My takeaway from this recent episode of Kenobi is that if Dooku had simply disarmed Obi-Wan on Geonosis, instead of full-on wounding him, then this feral blood-crazed bar brawler *ahem* the Negotiator™ would've tried to fight Dooku saber-a-mano.
He'd be cracking his neck like: "I FIST-FOUGHT A MANDALORIAN YESTERDAY YOU MUSTY BITCH, BRING IT!" *sweeps the leg* "YOU COME AT ME WITH SPARKLY FINGERS?! REALLY?!" *elbows him in the back* "WHERE IS YOUR DARTH SIDIOUS NOW, GRAMPS?!"
Like, in THIS scene...
... that's not bravado, and he's not hiding the fact that he's exhausted from the arena fight... Obi-Wan is just genuinely thinking: "meh, worst case scenario is I head-butt an octogenarian."
Further proof that Obi's immediate go-to when he doesn't have a saber is always physical violence and I love it :D
























