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Summary

Obi - Wan Kenobi never ended up meet Rey inStar Wars , yet both of them ended up practice the exact same lightsaber mistake without realise it . Obi - Wan was one ofthe best lightsaber fightersin the prequels ; the entire Jedi Council recognize Obi - Wan ’s calm and collected artistry in conflict . In Star Wars : Episode III - Revenge of the Sith the Council nem con voted for him to take on General Grievous . Meanwhile , Rey superintend to reanimate the dying art of lightsaber fighting in the sequel trilogy , though she was not most as conflict - seasoned as Kenobi .

One of the most well - known lightsaber short letter was inStar war : Episode II - Attack of the ClonesbyEwan McGregor ’s Obi - Wan Kenobi , where he distinguish Anakin Skywalker,“this arm is your animation . ”For the most part , Kenobi followed his own advice by treating his lightsaber with the uttermost deference . But there was one uncommon case whereKenobi actively ignore his own advice . On the other hand , Rey ab initio rejected Anakin and Luke ’s old lightsaber upon realizing its dark and turbulent chronicle . She eventually came to respect its implication , though she unintentionally dishonour the lightsaber ’s original creator .

A Star Wars possibility suggests that Rey Skywalker ’s raw Jedi Order picture show will make a radical lightsaber change , and George Lucas would do it it .

Daisy Ridley as Rey Skywalker looks pensively upon her lightsaber at the end of The Rise of Skywalker, edited with some effects

Rey Buried Anakin’s Lightsaber On Tatooine

At the end ofStar war : The raise of Skywalker , Rey buries Anakin ’s old saber in his least favorite matter in the entire Galax urceolata : George Sand . For Luke Skywalker , seeing his founder ’s lightsaber laid to reside at his old family estate likely map a poetical terminal to his heroic history as a Jedi . Yet even Luke likely did n’t realize just how much his father hated moxie . For Anakin , Tatooine was filled with unspeakable memories of his time as a striver and his mother ’s death .

Rey can still rectify her mistake by unearth Anakin ’s lightsaber in the upcoming New Jedi Order pic .

Rey ’s blunder with Anakin ’s saber is perceivable , since she never really screw Anakin or his dislike of sand . She may not have even make love that the cavalry sword belonged to Anakin long before Luke have it . But the fact remains thathis Force ghostwriter was likely peevedseeing his old sabre being swallow in the same sand he develop up cursing .

Ewan McGregor’s Obi-Wan smiles, superimposed with Vivien Lyra Blair’s Leia Organa looking serious

A question elevate in Star Wars : The Rise of Skywalker was finally answer in the Obi - Wan Kenobi TV show , addressing an even older Star Wars mystery .

Obi-Wan Did The Same Thing Over 25 Years Prior

astonishingly , Obi - Wan did the exact same affair as Rey almost 25 years prior . InObi - Wan Kenobiepisode 1 , he reveals he buried both his own lightsaber and Anakin ’s in the backbone of Tatooine to avoid detection from the Empire and their Inquisitors . Unlike Rey , Obi - Wan know exactly just how much Anakin hated sand , which almost makes it seem like he buried Anakin ’s lightsaber out of spite of what his old prentice had become .

At first , it may seem like Obi - Wan buried Anakin ’s lightsaber in the sand , recognize it ’s the last place Anakin would wait for it . In reality , Obi - Wan Kenobishows how Obi - Wan had no musical theme Anakin survived and became Darth Vader . In Obi - Wan ’s mind , burying Anakin ’s former lightsaber was akin to laying Anakin to rest , which gain it all the more puzzling why he ’d choose the one plaza Anakin hat the most . In any case , it ’s a footling humorous that both Obi - Wan and Rey managed to disrespect Anakin in the same way of life 25 years aside inStar Wars .

Emperor Palpatine laughing maniacally in Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith.

Rey from The Last Jedi to the left and ewan mcgregor from Obi Wan Kenobi to the right

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Obi-Wan Kenobi digs up his and Anakin’s lightsabers

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