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Best Lines of the Week (June 17-23): ‘I Will Do What I Must’

From time travel to debutante balls, this week on television had it all. As summer officially got underway, the start of the season brought us exciting new episodes, premieres, and finales that, despite the sunshiny weather, kept us indoors and glued to our screens.

Prime Video released the first season of YA romance The Summer I Turned Pretty, an adaptation of Jenny Han‘s novel of the same name; keeping with the summery vibe, the streaming service also gave us Season 1 of Canadian comedy series The Lake. HBO Max dropped ’80s-set sitcom Gordita Chronicles, which follows a family who moves to Miami from the Dominican Republic.

‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ Faces His Past & His Future in Finale

Netflix‘s The Umbrella Academy came back swinging with its third season, somehow upping the ante on its super-powered, time-traveling chaos. A very different kind of time travel show, HBO‘s The Time Traveler’s Wife, featured an emotional wedding in its Season 1 finale, while Disney+ also provided an epic conclusion to the Star Wars limited series Obi-Wan Kenobi.

Meanwhile, Prime Video’s superhero satire The Boys showed no signs of slowing down in the fifth episode of Season 3. There were some memorable talk show moments during the week as well, with appearances from Tom Hanks on Late Night and Kim Kardashian on The Tonight Show.

Read on to find out our favorite lines from this week’s stellar lineup.

The Umbrella Academy (Netflix)

“Sorry, Allison, but it might take me more than 20 minutes and a traumatic brain injury to figure this all out. Is that OK with you?”

—Five’s (Aidan Gallagher) sarcastic response after Allison ( Emmy Raver-Lampman ) says that he should know what else is different now that they’re in an alternate timeline

The Time Traveler’s Wife (HBO)

Henry : “Love is what gives hope to mortals. It’s the cruelest thing I know.”

Clare : “OK, so what’s good about this is that we are not gonna be writing our own vows.”

—Henry ( Theo James ) and fiancée Clare ( Rose Leslie ) talk as they drive to go introduce her to his estranged father before their wedding.

Gordita Chronicles (HBO)

“Are you sure this is it? The song said ‘America the beautiful.’ I think they oversold it.”

—Cucu (Olivia Goncalves) to her family while they look on at the Miami motel they’re staying at after immigrating from Santo Domingo

The Summer I Turned Pretty (Prime Video)

“For Belly, Conrad is the sun, and when the sun comes out, the stars disappear.”

—Laurel (Jackie Chung) muses to Susannah (Rachel Blanchard) while they watch their kids dance at the debutante ball.

Obi-Wan Kenobi (Disney+)

Darth Vader : “Have you come to destroy me, Obi-Wan?”

Obi-Wan : “I will do what I must.”

The Lake (Prime Video)

Justin : “Holy s**t, I think he just proposed to you in boy.”

Billie : “His family stole our cottage.”

Justin : “But maybe there’s regret and a sound environmental policy under those abs.”

— Justin ( Jordan Gavaris ) to his daughter Billie ( Madison Shamoun ) after Killian (Jared Scott) flirts with her

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (NBC)

“I knew it was special when I fell asleep and I kept on talking about it all night, like, ‘Oh, my God. I have this pimple. I have this pimple. Don’t let me fall asleep, I have to put pimple medicine on it before I go to sleep.’ I fell asleep, forgot, woke up in the morning with dried pimple medicine on my face.”

—Kim Kardashian tells Jimmy Fallon a cute story about how her boyfriend Pete Davidson cares for her, while promoting her skin care line SKKN.

Ms. Marvel (Disney+)

Kamala : “I’m a djinn.”

Bruno : “And tonic?”

—Kamala ( Iman Vellani ) and Bruno (Matt Lintz) meet after a mysterious group called the Clandestines told Kamala about her family history.

Irma Vep (HBO)

Mira : “Now the industry is too aware of what their audience wants.”

Edmond : “Exactly. That’s not what art should be about.”

Gottfried : “Who cares if cinema is art? I personally don’t give a flying f**k.”

—The cast of Les Vampires remake, including Mira ( Alicia Vikander ), Edmond (Vincent Lacoste), and Gottfried (Lars Eidinger), discusses the state of the film industry at a house party.

The Boys (Prime Video)

“With great power comes absolute certainty that you’ll turn into a right c**t.”

—Butcher ( Karl Urban ) to Maeve ( Dominique McElligott ) as they discuss what it was like for him to take a drug that induced temporary superpowers

Late Night with Seth Meyers (NBC)

“It’s my ego unchecked. I just can’t help but think, ‘What would these people like more than anything else to remember this magic day of days? Oh, I know. Me.’”

—Tom Hanks jokes to Seth Meyers about how he often frequents weddings that he is not invited to

Director: George Lucas
Stars: Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Hayden Christensen, Ian McDiarmid, Samuel L. Jackson
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Runtime: 140 minutes

Anakin Skywalker:
I have brought peace, freedom, justice, and security to my new empire.

Obi-Wan:
Your new empire?

Anakin Skywalker:
Don’t make me kill you.

Obi-Wan:
Anakin, my allegiance is to the Republic, to Democracy!

Anakin Skywalker:
If you are not with me, then you are my enemy.

Obi-Wan:
Only a Sith deals in absolutes. I will do what I must.

Anakin Skywalker:
You will try.

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Obi-Wan: Your new empire?

Anakin Skywalker: Don’t make me kill you.

Obi-Wan: Anakin, my allegiance is to the Republic, to Democracy!

Anakin Skywalker: If you are not with me, then you are my enemy.

Obi-Wan: Only a Sith deals in absolutes. I will do what I must.

Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith 2005

[After the massacre at the Jedi temple]

Obi-Wan Kenobi:
I’ve recalibrated the code, warning all surviving Jedi to stay away.

Yoda:
For the clones, to discover the recalibration, a long time, it will take.

Obi-Wan:
Wait, Master. There is something I must know. [inspects a security hologram]

Yoda:
If into the security recordings, you go, only pain, will you find.

Obi-Wan:
I must know the truth, Master. [watches hologram of Anakin/Vader killing Jedi younglings and pledging allegiance to Palpatine; Horrified] It can’t be. It can’t be!

Palpatine:
[On hologram] You have done well, my new apprentice. Your skills are unmatched by any Sith before you. Now, Lord Vader, go and bring peace to the Empire.

Obi-Wan:
I can’t watch anymore. [deactivates hologram]

Yoda:
Destroy the Sith, we must.

Obi-Wan:
Send me to kill the Emperor. I will not kill Anakin.

Yoda:
To fight this Lord Sidious, strong enough, you are not.

Obi-Wan:
But Anakin. he is like my brother. I cannot do it.

Yoda:
Twisted by the dark side, young Skywalker has become. The boy you trained, gone, he is, consumed by Darth Vader.

Obi-Wan:
I do not know where the Emperor has sent him. I don’t know where to look.

Yoda:
Use your feelings, Obi-Wan, and find him, you will.

What was Obi-Wan’s plan on Mustafar?

Obi-Wan knew that his best-friend and student, Anakin had fallen to the dark side. Knowing the truth, he was shocked in terror. Obi wan even told Master Yoda that he would not kill Anakin, because he was like a brother to him. But when Yoda convinced Obi-Wan that the Sith must be destroyed, Obi-Wan had doubts in his mind. After that, he went to Padme to ask about Anakin’s whereabouts. He delivered the news that her husband had fallen to the dark side and the news regarding Palpatine as a Sith Lord. And when Padme was shocked about all of this, Obi wan needed to find him.

PADME AMIDALA: you are going to kill him, aren’t you?
OBI-WAN KENOBI: he has become a very great threat (. ) Anakin is the father isn’t he? I’m so sorry.

So what was Obi-Wan’s plan in going to Mustafar, Was it to kill Anakin or to redeem him?

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Obi-Wan’s goal was to kill Anakin.

“You are with me, or you are against me,” Anakin replied.
“Only a Sith Lord deals in absolutes, Anakin,” Obi-Wan told him, and ignited his lightsaber. Now I will do what I must.
Anakin’s face twisted as he ignited his own weapon, and the battle began.

That’s not to say that he wasn’t reluctant to actually strike the killing blow.

Obi-Wan looked down. It would be a mercy to kill him. He was not feeling merciful.

He was feeling calm, and clear, and he knew that to climb down to that black beach might cost him more time than he had. Another Sith Lord approached.

In the end, there was only one choice. It was a choice he had made many years before, when he had passed his trials of Jedi Knighthood, and sworn himself to the Jedi forever. In the end, he was still Obi-Wan Kenobi, and he was still a Jedi, and he would not murder a helpless man.

He would leave it to the will of the Force. He turned and walked away. After a moment, he began to run.

Plan was to confront Darth Vader, one of two Sith, not necessarily to kill Anakin on sight

Although Jedi in the era of End of Republic were significantly under influence of Dark Side, they still didn’t fall so low to act as mere assassins, simply killing people to resolve problems. We could see that in this case, Obi-Wan didn’t try to sneak up on Anakin and eliminate him, instead he revealed himself to him. Even Yoda walked into Emperor’s office and did not attack right away.

On the other hand, both Yoda and Obi-Wan (especially Yoda) were under impression that redemption is not possible, and that confrontation will likely end up as mortal combat:

Twisted by the Dark Side, young Skywalker has become. The boy you trained, gone he is. Consumed by Darth Vader.

This of course is understandable to a degree. They both saw killing of younglings, and Yoda throughout his life expresses firm belief that that redemption from Dark Side is not possible. As for Obi-Wan, I’m not so sure. At first, he wanted to confront Emperor, exactly because he didn’t want to fight against Anakin. When they finally met, Kenobi did some half-hearted attempt to reason with him. It ended up in failure, and Kenobi drew first.

Conclusion would be that both Yoda and Kenobi expected fight to death, but Kenobi at least formally tried to redeem his opponent to honor Jedi tradition and way of Light Side.

Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith 2005

[After the massacre at the Jedi temple]

Obi-Wan:
I’ve recalibrated the code, warning all surviving Jedi to stay away.

Yoda:
For the clones, to discover the recalibration, a long time, it will take.

Obi-Wan:
Wait, Master. There is something I must know. [inspects a security hologram]

Yoda:
If into the security recordings, you go, only pain, will you find.

Obi-Wan:
I must know the truth, Master. [watches hologram of Anakin/Vader killing Jedi younglings and pledging allegiance to Sidious; Horrified] It can’t be. It can’t be!

Sidious:
[On hologram] You have done well, my new apprentice. Now, Lord Vader, go and bring peace to the Empire.

Obi-Wan:
I can’t watch anymore. [deactivates hologram]

Yoda:
Destroy the Sith, we must.

Obi-Wan:
Send me to kill the Emperor. I will not kill Anakin.

Yoda:
To fight this Lord Sidious, strong enough, you are not.

Obi-Wan:
He is like my brother. I cannot do it.

Yoda:
Twisted by the dark side, young Skywalker has become. The boy you trained, gone, he is, consumed by Darth Vader.

Obi-Wan:
I do not know where the Emperor has sent him. I don’t know where to look.

Yoda:
Use your feelings, Obi-Wan, and find him, you will.