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Originally Posted by Hack&Lube
Did they actually call Anakin Darth Vader at all in the prequels for Obi Wan to make that connection? I did find this part weird. I thought Obi Wan just thought he had killed Anakin in the lava and that was that. I don't like that Reva knows his identity either. There must be a closer connection with the two or whatever her vendetta is ("what I'm owed").
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Yes, in Episode 3, Obi-Wan and Yoda return to the Jedi Temple to change the emergency message that's being sent out telling all surviving Jedi that the war is over and to return to Coruscant. When they arrive, they see the slaughtered Jedi and younglings lying on the ground. Yoda notices that some of them were killed by a lightsaber and not blaster fire. Obi-Wan decides to watch the security recordings (even though they both seem to suspect the truth) and sees Anakin killing Jedi. Then, they see Palpatine arrive where he calls Anakin his new apprentice, "Lord Vader". Then, Yoda says that Anakin is gone, "consumed by Darth Vader".
The scene starts about 1:37 into the movie on Disney+.
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My guess is this is also how Reva knows who Vader actually is. She was a youngling who escaped the slaughter but probably witnessed Anakin killing her friends and either saw Palpatine arrive and call him "Lord Vader", or she was hiding in the archives when Obi-Wan and Yoda watched the recordings and found out then.
I suspect his true identity is not common knowledge and it's a secret Reva has kept close but she knew it would matter to Obi-Wan.