Obi-Wan doesn’t need to be **on** the high ground, the high ground just needs to *exist* within the battle; Obi-Wan knows that when he has the low ground, he really has the high ground, from a certain point of view; see [Diagram A](http://imgur.com/a/MGopB).

Look at his battle record:

Maul: Has low ground, wins [Example A](http://imgur.com/a/dZZvq)

Dooku: No high ground, loses

Dooku rematch: No high ground, loses [Example B](http://imgur.com/a/sV2gu).

Greivous: Has low ground, wins [Example C](http://imgur.com/a/jIe4F)

Vader: Has high ground, wins

Vader rematch: No high ground, loses

Obi-Wan with the high/low ground is canonically the most powerful Jedi. This is **fact**. Had Yoda not denied his request to battle The Senate with typical Jedi arrogance, Obi-Wan could have defeated Palpatine in the Senate building, which housed a variety of different altitudes; this was designed so that the Chancellor could always have the moral high ground in political debates. But Obi-wan didn’t fight The Senate, and Yoda soon learned that you can’t cleave the Sheev in a normal 1v1.

Yoda is shorter than virtually every other fighter, which gives him a permanent low-ground disadvantage; however, his saber-fighting style utilizes a flipping-heavy technique in order to negate this weakness for a temporary window. You’ll notice that, after falling from the central podium in The Senate’s building, he immediately retreats upon realizing he is on the lowest ground. You’ll also notice that, while training Luke, he rides on him like a mount, to gain the intellectual high ground and accelerate Luke’s training. [Example D](http://imgur.com/a/UhgYZ).

Obi-Wan’s defensive Form III lightsaber style is designed to synergize with his carefully planned military maneuvers; as he only strikes when prepared, he can always hold the strategic high ground (That business on Cato Neimodia doesn’t count). You’ll come to realize that this is why Commander Cody’s artillery strike failed against Obi-Wan, when hundreds of Jedi were killed in similar attacks. Cody failed to grasp the strategic situation, as the Jedi Master’s elevation was superior to his by hundreds of meters, making him virtually unkillable (Notice that all the Jedi killed in Order 66 were on level ground with the clones, thereby ensuring their demise). Had Cody taken his time and engaged the Jedi on even terrain, he would have succeeded. Obi-Wan subsequently retreated under the surface of the lake, so that he could maintain the topographical low/high ground.

As we all know, spinning is a good trick. However, only the Chosen One can spin outside of a starfighter. Palpatine tried spinning, but he lost due to this technique (but this was intentional, as losing gave him the emotional high ground when Anakin arrived). The reason for this is that spinning provides a yin-yang approach to combat (based in Eastern philosophy on balance), giving the spinner the high ground from above and below. Only the Chosen One can master the spin, as it is their destiny to maintain balance in the universe. This is why Obi-Wan was so emotional after defeating Vader on Mustafar; he expected to lose the high ground to the spin, but Anakin fell to the dark side and could no longer use his signature trick, becoming the very thing he swore to destroy. Additionally, Anakin told Obi-Wan that, from “[his] point of view, the Jedi are evil”. Anakin was misunderstanding Obi-Wan’s teachings, foolishly applying them to a perceived relative moral high ground. This is why Obi-Wan said that he failed Anakin; Obi-Wan never managed to fully impart his wisdom of the high ground to his apprentice.

In ANH, Vader proves his newfound understanding by engaging Obi-Wan on perfectly even ground. However, Obi-Wan intentionally sacrifices himself on the Death Star, so that he could train Luke from a higher plane of existence, thereby giving him the metaphysical high ground [Example E](http://imgur.com/a/wIi43).

Anakin doesn’t hate sand for the reasons he told Padme; **all** Jedi hate sand, as the battlefield can rapidly change between low and high ground on multiple vectors, so your perspective must be from a certain three-dimensional point of view in order to comprehend who holds the high ground. This is the only reason why Obi-Wan could kill Maul in Rebels. This also plays into why the Tusken Raiders fled from Obi-Wan in A New Hope; years of conflict with old Ben Kenobi taught them not to attack the Jedi Master, as he held both the low (inverse-high) ground and his full mastery of sand [in all its coarseness, roughness, irritability and omnipresence].

So why was Vader so invested in the construction and maintenance of the Death Star? Because he knows Obi-wan can’t hold the high ground if there’s no ground left. [Image A](http://imgur.com/a/clEuG). As seen through the events of the Clone Wars, Obi-Wan was known to be on friendly terms with Senator Organa, whose homeworld held large quantities of mountainous terrain, the *perfect* habitat for a Jedi Master. Grand Moff Tarkin was already in position to destroy Alderaan , even though the distance from Scarif to Alderaan was too vast to reach between the escape and recapture of the Tantive IV, considering the DS-1 had a slow Class 4 Hyperdrive. Alderaan had been the initial target all along, as Obi-Wan with the high ground was the primary threat to the Death Star. A moon-sized space station would have some amount of gravitational pull, and the Empire believed this would negate Obi-Wan’s zero-gravity weakness; Obi-Wan with the perpetual high-ground in a low-orbit starfighter would easily be able to fire proton torpedoes through a vertically-inferior ventilation shaft, although the Empire was uncertain of the specific weakness of the Death Star planted by Galen Erso (who was a good friend).

Hence the high ground is defined as distance from gravitational pull. “Equivalent Ground” can be defined as both fighters being most equally acted upon by, and distant from, the same gravitational field, even if they are not connected by the same surface. Even if Obi-wan were to attempt a rotational framework on the flat ground, it wouldn’t matter as both combatants are still equidistant to the gravity well (Within a currently undefined margin of error from a Euclidean trigonometric perspective). Obi-Wan holds the absolute high ground when there is any sort of significant elevation difference separating him and his opponent(s).

A common misconception to be sure, and an unwelcome one, is the idea of a ‘prostrate position’ version of the high ground, wherein Obi-Wan lies flat on his back, giving him tactical superiority from his point of view. However, this strategy is futile, as for the high ground to come into effect, there must be a differential between parties on both the x-axis and y-axis to a moderately significant variation from both absolutes (Angles only a Sith would deal in).


Why does Obi-Wan hate flying? Because there is no gravity in space, therefore there is no high or low ground from any frame of reference (This also negates the spinning trick, as noted in [Example G](http://imgur.com/a/LfPDz)). This proves that the low-high ground is due to distance from gravitational fields, rather than a sense of Euclidean trigonometry, thus the high ground is invalid in vacuous and aquatic environment. Why do you think General Kenobi was absent from the strategically important Battle of Mon Calamari, while being aware of it and in a position to reinforce the 501st?

The powers of gravity and friction have great effect on the high ground; too weak, and the high ground holds no traction; too strong and the ground becomes an enemy. The high ground typically holds significant value between .8 and 1.4 β [Earth Gravities].

For Obi-Wan’s high ground powers to be in full effect, he must stand between π/12 to 5π/12 radians diagonal from his opponent(s) on the Trigonometric Perspective Diagram. ([Diagram B](http://imgur.com/a/SLLjR)). The mathematical formula for determining the power and viable positioning for the high ground is defined by the [MetaComm Equations](https://imgur.com/a/Pp9c9Ld). When the High Ground is acting upon Obi-Wan, you must substitute the [Kenobi Force Modifier (the Jedi Master function)](https://imgur.com/a/9eRBSjl). For reference on Kenobi’s absolute framework, see [MetaCommando’s Proof](https://imgur.com/a/Sh0FZJZ).

In Return of the Jedi, you can see that the Throne Room contains a variety of different altitudes; Palpatine placed these there to ensure Vader’s defeat. However, Sheev failed to realize that his weakness was **no** ground, and should have covered that useless gaping pit which does nothing. Palpatine’s death represents the conclusion of Anakin’s redemption arc; he brings balance to the force by spinning Sheev (and the Sith) from the high ground of dominance to the no ground of nonexistence [Example F](https://imgur.com/a/LIYUL3k).

In conclusion, Obi-Wan abuses spatial relativity and Taoist doctrine in order to always invoke his high-ground powers. To properly analyze the strategic genius of Kenobi, one must hold advanced knowledge in Philosophy, Mathematics, and Calculus-based Physics, and be able to integrate these topics together. The High Ground is both a physical and metaphysical concept, and understanding the High Ground is paramount to understanding the universe.