Originally posted by: Gaffer Tape
Well, if that had been done right in the prequels, it would have worked perfectly. If you remember, most of Obi-Wan's advice and connection to Luke was based off of his mistakes as a young man. But, wait, I forgot, prequel Obi-Wan was perfect in every way and never made a mistake. But, yeah, if there had been a point in the prequels where Obi-Wan had given in to hate and came close to doing something evil, then it would have resonated well with that quote and been a contrast to Anakin, who was also confronted with choices and didn't resist.

Gaffer, the character of Obiwan was one of the few things I really liked about the PT. I have to say he is the one character I really cared about, and I give big props to Ewan McGregor, cause filling Alec Guiness shoes was a huge undertaking.

I never really thought of what Obiwan should been like before ANH, but I actually like that Lucas made him the ultimate good guy jedi, cause he more echos Luke when you watch the OT now. The one thing Lucas could have done was made Obiwan be an apologist for Anakin and all his bad traits. The council should have found out about Anakin/Padme relationship, and his constantly problems with obeying the Jedi order, and Obiwan should have stuck up for Anakin only cause he knew he was the chosen one. It would be just like every parent letting their kids get away with too much and then they turn out like brats, they are well intentioned, but just weren't tough enough.