Kenobi ( novel ) Kenobi is a novel written by author John Jackson Miller . It was released on August 27 , 2013 . The novel takes place between the events of and . It is set during the early days of Obi - Wan ' s exile on Tatooine . The short story " Incognito " from " Star Wars Insider " 143 was written as a tie - in . Publisher ' s summary . Hardcover . Back cover The Republic has fallen . Sith Lords rule the Galaxy . Obi - Wan Kenobi has lost everything . Everything but hope . Internal flap " Tatooine — a harsh desert world where farmers toil in the heat of two suns while trying to protect themselves and their loved ones from the marauding Tusken Raiders . A backwater planet on the edge of civilized space . And an unlikely place to find a Jedi Master in hiding , or an orphaned infant boy on whose tiny shoulders rests the future of a galaxy . " " Known to locals only as “ Ben , ” the bearded and robed offworlder is an enigmatic stranger who keeps to himself , shares nothing of his past , and goes to great pains to remain an outsider . But as tensions escalate between the farmers and a tribe of Sand People led by a ruthless war chief , Ben finds himself drawn into the fight , endangering the very mission that brought him to Tatooine . " " Ben — Jedi Master Obi - Wan Kenobi , hero of the Clone Wars , traitor to the Empire , and protector of the galaxy ’ s last hope — can no more turn his back on evil than he can reject his Jedi training . And when blood is unjustly spilled , innocent lives threatened , and a ruthless opponent unmasked , Ben has no choice but to call on the wisdom of the Jedi — and the formidable power of the Force — in his never - ending fight for justice . " Plot summary . Obi - Wan Kenobi is a new arrival on the planet of Tatooine . Now going under the guise of Ben , he has left the infant child of Anakin Skywalker , Luke Skywalker , in the care of Owen Lars and Beru Whitesun Lars . Kenobi sets up a house in the outskirts of the desert with his pet , Rooh . Nearby , the settlers and moisture farmers of Dannar ' s Claim rally together under Orrin Gault against the threat of the Tusken Raiders , who are gradually losing morale and people against Gault ' s alliance of settlers . Following another of the settlers ' victorious battle against the Tusken Raiders , Kallie Calwell , the teenaged daughter of the owner of Dannar ' s Claim , Anilleen , accidentally rides an animal toward a field of Sarlaccs . Annileen tries to save her daughter , but both women are saved by Kenobi , riding on Rooh . After saving the Calwell women , Kenobi begins to visit Dannar ' s Claim on an irregular basis to the point where he soon sees what the united settlers are doing to the Tusken Raiders . Kenobi communicates with the Tusken ' s leader , A ' Yark , who agrees that what the settlers are doing to the Tuskens is morally wrong . At the same time , Annileen starts to develop a fond attraction to Kenobi . Kenobi decides to investigate Orrin Gault , who wants to marry Annileen . The former Jedi discovers that Gault is deeply in debt to Jabba Desilijic Tiure , and is rallying the settlers for his own financial benefit ; as well , Orrin ' s desire to marry Annileen was also to plunder more money from her ownership of Dannar ' s Claim to give to Jabba . After stopping one of Gault ' s scams to get more settlers into his sham alliance , Kenobi becomes a pariah whom Gault wants dead . Thus , Kenobi teams up with the Tusken Raiders to take Gault down . Kenobi comes up with a plan to gather the Tusken clan who has been attacked by Orrin ' s group . While Ben is preparing the Tuskens , Annileen calls Jabba ' s cronies to come and settle the large debt that has been accumulated . Orrin still tries to make Kenobi the scapegoat and get the other settlers to rally against the man , but in the end Annileen tells the settlers that Kenobi is a good person . This confirms the suspicions the settlers harbor of Orrin ' s goals . When being pursued by Orrin , a canyon krayt dragon attacks Kenobi . This is where he reveals himself as a Jedi to Orrin Gault as he battles the beast . After destroying the krayt dragon , Orrin schemes to reveal Kenobi to the Empire . Which could be his last card to play , despite his desperate situation with the settlers , the Tuskens , and Jabba ' s debt . Eventually Orrin tries to escape , making use of a damaged land speeder . In a face off with Annileen , Kenobi , and A ' Yark , Orrin accelerates quickly towards the Tusken leader which sends Orrin speeding off a cliff into the Tusken badlands . Orrin is no longer seen by Kenobi , Anilieen or the children at that point . In the end , Orrin , thought dead , is paralyzed from the waist down and badly burned . He is taken in by the Tusken Raiders . He wakes up discovering that he is wearing a Tusken breathing mask . A ' Yark reveals that Orrin is now a slave on the Tusken camp and will be used to repair moisture vaporators . Annileen and her children meet Kenobi at his house in the Jundland wastes . Kenobi then reveals to Annileen that he has arranged for her to travel to Bestine and leave Tatooine for good . He also gives her news that he submitted her university application , that she had been holding onto the Claim for so many years . She will study exobiology and travel to multiple systems and planets to study different species as part of the program . She is overjoyed with the news . But Kenobi reveals that he will not be staying with her and her family . He explains has responsibilities on the planet to take care of . He also explains how he has been withholding information from her about his past . This upsets her greatly and causes her to feel sorry for Kenobi . She is saddened to lose her new savior , but finds a way to deal with her grief . Behind the scenes . Kenobi is a sweeping story that ’ s all " Star Wars " , part epic western , part romance , and part high - stakes drama . Author John Jackson Miller has been working on the concept of this book for years . Although the audio book version of " Star Wars : Kenobi " is narrated by Jonathan Davis , James Arnold Taylor narrated a preview excerpt of the book .