r/StarWars • u/Tanis8998 Jedi • Oct 31 '24

Well, that’s interesting. Movies

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u/kevinraisinbran Oct 31 '24

Doesn't he say "Of course I know him, he's me"?

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u/ItsWillJohnson Oct 31 '24

He also says “I don’t recall ever knowing a droid such as this” when he’d been on lots of adventures with him.

I think prequels would have been better if they added a bunch of instances of obi forgetting about r2.

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u/Viscount1881 Grand Moff Tarkin Oct 31 '24

I think it was "I don't recall owning a droid. So Obi-Wan was telling the truth, from a certain point of view.

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u/mgslee Oct 31 '24

Also the way Obi-Wan glares at R2 has an implication that 'Something is up' and he can play coy.

Alec Guinness played ObiWan so well and his mannerisms leave a lot of space for interpretation which is great.

My favorite one is when he sees Luke and Leia reunited for the first time on the Death Star and he gets that shit eating grin on his face. We can totally interpret that as him believing that getting the twins back together would be the downfall of Vader/Empire.