I finally figured out how to bring this dork back from the dead for this AU, so here's the dirty details.
Obi-Wan, as a Force ghost, has been secretly following Vader and Luke since this whole fiasco started. He's been looking for an opportunity to talk to Luke, but the boy is always shadowed by his father, and Obi-Wan really doesn't want to reveal himself to Vader considering the emotional fallout that would ensue, for the both of them.
So Obi-Wan watches, watches as Vader's heart is healed by Luke's kindness, watches as Vader protects, dotes, and adores his son, and Obi-wan begins to realize what Luke had been trying to tell him this whole time. Anakin never died, he's been trapped in a living hell for over a decade, screaming and begging for help, and Luke answered.
It makes Obi-Wan's heart ache. For so many years he's been trying to discard all his regrets, but seeing Luke's and Vader's adventures bring them bubbling right back to the surface. If only he had done things differently...
Then one day Vader and Luke come across another one of Sideous's secret labs. The old Sith lord has been trying to find a way to keep himself alive by any means possible. The machine that de-aged Luke and Vader was one of those plans, and he had used Luke as a guinea pig to see if it would worked, which is did, but the machine blew up.
So this faculty Luke and Vader are currently in is actually filled with brain dead clones of various Jedi, tests subjects to see if Sideous could implant his spirit into another body. One of them is even an adult clone of Obi-Wan.
Obi-Wan is relived to see that even Vader is disgusted by these things and watches wearily as Vader goes to kill the brain dead clones, only to get attacked by two Anakins.
The Anakin clones are simply being puppeted by Sideous and have no will of their own, so they're not as skilled as Vader in terms of fighting prowess, but that doesn't mean that they are easy to kill either. After a fevered fight, Vader manages to kill one them, but the other clone is then able to hit Vader with Force lighting, which is Vader's biggest weakness. Mechanical limbs and electricity aren't a good combo.
Seeing Vader in agony and Luke crying in desperation prompts Obi-Wan to try something really stupid. He shoves his spirit into the body of his brain dead clone and wills the damn thing to move.
It works and Obi-Wan is essentially alive again. He fights back the Anakin clone, allowing Vader enough time to recover and join the fight again. When it's over, Obi-Wan cannot bring himself to kill the clone, so Vader does it, brutally, and without hesitation.
For a moment, Obi-Wan thinks he might be able to rip his spirit free from this body and avoid this awkward situation, but it turns out he's permanently attached now, both to the new body and the Skywalkers.
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