Obi-Wan Kenobi

Obi-Wan Kenobi, later known as Ben Kenobi, was a Force-sensitive human male and a legendary Jedi Master who lived during the rise of the Galactic Empire. A noble man known for his skills with the Force, Kenobi trained Anakin Skywalker and later Jarik Shan as his Padawans, served as a Jedi General in the Grand Army of the Republic during the Clone Wars, and became a mentor to Anakin's son Luke prior to his death.
Born on the planet Stewjon in 57 BBY, Kenobi was inducted into the Jedi Order at a young age and became the apprentice of Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn after completing his initial lessons under Grand Master Yoda. During the Invasion of Naboo in 32 BBY, Kenobi defeated the Sith Lord Darth Maul and was awarded the status of Jedi Knight. Kenobi also began training Skywalker, having promised his dying master that the boy would become a Jedi, but often had to rein in his adventure-seeking apprentice. Over the following decade, Kenobi became concerned that Skywalker's powers made him arrogant, but also regarded him as a good friend and a brother, and ultimately believed Skywalker was in fact the Chosen One destined to restore balance to the Force by destroying the Sith.
When the Clone Wars began in 22 BBY, the Jedi rallied to defend the Galactic Republic against the Confederacy of Independent Systems, and Kenobi became a General in the newly-formed Grand Army of the Republic. Kenobi and Skywalker often served alongside each other, leading their respective clone trooper divisions, the 212th Attack Battalion, and the 501st Legion, against the Separatist Droid Army. During this time, Kenobi took on a new apprentice in the form of Jarik Shan, whilst Skywalker also took on an apprentice in Ahsoka Tano. However, in 19 BBY, Skywalker fell to the dark side of the Force due to the manipulation of Darth Sidious, embracing his new identity as the Sith Lord Darth Vader and playing a crucial role in the near-extermination of the Jedi Order. Kenobi, who was betrayed by his soldiers as a result of Order 66, confronted his fallen apprentice on Mustafar alongside Shan. The ensuing lightsaber duel between the former friends concluded when Vader was maimed at the hands of his one-time master, who withdrew into exile with Skywalker's newborn son Luke.
For two decades Kenobi lived as a hermit on the desert planet Tatooine in the Outer Rim Territories, protecting Luke from the Empire that replaced the Republic. When Princess Leia Organa of Alderaan beseeched him to help the rebel cause in 0 BBY, Kenobi was prepared to join the Alliance to Restore the Republic, additionally deciding that the time had come for Luke to become a Jedi like his father. However, their journey to Alderaan became a rescue operation upon discovering that the princess had been taken as a prisoner to the Death Star. While attempting to help his allies escape from the battle station, Kenobi encountered Vader, now rebuilt as a cyborg and forced to rely on an armored suit with life support technology in order to survive. Though he initially defended himself, Kenobi ultimately sacrificed himself, allowing Vader to strike him down as the rebels fled on the Millennium Falcon. Yet death was not the end for Kenobi, having learned to preserve his identity in the Force, Kenobi became a Force spirit and was therefore able to continue guiding Luke on the path to Jedi Knighthood.
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