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Originally posted by: Hardcore Legend
Two things. One, Obi Wan could not kill Anakin at that point, because Anakin was defenseless. Two, has anyone here ever seen a Douglas Fairbanks or Erroll Flynn film here? If so, Obi Wan's gesturing and 'high ground' comment are great homages to the swashbucklers found in those films.
Just say "NOOOOO" to homages!
Again, though: seeing how the laws of gravity rarely apply to Jedi, why the heck would "high ground" mean anything? It's never affected anything before ... quite the opposite. It's just a silly example of Lucas' trying to tell something (badly) he should have simply shown. The more I think about it, the more I realize that the very fact the line of dialogue was uttered at all means Lucas needed to re-write that scene.