Help us, Juli-wan Kenobi, you're our only

That’s because it is cruel, Obi-Wan,” Anakin snapped. “Cruel and unfeeling and unworthy of the Jedi Order.” He was so like Qui-Gon. This was like arguing with a ghost.

One of the lessons Obi-Wan needed to learn was to look beneath the surface. Perhaps this was one way.