From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!VAF@CMU-CS-C Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Title: The FORCE, or bad editing? Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.248 Posted: Thu Dec 30 13:01:00 1982 Received: Sun Jan 2 00:57:34 1983 From: Vince FullerDate: Tuesday, 28 December 1982 19:23-EST From: Dolata at SUMEX-AIM To: SF-LOVERS at MIT-MC Re: The FORCE, or bad editing? I recently saw SW-ANH (IV) in a situation where we could examine the film closely. In the fight between Darth Vader and Obiwan, Obiwan's brown cloak starts to collapse 2 frames (at least) before Darth's light sabre hits it!!!!! So, did Darth kill Obiwan, or was he gone already? Or am I picking nits with the editor? This, I would say, was intentional. Obi-wan's grin (and the music we hear) just before he turns off his light sabre indicate that he knows what is going on. I think he decided that he needed to make an impact and had no real use for his corporeal form any longer. He therefore fled his body BEFORE Vader "killed" him.