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'''General Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi''' (57 - [[Dates in Star Wars#SW4|0 BBY]]) was a [[Jedi|Jedi Master]], of legendary status, in the fictional [[Star Wars]] universe. He taught both [[Anakin Skywalker|Anakin]] and [[Luke Skywalker]] in the ways of [[Force (Star Wars)|the Force]]. 

In Episodes IV through VI, Kenobi was played by [[Alec Guinness|Sir Alec Guinness]], while in the WB animes, [[Richard Starkey|Ringo Starr]] voices Kenobi. In the prequels, Episodes I through III, he is played by [[Ewan McGregor]], while [[Eric Stuart]] voices the younger Kenobi in WB's anime adaptations. The role was loosely inspired by General Makabe Rokuruta, played by [[Toshiro Mifune]] in ''[[The Hidden Fortress]]''. George Lucas also considered casting Mifune in(contracted; show full)

==''The Phantom Menace''==
[[Image:Obiwan.jpg|left|thumb|100px|[[Padawan]] Kenobi.]]

At the beginning of ''[[The Phantom Menace]]'' he is apprentice to Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn whom he accompanies to [[Naboo]], the planet ruled by Queen [[Padmé Amidala]]. His master stumbles upon [[Anakin Skywalker]], a young boy who showed tremendous potential with [[
Force (Star Wars)|the Force]], and wishes for him to be trained as a Jedi. Obi-Wan disagreed, believing the boy was already too old and too emotional to become a Jedi.

However, on the death of his master at the hands of [[Darth Maul]], Kenobi honoured his master's final wish to train young Skywalker and the Jedi Council named Kenobi a Jedi Knight and reluctantly approved his request to take Anakin on as his [[Padawan]] (pupil).

==''Jedi Quest''==

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