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— Obi-Wan Kenobi
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Obi-Wan Kenobi, later known as Ben Kenobi during his exile, was a legendary Jedi Master who played a significant role during the waning days of the Galactic Republic. He was the mentor of both Anakin and Luke Skywalker, training both in the ways of the Force.
Born in 57 BBY on Stewjon, Kenobi was taken as the Jedi apprentice of Qui-Gon Jinn and travelled on many missions with him. During the Invasion of Naboo in 32 BBY, Obi-Wan became the first Jedi in 1,000 years to defeat a Sith Lord in combat when he defeated Darth Maul during the Battle of Naboo, yet lost his master in the same duel. In 22 BBY, Kenobi found the Clone army on Kamino, and he was captured and almost executed in the Petranaki arena on Geonosis, along with Anakin and Senator Padmé Amidala. The newly arrived clone troopers rescued them, but the following battle began the galaxy-wide Clone Wars.
As a High Jedi General, Kenobi fought during many battles of the Clone Wars and was one of the last members of the Jedi High Council. Even after his apprentice became a Jedi Knight, Obi-Wan and Anakin fought together many times, becoming a widely renowned pair. Later in the war, Anakin saved his life in a battle fought over Coruscant, after which Obi-Wan killed General Grievous on Utapau. However, he was soon betrayed, as Commander Cody, following Order 66, opened fire on him.
Obi-Wan met up with his old mentor Grand Master Yoda, and the two realized that not many Jedi had survived the attacks. The two returned to the Jedi Temple, where they learned that Anakin, who had turned to the Dark Side, had led an attack to kill all Jedi remaining in the Jedi Temple, following orders from Chancellor Palpatine, the ruler of the successor of the Republic, the Galactic Empire. Kenobi travelled to Mustafar in order to duel his former apprentice and friend, now the Sith Lord Darth Vader. Finally, Vader was taken in by a storm of lava, and Kenobi remorsefully left him to die. While Yoda, one of the few other Jedi to survive the Great Jedi Purge, went into exile, Obi-Wan took the son of Anakin and Amidala, Luke Skywalker, to live with the Lars family on Tatooine.
Kenobi re-emerged in 0 BBY, shortly before the Battle of Yavin. After Leia Organa, Vader's daughter and Luke Skywalker's twin sister, was captured by the Empire, she contacted him desperately. Kenobi gave Luke his father's lightsaber and traveled with him to Alderaan in Han Solo's Millennium Falcon, only to realize that the Death Star had destroyed the planet. Kenobi entered the Death Star with Luke, Han, Chewbacca, C-3PO, and R2-D2, in order to rescue Leia, but Darth Vader sensed his presence. In a duel with his former apprentice, Obi-Wan gave up his life to allow Luke to escape, vanishing into the Force the moment Vader struck him down.
Despite the demise of his body, Obi-Wan's spirit lived on through the Force. He would continue to guide Luke and aided him in reforming the Jedi Order after the Galactic Civil War.
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