In the novelization anakin does the jump attack in mustafar because he wanted to replicate what obiwan did to Darth maul to show obiwan that he is stronger than him. That is why obiwan told him “don’t try it” cause he saw it coming
2026-08-14 04:21:46
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TensuraBug :
1. He was arrogant 2. He wanted to recreate Obi Wan and maul 3. He thought Obi Wan was weak and wouldn't hurt him
2026-09-05 10:57:29
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Trevin Pettigrew :
he used all his strength to jump on the droid as the bridge was falling
2026-10-04 00:37:42
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Logan :
Obi-Wan taught Anakin everything Anakin knows not everything Obi-Wan knows
2026-08-13 01:30:00
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roshaun_pdfs :
1. He was being arrogant 2. He wanted to recreate the Obi Wan and maul cuz he watched the film on dat so much he was kinda obsessed with it 3. Plot
2026-08-14 16:38:20
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comec113 :
The hovering platform absorbed a lot of his jump.
2026-08-16 20:38:28
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Creator of improvement :
My head cannon theory is Anakin was nerfed due to being emotionally unstable about padme and everything he did
2026-08-14 23:48:47
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CJ_CJ :
No he was being cocky, and that’s always been his downfall. He’s was trying to emulate what obiwan pulled off on Maul
2026-09-22 03:42:23
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Czajnik :
Or maybe StarWars is fucking inconsistent so effective action in show has nothing to do with movie that came out before them
2026-09-05 22:23:33
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Fortheloveoftheg0ds :
He wasn’t thinking clearly at all. He was being arrogant and underestimated the jump
2026-08-05 01:08:52
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Baris :
He literally jumped like that out of arrogance to prove he could do the same move Obi Wan did to Maul in Ep1 (Anakin was obsessed with their battle)
2026-09-06 16:05:10
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Karabernou J. nazim :
He actually could, but that would've meant that he was escaping the fight, something Anakin's ego wouldn't allow at that point, he intentionally meant to jump exactly to fall right behind Kenobi so that he'd slash him, only thing he didn't calculate was that Kenobi was willing to cut him up
2026-08-23 00:38:22
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Moony :
Higher jump = more time before attacking
Smaller arc = quicker attack
2026-08-16 21:53:32
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DustinN7 :
It was literally an attack? He didn’t jump at a height convenient for obi wan he jumped at a height that he could attack at obi wan.
2026-08-17 03:45:45
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Vtec Yo’ :
Anakin wanted to do the same movie that Obi-wan used to defeat maul so he could gloat about being the superior Duelist & force user. Anakin was hyped up on the dark side & Obi-wan intimately knew the weaknesses of the fighting style HE taught Anakin which is why he says “don’t do it”
2026-08-17 19:34:47
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cptyt :
He was trying to swing on obiwan
2026-08-04 22:46:34
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xintel :
for all the people saying sw is unconsistent...yeah as if the guy capable of reacting to laser projectiles couldnt intercept someone mid air while being on the high ground
2026-09-06 20:06:43
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ᖭི𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑𒉭𓅓ᖫྀ 𖣠 :
Interesting
2026-08-24 22:29:55
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legs.plus.brain :
higher jump gives more reaction time. he was going for a blitz, not a tactical reposition.
2026-08-16 20:28:07
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Todd Calvert :
So for everyone wondering, Anakin was obsessed with the Obi-Wan and Maul fight. That is the same move Obi pulled on Maul but Obi saying "Don't try it" he knew what he was going to do, Anakin didn't think Obi would actually react. If he did in fact jump slightly out of his reach it would've been different obviously. But at the same time Obi had never needed to use this move to defend himself so he himself had no idea what he was doing against Anakin leading to the emotional moment afterwards.
2026-08-16 21:19:59
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Solas the Skywalker :
Anakin was trying to recreate the move Maul did on obi-wan. Little did he know Obi Wan used a sith technique for dismembering. That was EU lore at least
2026-08-23 23:07:52
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Archive :
Star Wars power scaling is 🗑
2026-08-17 02:12:30
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PHӨΣПIX :
I believe he was gonna mirror how Obi-wan cut Maul in TPM, hence "don't try it"
2026-08-04 23:17:45
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Dylan :
Yes but if completely jumped over him he wouldn’t have been close enough to land an attack he was basically trying to do what obi wan did to maul
2026-09-23 07:46:55
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