ANAKIN: You will try.
ANAKIN ignites his lightsaber.
ANAKIN lashes out at OBI-WAN, and they begin a ferocious sword fight. ANAKIN throws CONTAINERS at OBI-WAN using the Force.
They work their way off the landing platform and into the main entry hallway. ANAKIN kicks OBI-WAN, and OBI-WAN drops to a lower level.
ARTOO BEEPS his concern and rushes to the unconscious PADME's aid.
View screens EXPLODE around ANAKIN and OBI-WAN as they work their way into the Control Room. The fighting is intense. OBI-WAN is on the defensive as he jumps up on the table view screen in the center of the room.
ANAKIN: Don't make me destroy you, Master. You're no match for the dark side.
OBI-WAN: I've heard that before, Anakin . . . but I never thought I'd hear it from you.
ANAKIN forces OBI-WAN back into the Conference Room where the quarters are much closer.
(Kenobi is specifically noted to have been forced back, which debunks any counterclaim that he was on the defensive by choice. Anakin again is the one with the advantage here.)
Sparks fly everywhere. ANAKIN jumps onto the conference table. OBI-WAN slides across the table, knocking ANAKIN over. OBI-WAN grabs ANAKIN’s lightsaber as he falls. OBI-WAN uses the Force to summon his dropped lightsaber. ANAKIN does the same.
Kenobi does gain some ground here, but this doesn't mean he was an overall equal. ESB Luke scored hits and pressed Vader at times, Jinn pressed Maul at times, AotC Kenobi/AotC Anakin pressed Dooku briefly, and so on.
The battle intensifies.
OBI-WAN: (continuing) The flaw of power is arrogance.
OBI-WAN stands looking at his former apprentice for a moment.
ANAKIN: You hesitate . . . the flaw of compassion.
OBI-WAN and ANAKIN lock sabers. OBI-WAN puts out his hand to use the Force to push ANAKIN away. ANAKIN puts out his hand to block OBI-WAN.
Both combatants are blasted backwards onto the control panels.
The infamous Force push stalemate is actually Kenobi pushing and Anakin blocking. Anakin blocks Kenobi's Force push and as we saw in the movie Kenobi just keeps adding more and more power until Anakin's defense overloads and sends them both flying. It doesn't mean they are equal in applicable power. And as stated before there is precedent for less powerful Force users, such as Kas'im countering TK from a more powerful opponent.
They regain their footing and the battle continues. ANAKIN kicks OBI-WAN away.
They battle around the room, and eventually the door to the exterior is knocked open. They continue battling out onto the balcony.
ANAKIN forces OBI-WAN down a narrow balcony outside the Control Room.He rips objects off the wall and throws them at OBI-WAN as he pushes him further and further along the walkway.
The balcony ends, and OBI-WAN is trapped. He looks over the balcony and into a river of lava.
ANAKIN cuts apiece of the balcony railing off, along with a control panel.
ALARMS SOUND, and a protective ray shield around the superstructure disappears. It tumbles into the molten abyss, disappearing in a puff of smoke. A small pipe connects the Control Center to the Main Collection Plant. OBI-WAN has no choice but to tightrope-walk out across the lava river while fighting ANAKIN.
(Contrary to the opinions of those who state that Kenobi was deliberately on the defensive and leading Anakin to an area of his choosing, the script makes it pretty clear that Kenobi was forced to give ground and literally walk the tightrope.)
Kenobi just held out against a superior duelist through defense until he was able to exploit an opportunistic environmental advantage and exploit Anakin's arrogance. He landed some hits but again there are plenty of examples of lesser duelist throughout the lore scoring hits on there betters. Doesn't change the fact that Anakin pushed a Soresu master's defenses to the brink and was basically controlling the fight 90% of the time.
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