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Necromancer
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although the death of Han Solo is stretching it a bit when comparing it to the death of Obi Wan
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Not really, they are actually pretty parallel to one another.
Just because he was not a Jedi, does not mean he cant play that role. He played that role the entire movie. He turned into the one who told the truth about the force to people who didnt believe or didnt know.
The meaning of his sacrifice had as much impact on the rebellion, Luke, Leia, Chewie, Rey, etc. as it did Kylo.... and that is exactly what the death of Obi-Wan did.
It was meaningful to all sides.
And taking from the erased expanded universe.
This is nearly an identical situation that Jacen Solo went through when turning into Darth Caedus. He knew what he needed to do to take that next step to the dark side, to power, but he didnt know if he could do it. He thought it was either killing Ben Skywalker or Luke. Luke he didnt think he could kill. Ben, he had grew up with and emotionally could not kill him.
But he ended up killing Mara Jade, Lukes wife, Bens mother. And that was what he needed to do.