Great feedback - thanks, guys. Just what I needed.

OutboundFlight said:
This cut has pros and cons. I agree that it makes Obi-Wan’s abandonment of Anakin more believable.

That was my primary goal.

At the same time, you’d be losing arguably the best performance in the trilogy.

True also. What if I made it seem as if Palpatine’s shuttle was already descending, so that Obi-Wan simply had to get out of there? This was actually my original plan; I only thought of the other idea in the midst of editing that chapter.

Also, how does Obi-Wan get Anakin’s light saber?

Crap, I hadn’t even thought of that! :-\

On the other hand . . . we already know that Ben lied to Luke about his father’s identity. What if he lied about the lightsaber as well? Maybe he gave Luke a saber that was modeled after Anakin’s - so it was Anakin’s “from a certain point of view.”

Lastly, this cut makes Anakin’s defeat purely misfortune, instead of his recklessness causing his burns.

Also a good consideration.