Rendered False

As a result of the prequel trilogy, some key OT dialogue has been rendered false. I wouldn’t be surprised if Lucas goes back and re-edits these scenes in the OT to fix these “mistakes.”

Leia: “General Kenobi, years ago you served my father during the Clone Wars...”

Obi-Wan never worked for Bail Organa. This statement is only true in the very broadest sense -- Obi-Wan was answerable to the Senate and Bail was a senator.

Obi-Wan: “The Force is what gives a Jedi his power. It's an energy field created by all living things.”

In Episode I we learned that it’s a Jedi’s midichlorians that allow him/her to use the Force.

Obi-Wan: “That's what your uncle told you. He didn't hold with your father's ideals. He thought he should have stayed here and not gotten involved.”

Owen didn’t know shit about Anakin or his ideals. They didn’t have a relationship of any kind. One could argue that Owen looked scared when Anakin returned with Shmi’s body, though. It’s highly unlikely that Owen, in the brief time he knew Anakin, told his scary stepbrother that he should move in with the Lars family.

Obi-Wan: “I have something here for you. Your father wanted you to have this [lightsaber] when you were old enough, but your uncle wouldn't allow it.”

As we saw in Episode III, Anakin didn’t trust Obi-Wan enough to have had any discussion with him about his hopes and dreams for his son. And he wasn't supposed to be married in the first place.

As I mentioned in earlier posts, if Obi-Wan really wanted to train Luke, Owen couldn’t have done jack about it. Owen wouldn’t even have had to know. Obi-Wan could have approached Luke in town at any time, gradually established a friendship, eventually invited Luke to drop by his house to find out more about his father, and they could’ve trained in secret. They could’ve left the lightsaber at Ben’s place.

Obi-Wan: “He feared you might follow old Obi-Wan on some damn fool idealistic crusade like your father did.”

I can’t see how anyone would describe the conflict between the Republic and the Separatists as an “idealistic crusade.” The Separatists felt that their throats were being cut by crippling taxes and many worlds in the Republic were probably entirely dependant on goods from the Trade Federation and the Techno-Union or had had their assets frozen by the Banking Clan and were now destitute. Both sides felt they had to win this war.

Obi-Wan: “A young Jedi named Darth Vader, who was a pupil of mine until he turned to evil, helped the Empire hunt down and destroy the Jedi knights. He betrayed and murdered your father.”

Well, you know the deal with this gem.

Vader: “When I left you I was but the learner. Now, I am the master.”

In Episode III Anakin definitely acted as though he thought he was a Jedi Master when he attacked Obi-Wan. Is this a possible admission by Vader that he was immature when he last clashed with Obi-Wan?

Obi-Wan: “You can't win, Darth. If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you could possibly imagine.”

How did Ben become more powerful? He didn’t even need Vader to kill him -- he merged himself with the Force through his own will.

Obi-Wan: “Obi-Wan Kenobi? Obi-Wan... Now, that's a name I haven't heard since before you were born.”

Yoda was still calling him “Obi-Wan” at the end of the movie, and Luke was already born.

Obi-Wan: “He was the best star pilot in the galaxy, and a cunning warrior.”

In all three prequel movies we see Anakin do some fancy flying, but “best star pilot in the galaxy” is a stretch. He was on autopilot when he took part in the Battle of Naboo. In Episode II, he didn’t take part in any space battles at all. In Episode III, he scrapes some buzz droids off of Obi-Wan’s starfighter and crash-lands General Grievous’s ship. Impressive, but not fly enough.

Obi-Wan: “You will go to the Dagobah system. There you will learn from Yoda, the Jedi Master who instructed me.”

This is not a total lie, though in Episode I we learn that Obi-Wan was apprenticed to Qui-Gon, not Yoda. Scenes in Episode II with Yoda and the younglings imply that Yoda is the earliest mentor for all students. Everyone is Yoda’s padawan.

Yoda: "Much anger in him, like his father."
Obi-Wan: "Was I any different when you taught me?"

We never get to see Obi-Wan’s youngling days in the prequels, so there’s no way to say for sure if he was thuggish when Yoda was teaching him. We never see him lose his temper around Qui-Gon, but Obi-Wan isn’t exactly shy about expressing anger through sarcasm and mean-spirited comments, such as the infamous “pathetic lifeform” line from Episode I and the “Good job” eye-roll in Episode II when Anakin “rescues” him on Geonosis.

Luke: "Is the Dark Side stronger?"
Yoda: "No. No. No. Quicker. Easier. More seductive."

Is it easier to learn to use the Force if you have a Dark Side mentality dominated by anger, fear and hate? Will you learn to levitate rocks more easily if you’re pissed off? I highly doubt it! You definitely won’t learn to fence more quickly if you like to brawl. A lot of basic Force skills seem to require a "light" touch.

Obi-Wan: “I took it upon myself to train him as a Jedi. I thought that I could instruct him just as well as Yoda. I was wrong.”

The original statement makes it seem like an arrogant young Obi-Wan taught a (presumably adult) comrade how to use the Force against Yoda’s wishes. We now know that a reluctant young Obi-Wan took on a boy he considered dangerous as his padawan out of obligation to his dead master, Qui-Gon. And he was authorized to do so by the Jedi Council.

Luke: “Leia. Do you remember your mother? Your real mother?”
Leia: “Just a little bit. She died when I was very young.”

In Episode III, we saw Padme die minutes after giving birth to the babies. She never even made eye contact with Leia, though she did so with Luke. She even touched his head. It’s ridiculous to think that minutes-old babies could remember their mom, but if either of the twins could, it should’ve been Luke.

Luke: "Come with me."
Vader: "Obi-Wan once thought as you do. You don't know the power of the Dark Side, I must obey my master."

Vader’s statement implies that Obi-Wan tried to sway him back to the light after he had already crossed over. In Episode III when Obi-Wan confronted Anakin, it was clear that he didn’t want to fight him or kill him, but at no point did he ask him to surrender or renounce the Dark Side either.