Tue. Nov 5th, 2024


Obi-Wan Kenobi is a learner, a brother, a lover, a mentor. He’s the ideal Jedi Knight. He is a smart negotiator, a noble warrior, a leader respected by all of his peers. He’s a man who faced countless tragedies but never fell to the Dark Side. He’s also the master of the high ground, and he’s not too shabby with sassy putdowns either.

Obi-Wan finally takes center stage this week with his new Disney+ series, Obi-Wan Kenobi. In our latest Star Wars video, we take a really close at Obi-Wan’s ups and downs, and explain why he might actually be the single most important character in all of Star Wars. We take a look at how the films slowly revealed Obi-Wan’s character, and how his seemingly simplistic image as the perfect mentor figure was complicated by the secrets Luke Skywalker learns about his darker past. Watch it below:

If you liked that video on why Obi-Wan Kenobi is the single most important character in Star Wars, check out more of our videos below, including our recap of Obi-Wan Kenobi’s full story before the Obi-Wan Kenobi Disney+ series, our predictions of Star Wars characters who could return in Obi-Wan Kenobi, and all of the Easter eggs for the first trailer for Obi-Wan Kenobi. Plus, there’s tons more over at ScreenCrush’s YouTube channel. Be sure to subscribe to catch all our future episodes. Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi premieres on Disney+ on May 27. The limited series will run for six episodes.

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By Dave Jenks

Dave Jenks is an American novelist and Veteran of the United States Marine Corps. Between those careers, he’s worked as a deckhand, commercial fisherman, divemaster, taxi driver, construction manager, and over the road truck driver, among many other things. He now lives on a sea island, in the South Carolina Lowcountry, with his wife and youngest daughter. They also have three grown children, five grand children, three dogs and a whole flock of parakeets. Stinnett grew up in Melbourne, Florida and has also lived in the Florida Keys, the Bahamas, and Cozumel, Mexico. His next dream is to one day visit and dive Cuba.