Obi-Wan has PTSD 

TEN MILLION VIEWS! Still can't believe this blew up. If you like this edit check out my other edits on the channel!

Luke: you fought in the clone wars?? Starwars audience in 1977: The What

Admit it, you came here expecting a joke but got something way better instead

The tension and atmosphere was shattered upon realizing obi wan wouldnt be grabbing a refreshing Cerveza Cristal

I have no idea how Alec had the foresight to glare at R2 the way he initially does. Neither he nor Lucas knew at that point that Obi-wan and R2 had ever met, yet he still glares at R2 in annoyance for bringing the war to Luke and blowing years of covert existence.

"This is your father's lightsaber. He murdered twenty children with it."

When he asked "you fought in the clone wars" he had no idea who he was talking to. This guy was the clone wars

It’s amazing how consistent George was with the timeline. The fact that he based Anakin’s downfall of off this one conversation and made it all match amazes me to this day. Disney has never put that much care into the franchise.

"He betrayed and murdered your father." Sends chills up my spine every time...

”You knew my father?” ”Yes, remarkable man. Flammable.”

"You fought in Clone Wars?" "Luke, I didn't just fought in Clone Wars... I started this war, and I fucking ended it"

The look Alec Guinness gives when Luke asks how his father died... Incredible acting that has aged like a fine wine!👏🏻

That little glance away as OB tries to stop himself remembering Anakin burn is PEAK editing, man.. this is genuinely one of the best fan made *anythings* ever.. the amount of weight and depth it adds to Guinness' performance is worthy of the _highest_ credit Watch this at least 3 times a year and it gets better every single time ❤

"What was my father like?" "He didn't like sand"

Luke: You fought in the Clone Wars? Obi-wan: _brain suddenly switches to cartoon mode_

Just proves how much of a great actor Sir Alec Guinness was he gave this character so much depth just by his acting and this was before George Lucas wrote the script for the prequals, you really get the sense of how terrible order 66 was just by his facial expressions, and ill say it again this was before the prequals even existed yet his facial expressions matches the edited in flashbacks so well bravo Alec Guiness, George Lucas and the editor of this video

Here again, after many years. It's still as powerful as it was the first time I saw it. _This_ is what the Obi-Wan show should've been like.

"What was my father like" "He didnt like sand"

“How did my father die?” “I had the high-ground.” “What?” “What?”

uncanny how even though they didn't have the prequels yet, those memories were put in at the optimal time in order to make old Obi Wan's words carry more weight and pain

This is why Kenobi will always be my favorite character in Star Wars. The amount of pain, heartbreak, and loss he has gone through and still manages to do the good thing, the right thing is absolutely amazing. He will always have a special place in my heart. Makes me shed a tear. When I was a kid growing up, Kenobi was always the one I would pretend to be when playing and I always looked up to the idea of his character.

"You fought in the clone wars?" "Fought in it? I kinda started it by finding that stupid army."

I truly respect obi-wan He lost his love He lost his best-friend He lost his master And he still stayed as a jedi

Out of all the "before the dark times" video edits, this is STILL by far the BEST. Although some other versions are longer, with the flashbacks following a more linear recollection of events chronologically, that's not how memory works. Instead, our memories are episodic, segmented, and all appear out of order. This edit displays this fact perfectly. We remember things not in the way they have happened, but in how they made us feel. Words that trigger certain emotions, both of which you haven't heard nor experienced in years cause the most vivid yet random flashbulb images that penetrate the mind without any control of what you see or feel. Great video! Praise to Alec Guinness for the top tier performance. Man is suffering PTSD from movies that had yet to be released in 30 years.

It's amazing Obi-Wan kept it together all these years with what he witnessed.

Luke: Do you know who killed my father ? Obi wan : Of course I know him, he is me

"You fought in the clone wars?" "Yes. I was a cartoon."

Each time I watch this, I realize just how amazing the original movies were, prequels included. The amount of story and depth that was hinted at in this extremely simple conversation just shows how much Disney has ruined the franchise. This video was done so amazingly, thank you :)

One of the great things about the original Star Wars movies is their ability to make a simple conversation or even a single line hint at the fact there’s much more to this universe.

"You fought in the Clone Wars?" "Yes, I was once a cartoon character, the same as your father."

“I HATE YOU... MAKE SURE TO GIVE MY SON MY LIGHTSABER WHEN HE’S OLD ENOUGH” - Anakin Skywalker

My man…..as someone with diagnosed drastic ptsd I have to tell you THIS IS EVERYTHING. I actually felt what that man did and I saw that movie at least 200 times since 1980 but I never FELT it the way I have like I did after the way you made it . Thank you brother. Phenomenal job hitting the mark.

This gave me more chills than anything Disney has ever produced after taking over LF.

"He was the best star pilot in the galaxy...and a cunning warrior...and he was a good friend." Just break my heart won't you.

1:10 "I don't seem to remember ever owning a droid" R4-P17: **swears in astromech language**

By The Force... we're all connected and watching this, again, together. All one.

Alec guiness really acted like he knew everything from the prequels, he managed to make his character very deep without even knowing the story behind it

Luke: You Fought in The Clone Wars? Obi Wan: Yes I once was a cartoon character like your father

I never considered what the events of the Prequels would have done to Obi Wan, having watched the films when I was younger. This video really does put it in a new light.

Watching this you realize how rich Alec Guinness' interpretation was. It's like he knew the whole story already.

“How did my father die?” “We were playing The Floor is Lava. Things got out of hand... and legs.”

The music really brings home how dark Star Wars was for everyone who lived through Order 66.

I didn't appreciate the thousand yard stare until this video. Excellent work, it hits hard.

Imagine being so good at acting you have ptsd of a film that isn’t invented for another 30 years

When you realise Alec Guinness never saw the prequels

No matter how many times i come back to watch this. It always hits hard

Jeez I thought this was going to be something funny not something that was gonna make me tear up. Genuinely felt more emotion for Obi Wan in these 5 min than in the entirety of the Disney+ series of his namesake.

"He was the best star pilot in the galaxy and a cunning warrior... And he was a good friend." These lines never hit me harder than with those flashbacks 😢

He knew the plot of the prequels before they were made

"Well, of course I know him. He's Ewan McGregor"

"I am not your failure, Obi-Wan. You didn't kill Anakin Skywalker. I did." "Then my friend is truly dead. Goodbye, Darth."

Imagine being such a great actor you can act in context of movie that didn’t exist yet

"I don't seem to remember ever owning a droid" R4: "Am I a joke to you?"

Got to give credit to George for threading the needle between two trilogy’s. Nobody knew at the time that R2D2 would be a faithful companion to Anakin, and yet if you suspend the fact that these trilogies were made so far apart, the way Ben says “I don’t remember ever owning a droid” and the look that follows, it’s incredible! It’s such a small detail but it’s just… incredible.

This is pure genius. The linkages are fantastic. A job well done Samurai. I can’t remember how many times I’ve watched this since its debut, but I truly think this will last the ages.

"I was once a jedi knight , the same as your father" "Then I became a jedi master , unlike your father"

Realizing The Clone Wars was mentioned in the first Star Wars movie.

- how did my father die ? - 49 times, we fought that beast..

By fare the best interpretation and edit of Obi-wan’s understanding on how he lost his best friend and brother. Tear jerking.

"I don't seem to remember ever OWNING a droid." Obi-Wan didn't forget R2D2; he's talking to R2. He's saying "I never owned you, you were a friend."

"Your father's light sabre" *proceeds to hand him the youngling killer 9000

Love the way he makes the difference between Anakin and Vader. Anakin was a jedi, Vader killed Anakin and destroyed the jedi. Even before the prequels, Anakin and Vader were already depicted as two different entities in one person.

Alec Guinness absolutely carried the movie and this scene proves it: the way he doesn’t rush his words, how he’s looking down at the ground and lamenting, not showing any pride, in the fact he was a Jedi. How his face goes from fondly remembering anakin for a moment but then remembering what came after, what he had a hand in fostering. And how he starts rocking back and forth a little while discussing anakins death. Literal ptsd in his eyes. he coldly says “he betrayed and murdered your father” looking right at luke, probably seeing the faces of all the dead younglings looking right back at him. All his friends and colleagues now one with the force echoing back at him “why?”…. This scene makes the saga, without it the story falls apart. Fuck the trench run, the cantina, hoth, Endor, sith lightning, or even the force itself. It all takes a backseat to this one moment of brilliant acting by a man who thought nothing more of the project but “a space movie for children”. Absolutely earned that 2.5% of the gross

The actor who did old obi wan Kenobi did this scene so well that it felt that the prequels came first then the original trilogy

This would have been a god tier revenge of the sith trailer

The fact that Guinness nailed this performance before George even knew what the Clone Wars were is astonishing

It's crazy that George had all this in his head and prepared himself for decades

I came here expecting a shitpost full of memes, not a masterpiece to make me cry.

"I don't seem to remember owning a droid" "Beeep(well fuck you too buddy)"

This is an amazing edit. I teared up at the "he was a good friend" part. The story of Star wars, of Anakin, of OBI-WAN is so tragic and heart breaking

the edit should be put into the library of congress

“You fought in the Clone Wars” a simple line, made just to add mystery for the audience back in 1977, but oh man, oh man did it start something great.

Luke: says literally anything Obi-wan: *Terrorizing Flashbacks*

they really knew what they were doing when creating a new hope, they managed to make it seem like there was an entire story that happened before it

I don't know how I am only seeing this now but holy shit what a masterpiece of a video 👍 "I was once a jedi knight, same as your father" then it shows the maul duel followed by Anakin moments got me like 😭

Obi wan: I don’t seem to remember ever owning a droid R2: WHAT THE FUCK BRO?! AFTER ALL WE’VE BEEN THROUGH?!!!

Imagine being such a good actor that your character has PTSD from events in a movie that wouldn't be made in 30 years.

This edit deserves an Academy Award

2:22 is incredible. "Your father's... lightsaber." And then it flashes back to Anakin commiting a horrid war crime. That part of this video always just stabs me right in the feels.

This is the best explanation I've ever seen of why Obi Wan told a "white lie" to Luke. Obi Wan simply didn't have the heart to tell young Luke the truth.

When Obi-Wan said "and he was a good friend", Alec Guiness' acting was like he exactly remembered that scene on Mustafar. That's something beyond remarkable

This edit really hit me in the feels.

It's crazy. When Luke says the name Obi-wan Kenobi, you can see the stress, emotional trauma, the PTSD of Kenobi in Sir Alec Guiness's face and eyes. And this was around 30 years before the prequels. Insane.

“You fought in the clone wars?” Isn’t it funny how one line can spawn three movies and cause the creation of the best cartoon of all time. That’s good writing for you folks

I thought this was going to be a meme, but it’s serious.

Guinness commanded a Landing Craft Infantry at the Allied invasion of Sicily in WWII. I bet he's drawing on those painful memories to give this scene weight.

This single youtube video is better than most of what Disney made.

first minute: lol meme two minutes later: tears

“Here is your father’s lightsaber”, the youngling slayer 5000.

To this day this STILL fucks me up more than it probably should.

That was WAY better than I expected. Well done sir!

I love how when Obi-Wan says “Don’t seem to remember ever owning a droid”, he’s talking to R2, or it looks that way. It looks as though there’s that sarcastic subtext of, “You and I both know I didn’t own you, we both know who did”

"How did my father die?" "You see Luke, i had the high ground"

This edit alone makes me appreciate and respect the prequel trilogy so much more.

"anakin is gone... i am what remains"

"your father wanted you to have this when you were older" translation: "Your father never knew you existed and would probably be pissed if he knew I stole his lightsaber"

The way Alec Guinness acts it almost seems like this was made after the prequels and he was told to act like he was remembering these specific moments from them. Great actor.

"What is it?" 'A really dangerous weapon. Wanna play with it?' Yikes

I thought this was going to be a joke video when I clicked on it. Holy shit. That was incredible.

"Your father wanted you to have this when you were older." "What is it?" "It's the Youngling Slayer 9000"