Saber (Fate/Crossover - Obi-Wan Kenobi)

**Saber** (セイバー, *Seiba*) is the servant of ??? in the ??? Holy Grail War.

"*We will each be challenged; our trust, our faith, our friendships, but we must persevere. And in time, a new hope will emerge.*" - Obi-Wan Kenobi

## Profile

### Identity

Saber's true identity is **Obi-Wan Kenobi**, Born in the Galactic Year 57 BBY on the planet Stewjon, young Obi-Wan Kenobi was a rarity among his people in that he possessed a strong sensitivity to the Force, the mystic life energy that governed the universe. To harness the potential he had, he was taken to Coruscant to begin his training as a future member of the Jedi Order, peacekeepers who harness the Light Side of the force to fight for justice within the galaxy. For many of his formative years as a Padawan, Obi-Wan learned to refine his control over the Force and duel with a lightsaber under many skilled masters within the Order, chief among them his own personal mentor, Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn, and the Order’s own Grand Master, Yoda.

As a young adult, Obi-Wan soon found himself embarking on many dangerous missions that tested his resolve and fortitude, such as protecting Mandalorian Duchess Satine Kryze from insurgents on her homeworld and stopping the Trade Federation’s invasion of Naboo. Eventually, he became of age to face the trials required for him to ascend to the rank of Jedi Knight, but without his Master by his side; Qui-Gon met his noble end at the hands of the Sith assassin Darth Maul, and Obi-Wan would be tasked by his mentor with one more important task: to train Anakin Skywalker, a Force-sensitive slave child from Tatooine he believed to be the Chosen One of prophecy destined to bring about balance to the Force.

Obi-Wan eventually rose to take a seat within the Jedi Council as he trained Anakin; although his Padawan’s impulsive attitude has caused its fair share of difficulties during training, their relationship as comrades-in-arms grew ever stronger as they battled alongside each other in multiple missions, including the Clone Wars that ravaged the galaxy for years. Despite his best efforts, he could not foresee or prevent his apprentice’s turn to the Dark Side, and with the newly-christened Darth Vader helping establish the Galactic Empire, Obi-Wan and the surviving members of the Jedi Order were forced to scatter in hiding, but not before he would hide away Anakin’s son Luke on Tatooine, to prevent him from coming under the Empire’s influence.

For years, Obi-Wan would remain exiled on Tatooine in hiding from the Empire, while watching over Luke’s growth from a distance. He would not remain isolated for long periods of time, as his sense of duty from his days as a Jedi Knight called upon him to help others in dire straits. With the Galactic Civil War reaching a turning point as the Rebel Alliance saw weaknesses within the Empire to exploit, he returned to action by mentoring Luke as he once did his father. Although he met his own death at the hands of his former apprentice, it did not mark an end to the man himself, as Obi-Wan became one with the Force, further continuing to train Luke from beyond as he brought an end to the Empire and attaining redemption for his once-lost father.

### Personality

In his youth, Saber exhibited a dry sense of humor and sarcastic wit, with a rebellious nature and had to deal with much emotional anxiety.

In his later years, Saber became brave, humble, modest, soft-spoken, loyal, moral, honorable, calm, level-headed, patient, peaceful, selfless, cautious, kind, caring, serious, responsible, discipline, and slightly headstrong, though he retained some of his former cynicism. He had an habit of repeating the Jedi Code mentally to himself as this brought him peace and calmed his thoughts. Despite his many commendable attributes, he was also hypocritical and slightly arrogant, as he often criticized and lectured those who violated the Jedi Code, especially his then-apprentice Anakin Skywalker. However, he once did it himself when he had a romantic relationship with Satine Kryze; a romance that the Jedi High Council were unaware of. He also held a strong belief that "only a Sith deals in absolutes", but this belief itself was an absolute.

Despite his honor and good morals, Saber rarely did the right thing due to blindly following rules and orders.

As a Jedi, Saber was intelligent and wise. However, like most Jedi Masters, he was somewhat short-sighted, as he apparently did not realize that his constant lies and deceit towards Anakin, as well as keeping secrets from him, was slowly turning his best friend against the Jedi Order. Saber never defended him from the Jedi Council in his presence, even when Anakin was right and they treated him unfairly. However, unknown to Anakin, Saber did defend him from the Council, after he would leave the council chamber.

During his exile, Saber came to believe that what had happened to Anakin was largely his fault, and that it had been arrogant of him to think that he could have trained Anakin as well as Yoda could have. He believed that his shortcomings as a teacher left Anakin vulnerable to the Emperor's influence.

In his final days, Saber retained his traits of patience, virtue and foresight as well as gaining some of the boldness reminiscent of his youth.

### Relationships

#### **Darth Vader**

His former apprentice and surrogate brother turned mortal enemy, Saber has nothing but contempt for him ever since their duel on Mustafar, seeing him as little more than a hollowed out shell of the man he once was.

#### **Darth Maul**

As the killer of both his master Qui-Gon and love Satine, Saber and Lancer have been enemies for decades. In fact, Lancer was one of the few individuals to actually push Saber to his breaking point in life. In spite of everything, Saber held a small degree of sympathy in his final moments, as Lancer too had lost everything to Darth Sidious, and had only vengeance left to keep him going.

#### **Count Dooku**

The former master of Qui-Gon, Saber held him in high regard until it was revealed he was a Sith. Dooku tried to bring him to his side out of sentiment towards his former student, but Saber would not be swayed so easily. Regardless, Dooku considered him a worthy adversary, unlike Anakin.

#### **General Grievous**

His arch-rival throughout the Clone Wars, Rider has a special degree of enmity towards Saber than any other Jedi. At the same time, both hold some degree of respect for each other in spite of, or perhaps *because* of, their rivalry.

## Abilities

Saber was extremely powerful and had an extremely strong connection to the Force. Although he was not quite as powerful as Anakin Skywalker, Saber was still one of the most powerful Force-users in the history of the galaxy. During a conversation with Padmé Amidala, Anakin described Saber as being "as wise as Yoda and as powerful as Mace Windu".

Saber is extremely skilled in lightsaber combat and a highly gifted duelist. Although he was more than capable of using offensive and counter techniques, he focused more on defensive techniques. Despite this, he was still one of the greatest lightsaber duelists in the history of the galaxy, prior to the events of A New Hope, being responsible for the defeats of Sith Lord Darth Maul and infamous Jedi Killer General Grievous, respectively. He was also able to defeat his former apprentice, Anakin Skywalker, now the ruthless Sith Lord Darth Vader, in a massive duel on Mustafar; despite being on the defensive throughout the fight, Obi-Wan was eventually able to gain the high ground over Vader and dismembered the rage-filled Sith Lord when he recklessly jumped towards him; indeed, Saber's plan in defeating opponents such as Vader focused on exploiting their weaknesses in an area of the battlefield where Saber was at his strongest and they at their most vulnerable. However, by the events of A New Hope, having gone for approximately nineteen years without a duel or practice, Saber's strength and skills had greatly diminished and atrophied. In his final confrontation with Vader, he was only able to hold his own against his former apprentice for a relatively short period of time; due to his age, lack of practice, and the sheer physical force of Vader's attacks, Saber quickly became exhausted. Realizing his death was inevitable as well as the fact that he could not defeat Vader and would only be able to hold him at bay, he willingly left himself wide open for an attack and sacrificed himself to allow Luke to escape.

### Noble Phantasm

#### **Tutaminis**

Through the Force, Saber can draw potentially harmful energy into his body and diffuse it or channel it away completely.

#### **Force Speed**

Force Speed is a Force ability whereby one augments their running speeds with the Force to such degrees that they can move at inhuman speeds. Saber was quite proficient with this ability even as a young Padawan. While aboard the Saak'ak during the Naboo Crisis, he has run at such speeds that he was a complete blur.

## References

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https://vsbattles.fandom.com/wiki/Obi-Wan\_Kenobi

https://hero.fandom.com/wiki/Obi-Wan\_Kenobi

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