Obi-Wan is actually the reverse of Darth Plagueis the wise. That explains the line from ROTS when Palpy says “To cheat death is a power only Wan has achieved”, he’s talking about Obi-Wan’s ability to cheat death. Kenobi failed to save Satine, but could save himself by becoming a force ghost.

That’s also why the Empire wasn’t on the search for Obi-Wan after he disappeared in ANH. They knew that he has managed to cheat death, but they couldn’t kill him.

This fact is also foreshadowed earlier in Revenge of the Sith, right before the tragedy of darth plagueis the wise. Let’s look at the quotes from Anakin and Palpatine:

* “The Sith and the Jedi are similar in almost every way, including their quest for greater power”
* “The Jedi use their power for good”
* “Good is a point of view, Anakin”
* “The Jedi are selfless, ***they only care about others***, the Sith are selfish, ***think inwards and only for themselves***”

it’s weird how the “Jedi” are the ones that can save themselves, while the “Sith” can save others.

A major theme in the prequel trilogy is the downfall of the Jedi Order, however something we didn’t notice earlier is the role of Obi-Wan in it. There are 2 ways to look at this scene:

* option 1: Anakin was wrong. The Jedi are selfish, and the Sith are selfless. This one is unlikely, as we know Yoda and Luke are selfless, and Palpatine is selfish.
* option 2: Obi-Wan is a Sith Lord, and Darth Plagueis was actually a Jedi Master.

Look at it this way, Obi-Wan says that “Only a sith deals in absolutes”, but by doing that, he’s dealing in absolutes. What if Obi-Wan was actually the real Sith Lord? It would explain why by The Force Awakens, the Jedi Order has fallen. Obi-Wan was Luke’s master, and he trained Luke specifically to create a failed order, and the downfall of that order is what caused the Sith Empire to return.

As for Plagueis, we know from The Rise of Skywalker that being able to save others from death at the expence of yourself is a light side ability. Also, Plagueis is the reason Anakin turned to the dark side in the first place. The Tragedy of Darth Plagueis the wise was actually part of his long plan for Anakin to turn, so he could get close to Sidious and in the end, destroy him.

Yoda also sent Obi-Wan to fight Anakin, because he knew that Kenobi was the real sith lord. Of course, he wanted Anakin to kill Obi-Wan, but as we all know, the high ground was part of the battle, so Kenobi won. Yoda, however, knew that Obi-Wan wouldn’t bring himself to kill Anakin, so that was a risk he was willing to take. Meanwhile, Yoda attempted to kill Sidious. If Yoda and Anakin had won, the Jedi Order would have been saved. Of course, that did not happen, so let’s move onto the OT era.

Obi-Wan wants Anakin to kill Vader. Not only does it not seem like the Jedi way to train an apprentice to be an assassin, but it absolutely is the Sith way. However, Obi-Wan does not tell Luke to kill Palpatine, just Vader. Why? because he knows Vader is the only thing standing in the way of the Sith. Yoda, however, wins this time, and Palpatine is beaten.

After Sidious’ defeat on Endor, however, Obi-Wan’s evil plan caused the Jedi Order to fall again. Plagueis predicted that, however, and made sure that Palpatine’s grand-daughter, Rey, and more importantly Ben Solo, would both know the ability that he used, so they could defeat the Sith once and for all.

How would Plagueis teach them that after his death? Simple, he’s the one who wrote the ancient Jedi texts, and Kylo wanted to achieve what Vader could not, so he learned that ability by searching the Sith Shrine under the Jedi Temple on Coruscant.

So, now, you have 2 of Plagueis’ “students” fighting against Obi-Wan’s sith apprentice, Palpatine. As we know, when there are 2 of them, things get out of hand. There were 2 jedi, there were 2 lightsabers, and palpatine was shooting out of 2 hands. This was all part of Plagueis’ plan to destroy the Sith once and for all.

That leaves only one question: why was Yoda the one to convince Luke to come back in TLJ, and why does he tell Anakin that death is a natural part of life in ROTS? Simple. Yoda was Darth Plagueis’ true apprentice.

Look at it this way, we have 2 prequel jedi in the OT, Yoda and Obi-Wan. Obi-Wan represents the downfall of the Jedi, and Yoda represents their return.

Why could Yoda save himself, too? As he said in TLJ, “we are what they grow beyond. That is the true burden of all masters”. In his solitude on Dagobah, he had the dark side cave, and there, he learned that ability. Anakin learned it as Vader.

But why didn’t Obi-Wan join Vader and Palpatine after the jedi were destroyed, and why did he let himself die?

all part of the plan. Obi-Wan was the one ensuring the Jedi would stay dead. He did want power, but his greatest power was his ability to manipulate people. That’s why his iconic force ability is a mind trick. Palpatine in the ST is a good example of what Obi-Wan was. He was ruling from the shadows. Vader didn’t know he was a sith lord, just like how Kylo didn’t know Palpatine was behind the first order.

Also, he knew he had to keep Luke under control.

He knew if he just killed Luke, not only would it be obvious to Yoda, who would kill him after finding out who he was, but he’d lose his best chance at training a “jedi” that was going to fail.

Obi-Wan trained Luke as a weapon. It’s like how Maul was trained as a weapon, it’s like poetry. Luke was meant to overthrow Vader and Palpatine, so Obi-Wan could come in and rule the Sith Order.

of course, Vader killed Obi-Wan. Why did Obi-Wan let it happen? Because he knew he couldn’t beat Vader, so he just hoped his sith apprentice could avenge him, and since he knew the secret to immortality, he could still rule from beyond the grave.

However, as we all know, Palpatine was also selfish and wanted to rule for himself, so he collapsed the Empire so that Kenobi couldn’t take over, and then went to the unknown regions from where he rebuilt the Empire, with troopers loyal to him.

as Shaak Ti said, “the sith always destroy one another”. It’s what caused their ultimate downfall here, too.

The entire Skywalker saga isn’t the Skywalker saga or the Palpatine saga, it’s a long fight between Plagueis’ attempt to save the Jedi Order and Obi-Wan Kenobi’s attempts to destroy it.