Anakin watched in horror as his beloved angel flew straight into the fires of hell. As she landed on the volcanic planet, her face betrayed her determination, but also her fear. At the moment, Anakin wanted nothing more than to run to her and comfort her, shielding her from this awful place. But of course he couldn't, because all of this was just fiction and she was just an actress, or so he tried to remind himself over and over again.

But somebody did run to his distraught wife, somebody who Anakin wanted very badly to not exist. It was Vader, his own self, but twisted by the lies of the emperor and blinded to the fact that killing did not save. Anakin watched with fire in his eyes as that man, who dared take from him his name and his life, ran to embrace his wife. How dare he touch her!

Obi-Wan looked over at him worriedly, "Don't do anything stupid," he whispered.

"Master, that man… that sith… is not me" Anakin said through gritted teeth.

"No, I meant don't try to throw a lightsaber at the screen or to bring harm to it in any other way. It won't help," Obi-Wan reminded his friend using his wise Jedi-Master voice.

"I can't make any promises, Master. If he dare harms Padme, his own wife, his own pregnant wife…."

Obi-Wan sighed; he was getting nowhere. His former Padawan was fully immersed in the scene and that was a cause for slight concern.


Onscreen, Amidala was on the verge of tears as she stepped away from her husband horrified at the words she was hearing him speak.

"I don't believe what I'm hearing . . . Obi-Wan was right. You've changed."

"I don't want to hear any more about Obi-Wan. The Jedi turned against me. Don't you turn against me," Skywalker replied angrily.

"Yes, Anakin, we have all turned against you, and you are the only one who is right," Obi-Wan muttered.

Anakin sighed. For all that his Master complained about having to deal with him, Obi-Wan could be a royal pain in the butt, especially when he kept talking. "I, Master, am brilliant. This guy, however, is a complete idiot who doesn't even come close to deserving Padme," there was a definitive edge to Anakin's voice as he replied. He is obviously upset about all this, Obi-Wan noted, can't he see that it's all just a fictional story?

"I don't know you anymore. Anakin, you're breaking my heart. I'll never stop loving you, but you are going down a path I cannot follow," Padme declared crying openly. Anakin couldn't bear to see his wife so hurt. He could practically feel her heart breaking in two, slowly and painfully. He saw her desperate eyes search his character's face for signs of understanding or regret, but all she saw was anger. The tears flowed faster now. And Anakin swore right then and there that he would never put her through such pain. Even if it meant losing her, it would be far better for them to face death together than for them to live through this scene.

But his character was too blinded by the darkside to think such rational thoughts. He saw her tears and the most logical cause of them in his twisted mind was that Obi-Wan must have done something to her, turning her against him as well. "Because of Obi-Wan?" he asked.

"Because of what you've done . . . what you plan to do. Stop, stop now. Come back! I love you," she begged. Anakin, despite his current feelings on the situation, was touched by the idea that even after all of this she still loved him.

That was when Skywalker saw Kenobi outside of the shuttle, "Liar!" he screamed at his wife.

That one word cut through Anakin's heart like a knife. Nobody, especially himself, yelled at her like that. Without even realizing what he was doing, Anakin was gathering the force around him, preparing to jump into the screen and tackle this imposter. Obi-Wan sensed what was coming and immediately whacked Anakin in the chest to prevent him from flying into the screen and giving himself a concussion.

"Just a movie, Anakin" he reminded him but before he could say anything else, Skywalker began choking Padme. Anakin's eyes went wide, and Obi-Wan felt that he might have to break out the force binders and tie his friend to the chair. But then Anakin surprised him.

"For a man that is always right, you have the worst timing, Obi-Wan," Anakin chuckled, perhaps a little darkly but considering the circumstances it was a better response than what Obi-Wan had hoped for.

"So I see you have blamed this all on me. Maybe your character is more like you than you give him credit for," Obi-Wan asked. Anakin gave him a you-got-to-be-kidding-me look, and his Master backed down. "All right, but I bet he still has your lightsaber skills, which means that I am going to win this duel."

Anakin laughed, and Obi-Wan felt relief flooding through him. His former padawan was still with him and not so lost in the movie that he had forgotten that it wasn't real.

"What makes you think there is going to be a duel? Aren't you going to try to talk to me, like you always do with potential enemies? Remember, Master, that fighting is the last resort," Anakin replied with a twinkle in his eye, remembering all the times Obi-Wan had lectured him on the importance of talking things through first.

"It's you, Anakin. You somehow always end up pushing me to the last resort." The younger Jedi just laughed. The early tension that Obi-Wan had sensed in him seemed to have had vanished, as if he had finally realized that this was just a movie after all. "Can we pause it for a second, I want to grab some refreshments?" Obi-Wan asked the earthlings they nodded in response. As Obi-Wan walked away, Miranda turned towards Anakin.

"Are you alright, I now its hard to watch…" she began, but Anakin put a hand up to stop her.

"I am fine. It was just sort of shocking to see me turn all dark and evil. But I think I was also sort of overreacting."

"Sort of?" one of the other girls asked. "Did you realize that before or after you almost crashed through the screen?"

Anakin laughed, "Touché. Okay, I really overreacted. Let's just be happy Ahsoka isn't here now or I would never be hearing the in of it."

Just then Obi-Wan returned with two fizzling drinks that Anakin had never tasted before. But they were better than half of the "refreshments" that he'd been given over the years, and he drank it eagerly.

"Alright, Master. So my guess is that your 'talk' goes perfectly and I turn back to the light all thanks to the efforts of the great negotiator," Anakin predicted sarcastically.

"Anakin, the day you listen to me is the day Tatooine freezes over, Hoth melts, and I leave the Jedi to become a pilot."


Obi-Wan's negotiations, as expected by both Jedi, were going horribly wrong.

"If you're not with me, then you're my enemy," Vader declared, facing away from Kenobi.

"Only a Sith deals in absolutes. I will do what I must." Obi-Wan declared, dramatically taking out his lightsaber.

"You will try," Vader agreed.

Then the duel was on. The music picked up, and against a backdrop of fire two brothers struggled in their fight against the other. For once, Anakin and Obi-Wan saw what made their sparring sessions so popular at Jedi Temple. They saw how their blue blades twirled in a deadly dance of force and precision, how the two of them seemed lost to the world as they focused solely on the movements of the other, predicting each and every one. Yet they also saw the emotional side of a true duel, not just a spar. And even before a blow was landed, Obi-Wan realized that the two of them would have already killed each other that day. If Anakin ever came back, he would never forgive himself, and this last battle, Obi-Wan knew, would be the straw that broke him for good.

"Well, Anakin. I guess it's fitting that everything so did not go according to plan and this is how it all ended. I mean who would've thought?" Obi-Wan mused.

"It's just a movie, Master," Anakin replied quoting Obi-Wan's reminder from earlier. "Wow!" he continued suddenly in response to something that was happening onscreen. "I didn't know you were so flexible in your old age."

Obi-Wan glanced at the screen where Vader was grabbing his throat with his mechanical hand and forcing him into a painful backbend. That's just great he thought. Just the look I am going for.

Thankfully for Obi-Wan and his dignity, the Jedi Master managed to kick his former friend in the backside, sending him flying over him. Not to be outdone, Vader returned the favor by jumping up and kicking Kenobi in the chest with both feet. They were now both disarmed and in typical Kenobi/Skywalker fashion, a competition on who could kick the other the most ensured. Vader was the first one up, and he again attempted to jump into the air and kick his former master hard in the torso. But Obi-Wan was ready, and when his friend was in the air he kicked him squarely in the chest, sending him into a backflip after which he landed flat on his back. Stunned from the fall, Vader laid at Kenobi's feet for a few seconds. Anakin felt for sure that that was the end of him, and that from now on Obi-Wan would forever give him a hard time about trying to get too fancy with his jumps. But Kenobi took his time calling his lightsaber to him and by the time he dramatically raised it over his head, preparing to slice his friend in half, Vader had recovered. The former Jedi forced his own lightsaber to him and blocked the blue blade.

Obi-Wan stared in disbelief. Anakin snickered. "Now, I know you like to take your time Master, but really was there any need to be that dramatic? When you get a shot, take it, don't just sit there bathing in your glory."

"Anakin, what am I going to do with you? Anyway, you should be happy, that idiot on the screen just saved your life."

"Now, you are even sounding like me."

An exasperated Obi-Wan just sighed.


"What in tarnation are we doing?" Obi-Wan asked in shock. Anakin had no answer for him. Both just stared in shock at the screen as the two of them, both renowned duelists, twirled their lightsabers in their hands but didn't actually attack or defend against the other. They were just twirling. Like younglings who got their training lightsabers for the first time or little kids playing with sticks. This lasted several painful seconds, until at last they re-engaged each other.

"Well you must have taught me how to do that," Anakin declared looking thoughtful, "How else could we both know that move?"

Obi-Wan didn't take the bait. They both knew that he most certainly did not teach that.

The twirling was immediately followed by an attempted force push by both of them. Now this was something that actually did occur frequently in their spars and both Jedi automatically prepared themselves for the inevitable explosion of force energy that they knew to be coming.

"Why are you always thinking what I'm thinking?" Anakin asked his friend.

"I am never thinking what you're thinking, Anakin." Obi-Wan declared with confidence. "You just copy me."

"Oh? I must have insanely fast reflexes to be able to counter you like that before I get blasted into the wall." Anakin returned with a triumphant glint in his blue eyes. Obi-Wan realized that he had lost this round and turned his attention back to the two combatants who were currently flying through the air. Both Jedi cringed when their characters hit the ground: they knew from experience how bad that hurt.

Skywalker was back on his feet in no time however, and he leaped from the wall to the center council and from there to Obi-Wan.

"Now admit it, Master. That was impressive. I got across the room before you could even register what was happening," Anakin gloated.

"And you also just destroyed the structure's shields." Obi-Wan noted. "Typical."

Vader and Kenobi now found themselves outside of the control room and fighting over a river of lava. At first the bridge that they had been on had been quite wide, or at least wide enough, but then Kenobi jumped onto a very small pipe. His old friend, never one for caution followed him.

"Well aren't we just radiating brilliance," Anakin commented.

"Yes," Obi-Wan agreed sarcastically. "I just wanted to make things a bit more interesting. Although, normally you are the one with the suicidal tendencies. You must be rubbing off one me. Now that is a truly horrifying thought." Anakin laughed at that.

As geysers of fire sprouted into the air around them and steam boiled into the atmosphere, the two brothers fought both for balance and against each other. It didn't take long for Obi-Wan to realize that the whole pipe idea was just a bad one, and he leaped off onto a wider platform.

Yet nature was a player in this battle as well and as ashes rained down from the sky, prompting the two humans to stop fighting for a moment and seek cover, a geyser of lava erupted from below and washed over the structure, severely weakening it. The metal groaned and screeched before some of it disintegrated completely.

Before long Vader and Kenobi found themselves floating down the river of fire on the inverted structure. It was a very typical "Skywalker and Kenobi situation" and both Jedi thought that the whole scenario, however ridiculous, was oddly appropriate. Soon they were swinging from cables over the roaring lava.

"The places we find ourselves," Obi-Wan commented as his character dropped down onto a piece of floating debris. Anakin couldn't help but agree as Vader also jumped, but he landed on a droid's flat head.

The droid raced towards Kenobi and as the two met, Obi-Wan tried to knock some sense into his friend's head. But his negotiating skills failed him when he needed them most.

"I have failed you, Anakin. I have failed you," he yelled.

"I should have known the Jedi were plotting to take over."

"From the Sith! Anakin, Chancellor Palpatine is evil."

"From my point of view, the Jedi are evil!"

"Well, then you are lost!"

"Not impressed, Master," Anakin replied. "Why don't you bring it to my attention that Palpatine just wants to use my power, that I hurt my wife, that I am fighting my best friend, that I am ensuring that my children may never know their father, you know something along those lines…"

"Well your character isn't perfect either," Obi-Wan replied with an eyebrow raised, daring Anakin to refute him. His friend just slumped in his chair in defeat: that was a very good point.

Just then Vader leaped from the droid onto Obi-Wan's platform. A close-quarters fight ensued, but lasted only briefly as Obi-Wan saw his chance and leaped for a slopped embankment.

Anakin felt his heart fall, Obi-Wan had won: he had the high ground. It wasn't that he exactly wanted Vader to win, he didn't, but now Obi-Wan would never let him live this scene down. He would remind him constantly. Fantastic, Anakin thought. The young Jedi assumed that he would have to surrender to his friend, face the humiliation of having Obi-Wan tie him up, and then have endure some very long lectures. In the end, he would see the light, and the movie would have a somewhat happy ending. Because didn't all movies have a happy ending of some sort?

But to his surprise, Vader wasn't surrendering.

"It's over, Anakin? I have the high ground," Kenobi was yelling.

"You underestimate my power!"

"Don't try it!" Kenobi, Obi-Wan, and Anakin all shouted at once.

But as Obi-Wan would say, he was never fond of listening, and so he did try it, and as Anakin watched himself flip through the air, Obi-Wan watched himself slice his friends legs and remaining arm off.

The two Jedi watched in shock as Anakin's character tumbled to the ground and lay helplessly at Obi-Wan's feet, obviously in a great deal of pain.

"Master, did you just slice all three of my limbs off?" Anakin asked in disbelief. Obi-Wan himself was still in a little bit of shock, and when he didn't respond, Anakin continued: "So uncivilized."

"Well, you didn't listen to me," Obi-Wan said at last. "And you were going to be a threat to the galaxy so…" Anakin just rolled his eyes.


On the screen, Kenobi was looking down at his fallen brother, and for once the pain was evident on his face. Crying, the older Jedi shouted at his former friend, "You were the Chosen One! It was said that you would, destroy the Sith, not join them! It was you who would bring balance to the Force, not leave it in Darkness!" But Vader appeared to be in too much agony to hear him.

Obi-Wan, despite knowing full well that this was not for real and that Anakin was fine and right next to him, had a hard time seeing his brother lying in pain at his feet like that. Even when Vader shouted, "I hate you!" Obi-Wan still expected himself to try and save his former friend, to perhaps show him how much he really cared for him and to give him a second chance. But his character just stood there.

"Move! Help him you moron!" Obi-Wan yelled, "You can talk this though later! Just think that you would have saved his life 12 times!"

"Ten, Master," Anakin corrected absent-mindedly. "I am glad to know that you would try to save me. But maybe you should just bring me to justice right then and there."

Obi-Wan looked at his friend horrified, "No, that wasn't you! It was Vader! I can save you and bring you back…for your kids." Anakin smiled at how into this Obi-Wan was getting. Was this what he was like during the Padme scenes?

But Kenobi made no move to help his dying friend. He believed that Anakin was truly gone and that there could be no saving him. He mourned this loss, crying, reminding Skywalker or maybe telling him for the first time that he was his brother and that he had loved him. This made Obi-Wan a little embarrassed, but Anakin just nudged his the shoulder, relaying that he appreciated the sentiment.

Then as Kenobi picked up Skywalker's lightsaber and began to walk away, flames caught on to Vader's clothing. He screamed, but was helpless to do anything. The fire danced on his skin and his flesh, consuming him completely. Kenobi couldn't watch and left his friend for the dead.

"You just let me burn like that…" Anakin said after a moment, very matter-of-factly.

"Well it was your fault to begin with," Obi-Wan countered.

"Sure. Just admit it, Master, you could have handled that one better."

"Fine but you could have handled the rest of the movie better."

Anakin just shook his head and returned his attention to the screen.


So I know a lot of you were looking forward to the fight scene. How did it go, alright? I hope so. Well we are almost done with ROTS and I am getting a lot of questions on where do I go from here. Well most likely nowhere fast since school is starting soon, but I figured I would put it up to a vote. So you can pick whichever one of the movies or even a Clone Wars episode that you would like to see them watch or if you want to see them go on an adventure on earth that is fine too! Just reply what you would like :) And as always thanks for reading!