timdiggerm said:

Thank you. Someone had to do it.

I'd like to know why people (including Ady, at some point in time) think it's a good idea (or even possible) to give Obi a second apprentice in the PT. If Ani's his only apprentice, you can still make Ani=Vader a surprise. So... why?

I brought this exact point up in the PT Radical Redux thread, and Poet answered correctly: because a pupil of his betrayed and murdered Anakin. I think you said that it was okay to know that Ben was lying, but not know the extent. To me, part of preserving the surprise would require believing that Ben was perfectly honest in every way. Frankly, I think it'd be best that Obi-Wan had several apprentices in order to make us scratch our heads and wonder which one was the actual killer. I know he plans on reworking quite a bit, but I don't see how it can be done as completely as he wants without tossing out nearly every scene.