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[ezra_of_lothal]

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[ezra_of_lothal]

I'm not trying to excuse Ben, at all, but the version I met who was from maybe a few months into the Empire? I never cornered him on exactly how long, but it couldn't have more than a year.

Ben was already talking sometimes like Anakin was dead, when there were other people around who remembered him and knew the truth. Like it was the only way he knew how to live with it all. I tried to, I guess you could say - gently puncture that thought process because I don't think it was actually good for him, either.

I definitely see how, more alone, he could pretty much convince himself that was close enough to true.

[faithfulson]

[ Luke's response is long in coming, but... ]

When I got R2, he told me he was the property of Obi-Wan Kenobi. I asked my uncle about him, and he told me that he "died around the same time as my father."

Comparing the Ben that I knew and the Obi-Wan that's here, I can't help but feel like that's true.

[ezra_of_lothal]

I usually say 'Ben' to distinguish the version here from the older ones. But mostly I've actually always called him Obi-wan.

That said, knowing the things I know, I can see how it would easy for him to convince himself that Obi-wan Kenobi died the last time he'd seen Anakin. Again, especially if there wasn't anyone to talk to about this stuff.

It's all complicated. But I like to think wrestling with this stuff together is better than the alternative.

[faithfulson]

I do as well.

[ There's a moment where it looks like Luke is typing and stopping multiple times -- things he wants to say, things he wishes he knew, but he can't put it into words. Instead he just settles with: ]

I hope here they'll come to trust others enough to say something if things start going bad again.

[ezra_of_lothal]

I really really hope so too.