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Originally posted by: MeBeJedi
"I just thought of something though, Ben's line in ANH 'You cant win Darth, if you strike me down i will become more powerful than you can ever imagine' He's basically telling him the same thing in that battle that he did in the Episode III battle, that Anakin cant win the fight."
Good point on that parallel. That hadn't occurred to me.
[EDIT] Thanks. You too.
I was just about to say that.
Obi Wan saying, "I've got the High Ground" fits well with the character. Everything with a wink and a grin. If anyone has ever watched an Errol Flynn movie, you'll understand the reference, but when he throws his hands open like that and delivers the line, it almost a "You've fought a good fight my friend, I have the advantage now, you can not win, good show" . Then Anakin, like any other villian in a swashbuckling tale, tries to snatch the victory because of his ego, and ultimately fails.
As for the idea that the Death Star could be completed before hand:
"Princess Leia, before your execution I would like you to be my
guest at a ceremony that will make this battle station operational. No
star system will dare oppose the Emperor now"
": Not after we demonstrate the power of this station. In a way,
you have determined the choice of the planet that'll be destroyed
first. Since you are reluctant to provide us with the location of the
Rebel base, I have chosen to test this station's destructive power...
on your home planet of Alderaan."
It could be said that the station was completed, but the weapon was not operational. It's hard to test run something that destroys planets without people noticing. So the station could have been completed, but the weapon taken longer to finish. Thus, when they built DSII, they constructed the weapon very early on, before even completing the shell.