The compilation vid you made of both Anakin and obiwan saying each others name and how on anakins end he says obiwan less and less after the deception arc that stabbed me in the heart
I didn't see it coming!! Perhaps I should have, we all know that their communication was terrible and only got worse. We know Anakin's secrets and pulling away toward Palpatine was a huge reason for his fall. I knew these things intellectually, but... seeing it happen before my eyes was honestly devastating.
In terms of the footage we have of Anakin and Obi-Wan, the Deception arc is right at the end of season four. The next few seasons would pull away from Anakin and Obi-Wan content to focus more on Ahsoka and the clones. There is simply less Obi-Wan and Anakin interaction, and in the interactions we do get... woof
Obi-Wan still says Anakin's name when they talk. He's still engaged in the relationship in the same way, you know? He's still reaching out, but Anakin stops saying his name back. There are so few of them after that point. I remember when I was doing research for it, after season four looking for 'Obi-Wan's was increasingly futile.
It was really heartbreaking and really telling. Using someone's name to their face can be a pretty intimate thing sometimes. Calling for someone's attention across a battlefield is one thing, calling for it in a conversation is another. It's a request or an endearment. The inequality just perfectly represents the failure in their communication, and yeah it was an upsetting thing to discover haha
