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I've always wondered whether it was the exigency of the special effects available at the time, or whether it was on purpose that Lucas made both holograms and "Force ghosts" have the same bluish look. In any case, when Obi-Wan looks through the archives to find the Jedi who betrayed the Order, he witnesses Anakin's shadowy figure moving like a ghost through the Temple. It's chilling, yet somehow also creates a distance from reality. I can't believe it Obi-Wan whispers, and you do get the sense he hasn't fully absorbed the truth of it yet.

But of course it's still devastating, and needs very little dialogue to convey the emotion. Ewan does some excellent face acting here. And then we juxtapose the holograms of Anakin and his new master with his heartbroken former master.

Next time, faces speak when words cannot...

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