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As far as Obi-Wan beating Anakin, that was due to an incredibly stupid move on Anakin's part. What idiot thinks he's tough enough to leap UPHILL when you have an opponent there, armed and ready.

As Obi-Wan said, he had the high ground. Anakin should have gone farther downstream and then gone to shore and worked his way up to the same level as Obi.

All that this proved was that Anakin wasn't perhaps the brightest crayon in the box in regards to this duel, supposedly to ram down our collective throats the final futility of fighting out of anger. Anger is a heated emotion which would block one's ability to properly think and strategize.

Like the Klingons say, "Vengeance is a dish best served cold."

And hey, it had to go like this anyway... or there would have been no good way to segue into Episode 4...

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However, you can't tell me Dark Jedi sacrafice their brilliance for strength when they become as angry as they do, because Palpatine, is the smartest and most patient man throughout the movie series, his faith in the darkside, much like yoda's faith in the light, would ultimately be their downfall.

However, as most of you probably know, Palpatine didn't die in episode 6, but rather was temporarily defeated, and it would later require the teamwork of Luke and Leia to truly kill his spirit.

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