Obi-Wan Kenobi

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  1. Diacanu

    Diacanu Comicmike. Writer

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    This series is going to evolve us all into pure energy, and we're going to transcend into a higher plane of existence, and FF is trying to pee on the parade over the release day.
    This is exactly what he's pulling in the SNW thread.
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  2. Ten Lubak

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    Ok so there’s an image floating around that is a potentially massive spoiler if true regarding characters that may appear in this series. It’s pretty huge so don’t click if you don’t want to know.

    I mean it

    Last chance
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  3. Steal Your Face

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    The music in the trailer kind of already spoiled that.
  4. Ten Lubak

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    Should prob spoiler code any talk about this
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    Eh, there's also video of
    so I don't know.
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  6. The Original Faceman

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    Who are they?
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  7. Jenee

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  8. We Are Borg

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    You're only partially correct. In the late 1970s and into the 1980s and early 1990s, Friday nights were when the networks aired their A-list stuff. The original concept of "death slot" meant that any other show that aired up against stuff like Miami Vice, the A-Team, etc. would get hammered in the ratings. It's like scheduling a movie premiere the same weekend as an MCU or Star Wars film. You know your box office is going suck.

    It was only until the 2000's when it took on the meaning you refer to.

    From Wikipedia:

    "The term possibly began as a reflection of certain programs' dominance of Friday night in the 1980s and 1990s, which resulted in decreased ratings for those scheduled opposite their competitors."
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    No, and given who it is, then this is likely a Force hallucination or memory on behalf of the other person, unless they are going to undo the excellent fate the first character already got.
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    My other bet would be that they've started filming the other spin-off series already.
  14. Jenee

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    It can't be Maul either. You useless lickspittle.
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    Um, whoops.
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    Except it is. How are you this dumb?!
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  17. Diacanu

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    Rebels is 5 years after Obi-Wan.

    -Revenge Of The Sith- 20 years before ANH
    -Solo- 10 years after ROTS
    -Obi-Wan- ditto
    -Rebels- 5 years before ANH
    -Rogue One- A month to a second before ANH
  18. We Are Borg

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    Um, I thought Darth Maul was alive. Or did I miss something in Rebels and Solo?
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    I thought Obi-Wan killed him (for good) in Rebels.
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  20. Diacanu

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    Yep.
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  21. We Are Borg

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    Then I guess I did miss something. :lol:
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    It seemed like it was a pretty big deal at the time. I didn't even WATCH Rebels, and I knew about it.
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    One of the better episodes, too.
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    I don't know about all that. Most of the episode was Ezra arguing with Chopper and wandering around Tatooine.
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    Here 'tis if you're interested. It's chessmaster level combat (watch the stances).

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  26. We Are Borg

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    Thanks. I did watch Rebels sporadically and obviously missed that one.
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    Kenobi's compassion as Maul passes is a beautiful thing... very "to our noble and valiant foe".
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    Obi Wan was and tried very hard to be a "true Jedi" - what he tried to teach Luke in the short time he was allowed - in that a Jedi doesn't "hate" or "need revenge" (why he was paired with a Master who believed otherwise, and a Padawan who could never be like him) was yet another tragedy in his life. Another example showing the council didn't always know what they were doing. Obi-Wan should have been paired with a much more scholarly Master. If he had, he'd have never been in the position of being responsible for Anakin, nor would he have been forced to live as a hermit with no purpose for 19 years.

    So, it was not so much a "noble and valiant foe", rather Obi Wan never really wanted to kill in the first place. He didn't want to kill Maul in The Phantom Menace and he didn't want to kill him in Rebels. Circumstances forced it on him and he was saddened by that.
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  29. Spaceturkey

    Spaceturkey i can see my house

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    would it be too much for you to look up the quote to understand it? (although, yeah... seems I paraphrased)

    anyways, here's the accurate version...

    "To the memory of Captain Boelcke, our brave and chivalrous opponent." Royal Flying Corps, 1916

    otherwise, yeah.. that's my point. he's free of the revenge hang up so much that he can offer comfort and dignity to one of his greatest opponents as they die.
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    I'm not disputing the quote. I'm disputing it's relevance in the context of Maul's death and Obi Wan's feelings about it. I don't think he respected Maul at all. I think he was just sad about having to kill him.