Obi-Wan's Anakin Hallucination Makes Vader's Entrance So Much Scarier
Warning! Spoilers ahead for Obi-Wan Kenobi episode 3
Obi-Wan's hallucination of his fallen apprentice Anakin Skywalker made Darth Vader's entrance so much more frightening in Obi-Wan Kenobi episode 3. Shocked that Anakin is alive after the Third Sister taunted him with the revelation, Obi-Wan's uncertainty in the Force during this dark time for the galaxy is shown to have greatly increased. Likewise, it also explains the hallucination he sees of Anakin while protecting young Princess Leia, just before he faces Darth Vader for the very first time.
In Obi-Wan Kenobi episode 3, Obi-Wan and Leia arrive on the mining colony of Mapuzo. As they travel, Obi-Wan sees a hallucination of a hooded and robed Jedi. As he turns, Obi-Wan can see that it's Anakin Skywalker staring back at him. However, he has no helmet, mask, or life-support armor. This is because Obi-Wan has no idea what Anakin looks like in the present and, up until recently, thought his apprentice and brother had died on the lava banks of Mustafar a decade prior inStar Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith.
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As a result, Obi-Wan seeing Darth Vader in all of his intimidating glory is made so much worse following the earlier hallucination. As Vader gets closer and closer to the place where Kenobi is hiding, he tortures the nearby townspeople in an attempt to draw out the Jedi master. It's an unfiltered look at the terrifying and powerful Sith Lord Darth Vader has become, leaving very little room for the former Jedi he was once that Obi-Wan saw earlier in the episode.
One of Darth Vader's most intense lines in the episode is the response he gives Obi-Wan when he asked Vader what he'd become: "I am
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