Actually, though I always liked Obi-Wan, his devastation at the end of the duel makes me understand why he would lie to Luke -- he still can't wrap his head around it. The lie he gives Luke isn't even his own lie, it's Yoda's. That what Anakin did screwed him up so much that he can't even come up with his own words after twenty years? It makes me want to hug him.
But I can definitely where you're coming from -- he is a manipulative SOB.
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Actually, though I always liked Obi-Wan, his devastation at the end of the duel makes me understand why he would lie to Luke -- he still can't wrap his head around it. The lie he gives Luke isn't even his own lie, it's Yoda's. That what Anakin did screwed him up so much that he can't even come up with his own words after twenty years? It makes me want to hug him.
But I can definitely where you're coming from -- he is a manipulative SOB.