ObiWanKenobi writer Joby Herald explains why the Jedi didn't know AnakinSkywalker was alive and had become DarthVader 'There were many avenues that I could take him down, all of which hopefully are good opportunities to tease out story as we continue.'
The writer of Obi-Wan Kenobi explains how the Jedi master was unaware that Anakin survived their duel on Mustafar. Taking place 10 years after the events of Revenge of the Sith, Obi-Wan Kenobi sees Ewan McGregor reprise his role as the titular character and sees him come face to face with his former apprentice Anakin Skywalker, who is now known as Darth Vader. Audiences know these two will eventually come face to face in the events of A New Hope when the two come to blows on the Death Star.
Yet in Obi-Wan Kenobi episode 2, the revelation that Darth Vader was still alive appeared as news to Obi-Wan. When he last saw his apprentice, he was left burning alive on the planet Mustafar and he walked away, yet he was not around to see the Emperor recover Vader's body.
“That was actually not something I pitched originally. That was something I discovered along the way, and sort of had to confirm with Pablo [Hidalgo] and really think, ‘Hold on a second, what does he actually know? Does he know the moniker Vader? What would that mean? Can he associate the two? What was he cognizant of? How isolated is he? Where’s Vader at that time? Where’s his reputation and how well known is he?’ and all those pieces of the puzzle.
Obi-Wan Kenobi does establish that the former Jedi has cut himself off from much of the world, living in exile on Tatooine. It is easy to imagine he does not have much interaction with others or hear more about what is going on in the galaxy so the name Darth Vader has likely not been mentioned around him.
In many ways, the scene is a mirror to a similar one in Star Wars: Rebels, where Ahsoka Tano makes the connection that the villainous Sith Darth Vader is actual her former master. The series now adds a further layer to A New Hope, as to why Obi-Wan Kenobi is not at all surprised by Anakin's new appearance but recognizes it.
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