Post #45544

Author: Bossk
Parent topic: Plot holes in the SW saga
Link to post in topic: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/45544/action/topic#45544
Date created: 23-Apr-2004, 5:10 AM

He was protecting Luke from the truth. He knew that if he told Luke, then Luke would rush off and try to save Vader and bring him back to good when there really was no way to accomplish that.

IMHO, Obi Wan never lied to Luke. Just like he said, what he told Luke was the truth "from a certain point of view." By becoming this nearly 100% robotic evil shell of his former human self, Vader did effectively kill off Anakin. I don't see it as a lie.