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Originally Posted by Inglewood Jack
I think I got it...the remaining shard of Anakin was still merciful, which is why he wouldn't kill Reva, let Ben escape their first encounter, couldn't/wouldn't destroy the transport (low key force bubble to keep it safe during the chase!), and walked away from Ben under rocks without verifying death. it's like poetry, it rhymes.
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I don't think the Reva leaving her alive meshes with the Obi-Wan stuff or even if Anakin was being all that merciful.
I do agree with the concept of it still being Anakin under the mask and not the Vader that we see a decade later. Vader came into being after the last duel with Obi-Wan and after his talk with Sidious.
He didn't kill Reva because it wasn't worth the effort. He saw her as not being a threat to him, and not being anywhere near his level. Also letting her suffer with a gut stab seems like something that Anakin would do because he's driven by his emotions. He probably saw her betrayal as stupid and without a lot of thought behind it.
He didn't pursue Obi-Wan after dragging him through the fire, because leaving Obi-Wan hurt and crippled and burned was probably satisfying and he knew he was going to keep up the hunt so he would run into Obi again. But as he said to Obi-Wan, his suffering was just beginning. He was probably caught savoring the moment more then anything else.
The later Vader, the actual Vader not Anakin/Vader wouldn't have bothered with the suffering aspect. We saw that on the Death Star.
At the end of the last duel with Obi-Wan we probably saw the at the time death of Anakin, and Vader being driven deeply into the Darkside. Then Sidious basically said that he had to get by the whole sole focus on Obi-Wan or it would weaken him and make him a slave to that.