before the dark times

Before the dark times is a quote said by Obi wan Kenobi in "A New Hope" which is used to say that times where good for the jedi before the empire, this heavy implies that at the moment, Obi wan is having flashbacks to the clone wars and his former Padawan, Anakin Skywalker. It is also used as an expression of when someone changed for the worse

Obi Wan Kenobi: Before the Dark times.... Before the Empire