History NightmareFuel / ObiWanKenobi

* Emperor Palpatine's brief appearance at the end has him questioning Vader's resolve and making note of his weakness due to his obsession with Obi-Wan, hinting at [[YouHaveFailedMe consequences]] that will come to Vader should he let [[RevengeBeforeReason his desire for revenge]] get the better of him. Vader, who was in a complete rage up until that point, [[OhCrap stops]] and reaffirms his loyalty to his master and [[BlatantLies that Obi-Wan "means nothing"]] to him. Vader may be powerful, but Palpatine is the true force behind him and the Empire.

* In a more mundane sense, there's an underlying horror with the calm, folksy demeanor of [[AffablyEvil Freck]] as things take a sudden dark turn when it's revealed that he's an Imperial sympathizer, justifying what the Empire has done without skipping a beat. Obi-Wan previously noted that the Empire ran a lot of people out of their homes to take advantage of the planet's resources, but Freck seems completely fine, in part because it hasn't negatively affected him. [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything It's really not hard to see the parallels between Nazi Germany and the Empire here, and how evil succeeds when ordinary citizens turn a blind eye to evil.]]

** This is even with the seemingly remaining canon aspect that the Force isn't channeled as easily through an artificial limb. For comparison: Master Yoda at the ''height'' of his powers ''strained'' with '''all''' his being to stop a substantially less heavy metal pillar from falling on Anakin and Obi-Wan, concentrating with ''both'' arms to stop it from crushing his students. Darth Vader crushed a ''spaceship accelerating into full speed in mid flight'' like it was a child's toy with his '''weaker''' hand.

[[ContentWarnings There are certain scenes in this fictional series that some viewers may find upsetting.]]

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* Reva randomly ''cutting off an elderly woman’s hand.'' Those familiar with ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'' and the original trilogy may already be familiar with the ruthlessness of the Inquisitors and the Empire in general, but it's not hard to feel surprised at such a random outburst of violence, even from a servant of the Empire.

[[caption-width-right:350:''"Now you will suffer, Obi-Wan. Your pain has just begun."'']]

** The VocalDissonance of Anakin's youthful voice being distorted by his destroyed mask. It shows that beneath the terrifying, emotionless mask of Vader [[TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse is just Anakin, and that all of the evil he has committed are the actions of not a monster, but a person.]]

* You'd be forgiven for breathing a sigh of relief that Darth Vader missed the fleeing refugee transport by mere ''seconds'' as it took off... only for him to '''[[JumpScare suddenly]]''' and single-handedly ''hold it from taking off'' with the sheer power of his rage and hatred alone, before forcing it to crash and ''wrenching open'' the steel-hull like wet-cardboard ''with the same left hand.'' The contemptible ease with which he does so is all the more horrifying considering that Darth Vader has consistently been shown to be a ''right-hander'' even before he lost his limbs. Legends would have you believe that the Hellfire that burned away Anakin Skywalker on Mustafar made him a pale shadow of his former self, but this scene proves he is ''still'' just as strong as the day that Obi-Wan Kenobi crippled him.[ Thank goodness it was actually a remote-controlled empty transport, a rope-a-dope feint-punch to distract him from the ''actual'' transport taking off a mere few feet behind it, or ''all'' of the dozens of fleeing refugees would have been single-handedly slaughtered by Darth Vader that day.

* You'd be forgiven for breathing a sigh of relief that Darth Vader missed the fleeing refugee transport by mere ''seconds'' as it took off... only for him to '''[[JumpScare suddenly]]''' and single-handedly ''hold it from taking off'' with the sheer power of his rage and hatred alone, before forcing it to crash and ''wrenching open'' the steel-hull like wet-cardboard ''with the same left hand.'' The contemptible ease with which he does so is all the more horrifying considering that Darth Vader has consistently been shown to be a ''right-hander'' even before he lost his limbs. Canon and Legends would have you believe that the Hellfire that burned away Anakin Skywalker on Mustafar made him a pale shadow of his former self, but this scene proves he is ''still'' just as strong as the day that Obi-Wan Kenobi crippled him.[[note]] Actually, while in Legends that was the case, Canon Vader is always depicted and said to be far stronger than Anakin in the Force. [[/note]] Thank goodness it was actually a remote-controlled empty transport, a rope-a-dope feint-punch to distract him from the ''actual'' transport taking off a mere few feet behind it, or ''all'' of the dozens of fleeing refugees would have been single-handedly slaughtered by Darth Vader that day.

* Vader sounds absolutely ''pissed'' when Obi-Wan escapes. He marches straight into the Fortress and Force-chokes Reva. If she hadn't been able to say that she left a tracker in Leia's droid, Vader would have killed her right there.