Obi-Wan Kenobi

Obi-Wan Kenobi

Origin

Obi-Wan Kenobi started out as a simple farm boy, before his parents discovered that he seemed to have "unnatural powers". So they brought him to a Jedi Knight. The Knight realized that Obi-Wan had a strong connection to the Force, and he had a high amount of midi-chlorine's. Obi-Wan went to the Jedi Temple-where he was a star. He displayed amazing skill and potential, and he graduated at the very top of his class. When the Jedi Knights came, looking for apprentices, Obi-Wan was snapped up by the most prolific one-a high member of the Jedi Council. His name was Qui-Gon Jinn. Qui-Gon taught his apprentice well. He nourished and enhanced Obi-Wan's connection to the Force, and soon a strong bond developed between the two. They became more than apprentice and master-they became friends. Things got hectic, though, when Qui-Gon was assigned to see what was happening in the Separatist ship with the Viceroy and his assistant. They threatened the Queen, and the two had to protect her. Meanwhile, the evil Darth Sidious was after the two, and he sent his apprentice Darth Maul to capture and kill the Knights. They rescued Queen Padme Amidala on Naboo, but they were running out of fuel. So they stopped in Tatooine-a rocky, desert planet where Hutts, Pod Racing, and slaves were the thing. While there, they met a young boy who would change the entire galaxy-Anakin Skywalker.

Anakin was a young slave boy, whose only future seemed to be working his life away for Watto-a Toydarian junk dealer that sold ship parts. But when Qui-Gon saw him, he immediately recognized that Anakin had the strongest potential for the Force of anyone. He could be The Chosen One. The One who would finally destroy the Sith. Anakin won his freedom in a Pod Race, but he had to leave his mother as he went with the Knight, Obi-Wan, and the princess. Darth Maul, a Sith who had potential equal to Obi-Wan's, caught up to them-but they barely escaped. Obi-Wan then traveled around the galaxy fighting the Separatists-until they went to Coruscant to launch a ship mission that would deal a serious blow to the evil Separatists. Before they got in the ships-Maul caught up to them.

Darth Maul was one of the most powerful Siths ever. He was only an apprentice at this stage-he had accessed a fraction of his available power. If things had gone differently, he might have become a Sith Lord equal to Emperor. And he wielded a double-bladed lightsaber. Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan were ambushed by the evil alien. They fought a huge battle around Coruscant, and Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon seemed to be winning. But the security fields separated Obi-Wan from the other two. When they fought alone, Maul was too good-he distracted Qui-Gon Jinn and stabbed him through the heart. Obi-Wan was devastated-and Darth Maul fought him alone. Maul beat on him, and knocked him into a pit. He destroyed Obi-Wan's lightsaber-but Obi-Wan grasped the Force and leaped over Maul, grabbed Qui-Gon's fallen lightsaber, and hacked the Sith in two. Qui-Gon was barely alive-but his last words were to Obi-Wan-become Anakin's master. Train him. He is your apprentice. Obi-Wan listened as Qui-Gon died.

Obi-Wan went back to Anakin and explained what happened, and took a vow-that he would train Anakin to the best of his ability to be a great Jedi.

As A Master

Master and Apprentice

Anakin got older, and a bond developed between them. They were almost like Brothers in fact, it was similar to the bond that had once grown between Obi-Wan and his Master, Qui-Gon Jinn. They went on missions together, and Anakin proved to be invaluable in saving Obi-Wan's life. However, Anakin also grew reckless and didn't think before he acted-so Obi-Wan had to keep him in check. Meanwhile, Obi-Wan was growing stronger in his connection to the Force and in his skill as a fighter and lightsaber wielder. He was nearing his prime, so to speak, but still visited Yoda and other high, old Masters for advice. He became a fully-fledged Jedi Knight and a Jedi Master on the Council. However, he soon realized that the Separatists were about to launch a new plot to take down the good system that ruled the universe-so he and Anakin went back into action.

Count Dooku (also known as Darth Tyrannus) was another powerful Sith. He had been the student of Yoda-but he went bad, and he joined the Separatist movement as the leader. Dooku's new master was none other then the Emperor himself, who had recovered quickly from the loss of Darth Maul. Obi-Wan and Anakin kept their tight bond, but Anakin had problems with the Dark Side-which you will read about later. They still stuck together, though, and Obi-Wan and Anakin saw that new soldiers were being "recruited" for the Republic-clones of Jango Fett, a merciless bounty hunter out to get them. Fett caught up to Obi-Wan on the planet the clones were being manufactured on. They fought a ferocious battle, but Fett's skill and weapons were not enough to kill the Jedi. He escaped back into space, met Anakin, and got out.

Unfortunately, the two were caught again by the Separatist forces, and they put Obi-Wan, Anakin, and Padme' Amidala in a horrific position-tied to a pole while horrible monsters came out to eat them. Only the skill of Obi-Wan got them out-he freed himself and Anakin, and they fought off the monsters. Numerous soldiers, clones, Jedi Knights, and droids busted in-and a full-scale war let loose. Mace Windu was among the Jedi there, and Count Dooku was at the battle.  Numerous Jedi died, but they won. Obi-Wan and Anakin escaped back into a temple-where they found Count Dooku waiting for them.

Dooku had a large amount of experience. In a fight, he hurt Anakin badly and knocked out Obi-Wan. As he was about to kill them, Yoda popped in, and the Count and the Master fought. Yoda won, but Dooku escaped. Anakin and Obi-Wan were freed-and they were safe with Yoda. Until next time.

Anakin's Fallen To The Darkside 

A Student's Fall...

Throughout this period of time, though, Obi-Wan's apprentice-Anakin-was getting closer to the Dark Side. He cared deeply about those he loved-and he feared losing them so much that it put him on the path to the Dark Side. While Obi-Wan was at the cloning factory and fighting the bounty hunter Jango Fett, Anakin had gone on an independent mission to see Tatooine-for he wanted to see his mother. When he found her, he realized that she was a prisoner. Sand People had savagely beaten her-she was near death. She died in her son's arms. Anakin flipped, so to speak. He murdered the entire Sand People tribe-men, women, and children. Obi-Wan felt this disturbance in the Force with Anakin, and he tried to control it.

Obi-Wan and Anakin went on a mission to find General Grievous, the new leader of the Separatist movement and Emperor's apprentice-he had Chancellor Palpatine (a high-ranking politician who was secretly the Emperor) hostage. While there, they found their old nemesis-Count Dooku. They fought Dooku, and he knocked out Obi-Wan. Anakin fought him savagely, and got him in a death pose. At Palpatine's urging, he killed his nemesis. Anakin fostered a friendship with Palpatine, while talking to the Jedi Council. They allowed him a place on the Jedi Council-but did not grant him the rank of Master. Anakin was livid, and nothing Obi-Wan did could cool him down. Eventually, Anakin got on the path to the Dark Side, as the Emperor told him that Sith could bring people back to life. Anakin then found out that Palpatine was a Sith Lord, Darth Sidious. He alerted Mace Windu, and the Jedi Master defeated Palpatine. But at the last second, Anakin's allegiance to Emperor and ties to the Dark Side won. He severed Mace Windu's sword arm and became Darth Vader.

Obi-Wan simply noticed that Anakin was growing darker. But he saw tapes of Darth Vader helping Palpatine and being on the Dark Side-killing younglings in the Jedi Temple. Vader traveled to Mustafar-and Obi-Wan was there. Vader attacked Obi-Wan-but in a huge battle, but Obi-Wan defeated him and severed his left arm and legs. Vader nearly burned to death there, but Obi-Wan let him live. He was found by Palpatine, who encased him in a black obsidian-based suit. Obi-Wan went back with Padme, who was now Anakin's pregnant wife. She had two babies-Luke and Leia. She then died in childbirth, so Obi-Wan delivered Luke to Anakin's stepbrother Owen Lars, who was a farmer in the Tatooine desert.

There Obi-Wan stayed-growing stronger in the Force while growing old. He lived alone, as Ben Kenobi, in Tatooine, an old man. And this lasted for over twenty years-until our story of Obi-Wan picks up again.

The final fight...

Return and Death

Obi-Wan lived in solitude as Ben Kenobi in Tatooine for so long. But suddenly, he felt a great change in the Force-like something was about to happen. And he heard the Sand People making a disturbance outside. When he went out, he found a young teen Luke Skywalker being attacked by Sand People. He drove them off, and went with the boy back to his house. However, when he got there, storm troopers had destroyed Luke's home and killed his uncle and aunt, who had raised him. Luke was devastated-but he decided to go with Old Ben to see the galaxy. They went into a pub, and Ben demonstrated his power as a Jedi-he cut off the hand of an unruly patron. There they met Han Solo-a renegade pilot who needed money and had many people after him. Ben explained to Luke that he could be a Jedi like him-and that he needed to be the hero to bring down the Empire. The evil Empire ruled the galaxy, and it's leader Darth Vader was the evil tyrant who led it. And Ben told Luke, that Vader killed his father. Luke went on a mission-to save the galaxy. They picked up Princess Leia along the way-who had been trapped on the huge Death Star. She brought back Ben's memory that he was once Obi-Wan. And unbeknown to Luke, she was his twin sister and the son of Anakin Skywalker.

The four left, and they found the Death Star in space-a huge space station the size of a small planet. It could obliterate planets-and it killed Leia's home planet, Alderran. The Death Star sucked the four in, and they escaped from the storm troopers. They split up. Ben went alone to disable the tractor beams and shields-while the other three went to find away to destroy the Death Star or escape. While they were escaping, Ben had shut down the shields, where he ran into none other then Anakin Skywalker, his old apprentice. Anakin had become Darth Vader, the evil ruler of the galaxy. They fought evenly, and they had both grown in skill since their ferocious fight on Mustafar. As they fought, Luke suddenly found them fighting. Obi-Wan Kenobi wanted Luke to hate evil and push him away from the Dark Side. So he set down his lightsaber. Darth Vader immediately took the chance Ben gave him-he dealt a blow to the old man, instantly killing him.

Obi-Wan Kenobi was dead. He had sacrificed his life to save Luke from evil, and Luke was devastated. Vader, confident, strode off, and Luke escaped-while filled with anger. Kenobi was successful-Luke now hated the Dark Side and the Empire. And Darth Vader, who he would later learn was his father.

But Obi-Wan was a powerful Jedi, and he possessed the most powerful ability-his spirit could live on when his body was dead. And so the story of Obi-Wan Kenobi did not end with his death-it merely marked a new chapter in his life.

After death Of Obi-Wan

After his death and rebirth, Obi-Wan did not appear nearly so much as he had in life. The first time he showed himself beyond the grave was when Luke was flying his ship through the tunnel of the Death Star. Luke needed to shoot two bombs directly into two holes in the Death Star. The holes would lead down to the core of the Death Star, and the bombs would explode it, destroying the entire Death Star. Luke had his aiming mechanism on, but he missed twice. He then heard Ben Kenobi's distinct voice in his ear, telling him "Use the Force, Luke." He put down the aiming mechanism and used the Force-and the bombs went in. He didn't hear or see Kenobi's spirit again until later.

After that, Luke and the other Rebels were holed up in a base on the ice planet Hoth. He was stranded on the ice, with nowhere to go and near death. Kenobi appeared to him as a spirit, and told him how to survive, and helped him use the Force to fight off a creature that was attacking him. He then told Luke to go to the swamp planet Dagobah, where a great Jedi Master lived. He told him that the Master's name was Yoda, and he was amazingly wise and powerful. Luke went to Dagobah and found Yoda-and Yoda's training was instrumental in Luke eventually bringing down the Empire.

After that, Kenobi would appear to Luke in times of need, or when he needed help. He tried to discourage Luke from traveling to Cloud City to fight Vader, to bring Han and Leia back. Kenobi appears on Dagobah to explain to a heartbroken Luke why he did not tell him the truth about his father, and to confess that Leia was his sister. Kenobi admits that his own pride had been 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 tries to explain to Luke that killing Vader is the only way to destroy the Empire and save the galaxy, even if it meant killing his own father.

Obi-Wan Kenobi didn't have an easy life, and he had a hectic afterlife, too. But all is well in the galaxy, and it appears that Obi-Wan now finally has a chance to do what he's never had a chance to do-rest.

Obi-Wan Kenobi

Powers and Abilities

Obi-Wan Kenobi's power level has fluctuated over the years, but you can basically divide it into four stages of his life. These stages are when he had different levels of power.

Apprentice

When Obi-Wan was only Qui-Gon Jinn's apprentice, his power level was at it's lowest. He was still young and not yet in his physical prime, although he was in extremely good shape. His lightsaber skills were also lower-he was still developing as a fighter. He was a great fighter with his saber still, as he defeated Darth Maul. As for Force powers, they were low-his connection to the Force was weaker and he didn't do many Force moves.

Young Master

After Qui Gon's death he became a Jedi knight and trained Anakin. Obi-Wan was at a pretty high level here. This period lasts from when he becomes Anakin's master to his escapade with Count Dooku on General Grievous' ship. Obi-Wan was now in his physical prime-his leaping and hand-to-hand skills were amazing. He had a full arsenal of powerful Force moves, like Force Push and Heal. However, he wasn't quite at his peak with the lightsaber, and same with the Force. He had room to grow on both counts. He also used his environment better and was more resourceful later.

Master

Obi-Wan was at his strongest here. He was still in his physical prime, as you can see from his lightsaber fights during this period. His skill over the Force had grown, and he, at this era, was the greatest lightsaber fighter ever. He was extremely resourceful and used everything he could. His fight with Anakin Skywalker on Mustafar was possibly the greatest fight ever, showing amazing lightsaber skill, physical power, and resourcefulness. He is unmatched during this period.

Old Man

This is Obi-Wan as an old man, after he went into exile. His body had deteriorated a great deal, and he was no longer the lightsaber fighter or athlete he used to be. But this Obi-Wan had grown significantly in his mastery over the Force. He could win most fights with his Force power alone, and he had grown in Force strength beyond his past self. He was smart and resourceful-he won more wars then you'd think he'd be able to at his age.