I do believe that Palpatine respected the fact that Kenobi truly did embody the principles of the Jedi Order. There was no pride or deception with Obi-Wan. He only wanted to serve others. Palpatine may not have agreed with these principles but he knew most of the other Jedi had become arrogant and complacent, not to mention proud. Obi-Wan actually walked the walk of a true Jedi.

I think this is one of the best examples of how you CAN respect someone, but still hate them and see them as an enemy

Obi-Wan epitomized the saying, "Hard work beats talent when talent fails to work hard." He resolved, despite his average connection to the force, to be the best Jedi he could be. And he ended being one ofbthe best of all time.

He also respected Qui Gon Jinn in legends. In fact, he might be the only Jedi he truly respected and feared, because he knew that Qui Gon was the true embodiment of what the Jedi are supposed to be, understanding and wise, and he wasn’t a puppet for the Jedi council. Even Darth Plaguies feared him, which is why Darth Maul was sent to kill Qui Gon to prevent him from training the chosen one.

" I sense Lord Vader is in danger " one of my favorite lines , the surprise and concern in his voice when he says it is awesome !

Obi-Wans skill, wisdom and power is constantly underated in Star Wars media.

How can Palpatine underestimate Obi-Wan when he literally cut Darth Maul in half and destroyed Grevious

Kenobi dropped Maul, Grievous, and Anakin, damn right you better respect him.

What you said about Obi Wan vs Anakin actually adds more depth I never considered, Anakin loses because he's conflicted while Obi Wan triumphs because he is resolved.

Obi-Wan never underestimated his opponents, he always overestimated his opponents till proven otherwise

I thought Palpatine generally hated Kenobi, in Legends all other High Ranking Clones simple got a Holo-recording of Palpatine executing order 66, Cody was the only High Rank Clone that got an ACTUAL Hologram of Palpatine giving the order.

I do like Palatine's insight but we can't forget that Obi-Wan's mastery of Form 3 also played a crucial role. Vader was unable to break through Obi-Wan's style.

Anakin actually lost because he was so focused and had tunnel vision on Mustafar, whereas Obi-Wan was more patient and aware of his surroundings and playing chess in the dual while Anakin was playing checkers.

Qui-gon Jinn: Keep your concentration here and now where it belongs. Obi-Wan: But Master Yoda says I should be mindful of the future. Qui-Gon Jinn: But not at the expense of the moment. Be mindful of the living force young padawan.

Obi-Wan is the greatest. He's always been my favorite. Steady, calm, selfless, and measured. Strong willed but without opposing internal conflicts. The perfect Jedi.

Outside of Dooku, who's style was a weakness of Obi's, he's either killed or maimed 3 Dark Side users/Generals - Maul 2x, Grevious (who killed many jedi prior) and Anakin, he also more than held his own against Ventres and Savage Opress/Maul team. Sooo yeah i don't know how someone so prescient as Palpatine can miss those details.

Funny. I always respected Kenobi for basically the same reason. Even in the darkest moments of his life, he was able to find the resolve to carry on and do what needed to be done. Often the Jedi that turn to darkness do so because of some inner conflict. Kenobi never let the horrible cituations confuse or anger him. His mind was always clear. Truly a stoic man.

You put it best in one of your previous videos, about Midichlorian count being force potential. Although Obi-Wan was at the minimum count, he exceeded his own potential by his focus,dedication, commitment, and will to the order and his training under Qui Gon. This makes him one of the greatest of all the Jedi.

At the end of Obi Wan series, Vader told Sidious he was going to hunt obi wan down but Sidious paid no mind and told Vader to stop his hunt. Sidious was still underestimating Kenobis resolve and that bit him in the ass later😂

I feel like this a journey all of us go through as we first get acquainted with Obi-Wan and then learn more about all he's accomplished and how crucial his role among events has been... from under-estimation to reverence...

Like dooku stated during the clone wars: “he’s a worthy adversary.”

Yeah dude I think you are by far the best Star Wars channel but the cost of being the best is continuing to be the best. I enjoy your videos many I’ve seen many times I hope you continue and continue to be great. The force will be with you, always.

this channel is so f good i cannot get enough of it. whenever i think i cant again have my eyes opened to new perspectives within the deep lore I am surprised once more. How great that after 20 some years we are still diving deeper into the psychology of these characters in this story. Even after watching the video I assumed this was some video that's been out for years and years but nope just last month. Please keep it up and thanks for all the time and effort that goes into these videos. I can feel how much joy the team must get from doing them.

How else? He defeated a much more poweful Anakin now Darth Vader by turning his arrogance against him... "Dont try it" 🔥

What makes him my favorite Jedi is that while he is extremely powerful, his sheer determination, intelligence and faith in the force makes him one of the best Jedi to have ever lived.

That's kind of a real life lesson i've met a lot of very talented people in a lot of different areas... but the ones who truly excel are NOT the ones with the most talent usually. more often, they are the ones with consistency and focus.

Don’t get me wrong. Obi-Wan is a great mentor. He’s wise as Master Yoda and as powerful as Master Windu. I am truly thankful to be his apprentice. In some ways... a lot of ways, I’m really ahead of him. I’m ready for the trials, but he feels that I’m too unpredictable. He won’t let me move on. PADME- That must be frustrating. ANAKIN- It’s worse. He’s overly critical, he never listens, he... he doesn’t understand! It’s not fair!

Great video and your reference to ROJ with Luke on the second Death Star gave me chills. Love your content and thank you!!

I feel like Sidious made such a dior mistake of constantly overlooking and underestimating Obi Wan as a potential threat rather than Qui Gon, Mace Windu, or Yoda, just because Kenobi wasn’t a powerful Jedi doesn’t mean he wasn’t the greatest threat to the Sith hell i even deem him to be a bigger threat than Yoda

If you read any of the legends Clone Wars novels Sidious' relationship with Obi-Wan is just so fun to read. Kenobi is like Palpatine's sitcom arch-nemesis, he goes on these cartoonishly evil inner monolougues about Obi-Wan and how many times he's subtly tried to have the man killed but Obi-Wan just.... Won't die.

Obi wan is so cool man, seeing him meditate with black robes gets me going so hard. That one pic is absolutely amazing.

Obi Wan was a true servant of the people. In a way he embodied the teachings of Master Qui Gonn. Obi Wan wasn’t too much into politics.

That was deep! Never looked at it from that perspective. Awesome vid!! Watched it twice.

Great article/video. very enjoyable. thanks

Keep posting good content that's why I'm subbed love ya keep at it

I think Kenobi met Palpatine at the end of Phantom Menace

Obi-Wan was extremely capable ,extremely skilfull. He deserves all the respect. Palpatine worships power. And Yoda and Obi-Wan wield it. Obi-Wan is THE Master of Soresu. May the Force be with you too😊

I don't care if there are bigger sci-fi channels on here, or even if there's a better star wars channel...this channel is my go-to for all things star wars

That was great video.

Never thought about the fact that Obi-Wan took out Maul, Grievous and Vader-Anakin. Dooku seemed to school him every time though 😅 Always thought Obi-Wan was basically the ideal Jedi Knight. Aside from perhaps his failure to see and stop Anakin's fall, he is an Exemplar of the Jedi Order. Unfortunately the order wasn't perfect. He wasn't as rebellious/defiant as Qui Gon, worked within the confines of the order as best he could, seemed fully aligned with the light and rarely tempted by the darkside, pretty much always did the right thing as best he could, went toe to toe with multiple Sith & survived or won. Saved Luke & Leia as children. Trained Luke, ultimately saving the galaxy.

As Luke said, "your overconfidence is your weakness"

Awesome video. Gives me an even stronger respect for Yoda and Obi Wan. Alot of stories show that focused resolve can become a near unstoppable force when it's achieved.

I still think obi-wan was the chosen one

Kenobi on his way to Mustafar: I just wanna talk to him Padme: why are you holding that lightsaber? Kenobi: I just wanna talk to him

I think was because of the high ground!😂

this might have been your best holocron yet

Great content.

Yet another great video

Very enlighting. Wasn't really into the movies but I do enjoy lore

Since u did this vid on what he thought of Obiwan can u also do a video in what he thought of the other Jedi masters he interacted with and or what the Jedi masters thought of Palpetine as the war progressed

AMAZING!!! thanks SW

Best Star Wars commentary video.

Well done

I’ve thought about something several times that I think would be interesting to explore. I understand vaders darkness and his willingness to kill. However, did Vader ever meet with a person singly that he, in a sense, allowed to live essentially because that person was deemed no threat or because he was more forgiving than the emperor? I’m thinking about a random person that may have rendered aid to Vader.

To be fair it wasn’t Anakin that defeated the Jedi temple. It was the suddenness, swiftness and sheer number of 501st and Coruscant guard that overwhelmed the Jedi. I honestly think if Anakin went alone he would have been overwhelmed.

Something else I remembered from the RotS novelization was that the Jedi not only regarded Kenobi as THE Master of Soresu, but the most cunning Jedi of all (as per the Jedi Council). I think it has to do with the fact that he was a master strategist during the Clone Wars, becoming one of the few High Jedi Generals commanding an entire Corp at such young age. Kenobi expressed genuine surprise at both compliments as if he could not fathom why others would hold him at such high regard. I think he would’ve agreed with Sidious’ assessment of himself pre-Mustafar as just another regular Jedi lol. Also, as per Dooku’s observation and later the description of the Mustafar duel, I noticed that Kenobi was extremely competent at letting go of himself and carrying out his duty as a Jedi by surrendering to the Force and letting it guide his hand. Some descriptors I remembered Dooku used were that Kenobi became a vessel of the Force and was like a window where the Force shines through, or something along these lines. If you are familiar with Buddhism which George Lucas drew heavy inspiration from in creating the Jedi, this “letting go” is basically what monks are supposed to do (which I also think is what the Jedi originally meant by the attachment rule - by letting go of attachments, they can be free of fear and gain clarity, which Kenobi demonstrated perfectly in the face of Satine’s death and Skywalker’s betrayal). With this principle, Kenobi was able to withstand all the tragedy that would otherwise make a person insane to perform his duty while firmly remain in the Light. I think this is what made Kenobi truly a powerful Jedi - his had mastery over the mind and the intellect and skill to back it up.

If a particular jedi destroyed both your prized apprentices and destroyed a prized weapon at the time (general grevious) i think you should notice he isnt a push over even in death he was still a problem

Palaptine: I turned the wrong jedi

Palpatine had to think highly of Kenobi, Obi-Wan took out both his apprentices..Maul & Vader. Ultimately The Emperor ends up dead & gone but Obi-Wan Kenobi carries on as a Force Ghost, always eternal. Suck On That Sidious! 😉

That quote seems to stand up and also lends to Qui Gon. Having a purpose. Obi'wan showed up with a purpose and that purpose was singular, to end Darth Vader. It teases at the fact that the Jedi had lost to Sidious is because they had lost their purpose being enmeshed in Senate Politics.

Never underestimate the high ground!

Last fight scene in Kenobi, master Kenobi was also channing the pure lightside

Obi Wan is, time and again, underestimated. But he is actually s very skilled fighter and the Kenobi show really showed how powerful he became with the force and saber, not too mention his mental prowness. His skills are underrated even by the fans.

Underestimated forever. Even in this video phrases like “so much lesser to Qui-Gon” uttered so many times while in all fairness the greatest achievement of Qui-Gon’s career as a Jedi is training Obi-Wan Kenobi to become the Jedi he was.

Obi-Wan Kenobi is that guy.

Palpatine said leave him or we will never make it! Anakin should of listened....😆

Maul. Grievous. Vader. Took care of all of em.

The one flaw here is that Obi didn't fulfill any resolution to kill Vader and made an ignorant assumption he'd slowly die in misery instead of finishing him off right there on the lava banks. I'll also maintain that the movie could have done a much better job with the Yoda/Sidious fight. It should have been as long and intricate as Obi/Vader.

Palpatine and Obi-Wan are two of my favorites!!!! 🛡️🗡️

One thing I always found interesting was the Palpatine always wanted Obi Wan to die and keep Skywalker alive while Dooku really wanted Obi Wan to live and preferred Skywalker died. Truly opposite desires from Master and Apprentice, which further shows just how out of the loop Dooku was to Sidious’s true intentions.

This is so hard to watch in the BEST WAY POSSIBLE. It's absolutely heartbreaking. The movies were so limited in the time we got to see Anakin and Obi Wan interact which made the final duel less heartbreaking. But if you've watched the clone wars and see countless hours of their time together, seeing this hurts to watch in a way the original never achieved. Absolutely brilliant and gut wrenching

Jolly good video

Here's the thing, powerful people like sidious and anakin thought natural power (the force) would trump skill and persistence. Kenobi showed that it doesn't work that way. Kenobi wasn't really strong in the force but his belief in the jedi way and himself was stronger than some magical ability.

Obi Wan never loses. Even with a loss comes s lesson. There was always a teaching involved? Think about it? Kenobi never fought without purpose. May The Force be With You.

First time I watched Star Wars was with actor Alec guiness and I always saw more of the embodiment of the light side than yoda being the light side

You have to understand, Sidious was on a whole other level of power compared to Obi-Wan, so he didnt see him as worthy of being dealt with directly. However, Sidious did aknowldege that he was skilled and proved to be a more attention focused obsticle in his grand plan. So it's a unusual situation.

Without watching the video, the answer is that Obi-Wan was the boss

Palpatine wanted obi wan first which is why he told dooku to convince him and bring him onto our side

"Kenobi never meets Sideous and they only know each other by reputation" Pretty sure Obi-Wan rescued Palpatine from Grevious at the beginning of RotS.

Anakin is the "chose one?" Pfft: Obi-won's feats: Defeated Darth Maul TWICE Defeated General Grievous Defeated Darth Vader Anakin's feats: Killed a bunch of yuenglings :D

Despite how one may hate and wish to see one's enemy's destroyed. You can still respect and fear them for the qualities and organisation that they represent. Which is perfectly apt jn respect of Kenobi, whom defeated and maimed two of Sidious apprentices as well as went toe to toe with the other and resisted all of Sidious attempts to kill him off during the clone wars.

Kenobi and the chancellor met when obi wan disguised himself as a bounty hunter

What an analysis! I can’t wait reassess Obi-wan myself!!!

Obi Wan record in saber duels is quite impressive...second only to Ahsoka possibly?

Have you seen the deleted scenes on the fight of yoda and Palpatine. Actually yoda defeated him and he barely managed to escape. Really an interesting perspective

Obi Wan is actually master of the low ground. He is way below maul but defeats him. Anakin jumps over him, granting high ground, then Obi cuts his limbs off. Grievous is above him and he shoots him.

It’s true Obi Wan was not a powerful Jedi nor was he one of the most powerful Jedi but after so many years of dedication and self discipline and training he did succeeded in establishing himself as one of the greatest Jedi to ever live despite not being the Chosen One

there's alot of learning from this really. resolve without ego, is way more powerful way of being in life. Letting go is better than hubris and revenge.

"He survived Ventress' latest attack? INCONCEIVABLE!" "He killed General Grievous? INCONCEIVABLE!" "He bested Lord Vader? INCONCEIVABLE!"

Was palpatine's face disfigured during his fight with Mace or was his true form simply revealed?

I wouldn't say Obi-Wan was balanced when he fought Anakin. "You were the chosen one! You were supposed to destroy the Sith, not join them!" or "You were my brother!" and so on and so forth. Obi-Wan is full of anguish and inner turmoil, not focus and determination. He wasn't set to destroy Anakin when he went there. He wanted to save him, as revealed when he meets him on Mustafar and given the choice of joining Anakin or be destroyed utters "only a Sith speaks in absolutes" which is sort of an ironic statement, but that aside, he came there to confront Anakin, not destroy him. He didn't truly steel himself to battle him until that moment. His purpose was not clear. Had it been so he wouldn't simply have left him moaning and clawing at the ash and dirt by the lava flow. He would have killed him, with the calmness and detachment only a Jedi can have. Instead he left Anakin, Obi-Wan in despair and grief unable to finish him off. Had Obi-Wan finished Anakin / Darth Vader off on Mustafar the galaxy might have been saved a ton of grief. I would go so far as to say Palpatine was correct. Obi-Wan was a failure. He failed to keep his arrogant, angry, ambitious and impulsive Padawan in check, and he failed to do anything about the growing darkness in Anakin, or even detect it, and he failed to stop him and finish him off. Obi-Wan was a failure. Indeed, going back to the the frustrations of Obi-Wan when he called out to Anakin that he was supposed to destroy and not join the Sith, one thing is perfectly clear. Obi-Wan was clueless and had not foreseen or detected Anakin's fall to the dark side, despite how emotionally unstable he was. "Not the younglings". Obi-Wan, the person closest to Anakin among all the Jedi, perhaps save Ahsoka, had no idea, despite all the obvious signs and occasional murder sprees of Anakin, or Anakin's rage when he thought Obi-Wan had been murdered by a bounty hunter. It should have been obvious. Obi-Wan was blind. Obi-Wan was a failure as a master.

Dooku "You shouldn't underestimate Obi-Wan. He's actually pretty cool." Sidious "Nah, Obi-Wan is lame." Sidious after Obi-Wan beat Anakin "Hey, this Obi-Wan guy is pretty cool. Why didn't anybody tell me he was cool sooner." Ghost Dooku throws up hands in exasperated disgust and walks away.

I can't help but wonder what would have happened if Yoda and Obiwan had went to Mustafar together instead of splitting up.

Honestly obi-wan vs maul and savage should be a clue to anyone that kenobi is dangerous when backed into a corner but he chooses to generally show great restraint otherwise

Obi Wan vs Maul is the best duel in the whole thing. Obi Wan is the epitome of a Jedi.

In order 66, non of the Jedi (as far as I know) were expecting the clones or anakin himself to turn on them. This led to complete confusion and shock. Non of them were in their Jedi state. It was chaos!

Obi-Wan: Defeats Maul Sidous: Weak... Lame...

"I will do what i must"

Maul - sliced in half Grievious - shoot in his heart Vader - cut his limbs off Sidious: what a pain in the ass...damn u Kenobi.🤬

There is another thing you missed. Obi-Wan knew Anakin, knew how he fought and knew that he'd leave himself open when he got too arrogant. Its a mistake Anakin/Vader never truly learned.