Dossier

OccupationJedi

ResidenceTatooine · Coruscant

Species · genderfictional human · Male

Born (in-story)57 BBY

CharacterStar Wars universe

Obi-Wan Kenobi

a.k.a. Ben Kenobi

First appeared · Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope·14 appearances indexed

“You can't win, Darth. If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine.”

Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi () is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise. He was introduced in the original Star Wars film (1977) and its novelization (1976). In Star Wars and its two sequels, Obi-Wan is depicted as a Jedi Master who trains Luke Skywalker in the ways of the Force. In the prequel trilogy, he mentors Luke's father, Anakin Skywalker. Obi-Wan is portrayed by Alec Guinness in the original trilogy and by Ewan McGregor in the prequel films. McGregor also plays the character in the television series Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022). Guinness's performance in Star Wars earned him the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor, as well as a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Assembled from 98 facts · 9 wikis · 20 cross-source links

Created by George Lucas

01 / 06

Continuities

One character, many versions — scope the whole page to a single run.

Grouped by who carries the role — 2 runs derived from the cast lists of the titles themselves, not from a sourced continuity field.

Appearances

7 of 7 — every film and series we hold a page for.

Ewan McGregor1999–2022

Trailer

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace1999 · Filmas Obi-Wan Kenobi · 2nd billedEwan McGregor Disney+

Trailer

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones2002 · Filmas Obi-Wan Kenobi · 2nd billedEwan McGregor Disney+

Trailer

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith2005 · Filmas Obi-Wan Kenobi · 2nd billedEwan McGregor Disney+

Trailer

Obi-Wan Kenobi2022 · TV seriesas Obi-Wan Kenobi · LeadEwan McGregor Disney+

James Arnold Taylor2003–2008

Trailer

Star Wars: Clone Wars2003 · TV seriesas Obi-Wan Kenobi (voice) · LeadJames Arnold Taylor Disney+

Trailer

Star Wars: The Clone Wars2008 · Filmas Obi-Wan Kenobi (voice) · 4th billedJames Arnold Taylor Disney+

Unconfirmed2014

Trailer

Star Wars Rebels2014 · TV seriesas Obi-Wan Kenobi · Credited Disney+

7 further credited appearances have no page on OLN yet.Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope · Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker · Lego Star Wars: The Video Game · Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back · Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi · Star Wars Battlefront II · Star Wars Galaxies: Trials of Obi-Wan

Portrayals

Everyone who has played the part. Details live on each Person page.

Ewan McGregor1999–2022 · Obi-Wan Kenobi · Obi-Wan Kenobi

Alec GuinnessBen Obi-Wan Kenobi · Star Wars

James Arnold Taylor2003–2008 · Obi-Wan Kenobi · Star Wars: Clone Wars

Metadata & images provided by TheTVDB.com · cross-checked with TMDB + Wikidata

Equipment & Abilities

Abilities

lightsaber The Force Obi-Wan Kenobi's lightsaber

Attributes are aggregated across continuities — the dossier does not vary by the version selected above.Aggregation note

In the story

In-universe history, via the Fandom wiki network.

Please help Wookieepedia by editing this article. Once you have fixed an issue, you may remove it from the list of issues. See this article's talk page for more information.

Via Fandom · CC BY-SA

Connections

The character graph — every relationship becomes a link as pages come online.

Family

Owen LarsFamily

Obi-Wan Kenobi's brotherFamily

Allies & Adversaries

General GrievousAdversary

Darth MaulAdversary

Jango FettAdversary

Darth VaderAdversary

Affiliations

JediAffiliation

Galactic RepublicAffiliation

Jedi CouncilAffiliation

Mandalorian resistanceAffiliation

7th sky corpsAffiliation

Mentors & Apprentices

Qui-Gon JinnMentor

Luke SkywalkerApprentice

Anakin SkywalkerApprentice

Ferus OlinApprentice

Halagad VentorApprentice

Sources & Provenance

Assembled from 98 Wikidata facts across 9 wikis (1,091 KB) in 61 languages.

Wikipedia CC BY-SA Starwars (Fandom) CC BY-SA Comic Vine reference-only IMDb reference-only Star Wars Databank reference-only Giant Bomb reference-only Goodreads reference-only

← All characters · Wikidata Q51740