Lewtas

on being a hero: head vs. heart

𝑻𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒎𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒆 𝑪𝒊𝒕𝒚

You know what I love about that moment Obi-Wan said “Then my friend is truly dead,” and “Goodbye, Darth,”?

The final episode of Obi-Wan Kenobi is entirely about love. Obi-Wan leaves Leia and the ship of refugees because to him, they are more important. He finds the strength to break free of what would have been a stony tomb because he remembered Leia, and Luke, and Anakin, and how he loved all of them.

He wept as he spoke to Anakin because he loves him still.

But, as he said “Goodbye, Darth,” he let Anakin go.

He still loved Anakin more than anything. But Obi-Wan let Anakin go, because to hold on to him, to be attached in such a way that his life would still be centered on the memory of his brother, would be to burn with him. And he chose to love - to love Leia and Luke, Anakin’s living memory.

He was never truer to the Jedi and to the Force than he was in that moment. To love utterly selflessly and utterly determinedly, but without attachment.

What a beautiful thing it is, to choose to love the living without allowing the ghosts of the dead to cling to you.

It is the name of your true self you’ve only forgotten.

HAYDEN CHRISTENSEN as ANAKIN SKYWALKER

Bruce’s monologue [1/?]