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'''Obi-Wan Kenobi''' is a [[Jedi]] Knight of the [[Galactic Republic]].  He taught both [[Anakin Skywalker|Anakin]] and [[Luke Skywalker]] about [[the Force]].

== The Phantom Menace ==
Chronologically in [[Star Wars]] Obi-Wan first appears as [[Qui-Gon Jinn]]'s apprentice as the two of them are investigating the [[Trade Federation]]'s blockade of [[Naboo]] and failed attempt to bring the [[Neimoidian]]s to the negotiating table.

Obi-Wan assumes the responsibility for training yound [[Anakin Skywalker]] upon the death of his master, Qui-Gon.

== Attack of the Clones ==
Obi-Wan is responsible for investigating the attempted assassination of senator [[Padmé Amidala]].  The investigation leads to the discovery of the clone army, commissioned shortly after the events of [[Star Wars:  The Phantom Menace|TPM]].  Tracking [[Jango Fett]], the gene donor for the clones, leads him to [[Geonosis]], where the leaders of several large corporations are meeting to discuss seceding from the Republic.  There he learns that [[Count Dooku]] is apparently orchestrating the movement.  These discoveries lead to the [[Clone Wars]], with Dooku leading the disaffected corporations in the creation of the [[Confederacy of Independent Systems]]

== Revenge of the Sith ==
Obi-Wan, along with several other Jedi, has become a general in the [[Grand Army of the Republic]].  He helps lead the rescue of [[Supreme Chancellor|Chancellor]] [[Palpatine]], who had been captured and is being held aboard the [[Invisible Hand]], the flag ship of the [[Confederacy of Independent Systems|CIS]] mastermind, [[General Grievous]].

He also leads the attack on the planet [[Utapau]].  During the battle, General Grievous is killed by Obi-Wan, and the remainder of the CIS leaders flee to [[Mustafar]].

He learns of Anakin's turn to the darkside of the Force and tracks his former pupil to Mustafar.  The two engage in a [[lightsabre]] duel which ends with Anakin being severly wounded.  Obi-Wan leaves his former friend for dead and returns to [[Padmé Amidala|Amidala's]] ship.  He rendezvous with Yoda and the leaders of what will become the [[Rebellion]] against the [[Galactic Empire]].  Here, Padmé gives birth to Luke and Leia ,who are split up, Obi-Wan taking the infant Luke to [[Tatooine]] to be raised by the [[Lars family|Lars]].

== A New Hope ==
Obi-Wan rescues Luke Skywalker from an attack by Sand People and learns of the desperate situation the rebellion is in with the completion of the Empire's new terror weapon, the [[Death Star]].  Obi-Wan invites Luke to accompany him but Luke is reluctant until he learns that Imperial [[Stormtroopers]] have killed his aunt and uncle and destroyed his home.  Obi-Wan begins teaching Luke about the Force but the training is interupted when their ship, the ''[[Millennium Falcon]]'' is captured by the Death Star and Obi-Wan is killed by [[Darth Vader]].  However, his "ghost" continues to give Luke guidance from beyond, helping the young Skywalker use the Force to destroy the Death Star.

== The Empire Strikes Back ==
The ghost of Obi-Wan appears to Luke Skywalker on the planet [[Hoth]] instructing Luke to seek out [[Yoda]] on [[Degobah]].  He further tries to disuade Luke from ending his training prematurely and not fall into the trap set by Darth Vader on [[Bespin]].

== Return of the Jedi ==
Obi-Wan's ghost appears briefly to comfort Luke after the death of Yoda and confirm that Darth Vader is indeed Luke's father.

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