John Doom said:
Nice find, thanks!
About that duel... meh. Is it worth adding it to the timeline? I'm fine with Obi-wan and Anakin meeting in ANH for the first time after he left his training. What do you think?
Well, isn't the whole duel between Obi-Wan and Anakin/Vader one of the most important moment in SW lore? It is after all the event that made Anakin into Vader. Both lore-wise and symbolically this transformation is a really important moment in SW.
The ROTS version may have been an over-the-top CGI mess, but the moment in of itself is pretty interesting and important to the characters. Had it been handled properly it could have been one of the best SW scenes ever made.
The Emperor has always been a very devilish character and it makes sense that Anakin's final transformation should be a flaming baptism so to speak in a hellish setting.
His "more machine than man, twisted and evil" description is also very important to define his role as Darth Vader. That this happened while fighting an old friend while trying to turn him back to good just makes the whole image so much more potent.
I think it's important to try to not be affected by the PT interpretation while considering these ideas. They all had great potential, just a terrible execution in the end.
