



We know that Ahsoka isn't responsible for Anakin's scars because she only managed to break the right-hand side of his helmet. Critics have also argued that a close-up of Obi-Wan hurling rocks at Anakin suggests this is what gave him his scars instead of a nasty brush with a lightsaber. Most were convinced that the burns Anakin suffered on Mustafar would be consistent with his Return of the Jedi scars, meaning this was what we've accepted for the past 20 years. It's only taken 39 years to find out how he got them. Jump forward (or backward) to 1983 and you'll remember a reformed Vader saved Luke from Palpatine, tossing the waxy-faced Emperor down a reactor shaft but taking a fatal blast from his Force lightning.Īnakin and Luke finally got their father-and-son moment, and when Luke helped Vader take his helmet off, he had a number of unusual scars. Even though Vader finally cutting down his former master in A New Hope means we knew neither would die here, the former friends both limped away with some emotional and physical scars.Įagle-eyed fans have noticed that the consequences of Obi-Wan's winning blow against Darth Vader in the Obi-Wan Kenobi finale can be seen in Return of the Jedi. Related: Obi-Wan Kenobi's biggest problem highlights a wider issue for Star WarsĪside from a certain long-haired Jedi going full Ghost and appearing to Obi-Wan, the big talking point of the finale was the lightsaber duel between Obi-Wan and Vader.Īlthough it wasn't quite their fiery fight on Mustafar, this one was arguably more emotive as they duked it out on an abandoned planet.
