Then I was walking in downtown Mos Eisley down by Jabba the Hutt’s place where all those people on the side sell used hyperdrive converters and other junk
I was going to say he was crushing their balls with his jedi force...I never understood why they didn't just start every battle like that. Who needs a sword when the former man is balling his eyes out at his blood stained pants.
You see, the V motion is critical to directing the midichlorians to divide in such a way as to make a low pressure zone focused on where he is pointing. It is this negative pressure that forces objects up, making it possible for Jedi to lift heavy objects at a distance, like your mother.
Force healing is shown in the prequels. Obiwon uses it to recover from a torso injury after a large fall. He limps, holds his waist, then suddenly runs
Been a while, but I believe in the book they have these things called bacta tanks, the thing we see Luke wake up in on Hoth after being left out in a storm. And it’s as close to an all purpose miracle drug. Capable of repairing anything short of severed limbs.
This is a point everyone else is missing seemingly. Every major onscreen fight he uses it in he wins and when he doesn't he dies. George Lucas knew it 3 decades prior
Umm, actually... In his final duel with Maul he starts off with his signature stance, then shifts to the deathstar duel stance, which just so happens to be Qui-Gons stance too. This was to fuck with the already unstable Maul.
This is what I'm thinking, I bet its a form thing where it's just a good way to align your stance with your opponent. do you hear that somewhere or are you guessing too?
medic tf2 voice no it’s not
(urine is full of bacteria your body is trying to remove, hence why you’re urinating it)
edit: also if it was sterile in the bladder, it’s no longer sterile upon urination
Ok I don't know the fancy Mandarin names but in Kung Fu this is a strike we use in some techniques. And it's for exactly what it looks like, Three Stooges style.
These comments are hysterical. Buuuuuuuuut(hwuhhhhhh “breathes in”)…..
It’s a defensive stance so he can visualize when to use force powers and point to what he wants to enact the force upon when he needs to lol. Literally every force user does this. They all will the force with their minds but things get hectic in battle so visualization helps. Vader chokes people with his actual hand he’s just using the force as a medium which is always why he raises his hand to their throats. Darth Sidious uses both hands to cast lighting at bitches lol. Yoda blocks the lightning by forming a gravitational force bubble in his own hands then send it back to the enemy. Darth Maul literally points his index finger at a piece of debris and throws it with the force at the inner door panel to open it 🤣👌🏻. My boy Obi JUMPS out of the shaft with the force, stretches his hand out to grab the lightsaber(also while using the force) and cut maul in half after he lands having caught said saber. Otherwise these dudes would be shooting lightning out of their stomachs and Vader would just force choke a bitch with his hands down to his sides looking menacingly mediocre.
*
Makes me think of my prior tai chi training. The Chinese jian was a one handed dueling straight sword, double edged, used by nobles and scholars. In the forms, the 2 fingers (though held together) were the balanced off hand for this weapon
It is so if an enemy rushes him he pokes him in the eyes. The only known counter technique was designed by Darth Moe, which involved holding one's palm flat and parallel to one's nose.
He was one of the few that survived order 66 by rocking anyone's shit that got near him. Absolutely necessary
As someone else pointed out, he didn't use it on the death star fight and died.
It was clearly a tactical move so he could transmute to force ghost, obviously :> (seriously though anytime he doesn't use the V in 1v1s he's usually doing a bait. He takes Qui Gons lightsaber form to bait Maul and he uses his Ben Kenobi stance to bait Vader into the force ghost thing; which he then uses to help Luke blow up the death star.)
Depends, there are several interpretations of it, first as a peace sign. Since jedi are supposed to be peace keepers, flashing the peace sign before combat is fitting. It could also be a V for victory symbol, which is also fitting to flash before a fight. The last one means up your bum, which is also fitting as a goad for his opponents.
Lightsaber forms only superficially resemble real fighting forms; they’re actually variations of active meditation techniques. It’s much more about the flow of the force than swording.
The fingies are a vital component of this form, for some reason. It could easily be that it just vibes better with the force, or the specific aspect Ben vibes with (iirc Cosmic as opposed the Living?).
Or it could be habit, from when he practiced that sultry look illuminated by his lightsaber in the mirror and couldn’t stop himself from reaching for that magnificent battle beard.
That's from Kung Fu. You make "sword fingers" with the off-hand because you use the off-hand as if it were another sword. To balance the sword hand. Because you can use all sword moves with two swords, actually.
The thing is, the fingers should be close together. When you spread them like a V, it's easier to get them broken.
So, the V probably comes from Ewan McGregor not paying attention to his sword instructor.
I like the idea that was put forth in the Wheel of Time books by Robert Jordan regarding the one power. Hand motions and physical movements are not technically necessary but once you learn the method, that becomes to way you do it.
It’s so corny but so iconic. I like to think he thought he looked cool as a youngling with that pose and no one said anything about it, so he always kept it as his signature stance
Soresu based off martial arts, it’s a nod to tai chi I believe, working as a pose to present himself as confident, poised, and disciplined, the opposite of Dun moch.
Thanks for providing a source!
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That’s why he hates Kenobi
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It's a deadly Jedi technique. There is only one defense.
Not from a Sith Lord.
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"Nyuk nyuk nyuk!"
"Why, I oughta..."
Oh a wise Jedi?
Captain Insano shows no mercy
Moisey* gotta have the speech impediment in there bud 😆
Beat me to it, you seem to be killin it quite profusely!
Jon Jones special
Put Obi-wan in the UFC
Send him 2-3 years to Mandalor and forget
Jedi have good striking but nobody check the grappling
W comment
A move he learned from Jedi Master Moe-bi Stoogewalker
You have no idea how much I needed this today. Thank you.
Yes.
He's pointing at the limbs he's gonna be taking with him when he leaves.
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Ahhh that explains why he did this against Anakin...
A fine limb for my collection!
Grievous recognized game
Is it time for the lightsaber collection to resurface?
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Lol 😆
Not this exactly but Greivous actually whipping out the occasional exotic lightsaber to match the situation could have been low key peak.
A succulent Chinese meal
Get your hand off my penis!
Five limbs? Does that mean that all three of Vader’s legs were robotic?
detachable penis starts playing
Then I was walking in downtown Mos Eisley down by Jabba the Hutt’s place where all those people on the side sell used hyperdrive converters and other junk
He was charging 20 credits but I talked him down to 15.
I took it home, washed the Jawa juice off, and put it on. I was happy again, complete.
I always check the medicine cabinet. I tend to put it there.
What is the fifth limb he took from anakin? He still has his head... Oh my god.
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You won’t have these anymore anakin!
Fucking savage
2 Arms, 2 legs, and ohhhh
I was going to say he was crushing their balls with his jedi force...I never understood why they didn't just start every battle like that. Who needs a sword when the former man is balling his eyes out at his blood stained pants.
Force resistant cup was the first thing invented after the force was discovered
Take limbs, kick ass.
A custom stance is about the only ego a Jedi is allowed to have. And Obi is the man.
Obi is the Wan
You see, the V motion is critical to directing the midichlorians to divide in such a way as to make a low pressure zone focused on where he is pointing. It is this negative pressure that forces objects up, making it possible for Jedi to lift heavy objects at a distance, like your mother.
its jesus christ!
He's picking scissors, 'cause he's going to cut his enemy like they chose paper.
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That explains why Dooku kept trying to crush him under things
Crazy that he just walks like nothing after this. I'd expect at least one knee reconstruction or something
Something something something The Force something something.
The Force leads to many things many consider to be unnatural (healing)
To be fair, lots of random powers outside of the films.
Cheesemancers?
Magic space wizard!
So whenever we notice something like that, a space wizard did it?
Boy, i really hope someone got fired for that (blunder)..
He used "Force Healing"(Disney corporation tm) afterwards to get back in action quickly! It is a Canon method, duh!
I actually don't get why this is treated as a Disney thing when Force Heal goes back at least to the days of Jedi Outcast
Pretty sure it’s in KOTOR also
Outcast is older by a year though. Just pointing out, it goes back.
I don’t even remember what I did yesterday.
It was in the snes games too
Thanks. I wondered but never played them to know.
Force healing is shown in the prequels. Obiwon uses it to recover from a torso injury after a large fall. He limps, holds his waist, then suddenly runs
Been a while, but I believe in the book they have these things called bacta tanks, the thing we see Luke wake up in on Hoth after being left out in a storm. And it’s as close to an all purpose miracle drug. Capable of repairing anything short of severed limbs.
Dooku chose rock? Signature choice of superiority.
Anakin somehow got mad enough to beat rock with scissors.
"Good ol' rock, nothin beats that!"
Yeah even as a kiddo when I watched this I was thinking his thighs were fucked.
How did this not pulverize his legs
Wait, so does that mean he also chooses two choices?
It's always nice to run into someone suffering from the same mental poison
Iirc this was the only time he changed strat
I thought he was deciding which limb to cut off
Vash looks fucked in his old age
It is; it's increasing Obi Wan's power by imitating the hum of the lightsaber.
Vvvvvvvvvvv
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kX1VRR74ZFo
"vVvVvVvV"
Thank you. I need the whole movie like this now. 😂
It reminds me of the Polish/Russian etc one-person monotone dubs of foreign movies, though those sadly don’t have the sound effects
Knowing they actually did imitate lightsaber sounds on set during the filming of the prequels makes this funnier.
He didn't do it on his deathstar duel and died, so yes
Holy shit, I never thought of that lmao
This is a point everyone else is missing seemingly. Every major onscreen fight he uses it in he wins and when he doesn't he dies. George Lucas knew it 3 decades prior
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Umm, actually... In his final duel with Maul he starts off with his signature stance, then shifts to the deathstar duel stance, which just so happens to be Qui-Gons stance too. This was to fuck with the already unstable Maul.
He uses his fingers to properly gage distance that he has to close.
Also, he's saying "I'm not below poking both of your eyes out, come at me bro"
Moe, Larry, and Curly would make excellent jedi then.
They can't even pie their intended targets without collateral damage. They ain't passing the entry trials.
My dad taught me to aim a football with the same gesture. You might be onto something
"If your hand is touching your enemy, they are within stabbing distance"
This is what I'm thinking, I bet its a form thing where it's just a good way to align your stance with your opponent. do you hear that somewhere or are you guessing too?
the yoshikage kira approach
They're called iron sights sweaty. Look it up.
I’m sweaty because a glandular issue, you don’t have to bring it up.
I do. I tried to sit on the seat after you got up and it was like the swamps of Dagobah on it
Umm that's not sweat.....
Oh. Well now I kind of like it here
( ͠° ͟ʖ ͡°)
Man I haven't seen the lenny face in ages
Yeah, ima have to execute Order 66 on that one…
On Anikin, they would be iron sights. Obi-Wan still has meat sights.
NEXT!
V is for his enemies, II is for Satine.
Choked on my tea, thanks.
Holy shit.
Super necessary.
Insert Jorge Masvidal meme.
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Yes
Its to mock maul's lack of legs by making a leg shape with his fingers
Yes. Next question
It stands for virgin, and he points it at his opponents to demoralize and taunt them.
Way harsh
NECESSARY, is it necessary!? Is it necessary that I drink my own urine, NO, but I do and I like the taste!
It’s also sterile
This guy knows!
medic tf2 voice no it’s not (urine is full of bacteria your body is trying to remove, hence why you’re urinating it) edit: also if it was sterile in the bladder, it’s no longer sterile upon urination
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Huh, why is this chart missing my red flavour?
Mmm, fruit punch. My favorite!
I fucking love Dodgeball 😂
Ok... Crazy guy
I like your funny words magic man
Would you prefer he just flip off the enemy instead?
That's Windu's move, according to the novel Shatterpoint.
In a way he is because he’s doing the two fingered saute which has a similar connotation in some parts of Australia, Uk and France
that’s palm in though, this is palm out which is the american version for peace
And he is pointing to the "peaces" of the enemy he will be cutting off. /s
i mean if he did that sign but held his palm to his face, that would be the british version of it
Ragebaiting his enemy, yes.
Y'know it's not that weird. In Chinese martial arts when handling a Jian, you also do the sword fingers (or sword hand, if you're using a Dao).
It's a different concept, I know, but maybe Obi Wan just has some issues clenching his fingers together
Ok I don't know the fancy Mandarin names but in Kung Fu this is a strike we use in some techniques. And it's for exactly what it looks like, Three Stooges style.
I'm pretty sure it's meant to channel your 气, aka the force.
Now I am wondering how much martial arts training did Ewan McGregor got or did they purposely trained him wrong, as a joke.
Your eyes can deceive you, don't trust them
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I audibly laughed at this
Force eye poke
Yes it's like a tuning fork
It’s a mockery of Star Wars mortal enemy.
These comments are hysterical. Buuuuuuuuut(hwuhhhhhh “breathes in”)…..
It’s a defensive stance so he can visualize when to use force powers and point to what he wants to enact the force upon when he needs to lol. Literally every force user does this. They all will the force with their minds but things get hectic in battle so visualization helps. Vader chokes people with his actual hand he’s just using the force as a medium which is always why he raises his hand to their throats. Darth Sidious uses both hands to cast lighting at bitches lol. Yoda blocks the lightning by forming a gravitational force bubble in his own hands then send it back to the enemy. Darth Maul literally points his index finger at a piece of debris and throws it with the force at the inner door panel to open it 🤣👌🏻. My boy Obi JUMPS out of the shaft with the force, stretches his hand out to grab the lightsaber(also while using the force) and cut maul in half after he lands having caught said saber. Otherwise these dudes would be shooting lightning out of their stomachs and Vader would just force choke a bitch with his hands down to his sides looking menacingly mediocre.
* Makes me think of my prior tai chi training. The Chinese jian was a one handed dueling straight sword, double edged, used by nobles and scholars. In the forms, the 2 fingers (though held together) were the balanced off hand for this weapon
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Aura farming
It is so if an enemy rushes him he pokes him in the eyes. The only known counter technique was designed by Darth Moe, which involved holding one's palm flat and parallel to one's nose.
It’s so he can poke his opponents in both eyes at once.
It's not a V sign. It's a scissor sign, as in "I'm going to cut you in half if you keep this up."
Obi-Wan's style is based off of Tai-Chi, and this is a common pose.
Thats literally where the aura of the stance comes from. Without it its nothing.
he said he did it simply because it looked cool. it looks cool. done
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Yes
He was one of the few that survived order 66 by rocking anyone's shit that got near him. Absolutely necessary
As someone else pointed out, he didn't use it on the death star fight and died.
It was clearly a tactical move so he could transmute to force ghost, obviously :> (seriously though anytime he doesn't use the V in 1v1s he's usually doing a bait. He takes Qui Gons lightsaber form to bait Maul and he uses his Ben Kenobi stance to bait Vader into the force ghost thing; which he then uses to help Luke blow up the death star.)
Obi-wan Kenobi, The Master Baiter
Depends, there are several interpretations of it, first as a peace sign. Since jedi are supposed to be peace keepers, flashing the peace sign before combat is fitting. It could also be a V for victory symbol, which is also fitting to flash before a fight. The last one means up your bum, which is also fitting as a goad for his opponents.
"flashing the peace sign before combat is fitting"
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He wanted to make a statement about the duality of Man, sir!
I like to think it’s a way of him measuring his opponent. Like wayfinders would use their hand to track the stars.
Lightsaber forms only superficially resemble real fighting forms; they’re actually variations of active meditation techniques. It’s much more about the flow of the force than swording.
The fingies are a vital component of this form, for some reason. It could easily be that it just vibes better with the force, or the specific aspect Ben vibes with (iirc Cosmic as opposed the Living?).
Or it could be habit, from when he practiced that sultry look illuminated by his lightsaber in the mirror and couldn’t stop himself from reaching for that magnificent battle beard.
Both are equally likely.
He won every duel he did that sign in and lost every duel he didn't.
95% of lightsber form is aura farming. So yes it is necessary.
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I think it's universal sign
He does it for his brother he can never see again, Obi-Two.
It's a fake out so you don't see the triple backflip kick he's gonna give your jaw.
Each finger represents one of Darth Maul's legs. Xd
What a foolish post.
OBVIOUSLY you can't put sights on a lightsaber like you would a gun so he has to use his fingers to line up his strike.
If I'm not mistaken it's meant to pay homage to Jian Chinese sword techniques.
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That's from Kung Fu. You make "sword fingers" with the off-hand because you use the off-hand as if it were another sword. To balance the sword hand. Because you can use all sword moves with two swords, actually. The thing is, the fingers should be close together. When you spread them like a V, it's easier to get them broken. So, the V probably comes from Ewan McGregor not paying attention to his sword instructor.
When you defeat the first Sith to reveal themself in a thousand years, you can give Obi-wan feedback on his fighting stance.
That's the Soresu opening stance. The hand signal is taunting your opponent to attack you
one finger is called "hello", the other is called "there"
He didn't use it against Vader on the deathstar and lost soooo
It's for if thje enemy doesn't attack, he's gonna poke his eyes out
It's because Obi "The Wan" Kenobi doesn't take L's.
I like the idea that was put forth in the Wheel of Time books by Robert Jordan regarding the one power. Hand motions and physical movements are not technically necessary but once you learn the method, that becomes to way you do it.
Human iron sight. Why not, I bet he knows what he’s doing.
If they decide to charge, he can eye poke them, assuming they have two eyes ofcourse
It’s so corny but so iconic. I like to think he thought he looked cool as a youngling with that pose and no one said anything about it, so he always kept it as his signature stance
Go Team Venture!
Soresu based off martial arts, it’s a nod to tai chi I believe, working as a pose to present himself as confident, poised, and disciplined, the opposite of Dun moch.
Asking this question is
V for victory, that’s why he won in those duels
Never forget the rule of cool
Yes, it is the V from "so unciVilized". It is crucial.
Force spreading their cheeks to catch them off guard.