#Star Wars Labyrinth of Evil

[magnusbae]

As per usual, normal behaviour in: Labyrinth of Evil +Bonus Obi-Wan asks Anakin if he captured Gunray and Anakin tells him that the entire entourage had escaped:

[crionic-dubs]

“I never claimed to be the Chosen One. That was Qui-Gon. Even the Council doesn’t believe it anymore, so why should you?” "Because I think you believe it,” Obi-Wan said calmly. “I think you know in your heart that you’re meant for something extraordinary.” “And you, Master. What does your heart tell you you’re meant for?” “Infinite sadness,” Obi-Wan said, even while smiling.

James Luceno, Star Wars: Labyrinth of Evil

[ironborealis]

I mean .... this quote from James Luceno's Labyrinth of Evil, page 234 (novel is set just before ROTS) in a conversation where Obi-Wan asks Anakin if Padmé is worth giving up his destiny for and Anakin says he never claimed to be the Chosen One, the Council doesn't believe he is anymore either, so why does Obi-Wan?

"Because I think you believe it," Obi-Wan said calmly. "I think you know in your heart that you're meant for something extraordinary."

"And you, Master. What does your heart tell you you're meant for?"

"Infinite sadness," Obi-Wan said, even while smiling.

the only explanation i can come up with for how obi wan missed anakin’s extremely obvious and up front mental illnesses is that he himself is also wildly depressed and just thinks everyone has to deal with this shit

[kingofattolia]

I hate him.

[charmwasjess]

woke up thinking about that scene in Labyrinth of Evil where Yoda rightly points out how if you think about it, Dooku had less than zero practical reasons for calling off his guard escort and halting his escape from Geonosis to enjoy a silly lightsaber duel with Anakin and Obi-Wan. You know, the whole point is to escape capture, if something went wrong there, the CIS is dead on arrival, plus the duel proves Dooku is a martial dark side user and not just a political enemy.

And Yoda's conclusion, having known Dooku better and longer than anyone living? The reason was simply that Dooku couldn't resist an opportunity to show off in front of his lineage. It wasn't a tactical play, it was just his batshit awful personality.

[skywalkr-nberrie]

Padmé so obvious about how obsessed she is with Anakin that even nasty pricks like Palpatine can tease her about it.

(Star Wars: Labyrinth of Evil, James Luceno.)

Bonus: Even right in front of OW. They’re not slick at all.

(Star Wars: Secrets of the Jedi, Jude Watson.)

[jennasvamp]

rereading labyrinth of evil and obi wan is constantly at the end of his tether with anakin im giggling

“and who’ll worry about you if i don’t?” poor baby😭😭😭

“without a head i wouldn’t have much mind left now would i?” OBI WAN😭😭😭😭

[r3stless-mindz]

[comebackali]

The council, pointing at Anakin’s obvious anger issues and deeply problematic relationship with Palpatine: This doesn’t seem right to me.

Obi wan: How dare you?? You have the nerve, the AUDACITY…

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[magnusbae]

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[thequeerlibrarian]

I'm totally normal about Obi-Wan & Anakin in Labyrinth of Evil

"This one is going to kill me" Obi-Wan muttered. But he didn't care about his own fate, rather: What if Anakin gets killed?

"When are you finally learning to trust me?"

"I trust you. I just can't keep up with you."

"Stay close to me."

"Do I have a choice?"

"Of course, Master."

"Anakin" he says, amused, "lovely to see you." When Anakin reached him, his former Master collapsed into his arms.

[kingofattolia]

Obi-Wan, with a single-step plan he came up with 0.4 milliseconds ago: Qui-Gon could never

[charmwasjess]

could you elaborate more on that passage from Labriynthe of Evil with Dooku showing Grevious footage of Anakin and Obis saber skills? Really like your writing on lightsaber forms and Dooku and why favors Makashi.

Absolutely! Thank you for such a fun ask! :D I love this kind of thing.

It looks like I was actually a little off, at least in the exact passage from Luceno’s Labyrinth of Evil I was thinking of. He just wishes Grievous was there to see:

Initially, it had cheered him to observe that Skywalker and Kenobi had finally learned to fight together; to see how powerful they had become in partnership. Complementing each other’s strengths, compensating for each other’s weaknesses. Kenobi making full use of his inherent discretion to balance young Skywalker’s inattentive rowdiness. He could have watched them until the light faded on fair Tythe. And he wished that General Grievous could have been there to witness the display for himself.  

This is funny because of several reasons. 

Dooku just literally had a ceiling collapse on top of him and is slightly concussed. God, this marvelous dizzy bitch, dragging himself out from under chunks of duracrete to think about how pretty the lightsabers are

He mentions only “initially” being cheered by this display because his next thought in the lines after this is that the Jedi could really win this war and what will he do and could he possibly go crawling back to the Jedi?? –Yoda said he’d take him back, but then he thinks no, he’s gone too deep in the dark side and he can’t come home after that

It’s a fascinating portrait of the character at the end of his life: his hopelessness and aimlessness on the literal eve of Revenge of the Sith. How isolated he is. He has no one to talk to, not even the likes of Grievous. How taking a moment to nerd out about the lightsaber forms is this little distracted treat he saves for himself in a particularly bleak moment. 

You can really see the seeds of Dooku losing his final battle here. His Makashi depends on his aggression and precision to keep the relative delicacy and lack of defense in the form up on its feet, but Dooku is going into this fight in a daze - distracted with nostalgia, demoralized, and questioning.   

To move onto wider lightsaber thoughts, I think this section also gives us another interesting insight into how much individual Jedi’s personalities go into their lightsaber styles. He thinks about the ways Obi-Wan and Anakin's fighting styles adapt to their individual traits, how much the form is actually in conversation with their wider relationship. And it’s remarkable how well Dooku actually seems to know Obi-Wan and Anakin as people here to recognize the aspects of their personality coming out in the fighting. His lineage. His future killers. 

Bonus Round

Here’s a snippet from an earlier LoE chapter where Dooku is eavesdropping on the same recording and being charmed by Anakin and Obi-Wan’s sassy banter:

“--beginning to  … things almost as much … I hate sand,” Skywalker was saying to his former mentor as he raised his lightsaber over one shoulder.

Kenovi spread his legs and brought his blade directly in front of him. “Then…. sweep up.”

Touched by their camaraderie, Dooku smiled to himself. 

Dooku, you are the truly patron saint of self-inflicted loneliness.