What did Darth Vader say to Obi

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STAR WARS 40 ultimate villain Darth Vader needs some help with small talk after his final words to Obi-Wan Kenobi in A New Hope are torn apart.

21:07, Thu, May 25, 2017 | UPDATED: 21:58, Thu, May 25, 2017

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It's one of the most iconic moments in the whole Star Wars franchise – but the dialogue could seriously do with some work.

Darth Vader is a past master (Jedi or otherwise) at portentious one-liners but somehow he sounds like an awkward teenager at a party in this classic scene. Obi-Wan's sudden surrender almost seems like the desperate ultimate attempt to end an embarrassing conversation.

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Poor old Obi-Wan Kenobi just wanted the conversation to end

When Vader emerges from the shadows to confront his former master, it's a moment that both their lives have been building to for decades.

There is so much to say, so many accusations, so many regrets. Instead, Vader delivers four thunderous clangers that sound like he has picked up a bargain basement copy of "What To Say To Your Oldest and Bestest Frenemy At Parties."  

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Darth Vader says: "I've been waiting for you, Obi-Wan. We meet again at last. The circle is now complete. When I left you I was but the learner, now I am the master."

Reddit user Chamel sums it up perfectly as a tongue-tied, flustered moment when everything you have waited so long to say when you finally get your moment gets all jumbled up.

He explains: "After becoming Darth Vader, he knew that Obi-Wan Kenobi would one day seek him out and they would fight to the death. He spent years coming up with the perfect intimidating sentence to say when he finally met Obi-Wan face-to-face." 

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Princess Leia Organa : General Kenobi. Years ago you served my father in the Clone Wars. Now he begs you to help him in his struggle against the Empire. I regret that I am unable to present my father's request to you in person, but my ship has fallen under attack, and I'm afraid my mission to bring you to Alderaan has failed. I have placed information vital to the survival of the Rebellion into the memory systems of this R2 unit. My father will know how to retrieve it. You must see this droid safely delivered to him on Alderaan. This is our most desperate hour. Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You're my only hope.

[pause] 

Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi : [to Luke]  You must learn the ways of the Force, if you're to come with me to Alderaan.

Luke Skywalker : Alderaan? I'm not going to Alderaan, I've gotta get *home*, it's late, I'm in for it as it is!

Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi : I need your help, Luke. She needs your help. I'm getting too old for this sort of thing.

Luke Skywalker : Look, I can't get involved. I've got work to do. It's not that I like the Empire; I hate it, but there's nothing I can do about it right now... It's all such a long way from here.

Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi : That's your uncle talking.

Han Solo : Han Solo. I'm captain of the Millennium Falcon. Chewie here tells me you're lookin' for passage to the Alderaan system?

Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi : Yes indeed, if it's a fast ship.

Han Solo : Fast ship? You've never heard of the Millennium Falcon?

Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi : Should I have?

Han Solo : It's the ship that made the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs. I've outrun Imperial starships. Not the local bulk cruisers mind you, I'm talking about the big Corellian ships now. She's fast enough for you old man. What's the cargo?

Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi : Only passengers. Myself, the boy, two droids... and no questions asked.

Han Solo : [chuckles]  What is it? Some kind of local trouble?

Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi : Let's just say we'd like to avoid any Imperial entanglements.

Luke Skywalker : [32:37]  No, my father didn't fight in the Clone Wars. He was a navigator on a spice freighter.

Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi : That's what your uncle told you. He didn't hold with your father's ideals; he felt he should've stayed here and not gotten involved.

Luke Skywalker : You fought in the Clone Wars?

Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi : Yes. I was once a Jedi knight, the same as your father.

Luke Skywalker : I wish I'd known him.

Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi : He was the best star pilot in the galaxy, and a cunning warrior. I understand that you've become quite a good pilot yourself.

[sorrowfully] 

Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi : And he was a good friend.

[Ponda Baba gives Luke a rough shove and starts yelling at Luke in an alien language which Luke doesn't understand] 

Dr. Evazan : [explaining]  He doesn't like you.

Luke Skywalker : Sorry.

Dr. Evazan : [grabbing Luke]  *I* don't like you either. You just watch yourself. We're wanted men. I have the death sentence on twelve systems.

Luke Skywalker : I'll be careful.

Dr. Evazan : You'll be dead!

Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi : [intervening]  This little one's not worth the effort. Come, let me get you something.

[Dr. Evazan shoves Luke across the room and pulls out a blaster] 

Bartender : No blasters! No blasters!

[Obi-Wan ignites his lightsaber, wounding Dr. Evazan and severing Ponda Baba's arm] 

Darth Vader : [as Obi-Wan finds him and ignites lightsaber]  I've been waiting for you, Obi-Wan. We meet again, at last. The circle is now complete. When I left you I was but the learner, but now I am the master.

Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi : Only a master of evil, Darth.

[fights Vader] 

Darth Vader : Your powers are weak, old man.

Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi : You can't win, Darth. If you strike me down I will become more powerful than you could possibly imagine.

[fights more] 

Darth Vader : You should not have come back.

[fights more] 

Luke : [Obi-Wan spots him and allows himself to be killed]  NO!

[stormtroopers shoot at him] 

Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi : [as Luke wakes up after being knocked out by Tuskan Raiders]  Rest easy, son. You've had a busy day. You're fortunate to be all in one piece.

Luke Skywalker : Ben? Ben Kenobi? Boy, am I glad to see you.

Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi : The Jundland Wastes are not to be traveled lightly. Tell me, young Luke, what brings you out this far?

Luke Skywalker : [indicating R2-D2]  This little droid. I think he's searching for his former master, but I've never seen such devotion in a droid before. Uh, he claims to be the property of an Obi-Wan Kenobi. Is he a relative of yours? Do you know what he's talking about?

Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi : [thoughtfully]  Obi-Wan Kenobi. Obi-Wan... Now, that's a name I've not heard in a long time. A long time.

Luke Skywalker : I think my uncle knows him. He said he was dead.

Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi : Oh, he's not dead. Well... not yet.

Luke Skywalker : Then you know him.

Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi : Well, of course I know him. He's me.

[R2 beeps in surprise] 

Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi : I haven't gone by the name of Obi-Wan since... oh, before you were born.

[Luke, Obi-Wan, and the droids find the Sandcrawler that the droids were sold from trashed and a majority of the Jawas dead] 

Luke Skywalker : It *looks* like the Sandpeople did this, alright. Look, there's gaffi sticks, Bantha tracks. It's just, I never heard of them hit anything this big before.

Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi : They didn't, but we are meant to think they did. These tracks are side-by-side. Sandpeople always ride single file to hide their numbers.

Luke Skywalker : These are the same Jawas that sold us R2 and 3PO.

Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi : And these blast points, too accurate for Sandpeople. Only Imperial Stormtroopers are so precise.

Luke Skywalker : But why would Imperial troops want to slaughter Jawas? If they traced the robots here, they may have learned who they sold them to and that would lead them back...

[runs towards his Landspeeder] 

Luke Skywalker : ... Home!

Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi : Wait, Luke! It's too dangerous!

[Luke boards his Landspeeder and takes off towards his homestead] 

[the Millennium Falcon emerges from hyperspace] 

Han Solo : What the-? We've come out of hyperspace, right into a meteor shower... or an asteroid field or something. It's not on any of the charts!

Luke Skywalker : What's going on?

Han Solo : Our position's correct, except... no Alderaan.

Luke Skywalker : What do you mean? Where is it?

Han Solo : That's what I'm trying to tell you, kid; it ain't there... It's been totally blown away.

Luke Skywalker : *What*? How?

Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi : Destroyed, by the Empire.

Han Solo : The entire Starfleet couldn't destroy a whole planet. It'd take a thousand ships, with more firepower than...

[alarm sounds] 

Han Solo : Stay sharp. There's two more coming in. They're gonna try and cut us off.

[CUTTING-ROOM FLOOR-LINE; turns to Luke and Obi-Wan] 

Han Solo : What did you guys do to attract this kind of attention, anyhow?

Luke : Couldn't we outrun them first and explain ourselves later? You said something about the Kessel Run.

Han Solo : Watch the wisecracks, kid, or you're gonna find yourself floating home! I'm nobody's straight-man, not on my own ship!... We'll be safe enough once we make the jump to hyperspace. Besides, I know a few maneuvers which ought to shake the more persistent ones.

[CUTTING-ROOM FLOOR-LINE] 

Han Solo : I just wish I'd known how *popular* the two of you were.

Luke : [CUTTING-ROOM FLOOR-LINE]  Don't tell me you would've turned us away.

Han Solo : [CUTTING-ROOM FLOOR-LINE]  No; far more likely, all I would've done was boost your fare... considerably.

[the ship shudders as an explosion flashes outside the window] 

Han Solo : Here's where the fun begins!

Obi-Wan : How long before you can make the jump to hyperspace?

Han Solo : It'll take a few moments to get the coordinates from the nav-com.

[CUTTING-ROOM FLOOR-LINE] 

Han Solo : I could override it, but the drive might shred itself.

[the ship rocks violently as it is straddled with particle-beams] 

Luke : Do we *have* a few moments? At the rate they're gaining...!

Han Solo : Traveling through hyperspace ain't like dusting crops, farm-boy!

[CUTTING-ROOM FLOOR-LINE] 

Han Solo : Ever try calculating a jump to light-speed?

[Luke shakes his head] 

Han Solo : Didn't think so; well, it's no parlor trick. Without precise calculations we could fly right through a supernova, or bounce into a singularity. I've seen it happen, too; I only wish I hadn't.

Luke : [notices a flashing light]  ... What does that mean? What's happening?

Han Solo : [noticing it also]  Uh-oh, we're losing a deflector shield. Go strap yourselves in, we're ready to make the jump. If we take a burst at the wrong moment...

[They escape] 

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