In ESB, Obiwan says that if Luke goes to face Vader he will face him alone, “I can not help you”. But look what Yoda did in TLJ. Sure seems like Obiwan could have lent a hand now.
He says “If you chose to face Vader, you will do it alone. I cannot interfere” . This wasn’t that he couldn’t do anything, but the fact that Luke had to face this challenge on his own. He was being warned that he needed to complete his training, but he refused to listen and needed to face the consequences and not feel that Obi-Wan could just come along and save his ass.
Well that makes Obiwan to be a real jerk. An incomplete Luke is going to face Darth f-ing Vader. He knows Luke is not ready. For he knew, Luke would have gotten killed and then things would really be up the shaft. He was the second to last hope for the galaxy and Obiwan is going to risk the whole galaxy just to teach Luke a lesson???
And don’t forget Obi-Wan’s line in ANH: “If you strike me down, i shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine.” . Up until TLJ, the most we see a force ghost being able to do is interact with their surroundings by moving some twigs and sitting in a log. A force ghost being able to use that power has been there since day one.
I never understood the line as a kid, but when I grew up, understood it mean that he’d be more powerful as a martyr for the cause.
adywan gives one possible reading of why Obi Wan couldn’t interfere. I assumed there was some spiritual reason, like ghosts can’t get revenge, can’t use violence, or something.
As for Obi Wan’s line about becoming more powerful, I thought a spiritual reason there too - that a spirit is a more powerful being than a man. But the martyr idea is good too.
Again the movie never explains adywan’s idea.
Would Obiwan’s reason for helping Luke fight Vader in ESB be revenge?
Yoda’s use of lightening sure seemed violent to me.
I don’t agree with adywan, the movie does leave the reason unspecified. Dominic gives a plausible reason that I tend to agree with.
Dominic’s reason is not explained in the movie.
Lightening is violent but Yoda does didnt commit an act of violence with it.
He didn’t? He set a building on fire.
On the revenge point, killing the guy who killed you may be antithetical to existence as a Force ghost.
again this is not explained in the movie.