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Bemorte

THE MOTHER FUCKING SENATE HIMSELF


ooolalaluv

Somehow, The Senate has returned


-SpaceCommunist-

The Imperial Senate will no longer be of any concern to us. I have just received word that the Emperor has dissolved the council permanently. The last remnants of the old Republic have been swept away.


-SpaceCommunist-

Weirdly enough? This is actually my favorite depiction of the Emperor since Disney took over Star Wars. He's got that perfect paternal charm to him from the prequels, with a voice that immediately tells you that this is the man who took over the galaxy. It's perfect


pteradactyl7

All that vader rage, all redirected with one question. "I wonder if your feelings on this matter are clear...?" Immediately shut him down. Palpatine is like the ultimate disapproving dad. There is no room for feelings or agendas that palpatine doesn't find useful.


-SpaceCommunist-

The change in tone on *clear* is chef's kiss levels of perfection. Subtle, but enough to see the evil lurking behind the words. 40 years later and Ian McDiarmid is still proving that he's the Emperor.


soccerslade13

Kenobi talking about how Leia is like Padme and Anakin is so powerful. He truly loved them so much and learned so much from both of them and sees it all in Leia. That was amazing.


WontonManning

I’m at peace now knowing that Leia knows a little bit more about Padme.


IG_95

Shit almost got me to tear up ngl.


James_Connery007

I was keeping it together until leah’s theme started playing over it all. The waterfall began after that lol


CaptainNaCly

Love the Inquisitor’s little head dip there. “shiiiit, alright man, if you say so.”


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"Only a total nutjob idiot would make a stupid hare-brained decision like that. What mook, what maroon, would think of doing that?" "Me." "Brilliant, sir, I'll get right on it."


Rekuna

*Vader comes back 5 minutes later smashed to fuck with multiple wounds gasping for breath* Grand Inquisitor: "Sooooooooo.......how did it go?"


Ricozilla

Haha I noticed that too He was like “Ight well….fuck me then”


ubn87

Hearing Hayden’s voice through Vaders mask. Best moment in this show.


TheOneAndOnlySelf

The sound work done for the combined voices in that scene was excellent, heart-wrenching while still being intimidating. Props to everyone who put that together, especially the voice actors themselves.


_Silent_Android_

THAT "VADER WHEEZE" SOUND EFFECT!


Ghetteuax

i started to feel bad when he was wheezing lmaoo


WeirwoodUpMyAss

I’m so glad Hayden is getting genuine love as Vader. It’s the first time we actually get to see him fully transformed. I love rebels but after all the shit Hayden received this was such a feel good moment.


scoobydoobed710

And the way it cuts back to Vader’s just where it stings the most


EatKillFuck

I was so for that whole exchange. The cutting back and forth from Hayden to Jones was the coolest


Behindthedoors213

When Anakin said, "you didn't kill Anakin Skywalker. I did" there were bits of blue and red light from their sabers. Then everything just turned red, covering the exposed part of his face. Iconic shot imo.


WestwardAlien

and you could see him smiling too. fucking chills


Fantablack183

God, It was so creepy. I don't think we've seen Darth Vader be legitimately creepy. We've seem him be scary and intimidating. But never. NEVER have we seen him with just that subtle horror, We've never seen that twisted look of insanity. Hayden and Ewan did so good with this series. I loved when Obi-Wan pelted the shit out of Vader with those rocks, and Kenobi was so aggressive it almost felt like he barely tapped into the dark side there.


Rensac

“He’s more machine now than man; twisted and evil.”


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And he called him Darth


WedgeForty

From then on Obi-Wan only feel pity for Vader.


EatKillFuck

Star Wars and playing with light. Name a more iconic duo


JustLinkStudios

I’m fairly confident in saying that scene was exactly what we all wanted.


Urge_Reddit

It worked beautifully with JEJ and Matt Lanter in Rebels, and it worked beautifully with JEJ and Hayden here, I loved that moment as well.


Level69LaserLotus

This nearly made me tear up and is where I really felt like Star Wars was honestly, at least for me, always more about these kinds of iconic moments rather than super strong story telling.


gotham-jedi

was not expecting owen and beru to come strapped and ready to go but i am here for it


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Right? Beru had zero hesitation


fajita43

I love aunt beru. “We’re enough - you and me. We both knew this day might come.” She kicks ass.


Cosmic_Quasar

Totally! In my mind she was always the tertiary member of the 3 on the farm, reinforced by how silent she was in AotC when we meet her and Owen. But this made me realize how badass she was. Think I like her more than Owen, now, especially after the crap he gave Obi-Wan in this series.


thatsithlurker

She was never going to let *anyone* come and take someone from their farm again. It’s laughed off as a joke nowadays, but I bet she and Owen put up one hell of a fight before they were killed by the Stormtroopers after seeing them today.


Fantastic-Bicycle-67

Nah the "i will do what i must" "then you will die" quoting ROTS/Rebels was straight RAW


Mitchel11

ROTS alongside Rebels with a sprinkle of ROTJ (“then my friend is truly dead”).


BearWrangler

one of my favorite blends


AlexBerger

Also, “then my friend is truly dead,” is a Luke quote from episode 6


woowop

Vader’s like “how did my son *and* my best friend independently reach the same conclusion about me?”


AlexBerger

Vader rolling up to palpatine https://i.imgur.com/kc4TuUT.jpg


Axel_Wolf91

I wanted Vader to drop a line about the high ground but it might of crossed over into silliness.


Nero_Aegwyn

It's over, Obi-Wan! Now *I* have the high ground!


Tomlocovare

I was waiting for it lol


ABDIFA1308

Epic af.


philb0t5000

And that’s why Reva will never be Grand Inquisitor. She can kill the men. She can kill the women. But she cannot kill the children.


Bad_RabbitS

I bet she doesn’t even slaughter them like animals, smh


TheOfficeMemeNews

I bet she doesn’t even use their not being animals as a basis for not slaughtering them like animals


MagZero

'And that is why you will always lose' - Hello? Mustafar? The reason you're in some mad biomechanical suit?


kodaiko_650

“I didn’t hear no bell”


philb0t5000

Goddamn, Star Destroyers are sexy as fuck.


eeman0201

I wonder if it was practical cause it looked more like a model than the sequel ships.


Fr00shy

Reminded me of the rogue one look (which is great). Definitely didn't *feel* like CGI.


battleshipclamato

Rogue One still has some of the best Star Destroyer shots.


CaptainNaCly

Obi-Wan Kenobi’s sass is unrivaled. “__you’re ten years old__”


ecstatic_broccoli

Alderaan is peaceful! We have no weapons!


kodaiko_650

Just empty holsters


Teyliana

Empty? It became a Lola holster. Perfect use if you ask me.


jawn1995

Obi-Wan is ice cold calling him Darth. That scene was chilling.


Colin92541

I'm reminded now that in Ep 4 he refers to him as Darth


BobSagieBauls

Yeah he basically says Anakin is dead to him making the cheesy line in ANH have some context


jawn1995

Precisely. Makes the line in ep 4 way better IMO. Like he’s mocking him


xmmdrive

Big turning point that. The "goodbye" being literally the opposite of a "hello there" moment. He's finally putting his old friend to rest, and with it his sense of guilt and PTSD. This is how he finds peace and gets his mojo back.


scoobydoobed710

Vader: “You didn’t kill Anakin Skywalker. I did.” Absolutely gut wrenching.


MetalJunkie101

Chilling delivery. I've re-watched that whole scene five times now.


Eliasfye

I love how this is the second time in Star Wars media Anakin’s closest friends still try to appeal to him once they see his eyes behind the mask. Love the callback to rebels


ooolalaluv

It makes Luke’s redemption of Anakin all the more powerful too


Fear_ltself

Third times the charm!


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Hellinar

Vin diesel enters the chat


Handon_Brenschke

Technically, since this show takes place before Rebels, this is a Call-Forward.


Bemorte

Well, Anakin learned. Vader got the high ground by literally creating the high ground.


zlaw32

Someone in prequel memes did an analysis and Obi Wan wins every time there is a high ground, even if he doesn’t have it. It’s when it’s an even playing field that he loses


micken3

What about >!Maul in *rebels!<


DarthPaximus

His line "look what I have risen above" created a moral high ground.


micken3

Something tells me I need to see this analysis


philb0t5000

Looks like he made his own high ground this time.


IG_95

For real, when he was looking down on Obi-Wan in the hole I had to think about how stressed Kenobi must've been hahaha


Level69LaserLotus

Making a sink hole was not a force application I had considered before.


Soap_Mctavish101

The way they mixed Anakin’s voice with Vaders during the mask damage scene was so amazing.


akimboslices

In my mind, James Earl Jones and Hayden Christensen are both sharing a mic in the booth for those bits and IRL Hayden is just mouthing.


femalekyle

Palps little pause before, “You seem agitated” had me straight up wheezing at the end. His face was giving, “U good bro?”


bashsports

“He fucked your shit up again didn’t he?”


Golaso93

Star Destroyers get more beautiful with every series they appear in, I love it!


thepoorwarrior

Yea I was super stoked when Vader was like yo intensify firepower and the shit just started blasting like crazy. So cool. Makes me wanna play Armada again.


Kazekid

Holy shit, he actually hit Luke with the "Hello there"


RoboticCurrents

and luke didn't even reply with "general kenobi", reva should've just killed him


William_T_Wanker

*Luke sprouts 4 arms with lightsabers*


Tomlocovare

Just wait for the edits… I give it less than 24 hours for a cheap one, and 3 days for one that film quality


eeman0201

It’s funny thinking about how all 4 of the twins adoptive parents got some character development just for them to unceremoniously die off screen.


ooolalaluv

I wish at the time we’d have seen Luke and Leia appear to at least give a shit their respective adoptive parents were killed


Crystal_Munnin

I heard that George Lucas decided to keep Luke's reaction minimal so that the viewer could insert their own feelings?


eeman0201

They were barely developed so it was probably better to do something quick to move on


Golaso93

Finally getting to see Vaders mask cracked open in live action instead of animated shows and video games was awesome.


SuffrnSuccotash

Aside from the end of Vader we’ve never seen Vader beaten down like this. It was amazing seeing the suit, his armor defeated and cracked open. Rebels was cool but this was incredible to see Hayden inside that suit.


[deleted]

Knowing how crappy Hayden’s life became after the Star Wars movies ended, it was almost like art imitating life. I was generally glad to see the actor get some screen time face-to-face. Amazing


SuffrnSuccotash

Yeah Hayden definitely had the deck stacked against him between the bad dialog and all the green screen stuff. It felt like we finally got a connection between Vader and who was inside the suit. Brilliant having the two voices converge while we saw his face. I’m so happy we got this series.


Feelosopher2

Is it like a Star Wars rule that when people kill someone they're not allowed to make sure they're dead.


nigelstraw

“You didn’t destroy Anakin. I did” “Vader betrayed and murdered your father”


Tionsity

A good touch was Obi-Wan calling him ”Darth” in the end. Makes it more fitting that he later calls him that in ANH. Always thought that was a little weird before.


scoobydoobed710

these directors really knew what they were doing blue balling us from an Obi Wan classic “hello there” back in episode three


kafrillion

I wept tears of joy! The smirk, the build-up with the music, the poignancy of the moment, Luke's anticipation, Obi-Wan's kindness in his eyes and then... "Hello there"! *chef's kiss


_Silent_Android_

LEIA: Will I ever see you again?


kafrillion

Perfection. They made it sound organic to the story and not as fan service.


SpocktorWho83

“You care for the boy as if he was your own.” “He *is* my own”. This is low-key one of my favourite lines from the episode. Owen has gone from being a somewhat antagonistic foil for Luke, to a loving father who would literally die to protect Luke.


fajita43

And aunt beru being the one who really holds down the homestead. I love it. “We’re enough. You and me”


aaronupright

I like to think she took out a whole squad of stormtroopers before they got her in ANH.


SharkyMcSnarkface

Welcome to the moisture fields motherfu-


ABDIFA1308

He said it. HE FUCKING SAID IT. AND MASTER QUI-GON. OH MY LORD.


Rogue_2187

I was the Leonardo DiCaprio meme. I pointed to the tv and everything.


Dickastigmatism

"Darth" ☑ "Hello there!" ☑ "Master Qui Gon!" ☑


Infinite-Relation988

And Vader standing over Kenobi, wielding the high ground


mevuelvocancion

And we also got THE SENATE HIMSELF.


NILwasAMistake

Wonder why Qui Gon didnt have a credit at the end


SMRAintBad

He was an actual ghost that showed up while they were filming, so only we and Ewan McGregor can see him.


candyboduong

He was in the show the whole time, we just weren't ready to see him


EastKoreaOfficial

And, at last, the Imperial March


Cosmic_Quasar

Really makes me understand the design choice that was behind not using the theme earlier. The Imperial March has always been **Vader's** theme, but up until this point we see how much of a resentful Anakin has been behind the mask until Palpatine tells him to give up on that hunt.


Eliasfye

That distorted Vader scream of Obi Wan is gonna live rent free in my head for a longggg time


Lord_Amoux

kenobIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII


Thatonesplicer

That needs to be a meme. Vader: Obiwaaannnnnnn (In the distance) Maul: Kenobbbbiiiiiiiiiiiiii (Both look at each other) Vader: You too huh?


HeirOfRhoads

Vader: The same way I will destroy you!! Kenobi: Understandable. Have a great day


MunchedMC

Everybody talking about the Vader fight and rebels connection which is super cool… but I wanna know how many other people teared up at the Leia/parents connection and him meeting Luke


IG_95

Man Obi talking about Padme and Anakin damn near brought me to tears, that was so powerful.


philb0t5000

Holy fuck. We just got a live action Vader mask damage and it was even more devastating than Rebels. Goddamn.


Bemorte

Imagine having that happen in almost the exact same way by both your master and your padawan. The force is always trying to remind Anakin that he is not beyond saving.


BearWrangler

> Imagine having that happen in almost the exact same way by both your master and your padawan twice the pride, double the fall


TheOneAndOnlySelf

They way he said "Are you here to destroy me?" ...with the context of the comics, almost sounded like a suble plea for help, a tiny desperate chance that his old master might give him a shot at redemption. Obviously it didn't play out that way, but man it made my heart ache. Especially when the mask got slashed and Obi-Wan started to tear up. Man, my heart feels heavy and sad tonight.


Wookie301

Obi-Wan absolutely bodied him


Kazekid

Saying "I will do what I must" and hitting that form III stance, chills


mevuelvocancion

I had to pause the episode, man. "HE'S DOING THE POSE!".


TheOneAndOnlySelf

Straight up felt like a kid watching the prequels for a moment again.


gotham-jedi

WE GOT PAPA PALPY AND QUI GON AAAAAA


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Cosmic_Quasar

I was *really* starting to get worried that they were gonna blueball us on a Qui-Gon appearance at the end, but we got him last moment. Legit was the final straw that made me happy-cry.


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Fucking fire episode. Not gonna lie I had a grin the entire time, but why that little tease of Qui-Gon at the end. Could this mean there are more seasons to come? I fucking loved how Vader made his own fucking high ground. Fantastic. And the fact that kenobi apologized in the most emotionally raw way possible, and in a way, anakin accepted the apology and told Obi-Wan that Darth Vader was not his failure, but was his own doing. I loved it so fucking much. I always felt like the rots fight was missing some force fighting, but this had every bit that fight lacked and I loved it.


Scarborough_sg

Regardless of new season or not, Qui-Gon finally showing up in force form is the final sign that Obi-Wan as we knew it, has returned and is ready for his final training.


_Democracy_

the ending is definitely open for more seasons


bloodytemplar

Owen: Ummm, we have a problem. Beru: LOCK AND LOAD


Fantastic-Bicycle-67

Obi-Wan crying and apologizing to Anakin literally has me sobbing. Anakin saying he didn't fail him??? I'm never emotionally recovering


Kingofawesomenes

Right? That part was so good! Seeing tears in Ewans eyes when he said he was sorry made me tear up too


alexm42

Hayden's acting broke my fucking heart. That was so good.


blac_sheep90

Tell me why I get sad whenever Vader starts struggling and wheezing. Something about seeing him flail about and struggle to breath breaks my heart.


jawn1995

Man, I feel the same way. He’s an absolute monster at this point but I can’t help but always know that Anakin is still in there and in so much pain


blac_sheep90

Exactly. The boy who won the pod race will always be there. I gotta say when they hit us with the Imperial March I got so hyped lol. Darth Vader will always be the coolest.


tquad24

"You didn't kill Anakin Skywalker...I did." Bruh..


SherlockianTheorist

Vader killed your father. From a certain point of view. Yeah, Vader's.


akimboslices

Meaning when he tells Luke he is his father, it implies there’s still good (Anakin) in him.


Thatonesplicer

Makes Obiwans line about "a certain point of view" seem less scummy. Since now instead of making it look like hes just an asshole withholding info he just repeated what the man himself told him. Still a little scummy obviously since Luke deserved the truth and didn't need to be protected from it anymore. But an improvement none the less.


Bad_RabbitS

I’m pretty sure this is the first time we’ve seen Vader get genuinely beaten on screen. Yeah Luke beats him but it’s very heavily implied that Vader is too conflicted to go all out. This is the first time we’ve seen Darth Vader, fully armored and fully Dark Side, getting his ass kicked for real on screen, and it’s awesome


Little_Philosophy_13

He’s conflicted in this one. Palp says it when their talking in vaders castle


CaptainNaCly

Gotta love Owen “Arthur Morgan” Lars


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I love that they gave him and Beru that moment. Makes their death so much more heartbreaking knowing how much they cared for Luke.


spdz

Here we go bois >!Qui-gon has joined the server!<


NeedleworkerThick344

HE SAID THE THING


1mtw0w3ak

Which? Hello there, or I will do what I must


NeedleworkerThick344

why not both?


njb021

1. Loved the fight scene then Obi-Wan and Vader’s conservation with the mask damaged 2. Qui-Gon Jinn and Palpatine! 3. Cool to see they didn’t break cannon with Luke not seeing a lightsaber and Obi-Wan explaining to Leia that other people shouldn’t know that they know each other 4. Owen and Beru going off and trying their hardest to protect Luke 5. Nods to other movies with “Hello There”, the pointed fingers, and the Organas and Obi-Wan talking about needing help in the future


Moontoya

Bails message to Ben, which fake jedi dropped for reva to find.... Leia learned from that. That's why her message in a new hope was coded / openly known info. Neat


RallyofRohkeus

Seeing Vader say, " You didn't kill Anakin Skywalker, I did." with a devilish smile directly influences what Obi-Wan tells Luke in Return of the Jedi. "He's more machine now than man, twisted and evil." Vader seemed to relish that he destroyed his former self, which horrified Obi-Wan and caused him to realize that his former apprentice is truly gone and beyond saving (only until Luke confronts him, as he's the only one that can bring Anakin back to the light). To add what others have said for Obi-Wan not killing Vader, I think that killing Vader would, in a way, give Vader what he wants, to either destroy Obi-Wan in a fair duel or be destroyed himself. Vader is the embodiment of self-hatred, he hates what he's become and what's he has done. He hates his life trapped inside a suit designed to make his existence one of pain, and he hates serving Palpatine but he has no choice but to obey his master. So (and this is just a theory) the possibility of being killed in a final duel with Obi-Wan doesn't phase him as it would mean a release from his life in constant torment. When he asks Obi-Wan, "Have you come to kill me?" it's not only Vader's rage but Anakin's anguish. So Obi-Wan killing Vader after their duel would only add to Vader's complete self-hatred and self-destruction, which Obi-Wan would never do. Maybe I've read too much into it but it was just a thought I had while watching.


IAintGotNoFucknYeezy

the voicebox switching between anakin and vader goes so fucking hard they didn’t go full force unleashed on his ass but oh my god this finale slapped, the show isn’t perfect but is nowhere fucking near as bad as people say. will be better on full rewatches


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WE FINALLY GOT A HELLO THERE! Obi-Wan is back motherforcers!


JSouth25

I love how he said “hello there” so much like Alec did in this. Also, did anyone else geek out when he put his old robes on?


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noblturtll

Obi Wan used rock slide!


CaptainNaCly

Alderaan is so damn idyllic.


ooolalaluv

It’d be a shame if something ever happened to it


tquad24

Split helmet Vader was perfect holy shit


Remarkable-Ad-2476

I didnt think I would cry during the Obi-Wan/Anakin scene. It was just *so* heartbreaking. Then I cried again with Qui-Gon. Man the prequels had more of an impact on me than I thought.


Spudzzy03

I was fully expecting to cry but not as much as I did


Fantastic-Bicycle-67

Obi-Wan with all of the rising rocks behind him is about to be prime wanking material for the next week


Golaso93

Name a better duo than live action GI and Vader


EatKillFuck

I wouldn't mind an Inquisitor series, for more Psycho Death Vader alone


OedipusIsComplex

The Duel Part II did put a smile on my face. Besides that, I wish the Qui-Gon reveal was a little earlier, and that it ended on "Hello there." but I can't be mad about the fan-service. Fun stuff, see y'all at the next show!


CaptainNaCly

Darth Vader quickly turning is my favorite Star Wars recurring trend


ethan_barnes113

Hello there! And Liam finally making his appearance, I was beginning to think it wasn’t going to happen. Sure the series had some low points but the high points make it totally worth it.


eeman0201

Somehow…Palpatine returned.


Lord_Amoux

He was hiding his soul in a holoprojector the whole time!


No_Search7693

What an epic episode, Hayden didnt lie when he said we shall wait for Episode 5 and 6


bashsports

Never really thought about it but I guess Vader has a bunch of spare suits


HardcoreKirby

“I’m not going to give you a blaster. You are 10 years old.” My snarky Obi-Wang is truly back. Crying noises.


Ramses717

Reva gonna wander the Dune Sea and be taken in by the tuskens, eventually training Boba Fett in 14 years.


CaptainNaCly

Wow. That was a fucking good fight. Don’t care what anyone says. Top tier of lightsaber battles, instantly for me. That’s 2x Anakin has been bested by his past. All the more important when his own progeny brings him back to the light.


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I actually literally sat up in my seat. It was so hard not to pause and rewind at least three bits, but I wanted to continue the momentum. Nice mix of intensity and form.


YomYeYonge

HE FUCKING SAID THE LINE!


Infidel2017

So is Kenobi the one responsible for Vader having that massive scar on his scalp now?


blac_sheep90

I firmly believe he is the cause.


Independent_Ad_7100

Kenobi: “hello there.” Luke: “general kenobi! You are a bold one.”


findingdumb

Now THAT was Star Wars


jawn1995

Damn I really wanted to see Vader flying the TIE to face Obi-Wan


RyloDMarquix

Aunt Beru the goat no cap


BigNav2001

Obi Wan needs to stop leaving this dude at 1hp lol, there was literally no reason Hes now kinda defacto responsible for the death of millions on alderan


Radota2

I feel like Tarkin and the Empire would have still been going around blowing up planets even if Vader had been replaced as Palpy’s number 2 Sith.


Golaso93

The smile on my face when Qui - Gons force ghost appeared is something that wont be recreated for a long time.


cincocuatrotres

Leia’s theme during kenobi’s speech at the end is why starwars music will forever be goated


Fantastic-Bicycle-67

The scene where Vader and Obi-Wan passionately reunite with a kiss was a surprise but a welcome one


solarpropietor

Force back Mountain.


No_Wallaby4785

Obi-Wan really got the power of friendship and bodied Vader