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“Obi is taking it and taking it, and hoping it’ll lead to a point where Anakin will run out of steam.” - NG

“Anakin followed, constantly attacking; Obi-Wan again gave ground…Mustafar hummed with death behind his back, only a moment away, somewhere out there among the rivers of molten rock. Obi-Wan let Anakin drive him toward it. It was a place, he decided, they should reach together.”

“That toe-to-toe thing shows that they can’t get through each other’s defenses, because they know each other’s moves so intimately. I think it’s something like forty moves, I did the first eight then I let them go with it.” - NG

“Blade-to-blade, they were identical. After thousands of hours in lightsaber sparring, they knew each other better than brothers, more intimately than lovers; they were complementary halves of a single warrior.”

“My take was that Obi is the central character in that duel. He wouldn’t try and kill Anakin.“ 

 "The ruthless look on Hayden’s face - the ‘You can’t beat me, Master’ attitude - said it all. In that fight, Anakin knows that Obi is not going to kill him…” - NG

“In every exchange, Obi-Wan gave ground. It was his way. And he knew that to strike Anakin down would burn his own heart to ash.”

It had to fall in line with my other Star Wars anniversary posters while simultaneously feeling like a prequel movie design. To that end I used a more refined serif font & a warm, regal colour palette. A more elegant poster, for a more civilised age. The layout of the poster has Maul as the looming presence, which he is in that movie. In between the Sith and little Ani, almost guarding him, is Padmé, Qui Gon and Obi Wan… foreshadowing the struggles the character is going to face. If I get to do the whole prequel trilogy, conceptually they should flow nicely into the original trilogy posters I have planned, and really showcase Anakin’s journey. It’s no mistake he’s so small on this one, he’s gonna get larger as they progress, mirroring the OG trilogy art I made.