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Stewjon birthplace

The infobox says his birthplace is Stewjon, which then references the old Star Wars Encyclopedia. Since that information was taken down, and Stewjon is nowhere to be mentioned on the new site, could it be possible that this information is no longer considered "true canon" by Disney? Even though there's a back up link, the information there is still obsolete. What is (if there is any) the consensus on subjects like this? Jak Himself (talk) 20:11, July 9, 2014 (UTC)

Okay, I've read that Lucas himself referenced "Stewjon" as his home planet, though he said so jokingly. Is his "joke" to be considered canon? If so, shouldn't the reference be changed? Jak Himself (talk) 20:13, July 9, 2014 (UTC)

  • It's canon. The Encyclopedia is still considered canon, since it never had any EU/Legends information on it. Obi-Wan's new Databank entry still lists Stewjon as well. - Brandon Rhea(talk) 20:17, July 9, 2014 (UTC)
Ah, okay. Thank you for the clarification. Jak Himself (talk) 20:20, July 9, 2014 (UTC)

Kenobi's Holocron

Has it actually been confirmed yet that what is seen in the Rebels trailer is a holocron Keonbi made or does simply appear to be one? If it hasn't been confirmed yet, I think that brief paragraph should be removed. Geffix (talk) 07:50, July 31, 2014 (UTC)

His Master

While I can understand the possibility of a half-truth, Obi-Wan says to Luke that Yoda was "The Jedi Master, Who Instructed Me" and clarifies this when he speaks in the cave and with Luke in the next movie. Yoda should be listed as his master alongside Qui-Gon Jinn (not Force-Spirit).--Marcuspearl (talk) 05:43, March 5, 2016 (UTC)

  • Yoda trained all the young padawans, as evident in Episode 2. I'm pretty sure that's what Obi Wan meant.Brules (talk) 05:45, March 5, 2016 (UTC)
    • This is confirmed in Kenobi's Databank entry on StarWars.com, which is cited in the article. - AV-6R7Crew Pit 05:50, March 5, 2016 (UTC)

Anakin and Obiwan

Is there a specific reason that no one has added the info from the Anakin and Obiwan comics? Or is it just that no one has gotten around to it? 15:48, April 29, 2016 (UTC) —Unsigned comment by User:Jabot164 (talk • contribs)

  • No one has gotten around to it. But if you feel like giving it a try, go ahead! :-) --LelalMekha (talk) 20:01, April 29, 2016 (UTC)

Shmi's Grave

There's a part in the Ahsoka novel where Obi-Wan visits Shmi Skywalker's grave and apologizes for what became of her son. I feel like that would be a great addition to this article. —Unsigned comment by TheHallow1 (talk • contribs)

  • Feel free to go ahead and add it yourself if you want! --Lewisr (talk) 11:07, December 4, 2016 (UTC)

Listing the Rebel Alliance as an affiliation

I'd like to ask whats the basis to to list him as member of the Rebel Alliance considering he was killed without meeting Leia or reaching the Rebel Base.--Gonzalo84 (talk) 23:57, December 29, 2016 (UTC)

He was in league with Bail Organa, one of the Alliance's founders and he went on a mission at the request of Leia to deliver the Death Star plans to the Rebel Alliance on Alderaan. After finding the planet destroyed, he turned off the Death Star's tractor beam generators and gave his life in order to allow Leia to escape and allow the Death Star plans to get back to Yavin (as well as to ensure Luke's safety). After he died, he helped Luke destroy the Death Star during the Battle of Yavin. No doubt he did a lot of those things so Luke could re-form the Jedi Order, but he was definitely a part of the Rebel Alliance. -- Dr. Porter Resistance starbird (Talk|Contribs) 06:57, December 30, 2016 (UTC)

Main picture: shouldn't it be him as a Force ghost?

Given what we've seen in The Last Jedi', it seems that Force spirits can last and interact more with the material world than we thought. Shouldn't the infobox image for Obi-Wan feature him as a ghost, since it's his last appearance? --Lelal Mekha The Uprising crest (Audience Room) 12:35, January 11, 2018 (UTC)

  • Technically yes but it seems more practical to use a picture of him as a person. GeneralGrievous7 (talk) 09:30, June 1, 2019 (UTC)

Date of Birth

Does a DOB of 57 BBY even seem plausible? This means he was 43 years old when he died. Alec Guinness was 63 and looks 63 when he was in ANH.

Ewan McGregor was approaching 30 in The Phantom Menace, and the character didn't seem to be playing to act younger than the actor. The Phantom Menace is 32 years before ANH, which would make Ewan's Obi-Wan 11 years old in TPM.

This seems to be something where the source Star Wars: Card Trader just got it wrong and the site is perpetuating the error.

Tiali Mau (talk) 23:06, April 14, 2018 (UTC)

  • That would mean he was 57 when he died as he died in 0 BBY, the ages of the actors aren't always the same as the character --Lewisr (talk) 23:09, April 14, 2018 (UTC)
  • You're correct! My math brain was not working, apparently. --Tiali Mau (talk) 23:15, April 14, 2018 (UTC)

Obi-Wan's Telekenesis

On the Anakin Skywalker page, it says that he (as Vader) is virtually the only fore-user confirmed to use the force without any gestures whatsoever. However, this isn't quite true; in TPM, Obi-Wan begins to move Qui-Gon's lightsaber as he's hanging in the pit, and he's not using his hands cuz he's just tryna hold on. Shouldn't this be mentioned in the "Powers and Abilities" seciton, and shouldn't the AS article be changed as a result? —Unsigned comment by 98.160.215.191 (talk • contribs)

If Kenobi has this feat (he does) then this should be noted + shows Vader isn’t alone. SaintSirNicholas (talk) 09:19, 30 May 2022 (UTC)

LGBTQ?

Hi. Could someone explain to me why Obi-Wan is in the "LGBTQ+ individuals" category? I tried to find it in his profile text, but I couldn't. Thanks in advance. Fábio Aquiles (talk) 23:17, 26 February 2023 (UTC)

Mission to Mandalore

With the release of Padawan, continuing to cite c. 42 BBY as the time of the mission to Mandalore is obviously inaccurate. The novel takes place in 41 BBY and Obi-Wan has no idea who Satine is or what a romantic relationship is and the author has confirmed this takes place before Satine. Add this to the lack of mention in Master and Apprentice and I think it should be worded as "sometime between 40 and 32 BBY" or "sometime after 40 BBY." Juliachristine77 (talk)

  • Modified to be c. 41—39 BBY. Though the lack of Satine in M&A is quite telling, it's not quite clear enough to fully rule out that it didn't happen immediately after the novel or something, which could still be 40 BBY (to my knowledge, Gray has only done two M&A focused interview on YouTube/SW.com, and they does not clarify if she meant to put this before or after Satine). The dating now reflects that it couldn't have occurred before Padawan, though, and also "20 years before the CW", which lessens the range to 39 BBY instead of 32 BBY. Cheers, —spookywillowwtalk 02:29, 6 March 2023 (UTC)

Looks great, thanks! Hopefully we get some more details soon to iron this confusing timeline out!Juliachristine77 (talk) 02:57, 6 March 2023 (UTC)

Infobox gallery

Wanted to make a proposal for the infobox gallery for Obi-Wan’s page, that being the inclusion of a Phantom Menace Kenobi image as a third image instead of the show’s version of the character. I’ve looked around and I can’t see anywhere where it was decided to include an image from the show over any other depiction. To me it makes a lot more sense sense for the three infobox images to depict a young Obi-Wan, a middle-aged Obi-Wan, and an old Obi-Wan, instead of starting with a middle-aged (nearly 40 year old) Kenobi, then an older middle-aged Kenobi, then an old Kenobi. There’s a much greater difference in appearance, and to me it seems better to include more of an overview of his life, rather than the last three points of his story. ~~ Bespashin (talk) 19:10, 27 January 2025 (UTC)

  • The rules for infobox galleries can be found in the in-universe Layout Guide. Generally, the main image is the latest (chronologically speaking) canonical depiction (i.e. A New Hope). I do agree that it would be more fitting to have the TPM and ROTS portrayals (or TPM and Kenobi) because the difference between ROTS and Kenobi is quite small. Regardless, the current order is wrong because the second and third images should be ordered by in-universe chronology. Xd1358 (Talk) 19:51, 27 January 2025 (UTC)
    • Of course, the TPM one should be placed first. The proposal is just to be able to add it in. ~~ Bespashin (talk) 20:40, 27 January 2025 (UTC)

Jedi homeworlds

Hello there, I was curious if Coruscant should be listed as an additional homeworld in the infobox for the majority of prequel era Jedi? The rules with the majority of other pages seems to be that when a character has been raised on two different planets, multiple homeworlds are listed. This is the case with Jabba and his uncle Ziro, Greedo, Hondo, and most prominently, Cassian, all of whom are characters who moved to a different planet at some point during their childhood, meaning they have been raised on two different planets. Surely this rule would apply to Jedi? Obi-Wan for example was born on Stewjon, but was taken to Coruscant when he was only a few months old. He can hardly even remember Stewjon, and Coruscant was where he spent the majority of his childhood. Cassian was 9 when he moved to Ferrix, just as Anakin was when he moved to Coruscant. This was also made out to be an issue for the council, since he was ‘too old’ to join, meaning all other Jedi were taken in at a far, far earlier than age than Cassian was when he moved to Ferrix. Thanks in advance ~~ Bespashin (talk) 22:11 17 March 2025 (UTC)

  • Well ideally a source would actually refer to it as the homeworld of the individual in question, The Phantom Menace doesn't do that for Obi-Wan, nor does it really indicate for other Jedi Lewisr (talk) 04:49, 19 March 2025 (UTC)
    • ”Well, I can't say I really remember. I was very young when I left my homeworld. I was identified as Force-sensitive and taken to the Jedi Temple on Coruscant.” A quote from Age of Republic - Obi-Wan. I don’t know if you just try to take down almost every edit I make because you don’t like me or something, but you’re always giving me weak arguments to remove things that really should be included. There really shouldn’t be any confusion as to where the Jedi are taken, unless you thought Obi-Wan was taken by the Order to a random temple on his birth planet until he was an adult. Nevertheless, I’ll update the source to Obi-Wan’s age of Republic comic, which does confirm he was raised on Coruscant. ~~ Bespashin (talk) 14:57 19 March 2025 (UTC)
      • You citing the wrong source isn't "a weak argument," and it's not really a weak argument to say that we need a source to refer to something as their homeworld. Lewisr (talk) 15:18, 19 March 2025 (UTC)