Star Wars: Ignore Obi-Wan, The High-Ground Doesn’t Matter

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Opening on May 19, 2005, the final Star Wars prequel was celebrated in its time...

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Still, it had the long-anticipated battle between Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker….

… leading to Anakin being encased in Darth Vader’s armor.

It also features one of Star Wars’ most parodied lines.

“It’s over, Anakin. I have the high ground.”

Obi-Wan says this before slicing his protege in half.

But does the “high ground” really matter in Star Wars ? Not really...

Consider Vader’s own first battle with Luke Skywalker in Empire Strikes Back .

When they cross lightsabers, Vader abandons the high ground to leap at Luke.

Maybe it was because he was trying to lure Luke into a carbonite trap?

But nope, he lets Luke get out of that despite “high ground,” too.

Well, in his own words, Vader is a slow learner.

Except here is Darth Maul with the “high ground” over Obi-Wan himself.

And there’s Obi-Wan leaping right over Maul like a putz.

Maybe Obi-Wan just never taught Anakin the true power of the back-flip?

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