Obi-Wan Kenobi

Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi (57 – 0 BBY) is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe. He is one of the most prominent characters in the Star Wars saga, and along with Anakin Skywalker, R2-D2, and C-3PO one of the few major characters to have appearances (in some form or another) in each of the six Star Wars films. He was portrayed in Episodes I-III by Ewan McGregor, and in Episodes IV-VI by Sir Alec Guinness.

Kenobi first appears in the original Star Wars movie, seemingly a reclusive hermit. He is revealed as a Jedi Knight, who then tutors Luke Skywalker in the Jedi arts. In episodes I-III he appears as a young Jedi, progressing from apprentice to master and tutoring the young Anakin Skywalker. Additional fiction outside the movies fills in more details of his life.

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Personality

In his youth (circa The Phantom Menace), the loyal and dedicated Obi-Wan Kenobi possessed a dry sense of humor and sarcastic wit. Yoda said that he sensed Jinn's defiance in him; nonetheless, he spoke very highly of him. Jinn himself praised Kenobi's considerable knowledge and potential. As a Jedi Knight, he was cynical, though wise beyond his years. His humble and soft-spoken demeanor belied his warrior prowess. A skilled pilot (who, ironically, didn't like to fly), Kenobi could make peace with words, giving him the nickname "The Negotiator" during the Clone Wars. Like his former master, Obi-Wan is introspective and somewhat reserved.

In the original trilogy, he appeared as a kindly and eccentric old hermit of the Jundland Wastes, and wizard to those not familiar with the ways of the Jedi. It is interesting to note that Kenobi lost some of his youthful audacity that was seen in Episode I and assumed the role of a stricter, more cautious mentor in Episode II.

Appearances

The Phantom Menace

At the beginning of The Phantom Menace, Kenobi is a 25 year old Padawan (apprentice) to Qui-Gon Jinn (played by Liam Neeson). He accompanies Qui-Gon to Naboo, a planet ruled by Queen Padmé Amidala (Natalie Portman). After making an unscheduled landing on Tatooine, his master stumbles upon Anakin Skywalker, a young slave who shows tremendous potential with the Force. Believing the boy to be the prophesied "Chosen One" who would bring balance to the Force by destroying the Sith, Master Jinn wants the boy to be trained as a Jedi. Kenobi is also amazed in Anakin's unprecedented midi-chlorian count and strong Force potential, but initially disagrees on the advisability of training him, believing the boy is already too old and had acquired too many emotional attachments to become a Jedi. The Jedi Council agrees with Kenobi, and forbade training for Anakin. Qui-Gon responds by saying that he will take on Anakin as a Padawan and informs the council that Kenobi, his current Padawan, is ready to be a full Jedi Knight.

During the Battle of Naboo, Queen Amidala, and her entourage of guards split up from her Jedi body guards, Kenobi and Jinn, when the Sith Lord Darth Maul arrives to eliminate the Queen. Wielding a saberstaff, Maul simultaneously battles them both. Kenobi, separated from the battle via holo-shields, watches in horror as his master is impaled by Maul's double-bladed saber. Enraged, Kenobi attacks the Sith Lord, fiercely and rapidly engaging Maul in a lightsaber duel, even cutting Maul's lightsaber in half. Maul Force-pushes Kenobi into a reactor chasm and kicks his lightsaber into the depths below. Kenobi is saved by an extending pole that he barely grabbed hold of. Utilizing his skills with the Force, Kenobi hurled himself into the air and simultaneously brings his master's saber into his hand, startling Maul and giving him just enough time to slice the Sith Lord in half. The dying Jinn tells Kenobi to train Anakin Skywalker to be a Jedi and Kenobi agrees to this request.

For his heroics in defeating a Sith Lord, Master Yoda personally bestows the rank of Jedi Knight upon Kenobi, who then says that he would take it upon himself to train Anakin whether the Council allowed him to or not.

Attack of the Clones

Ten years later, in Attack of the Clones, Kenobi now 35 years old has become an experienced Jedi Knight. He and Anakin are tasked with protecting Padmé, now a Senator, after an attempt is made on her life. Kenobi tracks a mysterious assassin to Kamino, and learns about a massive clone army that the Kaminoans are building for the Galactic Republic. He then met with the bounty hunter Jango Fett, the template for the clones, and figured out that he was the one responsible for the assassination attempts on Senator Amidala.

Kenobi's relationship with his young Padawan Anakin is strained. Anakin is a headstrong and somewhat arrogant young man, beginning to chafe under his leadership and, more dangerously, to ignore his teachings in favor of Supreme Chancellor Palpatine's flattery and subtle denunciations of the old Jedi ways. Anakin and Padmé have also fallen in love, an emotional attachment forbidden to Jedi Knights by the Jedi Code.

Kenobi attempts to apprehend Fett, but he escapes to Geonosis with his son/unaltered clone Boba. Kenobi follows them by placing a homing beacon on Fett's ship, Slave I.

On Geonosis, Kenobi learns of the Confederacy of Independent Systems, also known as the Separatists, a conspiracy of star systems that wants to secede from the Republic, led by rogue Jedi Count Dooku, who was once Qui-Gon Jinn's master. Kenobi is captured shortly after sending a message to Anakin, who arrived with Padmé on Geonosis to rescue him afterwards. While in captivity, Dooku reveals that the Senate is under the control of a Sith Lord called Darth Sidious and implores Kenobi to join him to defeat the Sith. Anakin and Padmé are also captured, and all three are sentenced to death by the Geonosians. The executions are prevented by the timely arrival of Jedi and clone reinforcements, led by Jedi Masters Mace Windu and Yoda. Kenobi and Anakin confront Dooku and engage him in a lightsaber duel. Dooku strikes Anakin with Force lightning as he charges at him in anger, then turns the deadly barrage onto Kenobi, who narrowly avoids the attack with a block of his lightsaber. Dooku manages to outmanuever the younger Jedi, slicing him on both his left arm and leg. Dooku is about to deliver a killing blow when Anakin recovers from the lightning and blocks Dooku's attack. Count Dooku and Anakin fight a short duel, and Dooku cuts off Anakin's right arm (which was later replaced by a robotic prosthetic). Yoda arrives and fights Dooku as well, but the Sith Lord, realizing that he cannot defeat Yoda, diverts Yoda's attention by using his powers to dislodge a piece of machinery to come down on the still incapacitated Anakin and Kenobi. Yoda uses his powers to prevent them from being crushed, and during this time Dooku manages to escape.

Revenge of the Sith

By this time, Kenobi is a storied general, a galaxy-renowned hero of the Republic, who had won many battles while in charge of Republic Clone forces. Additionally, Kenobi has been given the rank of Jedi Master, as well as a seat on the Jedi Council.

At the start of the movie Kenobi and Anakin are recalled to Coruscant where General Grievous has kidnapped Senator Palpatine. (James Luceno's novel Labyrinth of Evil has them leading a regiment of clones in the Outer Rim.)

The pair of Jedi boarded Grievous' flagship, the Invisible Hand, and fought their way to the Chancellor. Palpatine (revealed as Darth Sidious) plans for Dooku to kill Kenobi and defeat Anakin, but then allow Anakin to arrest him. Palpatine would then turn Anakin to the dark side. During the duel Kenobi was rendered unconscious leaving Anakin to face Dooku alone just as Sidious wanted. However Anakin defeats Dooku and is convinced by Palpatine to execute the Count in violation of the Jedi Code.

When Palpatine appoints Anakin to the Jedi Council as his representative, Kenobi (with the rest of the council) disapproves, considering Anakin too young and headstrong, and reasoning, that his membership gives the Chancellor a vote in Jedi affairs. Anakin protests when the Jedi Council denies him the rank of Master and orders him to spy on Palpatine, but Kenobi talks him into accepting it, warning Anakin of his "dangerous" friendship with the Chancellor.

Kenobi is called away to Utapau to confront General Grievous, leaving Palpatine free to continue corrupting Anakin, who embraces the Dark Side and takes the title Darth Vader. Kenobi engages Grievous in combat and, after taking off two of the general's hands in a matter of seconds, gives Grievous a huge force shove then kills him by shooting him in the pressurised bag containing Grievous's internal organs with Grievous's discarded blaster. Moments later, however, Kenobi's own clone forces turn on him, a result of Order 66 issued by Palpatine causing clone troopers to turn on their Jedi generals. Kenobi escapes by stealing Grievous' starfighter and rendezvousing with Bail Organa and Yoda aboard Organa's ship, the Tantive IV.

Along with Yoda and Organa, Kenobi returns to Coruscant, where he and Yoda discover, that every Jedi in the Jedi Temple had been murdered, even the children (who are called Younglings.) They kill the clones remaining at the Temple, and discover that the clones were led there by Anakin. Kenobi reprogrammes a beacon which had been instructing all remaining Jedi to return to Coruscant (where they surely would be slain), making it instruct them to scatter across the galaxy and remain in hiding.

Subsequently, Kenobi and Yoda split up to confront the two Sith Lords, Vader and Sidious. Kenobi wished to fight Sidious, hating the thought of having to kill his beloved pupil. Yoda, however, insisted that Kenobi was not strong enough to fight Sidious, and that he would have to recognize that Anakin was no longer "the boy he trained," but had been "consumed by Darth Vader."

Kenobi finds Anakin, now Darth Vader, at the volcanic moon of Mustafar, and attempts to reason with his former student to pull him away from the dark side. Vader reveals himself to be mad with power and corrupted seemingly beyond redemption, leaving Kenobi no choice but to engage him in a long and epic duel, which spans through the Mustafar mining complex, the lava rivers, and finally the black sand. Kenobi tries to persuade Vader to relent, but Vader ignores his warnings and leaps forward to deliver the killing blow. Kenobi sees an opening and severs Vader's legs and remaining arm with one stroke. Kenobi refuses to inflict the killing blow to his former apprentice, partner, and friend, but leaves Vader burning on the volcanic slopes, and takes Anakin's lightsaber with him. Vader sustains near-fatal third-degree burns and severe lung and throat damage, he survives and is later saved via extensive medical prosthetics and an artificial respirator, transforming him into the fearsome cyborg we know as Darth Vader from the first trilogy.

Kenobi assists in hiding Anakin's children after Padmé dies in childbirth. Luke is put on Tatooine with Owen Lars, so that Kenobi can look after him in secret, while his twin Leia was put on Alderaan with Senator Organa. Yoda tells Obi-Wan that he had more training for him: the spirit of Qui-Gon Jinn would teach him how to retain his identity through the Force and commune with the living after death.

A New Hope

Nineteen years after the events of Episode III, Kenobi makes his first appearance in the movies, in A New Hope, rescuing Luke Skywalker from Tusken Raiders while Luke was in the wilderness of Tatooine looking for R2-D2. Kenobi eventually heard R2-D2's message from Princess Leia Organa asking for his assistance in delivering the schematics of the Death Star to Alderaan. Kenobi was willing to help, and took young Luke Skywalker under his wing in order to teach him the ways of the Force with the intention of fully training the boy later, on Alderaan. When Luke asked Kenobi about his father, Kenobi disguised the truth from him, saying, "A young Jedi named Darth Vader... betrayed and murdered your father." (In Kenobi's way of thinking, this was not entirely untrue: Anakin Skywalker died the moment he betrayed the Jedi, completely becoming Darth Vader.)

Kenobi and Luke bought passage to Alderaan on smuggler Han Solo's ship, the Millennium Falcon. Before they could reach their destination, however, Alderaan was destroyed by the Death Star under Tarkin's orders. The Millennium Falcon was captured by the Death Star's tractor beam. Fate would have it that Princess Leia Organa was onboard, and her rescue was gallantly executed by Han and Luke. Kenobi, meanwhile, fully aware of the importance of the stolen plans hidden inside R2-D2, set off to disable the tractor beam so that escape could be possible. Kenobi was probably aware of Vader's presence, and knew he wasn't coming back, as he told Luke that "Your destiny lies upon a different path from mine," and went forward. He did manage to deactivate the tractor beam, but while finding his own route to his own escape he was confronted by Vader, and they engaged in a lightsaber duel, a rematch from their prevoius duel on Mustafar. Like Mustafar Darth Vader dominated the whole fight, however since Mustafar and despite his cybernetic armour Vader was clearly winning this duel, as Kenobi was struggling to defend himself. Upon seeing Luke about to be caught by stormtroopers, Kenobi deliberately left himself open to attack as a distraction (so as also to become one with the force). As the Dark Lord struck him down with his lightsaber, Kenobi's physical body vanished in a form of apotheosis, and instantly he became one with the Force in the hopes of teaching Luke secretly later on.

As it turns out, Kenobi did not vanish entirely. Rather, he became a supernatural figure (known as a Force ghost in the Star Wars universe) who advised Luke as a mentor whom the Sith could not touch. Most importantly, he told Luke to use the Force to destroy the Death Star.

Throughout Episode IV, Kenobi is constantly referred to as "old man," and Grand Moff Tarkin states that "surely, he must be dead by now," despite being only 57 years old. It may be that Tarkin thought he was killed in the Great Jedi Purge or in the duel with Vader; alternatively George Lucas had not completely worked out the timeline of previous events while writing the original movie.

The Empire Strikes Back

In The Empire Strikes Back, Kenobi told Luke to go to the Dagobah system for further training with Yoda. After Luke had been trained as a Jedi, Kenobi appeared in Dagobah to try and dissuade him from going to Cloud City, where Vader was holding Han and Leia hostage, as he felt his young apprentice was not yet ready to face Vader one-on-one. After Luke insisted on facing Vader, Kenobi said sadly that he couldn't help him.

Luke was nearly killed in a lightsaber duel with Vader, who revealed to him that he was his father and tried to enlist him into the dark side of the Force. Luke escaped, but was haunted by the truth Kenobi withheld from him.

Return of the Jedi

In Return of the Jedi, Luke learned from a dying Yoda that Vader was indeed his father. After Yoda's death, Kenobi appeared on Dagobah to explain to a heartbroken, troubled Luke why he did not tell him the truth about his father, and to confess that Leia was his sister. Kenobi admitted that his own pride was partly to blame for Anakin Skywalker's fall from grace: "I thought I could instruct him just as well as Yoda. I was wrong." He then tried to explain to Luke that killing Vader was the only way to destroy the Empire and save the galaxy, even if it meant committing patricide. Luke tried to persuade Vader to denounce the dark side, but Vader and Palpatine nearly succeeded in converting him by appealing to his anger and fear for his friends' lives. At the last minute, when an out-of-control Luke was about to kill Vader, which would have turned him to the dark side and made him Palpatine's apprentice, Kenobi's teachings returned to him and he refused, proudly proclaiming himself a Jedi. Palpatine then viciously attacked him with Force lightning. As Luke cried out to his father to help him, Vader returned to his old, pre-corrupted self, giving him the strength to destroy Palpatine and return to the light side of the Force as he died in his son's arms.

Kenobi appeared alongside the souls of fellow Jedi Yoda and a redeemed Anakin Skywalker on the forest moon of Endor, watching over Luke and his comrades as they celebrated the destruction of the second Death Star.

In an early draft of Return of the Jedi, Kenobi returned from his existence in the Force to become a living human being again. ^*

Expanded Universe

Early life

Kenobi's early life details are mostly found in Jude Watson's Star Wars Apprentice series, a series of novels aimed at younger readers. The books span from approximately 44 BBY to 32 BBY; Kenobi is twelve years old at the beginning of this series. During this time, he met many Jedi who would later be important friends, including Bant Eerin and Quinlan Vos.

According to the novels Kenobi was born in 57 BBY and trained as a youngling in the Jedi Temple under Yoda. Without a Jedi teacher at the age of twelve, however, Kenobi would have been appointed to work in agricultural labor, where he might never have reached his full potential. Eventually he was accepted by Master Qui-Gon Jinn as a padawan learner.

Neither the movies nor other media give any details of his birth family. According to the series Jedi Apprentice and the novelization of Return of the Jedi, Obi-Wan does remember a brother named Owen (In the events of Attack of the Clones, there is nothing to either suggest or repudiate his relation to Owen Lars, and it is now generally asserted that there is no relation.) It is indicated in the novelization of Revenge of the Sith that he speaks with a Coruscanti accent, although, as he was trained at the Jedi Temple on that planet, that may not be a clue as to his homeworld.

The Jude Watson novels record that Kenobi fell in love with fellow Jedi Siri Tachi. In Secrets of the Jedi he and Siri mutually decided to suppress their love so they could continue the Jedi path. Throughout their lives they remained close, and he openly admitted that no one knew him better than Siri. Siri was killed in the explosion of a ship that belonged to a bounty hunter named Magus on the planet Azure. Her death brought Kenobi to his knees, bringing him very close to the dark side when he nearly killed her murderer. He was alight in such Force energy after Siri's death that for the first time, Anakin Skywalker feared for his Master. Shortly before Siri's death, she and Kenobi had reconciled, acknowledging that pushing their feelings down was too hard, and decided to be best friends and love each other again at the very least.

Other Living appearances

Cloak of Deception - takes place before The Phantom Menace, when Kenobi is still Jinn's Padawan apprentice.
He appeared as a playable character in the game Star Wars: Obi-Wan at the same age, 25, as he was in The Phantom Menace. He is also a playable hero in Battlefront II and makes an appearance in one of the missions of the Gungan Campaign in Star Wars Gallactic Battlegrounds.
The Jedi Quest series of young reader novels takes place between the events of The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones and explores the relationship between Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker.
Rogue Planet - He appears in this novel after the events of The Phantom Menace as a Jedi Knight sent along with a 12-year-old Anakin to discover the location of missing Jedi Vergere.
Outbound Flight - Taking place after the events of Rogue Planet and before The Approaching Storm, Kenobi, along with his apprentice, are sent to keep an eye on a power-hungry Jedi Master obsessed with his "Outbound Flight Project".
The Approaching Storm - Just before the events of Attack of the Clones, Kenobi travels to Ansion with Anakin, Jedi Master Luminara Unduli, and her Padawan, Barriss Offee, in order to solve a dispute that, if handled improperly, could bring hundreds of worlds into the Separatist fold.
Kenobi became a general in the Clone Wars as chronicled in the cartoon series Clone Wars and several books and comics of the Expanded Universe. It was during this time that he earned himself the nickname "The Negotiator" for his skill at resolving conflicts without resorting to violence.
Jedi Trial (A Clone Wars novel) - Kenobi makes an appearance in the prologue, in which Anakin gets unnecessarily excited about going on a mission with his Master. Obi-Wan says that the Jedi Council only gave him a mission, not both him and Anakin.
The Cestus Deception - Kenobi is a major character in this novel, set during the Clone Wars. He is sent with Kit Fisto and a small force of Clones to Cestus to prevent the manufacture of Jedi Killer Droids for the Separatists.
Yoda - Dark Rendezvous - Kenobi makes an appearance in this Clone Wars-era novel centered on Jedi Master Yoda.
The Rise of Darth Vader - Kenobi appears at the end of the book, where he is stunned when he hears from the Holonet about a Darth Vader whom he suspects to be Anakin. He is then visited by the spirit of Qui-Gon Jinn, who tells him that Darth Vader is indeed Anakin, and tells him not to worry as Vader would never set foot on Tatooine in fear of bringing back painful memories.
Last of the Jedi. Following two years of solitude on Tatooine after the events of Revenge of the Sith, Kenobi heard that a former Jedi apprentice, Ferus Olin, was still alive. He had to make a painful choice on whether to find him and leave Luke or stay behind. Jinn contacted him and told him he would watch over Luke and that Ferus was the key to the future of the Jedi. He headed to the planet Bellasa to find him. He ran into a boy named Trever Flume and asked many people on Ferus' whereabouts. He came in contact with the Eleven, a group Ferus and his friend and business partner Roan Lands founded. Kenobi crash landed in Bellasa's polar region and found Ferus, who chose to return to Ussa because the Empire was plotting to kill many civilians if he didn't hand himself over on request of Inquisitor Malorum. Kenobi pointed out that Malorum was not a Sith, but the dark side was part of him. The two ran into Boba Fett, but managed to escape, with Trever tagging along. Kenobi then found that his friend Garen was still alive in the caves of Ilum. He then returned to Tatooine and kept in close contact with Ferus, who was searching for remaining Jedi on the HoloNet.
''A rebel hero character in the RTS Empire at War

Postmortem appearances

Kenobi appeared briefly in the 1978 made-for-TV movie, The Star Wars Holiday Special. He was shown in flashbacks that Chewbacca was having during the Life Day ceremonies, of his former adventures that involved Kenobi from the film, A New Hope.
In The Truce at Bakura, a novel that is set immediately after the Battle of Endor, Kenobi speaks again to Luke Sywalker warning him of the threat posed by the invading Ssi-Ruuvi Imperium.
Kenobi, Yoda, and Anakin Skywalker again appeared to Luke in spirit form a few months later to warn him of the dangers presented by the Dark Lord Flint, apprentice of Lady Lumiya, heir to the Sith legacy. Because of their warning, Luke was able to redeem Flint, leaving the reigning Sith Master without an apprentice. This is the last known time Luke saw his father and Yoda, though Anakin Skywalker spoke to Luke's nephew, Jacen Solo, decades later in the New Jedi Order novels Balance Point and The Unifying Force.
Kenobi appeared to Luke again in 5 ABY to alert him to the presence of the Jedi Prince Ken, Palpatine's grandson, who soon became a pawn in a coup orchestrated by a group of false Prophets of the Dark Side set up by Imperial Intelligence.
In Timothy Zahn's novel Heir to the Empire, which takes place in 9 ABY, Kenobi, still a spirit, visited Luke for the last time in a dream. Kenobi told Luke that he must move on from his spirit form to another realm. As Kenobi explained it, from the time of his death until the time of the novel, his spirit had been in an intermediate stage between life and the afterlife. This was Kenobi's final appearance in the timeline of the Star Wars universe. His final words are: "Not the last of the old Jedi, Luke. The first of the new."
In Kenobi's Blade, a young reader novel featuring Anakin Solo, Anakin Skywalker's grandson, it is revealed that Vader hid his former master's lightsaber in a retreat on Vjun. Unsurprisingly, Solo and company recover the lightsaber from Vader's palace.
In Rebirth, Luke's son is born and is given the name Ben, after the name Luke had always known the older man by.
Luke Skywalker , who never knew his father growing up, (and, ironically, Anakin, Luke's own father) viewed Obi-Wan as the father he never had. According to the book "Star Wars: The Essential Guide To Chararacters," Obi-Wan returned the parental feelings to Luke (as he did to Anakin, as was revealed in "Episode III"). It is revealed in the book that one of the last things Obi-Wan ever said to Luke was "I loved you like a son."

Outside of Star Wars

On the BBC's radio and television show Dead Ringers, Kenobi was portrayed by Jon Culshaw, getting himself into all sorts of trouble and dueling against Vader with lightsabers or baguettes. He often employed Jedi mind tricks on other celebrities like Kirsty Wark in different skits. In one scene he is revealed to be Tony Blair's chief spin doctor during the Hutton inquiry. In another scene, Kenobi is at a car dealership, trying to buy an automobile/fast ship that would take him to Aldershot, but Vader appears and the two duel against each other with baguettes, much to the enjoyment of the car salesmen ("Darth Vader: Your bakery products are weak, old man", "Obi Wan: You can't win, Darth. If you strike me down, you will lose your No-Claims Bonus.")^*

Kenobi became the "narrator" of the "Weird Al" Yankovic spoof of "American Pie", "The Saga Begins," that retells The Phantom Menace's story.

Powers and abilities

During his exile, Kenobi's skills with a lightsaber apparently declined. Whereas in reality the choreography of the swordplay in Episodes I-III was much advanced over the older films (additionally, McGregor is a more talented swordsman than the older Guinness), fans have retconned the explanation that Kenobi had to keep his connection to the Force to a minimum while guarding Luke as a child, lest he attract the Emperor's attention. Thus, his ability to draw on the Force for strength and speed was "rusty" when it came time to battle Vader in Episode IV. Also, his harsh, ascetic lifestyle for 20 years led to a physical decline. He seemingly re-focused some of his energies into understanding better the formalist sword play of Dooku's Form II.

In addition to being a master of the lightsaber, emphasized by Mace Windu acknowledging Kenobi as The Soresu Master, Obi-Wan was very advanced in the art of mind tricks and Force persuasion. He also learned from the spirit of Qui-Gon Jinn the ability to become a Force ghost, essentially obtaining a form of immortality that is reached only by the greatest or most powerful of Jedi Masters (as hinted by the final sentence of the Jedi Code), something he later used to guide and counsel Luke)

Portrayers and inspirations

From Episodes I to III, Kenobi is played by Ewan McGregor. In Episodes IV through VI, he is played by Sir Alec Guinness. He is voiced by Bernard Behrens in the NPR radio adaptation of Star Wars, and by James Arnold Taylor in the Clone Wars micro series and in the video game Revenge of the Sith (video game). The role is loosely inspired by General Makabe Rokuruta, a character from The Hidden Fortress played by Toshiro Mifune, whom Lucas also considered casting as Kenobi.

Trivia

In Grabowiec, a village in Poland near Toruń, one of the streets was named after Obi-Wan Kenobi in April 2005.
In Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, the action starts at a Shanghai club named Obi Wan.
In Revenge of the Sith, his callsign is Red Leader, a position carried by Garven Dreis at the Battle of Yavin in Episode IV, and later Wedge Antilles at the Battle of Endor in Episode VI.
Japanese film legend, Toshiro Mifune was originally considered for the role of Obi-Wan in A New Hope.

References

The Phantom Menace#Novelization, 1st edition paperback, 1999. Terry Brooks, George Lucas, ISBN 0-345-43411-0
Attack of the Clones#Novelization, 2003. R. A. Salvatore, ISBN 0-345-42882-X
Revenge of the Sith#Novelization - Novelization, 1st edition hardcover, 2005. Matthew Woodring Stover, George Lucas, ISBN 0-7126-8427-1
The New Essential Guide to Characters, 1st edition, 2002. Daniel Wallace, Michael Sutfin, ISBN 0-345-44900-2
Star Wars Episode I Who's Who: A Pocket Guide to Characters of the Phantom Menace, hardcover, 1999. Ryder Windham, ISBN 0-762-40519-8
Star Wars: Power of Myth, 1st edition paperback, 2000. DK Publishing, ISBN 0-789-45591-9
Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary, hardcover, 1998. David West Reynolds, ISBN 0-789-43481-4
Star Wars: The Phantom Menace: The Visual Dictionary, hardcover, 1999. David West Reynolds, ISBN 0-789-44701-0
Star Wars: Attack of the Clones: The Visual Dictionary, hardcover, 2002. David West Reynolds, ISBN 0-789-48588-5
Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith: The Visual Dictionary, hardcover, 2005. James Luceno, ISBN 0-756-61128-8
Revised Core Rulebook (Star Wars Roleplaying Game), 1st edition, 2002. Bill Slavicsek, Andy Collins, J.D. Wiker, Steve Sansweet, ISBN 0-786-92876-X
Star Wars Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook, 1st edition, 2000. Bill Slavicsek, Andy Collins, ISBN 0-786-91793-8

External links

Official site Obi-Wan Kenobi databank entry

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