"I'm hit!" declared Obi-Wan's character.

The real life Obi-Wan did a facepalm, movie or not, Anakin was not going to let him live this one down. He would tell Ahsoka and all the clones about how Obi-Wan, even in fiction, flew like grandpa.

As if to confirm his thoughts, Anakin looked over at him with a slight smirk "Well with the way you were flying that was pretty much inevitable."

"You just wait and see, Anakin. Just wait and see," Obi-Wan replied. Megan smiled to herself. Yes, Skywalker, chances are that Obi-Wan is going to have the last laugh on this one.

Everyone turned their attention back to the screen whereObi-Wan was struggling against some buzz droids that were attempting to commandeer his fighter. Anakin, ever the reckless one, had first tried firing, then ramming his friend in an attempt to get them off. Yep, definitely something he would do, thought the real-life Obi-Wan.

His thoughts were interrupted by a voice strangely similar to his own: "Hold on, Anakin! You're going to get us both killed! Get out of here. There's nothing more you can do!"

"A little dramatic, don't you think?" Anakin teased his friend, nudging the man sitting next to him with his elbow. "I thought you were the calm, unfazeable Obi-Wan Kenobi."

"Well, when one flies with the likes of you..."


Minutes later, Anakin was watching himself struggling to hang on to a ledge within an elevator shaft. Despite himself, he had to laugh just a little bit: this was exactly the type of situation he somehow always ended up in. The two Jedi then saw R2D2 bust out some impressive moves on a couple of battle droids in the hangar, winning the fight and triumphantly turning the elevator back on its original upward path. This caused Obi-Wan, who was still in the elevator, to fall rather ungracefully to the floor with a resounding thud.

"Well, that was rather un-Jedi like" Anakin observed adopting the same disapproving tone Obi-Wan had used on him when he was still a padawan.

"Shut-up, Anakin," Obi-Wan deadpanned. But he did smile to himself as his character nearly sliced his friend in two as Anakin reappeared through the hole in the roof. Would have deserved him right, Obi-Wan thought.


"My powers have doubled since the last time we've met, Count."

It was Anakin's turn to do a facepalm. He was an experienced Jedi Knight, a General in the Clone Wars, and a hero of the Republic: not some arrogant padawan who couldn't think of any good pre-duel insults.

Feeling the need to defend himself he spoke up, "Ok, I am a whole lot more confident than that, and I have a much stronger voice than this kid," he said, beside himself as how insecure he sounded onscreen. Obi-Wan, to Anakin's relief, nodded his agreement.

The fight in the movie began, and naturally the two Jedi critiqued the combatants' lightsaber techniques, but thankfully for the Earthlings in the room kept their observations to themselves. Then they all watched as Obi-Wan was sent flying through the air and landed unconscious. Obi-Wan in real-life winced: was this something else Anakin was never going to let him here the end of?

Anakin, however, was too distracted by his own character's movements to give his friend a hard time for his early exit from the fight. His character's saber strokes seemed too choppy and too much like the aggressive moves of a drunken speeder pilot on Coruscant for his liking. True, Djem So was an aggressive form, but Anakin had more finesse than what ever that was onscreen. And why was the chancellor staring at him so creepily? Palpatine had looked at him like that in real life too, Anakin remembered, back when Obi-Wan was disguised as Rako Hardeen, and he was fighting Count Dooku on Naboo. Come to think of it, that was an intended kidnapping as well; something weird is going on here, Anakin thought.

His thinking was interrupted by Count Dooku's voice, "I sense great fear in you Skywalker. You have anger, you have hate, but you don't use them." Is he trying to turn me to the darkside? Anakin thought incredulously. He didn't like where this was going.

Both Jedi watched with increased interest as the battle escalated into a fury of lightsaber clashes. The vehemence radiating off both the Jedi and the Sith seemed almost too great to contain within the movie screen, and Anakin himself was truly horrified. He never fought like that in real-life. True he tended to get emotional, maybe a little angry at times, but he never fought like a savage maniac.

"Wow, Anakin. Remember what I told you about self-control?" Obi-Wan smirked. He couldn't help himself.

"Don't look at me," Anakin shrugged. "If I have ever felt compelled to fight like chances are that one of us would have been killed in a sparring session long ago"

They were interrupted by a voice that seemed to simmering with evil intent and expectation, "Kill him. Kill him now." It was coming from the chancellor. Both Jedi gasped. In that instant Palpatine seemed even more of a Sith than the man Anakin was currently fighting. Before the two bewildered watchers could register what was going on, Skywalker's character dehanded Dooku in a move of rage and held the man at his mercy between twin red and blue lightsabers. The chancellor repeated his sick command, and Anakin watched as a storm of inner-conflict waged across his character's eyes.

Anakin couldn't take it anymore. "You insecure wermo! Why do you even have to think about this? You are a ranking general, don't you have a spine?"

Obi-Wan burst out laughing, "Could not have said it better myself! You know in all of the days we spend bickering, I never thought I would hear you give such an insult to yourself."

"Well, you have to admit he is a poor representation…"

"Well, perhaps my character is an equally bad representation of who I am as a pilot. I mean, in real-life, it would have been me saving you from those buzz droids."

Anakin shot his friend a you-got-to-be-kidding-me look, before watching out of the corner of his eye his own character behead the distinguished Count. Palpatine seemed almost gleeful.

"You did well Anakin," the most powerful man in the Republic responded with a slight smile. While you're at it, why don't you just run him through with your lightsaber as well? thought Anakin in real-life. But such wishful thinking was not to be as his character instead released the chancellor. Suddenly the ship shuddered and began to list dangerously to the side.

"Time to leave," said Palpatine, seeming quite pleased with himself. Anakin's character, however, ran towards Obi-Wan.

"Yes, let's not forget me," Kenobi said in real-life.

"Wouldn't dream of it, master," Anakin replied with a smile and his character seemed to think the same. The onscreen Anakin slung his fallen friend over his back and carried him like a shepherd would carry a lost lamb. The two Jedi and Palpatine made their way to the elevators when the ship suddenly lurched and the list increased significantly.

"Quick, into the elevator shaft," Anakin commanded, and as the ship went into a nosedive, they managed to stay on their feet by running along the now horizontal shaft. Of course, what originally begins as a good plan always backfires, and the ship soon began to right itself. As the three escapees started to fall, Anakin was able to launch a cable onto one of the ledges. It quickly grew taunt, wrenching Anakin's arm painfully upward and slamming him into the wall, but nonetheless saving their lives. Somehow, he was able to hold onto Obi-Wan, and the Chancellor was able to grab onto Anakin's leg.

It was just that moment that Obi-Wan woke up. Staring down the long elevator shaft, he panicked and grabbed onto whatever was keeping him from falling. To his surprise it, was Anakin.

"Easy there," replied his friend trying to adjust to the shift in weight. "We're in a bit of a situation."

Obi-Wan in real-life smiled. He could think of a few times when he had regained consciousness in similar surrounding. He and Anakin were known for "getting into a bit of a situation" which was usually their code phrase for a lot of trouble. So far this movie had been most interesting.