anakin nervously rearranges his robes.
Obi-Wan {looks a little concerned}: You seem a little on edge, Anakin.
Anakin : Not at all.
Obi-Wan : I haven't felt you this tense since we fell into that nest of gundarks.
Anakin : {smiles} You fell into that nightmare, Master, and I rescued you, remember?
Obi-Wan : Oh yeah. (they laugh) You're sweating. Relax. Take a deep breath.
Anakin : I haven't seen her in ten years, Master.
{Obi-Wan just shakes his head, grinning}
Part of it also is that having this “relationship” thing is against the rules, which for Anakin is sort of a turn on. He hates being told what to do, and, because he is a teenager, I think that the marriage is just his way of rebelling a little.
But mostly, he and Padme seem to be pretty good friends, when they forget that they’re supposed to be having their awkward flirty moments, and even those are a joke, because Anakin keeps bringing up Obi Wan!
Padmé picks up her fork and goes to spear a piece of apple, but it moves She frowns and tries again.
Padmé : Anakin!!
Anakin moves his fingers. The fruit flies into his hand. They grin at each other (very flirtily) and Anakin says,
Anakin : If Master Obi-Wan caught me doing this, he'd be very grumpy.
Anakin sometimes even seems to use Padme as a sounding board to complain about Obi Wan and get out his frustrations, and as many times as I’ve watched this scene, it just seems more and more like he’s whining about his boyfriend. (‘He never listens, we never *do* anything together anymore’) :
Anakin : {looks discouraged} Master Obi-Wan manages not to see it...
Padmé : Mentors have a way of seeing more of our faults than we would like. It's the only way we grow.
Anakin : Don't get me wrong... Obi-Wan is a great mentor, as wise as Master Yoda and as powerful as Master Windu. I am truly thankful to be his apprentice. Only... although I'm a Padawan learner, in some ways... a lot of ways... I'm ahead of him. I'm ready for the trials. I know I am! He knows it too. But he feels I'm too unpredictable... Other Jedi my age have gone through the trials and made it... I know I started my training late... but he won't let me move on.
Padmé : That must be frustrating.
Anakin : It's worse... he's overly critical! He never listens! He just doesn't understand. It's not fair!
{Padmé cannot suppress a laugh. She giggles and just shakes her head, almost like, ‘Oh, Anakin, you know you love him.’}
If anything, Padme is the one who seems to understand just how important Obi Wan is to Anakin even if he can’t say it, and tries her best to help.
(Receiving Obi Wan’s message after his mother’s funeral)
Obi-Wan : The Commerce Guilds and Corporate Alliance have both pledged their armies to Count Dooku and are forming an... Wait!... Wait!!
Anakin and Padmé watch as Obi-Wan is attacked by Droidekas. The hologram cuts off. Anakin jumps up, agitated, and looking *very* worried.
The Council members also see the attack on Obi-Wan. Yoda looks to Mace Windu.
Yoda : More happening on Geonosis, I feel, than has been revealed.
Mace Windu : I agree.
Anakin and Padmé watch a hologram of Mace Windu.
Mace Windu : Anakin, We will deal with Count Dooku. The most important thing for you is to stay where you are. Protect the Senator at all costs. That is your first priority.
Anakin : Understood, Master.
The hologram switches off. Padmé is looking at the readout on the ship's control panel.
Padmé : They'll never get there in time to save him. They have to come halfway across the galaxy. Look, Geonosis is less than a parsec away.
Padmé starts to hit buttons and flick switches.
Anakin : {Stiffly, trying not to care} If he's still alive.
Padmé : Ani, are you just going to sit here and let him die?? He's your friend... your mentor...
{Your lover…}
Anakin : He's like my father, but you heard Master Windu. He gave me strict orders to stay here.
Padmé : He gave you strict orders to protect me...
Padmé pulls her hand free and flicks more switches. The engines fire.
Padmé : ...and I'm going to save Obi-Wan. So if you plan to protect me, you will have to come along.
Anakin grins, relieved, and takes the controls.
Anakin/Obi Wan’s Relationship (continued)~
Obi Wan seems to get that Anakin needs Padme to see him as more then just a kid to protect his ego, and doesn’t tease him about her. Instead, he even goes out of his way to make him feel better after she pretty much insults him, and then ignores him the first time they see each other again.
Obi-Wan : Anakin, you're focusing on the negative again. Be mindful of your thoughts. She was pleased to see us. Now lets check the security here.
Anakin : Yes, my master.
Anakin and Obi Wan tend to bicker a lot, but it’s more teasing and bantering, the way best friends and couples do, and it’s a complete contrast to the way Padme and Anakin interact. Every time Obi Wan and Anakin are on screen together, there is just this energy and dynamic chemistry and deep emotion between them that makes the ‘oh-that’s-so-romantic’ tedious scenes between he and Padme seem very lacking.
{After he jumps out of Padme’s window and is hanging from a droid}
Obi-Wan : I have a bad feeling about this.
Finally, the droid suffers a direct hit and blows up. Obi-Wan falls fifty stories, until a speeder drops down next to him, and he manages to grab onto the back end of the speeder and haul himself toward the cockpit. He struggles to climb into the passenger seat of the open speeder and sit down next to Anakin.
Obi-Wan : What took you so long?
Anakin : Oh, you know, Master, I couldn't find a speeder I really liked, with an open cockpit... and with the right speed capabilities... and then you know I had to get a really gonzo color...
They zoom upward in hot pursuit of ZAM as she fires out the open window at them with her laser pistol.
Obi-Wan : If you'd spend as much time working on your saber skills as you do on your wit, young Padawan, you would rival Master Yoda as a swordsman.
Anakin : {glances at him and smiles} I thought I already did.
Obi-Wan : Only in your mind, my very young apprentice. Careful!! Hey, easy!!
As this conversation is going on, Anakin deftly moves in and out of the oncoming traffic, across lanes, between buildings, and miraculously through a construction site.
Zam Wessel continues firing at them.
Anakin : Sorry, I forgot you don't like flying, Master.
Obi-Wan : I don't mind flying... but what you're doing is suicide!
They barely miss a commuter train.
Anakin : Master, you know I've been flying since before I could walk. I'm very good at this.
Obi-Wan : Just slow down! There! There he goes!
Zam Wessel and the Jedi race through a line of cross traffic made up of giant trucks. The speeders bank sideways as they slide around right-angle turns between buildings. Zam races into a tram tunnel.
Obi-Wan : Wait! Don't go in there! Take it easy...
Anakin : {reassuringly} Don't worry, Master.
Anakin zooms into the tunnel after ZAM. They see a tram coming at them. They brake, turn around, and race out, barely ahead of the charging commuter transport.
Obi-Wan : You know I don't like it when you do that!
Anakin : Sorry, Master. Don't worry, this guy's gonna kill himself any minute now!
(Later in the scene)
Out of a cloud of smoke and ball of flames the Jedi tear after Zam. They are smoking. Obi-Wan slaps out the small fire on the dashboard. Zam goes up and down, through cross traffic. There is a near miss as a speeder almost hits them. Zam turns down and left between two buildings. Anakin pulls up and to the right
Obi-Wan : Where are you going?!... He went down there, the other way.
Anakin : Master, if we keep this chase going, that creep's gonna end up Deep-fried. Personally, I'd very much like to find out who in the hell he is and who he's working for... This is a shortcut... I think.
Obi-Wan : (sarcastically) What do you mean, you "think?"
Anakin turns up a side street, zooming up several small passageways, then stops, hovering about fifty stories up.
Obi-Wan : Well, we lost him.
Anakin : I'm deeply sorry, Master.
Anakin looks around front and back. He spots something. He seems to start counting to himself as he watches something below approach.
Obi-Wan : Well, this is some kind of shortcut. He went completely the other way! Once again, Anakin...
Anakin : ...Excuse me for a moment.
Anakin jumps out of the speeder. Obi-Wan looks down and sees Zam's speeder about five stories below them cruising past.
Obi-Wan : {Impressed despite himself} I hate it when he does that.
{About Padme}
Obi-Wan : You're using her as bait??
Anakin : It was her idea... Don't worry, no harm will come to her. I can sense everything going on in that room. Trust me.
Obi-Wan : It's too risky... besides, your senses aren't that attuned, young apprentice.
Anakin : {Teasingly} And yours are?
Obi-Wan : {a little snarkily} Possibly.
{After Anakin and Padme come to rescue Obi Wan}
The cart with Anakin and Padme turns to the center, where Obi-Wan is chained to one of four upright posts. As the cart passes him, Obi Wan looks surprised to see them. Anakin sort of grins and raises his eyebrows, like ‘well, what did you expect?’
Padmé and Anakin are taken down, dragged to posts, and chained to them.
Obi-Wan : {to Anakin} I was beginning to wonder if you’d even gotten my message.
Anakin : I retransmitted it as you requested, Master. Then we decided to come and rescue you.
Obi-Wan : {Looks up at his handcuffed wrists, then back at Anakin} Good job!
Anakin looks sheepish.
For all Obi Wan says that Anakin isn’t ready to be a Jedi, he does seem to trust him and rely on him a lot:
Padmé : We're going to need some help.
Obi-Wan : No, there's no time. Anakin and I can handle this.
{After Padme falls}
Obi-Wan : Anakin, I can't take Dooku alone. I need you. If we catch him, we can end this war right now.
And Anakin knows this. He knows that even though Obi Wan scolds him and corrects him and makes him feel like an incompetent kid sometimes, he still trusts him to take care of and protect him. This is why, after Count Dooku throws him against the wall, Anakin gets up again and saves Obi Wan, even if he does end up losing an arm because of it.
Obi-Wan looks up at Dooku helplessly, knowing he’s about to die. Dooku's lightsaber comes down and just before it hits Obi Wan, it clashes against Anakin's lightsaber. Count Dooku and Anakin are eyeball to eyeball.
Count Dooku : That's brave of you, boy - but foolish. I would have thought you'd have learned your lesson.
Anakin : I'm a slow learner.
And Anakin charges at Count Dooku. The force of his attack catches Dooku slightly off balance. Anakin's lightsaber flashes, and Count Dooku draws back.
Count Dooku : You have unusual powers, young Padawan. But not enough to save you this time.
Anakin : Don't bet on it!
Obi-Wan : Anakin!
Obi-Wan uses the Force to catch his lightsaber and he tosses it to Anakin, even though it leaves him without protection.
Anakin is driven back against the wall. He loses one lightsaber. Finally Count Dooku cuts off Anakin’s arm at the elbow and Anakin collapses right next to Obi Wan in pain.
Obi Wan, on Anakin~
Even though Obi Wan has to constantly remind Anakin to slow down and *think* before he does something, he does care about him. And not just because Qui Gon asked him to, but because despite Anakin’s many faults, (or many because of them) he loves him, as an apprentice, as his best friend, and the person who’s closest to him.
Obi Wan doesn’t have any family either, and I think that’s part of what makes he and Anakin so close.
Obi-Wan lands the speeder in the nearby street. He gets out and runs through the crowd toward Anakin. Anakin is just about to follow Zam into the nightclub when Obi-Wan catches up to him.
Obi-Wan : Anakin!
Anakin : She went into that club, Master.
Obi-Wan : Patience. Use the Force, Anakin. Think.
Anakin : Sorry, Master.
Obi-Wan : He went in there to hide, not run.
Anakin : Yes, Master.
Obi-Wan hands Anakin the lightsaber.
Obi-Wan : Here. Next time try not to lose it.
Anakin reaches for the lightsaber.
Obi-Wan : A Jedi's saber is his most precious possession...
Anakin : Yes, Master.
Obi-Wan : He must keep it with him at all times.
Anakin : I know, Master. (reaches to take the lightsaber)
Obi-Wan grabs hold of Anakin's lightsaber (not *that* lightsaber) again.
Obi-Wan : This weapon is your life.
Anakin : I've heard this lesson before...
Obi-Wan finally holds out the lightsaber and Anakin grabs it.
Obi-Wan : But, you haven't learned anything, Anakin.
Obi-Wan releases hold of the lightsaber.
Anakin : I try, Master.
Obi-Wan walks ahead through the club entrance. Anakin follows him.
Obi-Wan : Why do I get the feeling you're going to be the death of me?!
Obi-Wan and Anakin enter the nightclub bar, and everyone stares at them
Anakin : Don't say that Master... You're the closest thing I have to a father... {deleted part that should have been in the movie} I love you. I don't want to cause you pain.
Obi-Wan : Then why don't you listen to me?!
Anakin : I am trying.
Obi-Wan : Can you see him?
Anakin : I think he's a she... and I think she's a changeling.
Obi-Wan : In that case be extra careful... (nods to the room) Go and find her.
Obi-Wan walks away.
Anakin : Where are you going, Master?
Obi-Wan : {grins at him} For a drink.
Obi-Wan heads for the bar as Anakin blinks in surprise at the thought of Obi Wan going for a drink on the job.
Obi Wan seems to know Anakin pretty well and even manages to get him talking about things Padme has to beg him to discuss with her.
Anakin and Obi-Wan continue their conversation, moving out onto the apartment's balcony.
Obi-Wan : You look tired.
Anakin : I don't sleep well anymore.
Obi-Wan : Because of your mother?
Anakin : I don't know why I keep dreaming about her now. I haven't seen her since I was little.
Obi-Wan : Dreams pass in time.
Anakin : I'd rather dream of Padmé. Just being around her again is... intoxicating.
Obi-Wan : {Sounding jealous} Be mindful of your thoughts, Anakin, they betray you. You've made a commitment to the Jedi Order... a commitment not easily broken... and don't forget she's a politician. They're not to be trusted.
Return of the Sith~
I love how every time Obi-Wan is in danger in RotS, Anakin gets this look on his face that speaks volumes. It happens when he's trying to get the buzz droids off Obi-Wan's starfighter and when Dooku throws Obi-Wan into the wall. That look on his face is one of focus and concentration, but also very much of anger and a hint of fear. And Anakin will stop at nothing to save Obi-Wan.
I also love their banter. I don't remember who it was, but I remember reading a meta (I think) where someone wrote about how she'd loved Han and Leia's relationship in OT because of their dynamics. The relationship in PT that resemble this wasn't Anakin/Padmé, it was Anakin/Obi-Wan.
They know each other well; in many ways better than Anakin and Padmé know each other. Anakin tries to avoid telling her the truth when she asks him about his dream, and when he tries to tell her that something is wrong ("I'm not the Jedi I should be. I want more."), she doesn't understand how serious it is and shrugs it off (though that's also because she doesn't want to see). In the novelization, Obi-Wan says to Yoda and Mace Windu that "We don't keep secrets from each other", and that's how I see their relationship. In Episode II, it is obvious that they've talked about Anakin's nightmares (later, when Padmé confronts him, he initially denies having nightmares at all). It is true that they never talk about Padmé, but Obi-Wan still knows (it is hinted at in the movies and stated in the novelization of RotS). If Obi-Wan had ever asked Anakin directly, I'm sure he would have receive an honest answer. {phoenixwish}
{At the very beginning of RotS}
Obi-Wan’s ship rocks violently, and he looks nervous. Suddenly we hear Anakin’s voice over his intercom, and Obi Wan visibly relaxes.
Anakin : There isn't a droid made that can out fly you, Master, and no other way to get to the Chancellor.
Obi-Wan : Look out, four droids inbound . . .
Obi-Wan struggles to maintain control of his ship.
Obi-Wan : We've got to split them up.
Anakin : Break left, fly through the guns on that tower.
Obi-Wan flies to the left of a huge tower on a republic cruiser. The two droid drop fighters follow.
Obi-Wan : Easy for you to say… why am I always the bait?
Anakin : {Smiles, and you get the feeling Obi Wan’s said that before} Don't worry. I'm coming around behind you.
Obi-Wan : Anakin, they're all over me!
Anakin : Dead ahead! Closing… lock onto him, R2 …
R2 beeps his reply as Anakin swoops in for the kill. Anakin blasts one of the droid drop fighters. It explodes.
Anakin : (laughing) We got him, R2!
Anakin blasts away at the second droid drop fighter as R2 beeps an angry warning.
Anakin : I copy, R2.
Obi-Wan : I'm going down on the deck.
Anakin : Good idea ... I need some room to maneuver.
Obi-Wan dives toward the surface of one of the larger trade federation battleships and is forced to fly through a maelstrom of laser flack. He skims the surface, followed by the droid drop fighter, which is followed by Anakin.
Anakin : (worried) Cut right. Do you hear me?! Cut right. Don't let him get a handle on you. Come on, R2, lock on! Lock on!
R2 beeps. The crosshairs merge on the droid drop fighter.
Obi-Wan : Hurry up! I don't like this!
Obi-Wan flies through a narrow gap between two towers on a Battleship. The droid drop fighter hits one of Obi-Wan's wings with a laser blast, and parts of the ship go flying around Obi-Wan's Astro Droid, R4.
Obi-Wan :Ouch!
R-4 beeps.
Obi-Wan : Don't even try to fix it, R4. I've shut it down.
Anakin : We're locked on ... we've got him…
Anakin drops in behind the droid drop fighter and blows him apart.
Anakin : Yeah! We got him… good going, R2.
Obi-Wan : Next time you're the bait
(later in the scene)
Anakin : I'm going head to head. See you.
Obi-Wan : Take it easy, Anakin.
Four Clone Fighters move into formation behind the Jedi.
Odd Ball : I'm on your right, Red Leader.
Anakin : Incoming!
Obi-Wan : Five more on the right!
Obi-Wan and Anakin continue to fly in unison, backing each other up.
Anakin : Here we go.
Obi-Wan : I'm going high and right.
Anakin : Hang on. There are four more of them.
Obi-Wan : Stay with me… swing back and right… help me engage. Back off ... Let them pass between us.
Anakin : I'm coming around. I'm coming around on your tail.
Obi-Wan : All right, engage… and hurry. These droids are all over me like a rash.
In one incredible move, Anakin swings in behind the droid tri-fighters, blowing them away one by one until there is only one left.
Anakin looks behind him.
Anakin : How many back there. R2? (R2 beeps) Three… Four… that's not good.
Obi-Wan : Anakin, you have four on your tail.
Anakin : I know. I know!
Obi-Wan : Four more closing from your left.
Anakin : I know. I know!
Obi-Wan : Break right and go high.
Anakin : {Does the opposite} I'm going low and left.
Obi-Wan shakes his head.
Obi-Wan : (to himself) He still has much to learn.
Anakin : Hang on, R2. Obi-Wan, do you copy? I'm going to pull them through the needle…
Obi-Wan : Too dangerous. First Jedi rule: "Survive."
Anakin : Sorry, no choice. Come down here and thin them out a little.
Obi-Wan drops in behind the droid vulture fighters chasing Anakin. R4 beeps to Obi-Wan.
Obi-Wan : Just keep me steady… hold on ... not yet… now break left.
Obi-Wan fires as he swings across the back of the vulture droids, blasting four of them away.
Obi-Wan : You'll never get through there, Anakin. It's too tight.
R2 beeps nervously.
Anakin : Easy, R2… we've done this before.
Obi-Wan : {Knows Anakin is going to do it anyway} Use the Force, think yourself through, the ship will follow.
R2 squeals in a panic. On the view screen R2's squeal reads out, "We're not going to make it."
Anakin : Wrong thought, R2.
Anakin slips through the narrow gap. The trailing vulture droid fighters crash.
Anakin : I'm through.
Suddenly, Obi-Wan shudders, and his ship starts to plummet toward the surface of the Trade Federation Cruiser. The trailing missiles fly into what looks like debris, and detonate. Five silver balls fly out of the debris and attach themselves to the ship. The balls pop open, revealing small buzzdroids that begin to crawl across the surface like spiders.
Obi-Wan : (continuing) I'm hit! Anakin?
Anakin : I see them… Buzz Droids.
The buzz droids crawl across Obi-Wan's ship and start to tear it apart. Sparks erupt where the buzz droids break into the wiring. One of the buzz droids goes after R4.
Obi-Wan : R4, be careful. You have one…
R4's head gets ripped off and flies away.
Obi-Wan : {With a look like ‘just fucking great’} Oh dear. They're shutting down all the controls.
Anakin : Move to the right so I can get a clear shot at them.
Obi-Wan : The mission. Get to the Command Ship. Get the Chancellor! I'm running out of tricks here.
Anakin ignores him and moves into position just off Obi-Wan's left side and angles his ship so his guns are pointing at the droids crawling over Obi-Wan’s Starfighter. Anakin fires and vaporizes the two bbuzz droids, along with the left wing of Obi-Wan's ship.
Obi-Wan : In the name of ...
Anakin : Steady… steady…
Obi-Wan : Anakin, hold your fire… hold your fire. You're not helping here.
Anakin : I agree, bad idea. Swing right… ease over… steady…
Obi-Wan : Wait… wait… I can't see a thing! My cockpit's fogging. They're all over me, Anakin.
Anakin : Move to the right.
Obi-Wan : Hold on, Anakin. You're going to get us both killed! Get out of here. There's nothing more you can do.
Anakin : I'm not leaving without you, Master.
Obi-Wan : Blast it ... I can't see… my controls are gone.
Anakin : Get 'em, R2. Watch out!
Obi-Wan : R2, hit the buzz droid's center eye.
R2 extends an arm and aims a stream of electricity at the swerving buzz droid. The buzz droid is hit squarely in the eye and falls off the ship.
Anakin : Yeah, you got him!
Obi-Wan : Great, R2.
Anakin : Stay on my wing… the General's Command Ship is dead ahead. Easy… pull up ... Head for the hangar.
Obi-Wan : Have you noticed the shields are still up?
Anakin : Oh. Sorry, Master.
Anakin streaks ahead of Obi-Wan's disintegrating Jedi Fighter and blasts the shield generator. It sparks and explodes.
Obi-Wan : Oh, I have a bad feeling about this.
This whole scene is important, because it shows just how close Anakin and Obi Wan have become. The way they work together, and how much they trust and take care of each other. Anakin would risk himself and his own life to keep Obi Wan safe, and that is something that is clear throughout the whole movie no matter how evil he may get- Anakin doesn’t want to (and can’t) hurt Obi Wan.
Anakin and Obi-Wan head for the elevator. A door opens in the hallway and two of General Grievous’s bodyguards confront the Jedi .
Bodyguard I: General Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker. We've been waiting for you.
Obi-Wan : We are here to relieve you of Chancellor Palpatine, not join him.
As a dozen more droids join the group, the Jedi ignite their lightsabers and stand back-to-back.
Obi-Wan : Anakin…
Anakin : Ready.
I don’t know really why I like this scene, except that the fighting back-to-back thing, it makes me think of the way Anakin and Obi Wan walk, with Anakin on Obi Wan’s left, guarding his weaker side. It’s the trust issue again, no matter how much Yoda and the other Jedi may not trust Anakin, Obi Wan does. In some ways, I think that’s the reason Anakin seems to be holding back during their final fight.
Besides trust, they also have a more mutual respect and camaraderie for each other then they had during Attack of the Clones, probably because Anakin isn’t a sulky teenager anymore. It’s around this time in the Star Wars timeline that most Anakin/Obi Wan shippers have them hook up in their stories, partly because it’s right before Anakin goes evil, and partly because the father/son relationship has evolved into much more of a best friend/ hidden lover relationship.
A hatch opens in one of the main hallways of the Trade Federation Cruiser, and the Jedi squeeze out, slamming the hatch. Behind them, Anakin seals the hatch with his laser sword.
Obi-Wan : That won't hold when the fuel hits those power dischargers.
Anakin : The blast will break the hull. This side's pressurized.
Obi-Wan : You still have much to learn, Anakin.
The super battle droids climb up the vent shaft. Super battle droid R77 and several other droids wait in the generator room as the fuel continues to rise toward the power discharger.
Super battle droid R77: I have a bad feeling about this.
The fuel hits the SPARKING power discharger, and there is a huge explosion. A great explosion and a flaming gas cloud spray out of the side of the Federation Cruiser.
A large bulge appears in the wall around the sealed hatch as the explosion hits. Obi-Wan jumps back, then stands looking amazed.
Obi-Wan : All right, you win. I have much to learn. Let's go!
Anakin grins at Obi-Wan, and they run down the hallway.
{In the elevator}
The elevator begins to move and screeches to a stop.
Obi-Wan : Did you press the stop button?
Anakin : No, did you?
Obi-Wan : No!
Anakin : Well, there's more than one way out of here.
Anakin ignites his laser sword.
Obi-Wan : We don't want to get out, we want to get moving. R2… R2. Do you copy? Activate elevator… (looks at control panel)… 31174…
Anakin cuts a hole in the elevator ceiling.
Obi-Wan : R2?
Anakin climbs through the hole in the ceiling of the elevator.
Obi-Wan : (as he watches him) Always on the move.
{R2 gets the elevator starts moving again}
Anakin looks down and sees the elevator heading toward him at a high rate of speed. He looks at the battle droids leaning over him with their guns pointed at him. He calculates for a moment, then gives himself a push and flips himself up into the elevator shaft.
Before Anakin can arc into a descent down the shaft, the elevator races up through the shaft, cutting the droids in two. Anakin lands on the elevator and quickly drops back through the hole in the ceiling. Obi-Wan is startled and ignites his lightsaber.
Obi-Wan : {realizing that it’s Anakin} Oh, it's you…
{Anakin grins in response, then looks around}
Anakin : What was that all about?
Obi-Wan : Well, R2 has been…
Anakin : No loose wire jokes… He's doing the best he can.
Obi-Wan : Did I say anything?
Anakin : He's trying!
Obi-Wan : I didn't say anything!
The elevator door opens and the two Jedi carefully make their way into the main room of the General's Quarters. At the far end sits supreme chancellor Palpatine. Anakin and Obi-Wan move toward the chancellor.
As they get closer to Palpatine, they see a very distressed look on the Chancellor's face.
Obi-Wan : (bows) Chancellor.
Anakin : {To his friend} Are you all right?
Palpatine : (quietly) Count Dooku.
Palpatine makes a small gesture with his hand. Obi-Wan and Anakin turn around. The elevator doors can be heard opening and closing as Count Dooku strides into the room. He is above the Jedi , standing on a balcony, with two super battle droid. He looks down at the Jedi .
Obi-Wan : (quietly to Anakin) This time we will do it together.
Anakin : {Grins and nods} I was about to say that.
Seems he’s learned to listen to Obi Wan since the last movie.
{After Anakin kills Dooku}
Anakin rushes over to Obi-Wan, lifts the control console from on top of him, and pulls him free. He kneels down, checking his pulse and looking worried. Palpatine heads for the elevators.
Palpatine : Anakin, there is no time. We must get off the ship before it's too late.
Anakin : He seems to be all right. No broken bones, breathing's all right.
Palpatine : Leave him, or we'll never make it.
Anakin : {Doesn’t even consider it} His fate will be the same as ours.
Anakin picks up Obi-Wan, slings him over his shoulder, and heads for the elevators.
Anakin, Obi-Wan, and Palpatine hang precariously on the side of the bottomless elevator shaft. Obi-Wan regains consciousness and tries to look around.
Anakin : Easy.… We're in a bit of a situation.
Obi-Wan : Did I miss something?
Obi-Wan looks down and sees Palpatine and the bottomless pit. They hear R2 beeping on Obi-Wan's comlink. The ship begins to roll, causing the vertical shaft to move into a forty-five-degree angle. They hear the elevator brakes release and look up to see the elevator heading toward them.
Anakin : Hold on.
Obi-Wan : What is that?
Obi-Wan and Anakin look up to watch the elevator approach them at high speed, then Obi-Wan turns to Anakin.
Obi-Wan : Oops.
Anakin : R2, R2, shut down the elevator!
Obi-Wan : Too late! Jump!
They fall about three hundred feet before the tilt of the ship catches up with them, and they hit the side of the shaft and slide at great speed just ahead of the elevator. The shaft continues to rotate until it is completely horizontal.
Anakin and Obi-Wan throw grappling hooks. The hooks catch and they continue to fall. All the doors in the elevator shaft open up, and the group swings through the open door into a hallway. The elevator roars by.
Anakin, Obi-Wan, and Palpatine fly through the elevator door and land.
Obi-Wan : Let's see if we can find something in the hangar bay that's still flyable. Come on.
And thank you thank you thank you to Caitlin, who sent me that same scene from the book:
Obi-Wan Kenobi opened his eyes to find himself staring at what he strongly suspected was Anakin's butt.
It looked like Anakin's butt - well his pants anyway - though it was thoroughly impossible for Obi-Wan to be certain, since he had never before had occassion to examine Anakin's butt upside down, which it currently appeared to be, nor from this rather uncomfortably close range.
..."He said, "Um, have I missed something?"
"Hang on," he heard Anakin say. "We're in a bit of a situation here.”
So it WAS Anakin's butt afer all. He supposed he might take a modicum of comfort from that. Looking up, he discovered Anakin's legs, and his boots..."
{Still trying to escape with Palpatine}
Obi-Wan : None of those ships will get us anywhere.
Anakin : I agree.
Palpatine : What are we going to do?
Anakin : I don't know.
Obi-Wan : Don't look at me. I don't know.
Anakin and Palpatine both look to Obi-Wan anyway. He shrugs his shoulders, and Anakin grins.
{They make it into a hanger doorway}
Obi-Wan, Anakin and Palpatine are out of breath.
Anakin/Obi-Wan : Well, that was close.
They look at each other and laugh, and Palpatine just rolls his eyes.
{Later in the scene}
They run down the hallway. Suddenly, ray shields drop around them, putting them in an electronic box in the middle of the hallway.
Anakin : Ray shields!
Obi-Wan : Wait a minute, how'd this happen! We're smarter than this.
Anakin : Apparently not, Master. This is the oldest trap in the book… {glances over at him} Well ... I was distracted.
Obi-Wan : Oh, so all of a sudden it's my fault.
Anakin : You're the Master. I'm just a hero.
Obi-Wan : I'm open to suggestions here.
Palpatine : Why don't we let them take us to General Grievous. Perhaps with Count Dooku's demise, we can negotiate our release.
Anakin and Obi Wan look at each other in disbelief. {‘He’s *your* friend’ Obi Wan’s eyes say. Anakin shrugs}
Anakin : I say… patience.
Obi-Wan : Patience! That's your plan, is it?
Anakin : Yes, R2 will be along in a few moments and he'll release the ray shields…
R2 comes skidding across the hallway and bashes into the opposite wall. He takes a moment to compose himself.
Anakin : See! No problem.
Suddenly several doorways open, revealing two destroyer droids. Sixteen super battle droids emerge from behind the destroyer droids.
R2 turns and zaps one of the super battle droids who then kicks R2 over.
Super battle droid : Don't move, dummy. Ouch! Zap this.
Obi-Wan : Do you have a plan B?
Part II~ http://leah1878.livejournal.com/29431.html#cutid1
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Date: 2005-10-12 11:27 pm (UTC)Obi-Wan : Well, R2 has been…
Anakin : No loose wire jokes… He's doing the best he can.
Obi-Wan : Did I say anything?
Anakin : He's trying!
Obi-Wan : I didn't say anything!
That's still my favorite part of RotS.
Is that part from the book word for word? Because that's cool.
Is that deleted part from AotC real?