What Obi-Wan's Ghost Should Have Done

What Obi-Wan's Ghost Should Have Done

What Obi-Wan's Ghost Should Have Done

"If you strike me down I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine..."

What, like turning into a blue wispy ghost that offers condescending shreds of advice? 

Thirty eight years on, the debate still rages as to what Obi-Wan really meant in his final duel with Darth Vader. Really, you can find whole forums dedicated to it. No we're not contributors. Any more. 

Ominous threats aside, Dorkly believes that Obi-Wan missed a prime opportunity to thwart the Empire as an unstoppable spook. At the very least, he could have haunted Vader rather than pestering Luke with sage wisdom. 

Here's how things should have played out...

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And yes, you're right - it's a joke Robot Chicken came up with a few years ago. But it's still a pertinent point - why aren't Force ghosts more useful?

Marc Chacksfield
Content Director

As Content Director of Shortlist, Marc likes nothing more than to compile endless lists of an evening by candlelight. He started out life as a movie writer for numerous (now defunct) magazines and soon found himself online - editing a gaggle of gadget sites, including TechRadar, Digital Camera World and Tom's Guide UK. At Shortlist you'll find him mostly writing about movies and tech, so no change there then.