I think you could probably use the word ‘discover’ instead of ‘realize’ in all three of your examples, and it will still be accurate, and more obvious that they are Action drivers. Even for the last one it would work.
Although is it possible an even stronger Action driver existed, like the duel itself? showing that Obi-Wan is outmatched?
Sure, and this goes to the idea that “Actions” don’t have to be single events, but can be a string of related events.
Seriously, though, you think he was outmatched?
Hmm… I think my judgement on the matter is forever clouded by being 4 years old in a dark theater, clutching to my dad because I was terribly afraid of the man/machine in the black suit…
haha, good point. I don’t remember how I felt then. But now I see Vader as a bit desperate when he stoops to calling Obi Wan a weak old man.
From an arrogant bully to a desperate old man…funny.
Aren’t most arrogant bullies desperately weak inside?
From a kid’s eye view to a teen’s, and now to a man’s. You should enter one of those story-in-a-sentence contests.
(Yes, I recognize that I’m resurrecting an 8 year old thread – I feel like this site is quiet enough lately that no one will mind. 
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Mike I just had to point out that I went to watch a Norweigan show on Netflix called La Palma and I was like, oh, this is that show that you were talking about on Discuss Dramatica! (I knew the thread was much older than the show but thought maybe you had been referring to an early script or something.) But when I found this thread I realized, oh, it was something different but very similar. I think La Palma must have been based on this movie, The Wave, but it’s interesting that I can’t find anyone mentioning that.
I’m not sure I would recommend La Palma, although the suspense is good at times, and looking back it does seem to have all 4 throughlines.
Feel free to resurrect as needed 
My plan right now is to keep this open and start using it more for easy search-ability and reference. And then the Discord for just quick up-to-the-minute notifications and announcements.
That way, if you can’t stand Discord you can still get your updates here, and if you think this is too slow, you can jump on Discord!