Obi-Wan Kenobi
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Obi-Wan Kenobi has become on of the best known characters of the Star Wars franchise. Created by George Lucas in the early 1970s, the character went through many changes in the script. Lucas finally settled on the character being a wise old man very reminiscent of Merlin from the King Arthur story. The character is one of greatest of all Jedi. Very few people in the Star Wars universe are able to become one with the power of the force like Obi-Wan has.
Obi-Wan started out his Jedi career as apprentice under the service of Qui-Gon Jinn. He went through many years of discipline and training, learning to use his abilities only for good intentions. He and his master were assigned by the Chancellor of Coruscant to be ambassadors to make peace with the Trade Federation. The Trade Federation was blockading the small planet of Naboo and planning an invasion. The negotiations did not go as planned and soon Obi-Wan and many others were involved in a conflict which eventually neutralize the Trade Federation.
During this conflict, Obi-Wan was introduced to a slave boy named Anakin Skywalker. Together these two formed a close bond. Anakin eventually chose the path to becoming a Jedi and was given to Obi-Wan Kenobi for training. For the next ten years of is life, the two worked as master and student. Anakin became a very talented and gifted Jedi under Obi-Wan’s leadership. But soon too much ambition set into young Skywalker and he became an evil Sith lord who dedicated his life to eradicating the Jedi way.
Obi-Wan gravely injured Anakin in a a duel and fled to Tatooine where he would spend years in hiding. Anakin became the dark Sith-lord Darth Vader. Obi-Wan, during his years in hiding, watched over Anakin’s hidden son Luke. Eventually Obi-Wan took Luke under his wing and began training him of the ways of the force. Darth Vader was aware of Obi-Wan’s presence and soon the two became involved in a final match to the death. Vader killed Obi-Wan and the aged Jedi became one with the Force.
