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* BewareTheNiceOnes:
** Described as "the ultimate Jedi" partially because he is "modest, centered and always kind". Nonetheless, if you push him far enough (like taking part in the murder of almost his entire "family", ie. the Jedi Order, including innocent children), he is prepared to hack off your limbs and leave you alone to slowly burn to death.
** Described as "the ultimate Jedi" partially because he is "modest, centered and always kind". Nonetheless, if you push him far enough (like taking part in the murder of almost his entire "family", ie. the Jedi Order, including innocent children), he is prepared to hack off your limbs and leave you alone to slowly burn to death.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes:
**BewareTheNiceOnes: Described as "the ultimate Jedi" partially because he is "modest, centered and always kind". Nonetheless, if you push him far enough (like taking part in the murder of almost his entire "family", ie. the Jedi Order, including innocent children), he is prepared to hack off your limbs and leave you alone to slowly burn to death. Also? Threaten Luke Skywalker. It's one of the few things to arouse old Ben to draw that saber and strike with lethal intent.
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* OfficerAndAGentleman: He holds the title of General in the Grand Army of the Republic as well as being a Jedi Master.
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* OfficerAndAGentleman: He holds the title of General in the Grand Army of the Republic as well as being a Jedi Master. He's also a cultured, pleasant man who even has an upper-class British accent!
* HumbleHero: Despite being an exceptionally powerful Jedi and one of the finest warriors the Order has ever produced, Obi-wan is a gentle, down to earth man with next to no ego, viewing himself as just a servant of the Force who protects the innocent as a Jedi must.
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* MentorOccupationalHazard: In ''Film/ANewHope'', he dies trying to hold back Darth Vader to let Luke escape.
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* MentorOccupationalHazard: In ''Film/ANewHope'', he dies trying to hold back Darth Vader to let Luke escape. This trope even used to be named after Obi-wan himself.
* ParentalSubstitute: Briefly forms an almost parental bond with Luke in ''A New Hope,'' and watched over Luke since he was born. Though he never says it, it's always been obvious that Obi-wan dearly loved Luke and didn't hesitate to die for him
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* TookALevelInBadass: Obi-wan goes from an unpolished apprentice who gets ''very'' lucky against an overconfident Sith apprentice to a powerful Jedi master who has defeated the terrifying General Grievous, strikes down Darth Maul again with almost no effort and bested the most powerful Force User in history in direct battle. .
* UnreliableExpositor:In regards to Mentions that Darth Vader betrayed and telling Luke murdered Luke's father. Something that [[FromACertainPointOfView was manipulating the truth about him.just a wee bit.]]
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* NiceGuy: Easily the nicest and most immediately personable Jedi Knight in the prequels and ''The Clone Wars''.
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* NiceGuy: Easily the nicest and most immediately personable Jedi Knight in the prequels and ''The Clone Wars''. Wars'', and overall he maintains a kind demeanour and strong moral code in spite of all the hardship he faces.
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* UnexpectedCharacter: For ''Ahsoka'', where he makes an appearance in one of the grey-paged cutaways.
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** In ''Revenge of the Sith'', he is tasked with taking out General Grievous. How does he proceed? By cheerfully presenting himself before the monstrosity, surrounded by a literal army of battle droids! Grievous doesn't even seem surprised at this point.
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** In ''Revenge of the Sith'', he is tasked with taking out General Grievous. How does he proceed? By cheerfully presenting himself before the monstrosity, surrounded by a literal army of battle droids! Grievous doesn't even seem surprised at this point.point, and immediately [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] it.
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* SympathyForTheDevil: Despite having murdered both his beloved mentor and the love of his life, [[spoiler:Obi-Wan is very distraught over Maul's death, holding him in his arms as the latter dies so he doesn't have to DieAlone, and assuring him the Chosen One is near.]]
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* SympathyForTheDevil: Despite having murdered both his beloved mentor and the love of his life, [[spoiler:Obi-Wan is very distraught over Maul's death, holding him in his arms as the latter dies so he doesn't have to DieAlone, [[DyingAlone Die Alone]], and assuring him the Chosen One is near.]]
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** In ''Revenge of the Sith'', he is tasked with taking out General Grievous. How does he proceed? By cheerfully presenting himself before the monstrosity, surrounded by a literal army of battle droids! Grievous lampshades doesn't even seem surprised at this immediately.point.
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* FaceOfAThug: The real Rako actually was kind of a thug, but Obi-Wan's a good guy. Lampshaded by Mace Windu after After Obi-Wan's face is transformed.transformed he definitely looks the part:
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* KnightInShiningArmor: Obi-Wan fits this trope more than almost any other Jedi in the series. Satine even lampshades it.
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* KnightInShiningArmor: Obi-Wan fits this trope more than almost any other Jedi in the series. Satine even lampshades it.jokes about it fondly.
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** When Darth Maul throws Qui-Gon's death in Obi-Wan's face during their duel in "Revenge", Obi-Wan ''loses it''. Maul even lampshades it.
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** When Darth Maul throws Qui-Gon's death in Obi-Wan's face during their duel in "Revenge", Obi-Wan ''loses it''. Maul even lampshades it.it''
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* BadassGrandpa: Still retains some fighting skill despite his age in ''Film/ANewHope''.
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* OldMaster: In ''Film/ANewHope'', where he starts Luke's Jedi training as an old man.
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At some point late in the Clone War, Wars, Obi-Wan faked his death and then took on the alias of the man who "killed" him, Rako Hardeen, to infiltrate a Separatist conspiracy. This alias included imitating his appearance and voice and acting like a typical bounty hunter.
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* YoungerThanTheyLook: He's 57 in ''A New Hope'', but looks at least ten years older. ''Ashoka'' confirms that living on a planet with binary suns does accelerate the aging process in humans.
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* UnresolvedSexualTension: While they do not pursue a relationship in the series, it's left ambiguous as to whether Sabine and Obi-Wan might have been more intimate when they first knew each other.
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** UnresolvedSexualTension: Possibly. While they do not pursue a relationship in the series, it's left ambiguous as to whether their relationship might have been more intimate when they first knew each other.
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* [[YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters Your Freedom Fighters Are Our Terrorists]]: His main objection to Anakin's plan of training the rebels on Onderon is that he fears they'd be training terrorists.
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* HumbleHero[=/=]IdealHero: Noble, wise and borderline infallible, Obi-Wan is constantly praised as an example of what a Jedi should be. Luke would definitely follow his footsteps in this department.
** The {{Novelization}} of ''Literature/RevengeOfTheSith'' describes him as "modest, centered, and always kind". It seems that Obi-Wan is the only being who doesn't understand how great a Jedi he is--when the Council proposes to send their "most cunning and insightful Master" after Grievous, he has no idea who they mean. He's also surprised when Mace Windu--the guy who created his own form of lightsaber combat--refers to him as "the master of the classic form....Not ''a'' master. ''The'' master."
** The {{Novelization}} of ''Literature/RevengeOfTheSith'' describes him as "modest, centered, and always kind". It seems that Obi-Wan is the only being who doesn't understand how great a Jedi he is--when the Council proposes to send their "most cunning and insightful Master" after Grievous, he has no idea who they mean. He's also surprised when Mace Windu--the guy who created his own form of lightsaber combat--refers to him as "the master of the classic form....Not ''a'' master. ''The'' master."
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**HumbleHero: The {{Novelization}} of ''Literature/RevengeOfTheSith'' describes him as "modest, centered, and always kind". It seems that Obi-Wan is the only being who doesn't understand how great a Jedi he is--when the Council proposes to send their "most cunning and insightful Master" after Grievous, he has no idea who they mean. He's also surprised when Mace Windu--the guy who created his own form of lightsaber combat--refers to him as "the master of the classic form....Not ''a'' master. ''The'' master.""
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** The {{Novelization}} of ''Literature/RevengeOfTheSith'' describes him as "modest, centered, and always kind". It seems that Obi-Wan is the only being who doesn't understand how great a Jedi he is--when the Council proposes to send their "most cunning and insightful Master" after Grievous, he has no idea who they mean. He's also surprised when Mace Windu--the guy who created his own form of lightsaber combat--refers to him as "the master of the classic form....Not ''a'' master. ''The'' master."
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[[header:Obi-Wan Kenobi]]
!!!'''Species:''' Human
!!!'''Homeworld:''' Stewjon
->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/AlecGuinness (1977-1983), Creator/EwanMcGregor (1999-2005, 2015)
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JamesArnoldTaylor (''The Clone Wars'', ''Rebels'' [younger]), Stephen Stanton (''Rebels'')
->'''Voice dubbing by:''' Mario Filio (Latin-American Spanish, prequel trilogy era), Creator/ToshiyukiMorikawa (Japanese, prequel trilogy era), Bruno Choël (French, prequel trilogy era)
->'''Appears in:''' ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'' | ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsObiWanAndAnakin Obi-Wan & Anakin]]'' | ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars The Clone Wars]]'' | ''Literature/ANewDawn'' | ''[[ComicBook/DarthMaulSonOfDathomir Son of Dathomir]]'' | ''Literature/DarkDisciple'' | ''[[Comicbook/StarWarsKanan Kanan]]'' | ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' | ''[[Literature/StarWarsAhsoka Ahsoka]]'' | ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels Rebels]]'' | ''Film/ANewHope'' | Marvel's ''[[ComicBook/StarWars Star Wars]]'' | ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' | ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' | ''Film/TheForceAwakens''[[note]] voice only[[/note]]
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!!Master Obi-Wan Kenobi
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The apprentice of maverick Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn. After a fateful mission to Naboo to end a blockade enforced by the Trade Federation, Obi-Wan lost his master to the Sith Lord Darth Maul but gained his own apprentice in Anakin Skywalker. Ten years later, the two were reunited with Naboo senator Padme Amidala while protecting her from assassins during the Separatist crisis, which erupted into the Clone Wars. During the war, Obi-Wan became one of the leading generals of the Republic army was raised to the rank of Jedi Master and granted a seat on the Jedi Council while Anakin became a Knight, training his own apprentice named Ahsoka Tano. At the end of the war he was one of the few surviving Jedi and went into hiding from the Galactic Empire on Tatooine as a secret guardian of Luke Skywalker, one of the twin children of his fallen apprentice Anakin, who now served the Emperor as Darth Vader.
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* AcePilot: Don't let his stated aversion to flying fool you; he can pilot a starfighter like a pro. When Jango Fett gets the upper hand during their dogfight over Geonosis, Obi-Wan manages to evade three or four sonic charges, and then avoids a blistering hail of laser fire from ''Slave I''[='s=] cannons, and only gets tagged twice. Jango fires with pinpoint accuracy, but ''simply can't hit him!''
* ActionHero: Boy, is he ever. He sees more combat than any other Jedi in the films. He came out on top every single time... except the last one. Even then, he chose to lose.
* {{Ambadassador}}: He's even [[TheRedBaron nicknamed]] "The Negotiator" during the Clone Wars due to both his skill at diplomacy, and for his skills as a warrior.
* TheApprentice: He was still learning from Qui-Gon during the time of ''The Phantom Menace''.
* ArchEnemy: For both Darth Maul and General Grievous during the Clone Wars.
* BadassBeard: For that "mature gentleman" look when on a mission.
* BadassBookworm: An intelligent, cultured gentleman who can kick a lot of ass when the time for it comes.
* BashBrothers: With Anakin during the Clone Wars, before Anakin does a FaceHeelTurn.
* BelligerentSexualTension: With Satine. They can barely spend five minutes together without snarking at each other, but both admit to still being in love, even if their respective duties prevent a relationship.
** UnresolvedSexualTension: Possibly. While they do not pursue a relationship in the series, it's left ambiguous as to whether their relationship might have been more intimate when they first knew each other.
* BerserkButton:
** When Darth Maul throws Qui-Gon's death in Obi-Wan's face during their duel in "Revenge", Obi-Wan ''loses it''. Maul even lampshades it.
--->'''Maul:''' Your rage has unbalanced you. [[IShallTauntYou That is not the Jedi way, is it]]?
** He doesn't get visibly angry, but when Obi-Wan sees that Satine is in danger in "The Lawless", he actually [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness defies the Jedi Council]], and goes to Mandalore to help her.
* BewareTheNiceOnes:
** Described as "the ultimate Jedi" partially because he is "modest, centered and always kind". Nonetheless, if you push him far enough (like taking part in the murder of almost his entire "family", ie. the Jedi Order, including innocent children), he is prepared to hack off your limbs and leave you alone to slowly burn to death.
* BigBrotherInstinct: To Anakin, especially in ''The Phantom Menace''.
* BigBrotherMentor: To Anakin. He even refers to Anakin as his brother in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'', while Anakin tells him he is [[ParentalSubstitute like a father to him]] in ''Film/AttackOfTheClones''.
* BigNo: In ''The Phantom Menace'', after Qui-Gon was killed by Darth Maul.
* BondOneLiner: After he guns down General Grievous, Obi-Wan takes a moment to voice his opinion of blasters.
-->'''Obi-Wan:''' So uncivilized.
* ButtMonkey: Obi-Wan certainly gets the crap kicked out of him in ''Attack of the Clones''; dropped from a great height over Coruscant, head-butted, pummeled, lassoed and dragged by Jango Fett, taken captive, then chased repeatedly by an Acklay before finally being slashed by Dooku's lightsaber (the only time we see him lose a fight in the live-action movies until the duel in ''A New Hope'', which he arguably threw to save Luke).
* CainAndAbel: The Abel to Anakin's Cain. This is more evident and obvious at the end of ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'', when Obi-Wan refers to Anakin as his brother and that he loved him before he turned to TheDarkSide.
* CallForward:
** This immortal line from ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'', which serves as the quote for the trope page:
--->''[to Anakin]'' "Why do I get the feeling that one of these days you're going to be the death of me?"
** During his stint as Rako Hardeen, he uses the codename "Ben". He was so fond of it that he used the codename for years on Tatooine.
* TheCharmer: Especially in ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars The Clone Wars]]'', where Obi-Wan will openly flirt with any woman he meets, even the ones trying to kill him. Being a CelibateHero, however, he rarely means it.
* CombatPragmatist:
** In [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E1Revival "Revival"]], Obi-Wan kicks Savage's knee out from behind him before chopping his arm off. Likewise, he kills Grievous with a well-timed blaster shot, rather than with his lightsaber (which, admittedly, he'd dropped earlier).
** Regardless of how silly it sounds, the whole IHaveTheHighGround thing is the Order's combat principle that teaches a Jedi to use environmental advantage.
* CoolHelmet: He gets one as part of his Rako Hardeen disguise, and it's based on old Ralph [=McQuarrie=] concept art for Boba Fett's helmet.
* CoolStarship: He pilots some pretty nifty starfighters in ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'' and ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'', despite his slight aversion to flying.
* CoolSword: His blue lightsaber.
* CynicalMentor: To Anakin again. Despite this, he still seemed pretty shocked when Anakin falls to TheDarkSide.
* DeadpanSnarker: Especially in the prequel trilogy. Creator/EwanMcGregor's Alec Guinness impersonation managed to produce some of the driest irony ever captured on celluloid. Then in ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars The Clone Wars]]'', Creator/JamesArnoldTaylor dialed it UpToEleven.
-->'''Obi-Wan:''' That's your plan? Just fly in there, land, ''hope'' they don't spot us, and walk through the door?\\
'''Anakin:''' Basically.\\
'''Obi-Wan:''' [[SarcasmMode Oh, brilliant.]] Let's get going.
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-->'''Obi-Wan:''' You seem a bit on edge.\\
'''Anakin:''' There's a good chance that we're about to destroy all life on this planet, including ours and the senator's. So ''yes'', I'm a bit on edge! Why aren't you?\\
'''Obi-Wan:''' ''[shrugs]'' I'm better at hiding it.
** A case could also be made for him being at least a partial StepfordSnarker. His tendency to drop witty comments increased noticeably after ''The Phantom Menace'' and Qui-Gon Jinn's death. After Geonosis it got another "boost".
* {{Determinator}}: He refused to give up when learning of Order 66 and his apprentice's betrayal, and while he's clearly hurt by these things years after the fact, he still operates on the belief that Luke will be the one to save the Jedi.
* {{Deuteragonist}}: Especially in the prequels, where Obi-Wan serves as a heroic protagonist, in contrast to the [[SlowlySlippingIntoEvil increasingly amoral]] [[AntiHero Anakin]].
* DoesNotLikeGuns: Until he's [[CombatPragmatist forced to use one]] against Grievous. Even though one saved his life, he still quickly throws it away in disgust over how uncivilized it was.
* DoomedByCanon: In the Prequel Trilogy, as well as ''The Clone Wars''. Obi-Wan can't be killed in any of those battles, because he is to be killed by Vader in ''A New Hope''.
* DressingAsTheEnemy: In [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E16TheLawless "The Lawless"]], he poses as a Death Watch soldier in order to rescue Satine.
* DualWielding: He pulls this off on occasion, such as in his duel with Grievous in [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS2E9GrievousIntrigue "Grievous Intrigue"]] (using an electrostaff), while fighting Cad Bane in "Hunt for Ziro" (with Quinlan Vos' lightsaber), and in his second fight with Maul and Savage in "Revival" (using the late Adi Gallia's lightsaber).
* EnemyMine:
** Teams up with Asajj Ventress to fight Darth Maul and Savage Opress.
** He joins forces with Bo-Katan in "The Lawless" in order to escape Mandalore.
* FakingTheDead: As part of his infiltration in the Deception arc.
* FantasticRacism: He does not consider droids to be "alive" despite evidence of droids having personalities and feelings.
* TheFettered: Jedi are this as a rule, but Obi-Wan explicitly mentions the strength that comes from resisting the lure of TheDarkSide during his conversation with Darth Maul in "The Lawless".
* {{Foreshadowing}}: His appearance in ''Literature/ANewDawn'' involves him explaining the Jedi beacon, and agreeing with Caleb that it could be used to send the Jedi into hiding [[Film/RevengeOfTheSith in an unexpected emergency]].
* ForgotAboutHisPowers: During his duel with General Grievous, Obi-Wan doesn't use his Force powers until the very end despite Grievous' complete vulnerability to them; when he does, he knocks Grievous flat on his ass (after a 20-foot flight through the air, into the ceiling). It's possible, however, that Obi-Wan was just stalling for time before his troops got in position, which would make this a rare [[JustifiedTrope justified]] example.
* FourStarBadass: As with every Jedi Knight, he was given the rank of "Jedi General" within the Clone Army.
* GentlemanSnarker: Obi-Wan's polite, diplomatic demeanor can mask some pretty biting snark.
* GoodIsNotSoft: Obi-Wan prefers to settle conflict diplomatically. Emphasis on ''prefers''.
* GradualGrinder: During his second battle against them, Maul and Savage were unable to break his defense while he continued kicking Savage in the knee at each opportunity until it finally gave out.
* GroinAttack: Anakin subjected Obi-Wan to it while the latter was undercover as his own supposed murderer, Rako Hardeen.
* GuileHero: He prefers to talk (or otherwise [[JediMindTrick persuade]]) his way out of a predicament over using a lightsaber, which has earned him the InUniverse nickname "the Negotiator".
* HeartbrokenBadass: He doesn't let it show too much, but Obi-Wan is clearly heartbroken over Satine's death at the hands of Maul.
* TheHero: While ultimately the saga as a whole is about Anakin, Obi-Wan is quite clearly the main heroic character of the prequel trilogy to Luke's original.
* HeroAntagonist: Obi-Wan becomes this after Anakin's FaceHeelTurn in ''Revenge of the Sith''.
* HeroesPreferSwords: Like all Jedi, Obi-Wan uses a lightsaber as his WeaponOfChoice.
* HeroicBSOD: Two:
** Goes through a brief one when Maul murders Duchess Satine.
** In ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'', Obi-Wan slowly falls into one as he and Yoda see the full extent of the massacre in the Jedi Temple. He's tipped over the edge when he sees a hologram proving that Anakin is responsible but, being [[TheStoic Obi]]-[[TheDeterminator Wan]], manages to keep going and [[TragicBromance fight the man]] [[HeterosexualLifePartners he's loved as a brother]]. He finally lets his emotions come out after he's defeated Vader and, although he keeps going, it's clear from that point onwards that he has ''never'' gotten over what happened to Anakin.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Anakin, after the latter becomes a Jedi Knight.
* IdealHero: Noble, wise and borderline infallible, Obi-Wan is constantly praised as an example of what a Jedi should be. Luke would definitely follow his footsteps in this department.
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: Throughout the prequels and ''The Clone Wars'', Obi-Wan is given many good reasons to fall to the Dark Side, and Maul certainly tries his best, but Obi-Wan cannot be corrupted.
* INeedAFreakingDrink: Jedi by virtue do not drink, in keeping with their monk-life culture. Obi-Wan ''does'', as he so casually points out in ''Attack of the Clones''. While he's hardly a CowboyCop like Qui-Gon was, there's no doubt that some of his more maverick mannerisms he picked up from his late master.
* KnightErrant: As an ideal Jedi Knight, he will go wherever he's sent to maintain peace and justice in the galaxy.
* KnightInShiningArmor: Obi-Wan fits this trope more than almost any other Jedi in the series. Satine even lampshades it.
-->'''Satine:''' My valiant Jedi Knight comes to my rescue once again.
* LaserBlade: Wields a blue-bladed lightsaber.
* TheLeader: Type Levelheaded. When he's in command, the clones follow a more cautious and levelheaded {{plan}}.
* LightIsGood: As a Jedi, Obi-Wan represents the strength and benevolence. He explicitly speaks of the virtues of the light side of the Force during his confrontation with Darth Maul in "The Lawless".
* LittleNo: When he sees Darth Maul on Mandalore.
-->'''Obi-Wan:''' No... [[ThisCannotBe it can't be]]...
* MagicPlasticSurgery: After [[FakingTheDead faking his death]] and shaving himself in the Deception arc, he goes through this via needle injection to become Rako Hardeen. [[BodyHorror The process looked somewhat painful.]]
* MasterSwordsman: He spectacularly lives up to his "Master" title in "Revival", where he simultaneously takes on Maul and Savage and cripples the latter, following Adi Gallia's death.
* MentorArchetype: He serves as a mentor to Anakin in the prequels, Luke in the original trilogy, and, in a smaller, more indirect way, to Ahsoka in ''The Clone Wars''.
* MoralityChain: Was one to Anakin, like Padmé, with one very big difference: whereas Anakin loved Padmé [[LoveMakesYouEvil to the point of paranoia]], he ''respected'' Obi-Wan enough that [[TheCorrupter Palpatine]] had to get him off planet before turning Anakin to the Dark Side, and Anakin still tries to (threateningly) talk Obi-Wan out of fighting him. Anakin's respect eventually morphs into a dark version of WorthyOpponent.
* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Not Obi-Wan himself, but his home planet, Stewjon, which Creator/GeorgeLucas named after Jon Stewart as a joke while on ''Series/TheDailyShow''. [[WordOfStPaul The official Databank rolled with it.]]
* NiceGuy: Easily the nicest and most immediately personable Jedi Knight in the prequels and ''The Clone Wars''.
* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: Obi-Wan is a samurai, a shaolin monk, a knight and a wizard.
** Then he comes back as a GHOST-samurai-shaolin-knight-wizard.
* NobleMaleRoguishMale: With Anakin. The cultured, polite Obi-Wan is the Noble Male to Anakin's Roguish Male.
* OfficerAndAGentleman: He holds the title of General in the Grand Army of the Republic as well as being a Jedi Master.
* OneManArmy: In ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'', he takes on General Grievous and his droid army alone and wins.
* ThePaladin: Before his exile, Obi-Wan was a heroic KnightInShiningArmor, resolving disputes before and during the Clone Wars.
* TheParagon: Obi-Wan stands as a pinnacle of heroism in the series; he is selfless, morally upright, humble, and inspires others (Luke in particular) to heroism.
* ParentalSubstitute: Obi-Wan becomes this to Anakin and Luke, considering that Anakin has never had a father, and that Luke never ''knew'' his father (and he was constantly at odds with his other father figure, Uncle Owen).
* PassiveAggressiveKombat: Obi-Wan's first meeting with Jango Fett in ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'' is so intense, Boba Fett's origin story contains a comparison between their conversation and a sword fight.
* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Was quoted as saying ''"If droids could think, then none of us would be here"'', showing that Obi-Wan believes droids to be either simpletons or a potential threat. Given how C-3PO, R2-D2 and plenty of other droids can think but aren't violent, this just makes Obi-Wan look prejudiced.
* PsychicPowers: Like all Jedi, Obi-Wan is telekinetic and, to a degree, clairvoyant.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: In the season 5 finale of ''The Clone Wars'', he's the only one on the Council to outright voice the opinion that they shouldn't just hand over Ahsoka to the Senate Court. To their credit, when the Council votes to expel Ahsoka from the Order, they admit it was not a unanimous decision and it is implied that Obi-Wan cast the dissenting vote. He also believed that they should be more open with Anakin about their concerns over Chancellor Palpatine and the Sith, but was overruled.
* RedBaron: He is known during the Clone Wars as "[[{{Ambadassador}} the Negotiator]]".
* RedOniBlueOni: The Blue to Anakin's Red.
* RefugeInAudacity:
** In ''Revenge of the Sith'', he is tasked with taking out General Grievous. How does he proceed? By cheerfully presenting himself before the monstrosity, surrounded by a literal army of battle droids! Grievous lampshades this immediately.
** Where does he choose to hide Luke and himself from the Empire? ''On Anakin Skywalker's home planet.'' (Although he was probably banking on the fact that said planet is a pretty backwater spot, and Darth Vader would be highly unlikely to return to the place where he was a slave for the first nine years of his life ''and'' where he lost his mother.)
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: In "The Lawless", the Jedi Council can't legally go to Mandalore to help Satine, despite Obi-Wan's pleas to reconsider. Obi-Wan proceeds to go there anyway.
* ShutUpHannibal: During his confrontation with Darth Maul in "The Lawless", Obi-Wan refutes every one of his enemy's claims of the Dark Side's power by reinforcing his belief in the light. Maul gets the last word, however, when he murders Satine.
* TheSmartGuy: Obi-Wan is extremely clever, worldly, and intelligent, traits that serve him well in ''The Clone Wars''.
* TheSnarkKnight: He could be the poster boy of the trope. Even when being beaten senseless by Darth Maul and Savage Opress, he keeps the snark coming.
-->'''Satine:''' [[LampshadeHanging The sarcasm of a soldier.]]
* SnarkToSnarkCombat: With Anakin, Satine, Quinlan Vos, Cad Bane (while posing as Rako Hardeen) and an EnemyMine version with Asajj Ventress.
* StarCrossedLovers: With Satine. He's a Jedi, sworn to protect the Republic and its peace and to not form personal attachments. She's the duchess of a ruined planet that she tried to rebuild by turning her people's ProudWarriorRaceGuy culture into a pacifist society. Obi-Wan, for his part, seems to at least partly regret how things turned out, and says that, had Satine asked it of him, he would have left the Jedi Order to be with her.
* TheStoic: Has one of the suckiest lives (and [[MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning afterlife?]]) of any character in fiction, but remains calm, never complains, and usually keeps his emotions well in check.
* StoneWall: Considered to be the single best defensive duelist in the galaxy, at least in his prime. His fighting style, Form III: Soresu, is an exclusively -- almost obsessively -- defense-oriented fighting style, allowing him to hold his own against aggressively attacking duelists like General Grievous' four-lightsaber style or Vader's frenzied, all-out assault by essentially tanking it until his opponent lapses from exhaustion or frustration, allowing him to end the battle in one decisive strike. [[spoiler:When Maul confronts him on Tatooine, he is able to easily best the legendary Sith Lord by tricking Maul into thinking he was going to use Form IV (the form that got Qui-Gon killed). He meets Maul's wild attack with two blocks, then a single slash that destroys his lightsaber and slashes his chest, killing him in moments.]]
* StudentAndMasterTeam: Forms one as the student to Qui-Gon in ''The Phantom Menace'', and as the master to Anakin and Luke for the rest of the saga.
* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: Attempted it when he showed pity for Darth Maul, believing that Maul didn't choose the dark side of his own volition. Maul gleefully proves him wrong by murdering Satine.
* TragicBromance: His relationship with Anakin was one of great brotherly love before Anakin became Darth Vader, which devastated Obi-Wan so much that he came to view Vader as a different personality who [[DeathOfPersonality killed Anakin]].
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Anakin, but it's the [[DeadpanSnarker deadpan]] type of vitriol.
* WellDoneSonGuy: In ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'', there is a scene where Obi-Wan apologizes for criticizing Qui-Gon's sometimes peculiar actions (taking Jar Jar with them and betting their ship on Anakin winning the podrace). Qui-Gon quickly praises Obi-Wan for his willingness to learn and tells him he would someday become a greater Jedi than Qui-Gon himself ever was.
* WhatTheHellHero: The Deception arc is a big WhatTheHellHero for Obi-Wan, Yoda, and Mace with Anakin of all people delivering it to them.
* WorthyOpponent:
** Dooku considers him a worthy adversary after he was able to foil an attempted kidnapping of the chancellor by disguising himself as a bounty hunter and sabotaging the plot from the inside.
* YouDidntAsk: A dramatic, and rather sad example. He claims that the only reason he returned to the Jedi instead of staying with Satine in his youth, was because she didn't ask him to do so. Oh, and by the way, Leia is Luke's sister.
* [[YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters Your Freedom Fighters Are Our Terrorists]]: His main objection to Anakin's plan of training the rebels on Onderon is that he fears they'd be training terrorists.
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!!Rako Hardeen
At some point late in the Clone War, Obi-Wan faked his death and then took on the alias of the man who "killed" him, Rako Hardeen, to infiltrate a Separatist conspiracy. This alias included imitating his appearance and voice and acting like a typical bounty hunter.
Note: This section is for the Rako Hardeen Obi-Wan played as during his undercover operation. For tropes applying to the real Rako Hardeen, click [[Characters/StarWarsBountyHunters here]].
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* BaldOfAwesome: As part of the disguise, Obi-Wan had all of his hair, including his beard and mustache, shaved off. Interestingly, we get to see what Obi-Wan looks like without his beard 10 years after ''The Phantom Menace'' before he gets the MagicPlasticSurgery.
* BatmanGambit: He knew Cad Bane would try to backstab him when given the opportunity so he wouldn't share his payment, so he backstabs him back in advance by putting a tracking beacon on the first ship he decided to buy. Once Bane sells him out to the Hutts' enforcers, Rako sells him and Moralo Eval out and has them shot down. After getting free, he gets the Jedi Council to remove the bounties on them to give them more freedom in their plot and give him enough credits buy another ship, engineering a situation in which Bane and Moralo Eval would be forced to bring him along.
* CoolHelmet: He buys one resembling an old Ralph [=McQuarrie=] design for Boba Fett's helmet from Pablo's pawn shop on Nal Hutta after getting out of prison. It also has gas filters. Obi-Wan even kept it and the rest of the disguise to use later when he went to Mandalore to rescue Satine. Sadly, it was likely destroyed with the ''Twilight''.
* FaceOfAThug: The real Rako actually was kind of a thug, but Obi-Wan's a good guy. Lampshaded by Mace Windu after Obi-Wan's face is transformed.
-->'''Obi-Wan:''' So, how do I look?\\
'''Mace:''' Like a criminal.
* FriendlySniper: He's not too bad with a rifle himself. Funny when you consider Obi-Wan's [[DoesntLikeGuns known stance on blasters]].
* HelmetsAreHardlyHeroic: The only episode he wore the helmet extensively was in "The Box". Otherwise, he barely wore it at all.
* ImAHumanitarian: {{Invoked}} while he was in prison. When a [[SharkMan Karkarodon]] inmate (and a species more likely to eat ''him'') tried to [[BullyingADragon bully]] him, Rako stabbed his hand with a fork, then pulled his face over to him and told him that he'd probably taste better than the food served in the prison. This is also part of how he gets Moralo Eval's attention.
-->'''Clone trooper guard:''' Hey, what's going on down there?\\
'''Rako:''' Nothing, just playing with my food. *pulls fork out of inmate's hand*\\
'''Inmate:''' You're crazy!
* KillAndReplace: Inverted. It's more accurate to say [[FakingTheDead "die"]] and then replace the man who "killed" him.
* PsychoForHire: {{Invoked}}. He tries to play the part of one first to gain Moralo Eval's admiration and then inside the Box, he claims to have made a career out of killing Parwans as his explanation for how he knew Derrown was the key to solving the ray shield puzzle (a claim that noticeably scares Derrown).
* TattooedCrook: Rako's face tattoo was included as part of the transformation surgery.
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!!Master Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"In my experience, there is no such thing as luck."'']]
-->''"The Force will be with you, always."''
For the next nineteen years, Obi-Wan watched over and protected Luke, adopting the guise of a desert hermit known as "Old Ben" Kenobi. He secretly aided Luke and his guardians, Owen and Beru Lars, while dealing with any threats that came to the world, including a vengeance seeking Darth Maul. After the arrival of R2-D2 and C-3PO, Obi-Wan rescued Luke from a group of Tuskan Raiders and revealed to him his heritage while hiding key facts about Anakin's true fate. Departing Tatooine to join the Rebellion, Obi-Wan instead discovered Alderaan destroyed and confronted Darth Vader on the Death Star, where he allowed himself to fall to his former apprentice's lightsaber. Upon his death, Obi-Wan became one with the Force and continued to advise Luke as a Force ghost in his battle against the Empire and training as a Jedi.
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* ActuallyIAmHim: In ''Film/ANewHope'', Luke knows him as "Ben Kenobi" and asks him if he knows anyone by the name of "Obi-Wan".
-->'''Obi-Wan:''' Well of ''course'' I know him; he's me!
* ArchEnemy: To Darth Vader, who eventually killed him, and Darth Maul, who hunted him down on Tatooine to finally claim vengeance.
* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: Willingly allows himself to be killed by Darth Vader to become one with the Force, enabling him to continue mentoring Luke.
* TheAtoner: For training the man who destroyed the Jedi Order and never recognizing the threat Anakin really represented.
* BadassGrandpa: Still retains some fighting skill despite his age in ''Film/ANewHope''.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Even after two decades of growing old on Tatooine, Old Ben is fully willing to slice off your arm, should you threaten his friends.
* BigGood: Alongside Yoda in the classic trilogy. While neither of them are very active in the conflict, they are invaluable in training Luke to continue the tradition of the Jedi Order. There's a reason ''Return of the Jedi'' ends with them in the sky (along with the newly-redeemed Anakin, who's the main character of the story.)
* TheCameo: In ''Film/TheForceAwakens'', he can be heard addressing Rey directly during her vision, with the voices of Creator/AlecGuinness and Creator/EwanMcGregor both being used for his line.
-->'''Obi-Wan:''' Rey... these are your first steps.
* CharacterDeath: He allows Darth Vader to cut him down in ''A New Hope'' so that Luke can escape.
* TheChessmaster: He attempts to steer Luke towards destroying Darth Vader throughout the original trilogy by keeping information from him. It fails, but ends up working for the better when Luke redeems Vader instead.
* ClarkKenting: Surprisingly, nobody in the Empire thinks that "Ben" Kenobi might be related to that Obi-Wan Kenobi guy who survived the Clone Wars -- and the disguise worked for ''nineteen years''. Though to be fair, he was in hiding on Tatooine, a pretty backwater planet, and mostly kept to himself during that time.
* CoolOldGuy: By the time of the Original Trilogy, Old Ben's a veteran Jedi Master, one of the last surviving ones, and in his old age, he's still adept at using the Force and a lightsaber.
* CurbStompBattle: [[spoiler:He's able to easily kill Maul during their final clash in a matter of moments, partly thanks to tricking Maul into thinking he was going to use a different fighting style, and partly thanks to the fact that the Sith Lord has been mentally and physically deteriorating for years, especially after a long solo trek across Tatooine.]]
* DeceptiveLegacy: Obi-Wan tells Luke his father is dead. [[MetaphoricallyTrue It all depends on your point of view]]. He turns out to be Darth Vader, but from Obi-Wan's point of view, [[DeathOfPersonality his friend Anakin died]] after the events of ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith''.
* DullSurprise: Both Alec Guinness and Ewan [=McGregor=] claimed that, for the most part, they were essentially reading their lines off their script when they played the character. [[TropesAreTools Nonetheless]], both performances were met with acclaim, and have contributed to the popularity of the character.
* ElegantWeaponForAMoreCivilizedAge: TropeNamer when discussing the Lightsaber with Luke in ''Film/ANewHope''.
* TheExile: Went into self-imposed exile on Tatooine to watch over Luke from afar under the Empire's radar.
* FeelingTheirAge: Obi-Wan, when asking Luke to join him in ''Films/ANewHope'', lamented that he was getting too old to go on these sort of adventures. A big part of his duel with Vader was being mocked that he was old and out of practice.
* HermitGuru: In ''Film/ANewHope'', Obi-Wan is an old Jedi Master who has lived on Tatooine for the past twenty years. He, alongside Yoda, does his part in training Luke to become a Jedi Knight.
* HeroicSacrifice: A subtler version, when he throws the fight against Vader to allow his friends to escape.
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Luke [[RageAgainstTheMentor calls him out]] in ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' for lying that Vader killed his father, but Obi-Wan calmly rationalizes that what he told Luke was true, [[MetaphoricallyTrue from a certain point of view]]: as far as he is concerned, the good man that was Anakin [[DeathOfPersonality died]] when he took up the mantle of a Sith Lord.
* JacobMarleyWarning: Gives this to Luke before he leaves Dagobah to face Vader, appearing in spectral form to warn Luke about the dangers of succumbing to hate and anger.
* JediMindTrick: The TropeMaker. Obi-Wan's statements that get him past the stormtroopers in Mos Eisley is the most famous example, but he also may use a version of this while on the Death Star while disabling the tractor beam. The movie doesn't clarify if he used telekinesis to generate a sound in the next room, or if he used a mind trick to make the guards think that they heard a noise. Given how quickly they decide to look for an innocuous-sounding plink, Obi-Wan seems to at least have used the "mind trick" to influence that decision.
* LastOfHisKind: In ''Film/ANewHope'', he is one of at least two known Jedi left in the galaxy after the [[ThePurge Jedi Purge]].
* LegendaryInTheSequel: An interesting inversion: he's legendary in the ''original'', and the prequels establish why he is.
* LetsGetDangerous: At first, Obi-Wan seems to be little more than a wizened old man who may have once been a warrior of the Clone Wars, but is now, well, an old man who lives in a hovel. Then we get to the cantina scene, where said old man whips out a lightsaber, deflects blaster shots and lops a man's arm off. You can tell from the look on Luke's face that that's the moment when he starts to take the whole "Jedi" thing seriously.
* ListingTheFormsOfDegenerates: Obi-Wan does this when he describes Mos Eisley as "[the most] wretched hive of scum and villainy."
* ManipulativeBastard: An interesting example, since Obi-Wan is unquestionably on the side of the good, but he does attempt to manipulate Luke into unknowingly killing his own father by withholding that the man he wants to kill ''is'' his father (although it should probably be taken into account that the father in question is an unrepentant mass murderer who wants to turn Luke to TheDarkSide and kill all his friends and allies). His talk with Ezra is also a good example; while it is true that Ezra's place is with his family and the Rebellion and his search for a way to destroy the Sith is corrupting him, Obi-Wan convinces him (while never outright lying) that his vision of the Chosen One was a lie from Maul and there is no key to destroying the Sith to persuade him to go home.
* MartialPacifist: He always tries to diffuse any tense situation until his lightsaber hand is forced, as the disgruntled cantina patrons in ''Film/ANewHope'' learn the hard way.
* MentorOccupationalHazard: In ''Film/ANewHope'', he dies trying to hold back Darth Vader to let Luke escape.
* MrExposition: He serves as this, in addition to being Luke's mentor. Beforehand, we only had a surface idea of what was going on in the film (The Empire is hunting down the Rebels and looking for something very important the Rebels stole, which was hidden with the droids) and after he shows up to save Luke, he explains the whole backstory of how the Empire came to power by destroying the Jedi and the nature of the Force, what happened to Luke's father, and his presence finally lets R2 play the recorded message by Leia, setting up the rest of the plot for the film.
* MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning: He is unconcerned when he is slain by Vader, as it is his death that further inspires Luke to fight against the Empire, and which allows him to commune with the younger man as a Force ghost.
* MyGreatestFailure: His failure to prevent Anakin's fall to the Dark Side motivates him to guide Luke to destroy the evil man his father had become.
* MythologyGag: His brief appearance in ''Ahsoka'', meditating to try and contact Qui-Gon, is reminiscent of his POV scenes in the ''Legends'' novel ''[[Literature/StarWarsKenobi Kenobi]]''.
* NoBodyLeftBehind: When Obi-Wan dies his body disappears, leaving behind an empty robe.
* ObiWanMoment: Another trope [[TropeNamer named after him]].
-->'''Obi-Wan:''' [[BadassBoast If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine.]]
* OldMaster: In ''Film/ANewHope'', where he starts Luke's Jedi training as an old man.
* OlderAndWiser: He starts off as a young and brash apprentice to Qui-Gon Jinn in ''The Phantom Menace'', but becomes more of a wise and experienced Jedi Master, culminating in him teaching Luke, his [[WeUsedToBeFriends former]] [[APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil pupil's]] son, about the Force in the beginning of ''Film/ANewHope''.
* ThePowerOfLegacy: He refrains from telling Luke about his father's true nature. Luke thinks of whoever his father is as a hero.
* ProdigalHero: He exiles himself to watch over little Luke from a distance, and then returns to the front line to be his mentor.
* RetiredBadass: By the time of ''Film/ANewHope'', though lack of practice and old age becomes a big disadvantage when he's forced into action again.
* SpiritAdvisor: He continues to guide Luke after death as a Force ghost.
* SuicideByCop: Willingly allows Darth Vader to kill him in a duel in order to AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence.
* SympathyForTheDevil: Despite having murdered both his beloved mentor and the love of his life, [[spoiler:Obi-Wan is very distraught over Maul's death, holding him in his arms as the latter dies so he doesn't have to DieAlone, and assuring him the Chosen One is near.]]
* TakeUpMySword: A non-verbal instance; by dying at Darth Vader's hand in ''A New Hope'', Obi-Wan inspires Luke to become a Jedi Knight, taking up Obi-Wan's fight against the Sith and the Empire.
* ThanatosGambit: In ''A New Hope'', Obi-Wan deliberately allows Vader to kill him, allowing him to [[AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence become more powerful than any Jedi can imagine]].
* UnexpectedCharacter: For ''Ahsoka'', where he makes an appearance in one of the grey-paged cutaways.
* UnreliableExpositor: In regards to Darth Vader and telling Luke the truth about him.
* WorthyOpponent: After becoming Darth Vader, Anakin's view of Obi-Wan morphed from being a BigBrotherMentor into being this. While holding most Jedi in contempt, Vader kept a sense of respect toward Obi-Wan even after having his limbs sliced off by the man.
-->'''Darth Vader:''' Obi-Wan ''is'' here. The Force is with him.\\
'''Tarkin:''' If you're right, he must not be allowed to escape.\\
'''Darth Vader:''' Escape is not his plan. I must face him alone.
* XanatosGambit: Obi-Wan is polite enough to warn Vader that "if you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you could possibly imagine" before [[ObiWanMoment setting Vader up to do just that]].
* YoungerThanTheyLook: He's 57 in ''A New Hope'', but looks at least ten years older.
** Could be justified in that he's been living in a hut in the desert for nearly twenty years -- exposure to the sun and wind and not being able to buy things like skin lotion could contribute to a more aged appearance. Grief and stress can also make people look older and by this point, he's suffered both by the truckload.
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[[header:Obi-Wan Kenobi]]
!!!'''Species:''' Human
!!!'''Homeworld:''' Stewjon
->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/AlecGuinness (1977-1983), Creator/EwanMcGregor (1999-2005, 2015)
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JamesArnoldTaylor (''The Clone Wars'', ''Rebels'' [younger]), Stephen Stanton (''Rebels'')
->'''Voice dubbing by:''' Mario Filio (Latin-American Spanish, prequel trilogy era), Creator/ToshiyukiMorikawa (Japanese, prequel trilogy era), Bruno Choël (French, prequel trilogy era)
->'''Appears in:''' ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'' | ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsObiWanAndAnakin Obi-Wan & Anakin]]'' | ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars The Clone Wars]]'' | ''Literature/ANewDawn'' | ''[[ComicBook/DarthMaulSonOfDathomir Son of Dathomir]]'' | ''Literature/DarkDisciple'' | ''[[Comicbook/StarWarsKanan Kanan]]'' | ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' | ''[[Literature/StarWarsAhsoka Ahsoka]]'' | ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels Rebels]]'' | ''Film/ANewHope'' | Marvel's ''[[ComicBook/StarWars Star Wars]]'' | ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' | ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' | ''Film/TheForceAwakens''[[note]] voice only[[/note]]
[[folder:Tropes from the Prequel Trilogy Era]]
!!Master Obi-Wan Kenobi
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/obi_wan_kenobi_sw.jpg]]
The apprentice of maverick Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn. After a fateful mission to Naboo to end a blockade enforced by the Trade Federation, Obi-Wan lost his master to the Sith Lord Darth Maul but gained his own apprentice in Anakin Skywalker. Ten years later, the two were reunited with Naboo senator Padme Amidala while protecting her from assassins during the Separatist crisis, which erupted into the Clone Wars. During the war, Obi-Wan became one of the leading generals of the Republic army was raised to the rank of Jedi Master and granted a seat on the Jedi Council while Anakin became a Knight, training his own apprentice named Ahsoka Tano. At the end of the war he was one of the few surviving Jedi and went into hiding from the Galactic Empire on Tatooine as a secret guardian of Luke Skywalker, one of the twin children of his fallen apprentice Anakin, who now served the Emperor as Darth Vader.
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* AcePilot: Don't let his stated aversion to flying fool you; he can pilot a starfighter like a pro. When Jango Fett gets the upper hand during their dogfight over Geonosis, Obi-Wan manages to evade three or four sonic charges, and then avoids a blistering hail of laser fire from ''Slave I''[='s=] cannons, and only gets tagged twice. Jango fires with pinpoint accuracy, but ''simply can't hit him!''
* ActionHero: Boy, is he ever. He sees more combat than any other Jedi in the films. He came out on top every single time... except the last one. Even then, he chose to lose.
* {{Ambadassador}}: He's even [[TheRedBaron nicknamed]] "The Negotiator" during the Clone Wars due to both his skill at diplomacy, and for his skills as a warrior.
* TheApprentice: He was still learning from Qui-Gon during the time of ''The Phantom Menace''.
* ArchEnemy: For both Darth Maul and General Grievous during the Clone Wars.
* BadassBeard: For that "mature gentleman" look when on a mission.
* BadassBookworm: An intelligent, cultured gentleman who can kick a lot of ass when the time for it comes.
* BashBrothers: With Anakin during the Clone Wars, before Anakin does a FaceHeelTurn.
* BelligerentSexualTension: With Satine. They can barely spend five minutes together without snarking at each other, but both admit to still being in love, even if their respective duties prevent a relationship.
** UnresolvedSexualTension: Possibly. While they do not pursue a relationship in the series, it's left ambiguous as to whether their relationship might have been more intimate when they first knew each other.
* BerserkButton:
** When Darth Maul throws Qui-Gon's death in Obi-Wan's face during their duel in "Revenge", Obi-Wan ''loses it''. Maul even lampshades it.
--->'''Maul:''' Your rage has unbalanced you. [[IShallTauntYou That is not the Jedi way, is it]]?
** He doesn't get visibly angry, but when Obi-Wan sees that Satine is in danger in "The Lawless", he actually [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness defies the Jedi Council]], and goes to Mandalore to help her.
* BewareTheNiceOnes:
** Described as "the ultimate Jedi" partially because he is "modest, centered and always kind". Nonetheless, if you push him far enough (like taking part in the murder of almost his entire "family", ie. the Jedi Order, including innocent children), he is prepared to hack off your limbs and leave you alone to slowly burn to death.
* BigBrotherInstinct: To Anakin, especially in ''The Phantom Menace''.
* BigBrotherMentor: To Anakin. He even refers to Anakin as his brother in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'', while Anakin tells him he is [[ParentalSubstitute like a father to him]] in ''Film/AttackOfTheClones''.
* BigNo: In ''The Phantom Menace'', after Qui-Gon was killed by Darth Maul.
* BondOneLiner: After he guns down General Grievous, Obi-Wan takes a moment to voice his opinion of blasters.
-->'''Obi-Wan:''' So uncivilized.
* ButtMonkey: Obi-Wan certainly gets the crap kicked out of him in ''Attack of the Clones''; dropped from a great height over Coruscant, head-butted, pummeled, lassoed and dragged by Jango Fett, taken captive, then chased repeatedly by an Acklay before finally being slashed by Dooku's lightsaber (the only time we see him lose a fight in the live-action movies until the duel in ''A New Hope'', which he arguably threw to save Luke).
* CainAndAbel: The Abel to Anakin's Cain. This is more evident and obvious at the end of ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'', when Obi-Wan refers to Anakin as his brother and that he loved him before he turned to TheDarkSide.
* CallForward:
** This immortal line from ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'', which serves as the quote for the trope page:
--->''[to Anakin]'' "Why do I get the feeling that one of these days you're going to be the death of me?"
** During his stint as Rako Hardeen, he uses the codename "Ben". He was so fond of it that he used the codename for years on Tatooine.
* TheCharmer: Especially in ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars The Clone Wars]]'', where Obi-Wan will openly flirt with any woman he meets, even the ones trying to kill him. Being a CelibateHero, however, he rarely means it.
* CombatPragmatist:
** In [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E1Revival "Revival"]], Obi-Wan kicks Savage's knee out from behind him before chopping his arm off. Likewise, he kills Grievous with a well-timed blaster shot, rather than with his lightsaber (which, admittedly, he'd dropped earlier).
** Regardless of how silly it sounds, the whole IHaveTheHighGround thing is the Order's combat principle that teaches a Jedi to use environmental advantage.
* CoolHelmet: He gets one as part of his Rako Hardeen disguise, and it's based on old Ralph [=McQuarrie=] concept art for Boba Fett's helmet.
* CoolStarship: He pilots some pretty nifty starfighters in ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'' and ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'', despite his slight aversion to flying.
* CoolSword: His blue lightsaber.
* CynicalMentor: To Anakin again. Despite this, he still seemed pretty shocked when Anakin falls to TheDarkSide.
* DeadpanSnarker: Especially in the prequel trilogy. Creator/EwanMcGregor's Alec Guinness impersonation managed to produce some of the driest irony ever captured on celluloid. Then in ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars The Clone Wars]]'', Creator/JamesArnoldTaylor dialed it UpToEleven.
-->'''Obi-Wan:''' That's your plan? Just fly in there, land, ''hope'' they don't spot us, and walk through the door?\\
'''Anakin:''' Basically.\\
'''Obi-Wan:''' [[SarcasmMode Oh, brilliant.]] Let's get going.
** Also:
-->'''Obi-Wan:''' You seem a bit on edge.\\
'''Anakin:''' There's a good chance that we're about to destroy all life on this planet, including ours and the senator's. So ''yes'', I'm a bit on edge! Why aren't you?\\
'''Obi-Wan:''' ''[shrugs]'' I'm better at hiding it.
** A case could also be made for him being at least a partial StepfordSnarker. His tendency to drop witty comments increased noticeably after ''The Phantom Menace'' and Qui-Gon Jinn's death. After Geonosis it got another "boost".
* {{Determinator}}: He refused to give up when learning of Order 66 and his apprentice's betrayal, and while he's clearly hurt by these things years after the fact, he still operates on the belief that Luke will be the one to save the Jedi.
* {{Deuteragonist}}: Especially in the prequels, where Obi-Wan serves as a heroic protagonist, in contrast to the [[SlowlySlippingIntoEvil increasingly amoral]] [[AntiHero Anakin]].
* DoesNotLikeGuns: Until he's [[CombatPragmatist forced to use one]] against Grievous. Even though one saved his life, he still quickly throws it away in disgust over how uncivilized it was.
* DoomedByCanon: In the Prequel Trilogy, as well as ''The Clone Wars''. Obi-Wan can't be killed in any of those battles, because he is to be killed by Vader in ''A New Hope''.
* DressingAsTheEnemy: In [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E16TheLawless "The Lawless"]], he poses as a Death Watch soldier in order to rescue Satine.
* DualWielding: He pulls this off on occasion, such as in his duel with Grievous in [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS2E9GrievousIntrigue "Grievous Intrigue"]] (using an electrostaff), while fighting Cad Bane in "Hunt for Ziro" (with Quinlan Vos' lightsaber), and in his second fight with Maul and Savage in "Revival" (using the late Adi Gallia's lightsaber).
* EnemyMine:
** Teams up with Asajj Ventress to fight Darth Maul and Savage Opress.
** He joins forces with Bo-Katan in "The Lawless" in order to escape Mandalore.
* FakingTheDead: As part of his infiltration in the Deception arc.
* FantasticRacism: He does not consider droids to be "alive" despite evidence of droids having personalities and feelings.
* TheFettered: Jedi are this as a rule, but Obi-Wan explicitly mentions the strength that comes from resisting the lure of TheDarkSide during his conversation with Darth Maul in "The Lawless".
* {{Foreshadowing}}: His appearance in ''Literature/ANewDawn'' involves him explaining the Jedi beacon, and agreeing with Caleb that it could be used to send the Jedi into hiding [[Film/RevengeOfTheSith in an unexpected emergency]].
* ForgotAboutHisPowers: During his duel with General Grievous, Obi-Wan doesn't use his Force powers until the very end despite Grievous' complete vulnerability to them; when he does, he knocks Grievous flat on his ass (after a 20-foot flight through the air, into the ceiling). It's possible, however, that Obi-Wan was just stalling for time before his troops got in position, which would make this a rare [[JustifiedTrope justified]] example.
* FourStarBadass: As with every Jedi Knight, he was given the rank of "Jedi General" within the Clone Army.
* GentlemanSnarker: Obi-Wan's polite, diplomatic demeanor can mask some pretty biting snark.
* GoodIsNotSoft: Obi-Wan prefers to settle conflict diplomatically. Emphasis on ''prefers''.
* GradualGrinder: During his second battle against them, Maul and Savage were unable to break his defense while he continued kicking Savage in the knee at each opportunity until it finally gave out.
* GroinAttack: Anakin subjected Obi-Wan to it while the latter was undercover as his own supposed murderer, Rako Hardeen.
* GuileHero: He prefers to talk (or otherwise [[JediMindTrick persuade]]) his way out of a predicament over using a lightsaber, which has earned him the InUniverse nickname "the Negotiator".
* HeartbrokenBadass: He doesn't let it show too much, but Obi-Wan is clearly heartbroken over Satine's death at the hands of Maul.
* TheHero: While ultimately the saga as a whole is about Anakin, Obi-Wan is quite clearly the main heroic character of the prequel trilogy to Luke's original.
* HeroAntagonist: Obi-Wan becomes this after Anakin's FaceHeelTurn in ''Revenge of the Sith''.
* HeroesPreferSwords: Like all Jedi, Obi-Wan uses a lightsaber as his WeaponOfChoice.
* HeroicBSOD: Two:
** Goes through a brief one when Maul murders Duchess Satine.
** In ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'', Obi-Wan slowly falls into one as he and Yoda see the full extent of the massacre in the Jedi Temple. He's tipped over the edge when he sees a hologram proving that Anakin is responsible but, being [[TheStoic Obi]]-[[TheDeterminator Wan]], manages to keep going and [[TragicBromance fight the man]] [[HeterosexualLifePartners he's loved as a brother]]. He finally lets his emotions come out after he's defeated Vader and, although he keeps going, it's clear from that point onwards that he has ''never'' gotten over what happened to Anakin.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Anakin, after the latter becomes a Jedi Knight.
* IdealHero: Noble, wise and borderline infallible, Obi-Wan is constantly praised as an example of what a Jedi should be. Luke would definitely follow his footsteps in this department.
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: Throughout the prequels and ''The Clone Wars'', Obi-Wan is given many good reasons to fall to the Dark Side, and Maul certainly tries his best, but Obi-Wan cannot be corrupted.
* INeedAFreakingDrink: Jedi by virtue do not drink, in keeping with their monk-life culture. Obi-Wan ''does'', as he so casually points out in ''Attack of the Clones''. While he's hardly a CowboyCop like Qui-Gon was, there's no doubt that some of his more maverick mannerisms he picked up from his late master.
* KnightErrant: As an ideal Jedi Knight, he will go wherever he's sent to maintain peace and justice in the galaxy.
* KnightInShiningArmor: Obi-Wan fits this trope more than almost any other Jedi in the series. Satine even lampshades it.
-->'''Satine:''' My valiant Jedi Knight comes to my rescue once again.
* LaserBlade: Wields a blue-bladed lightsaber.
* TheLeader: Type Levelheaded. When he's in command, the clones follow a more cautious and levelheaded {{plan}}.
* LightIsGood: As a Jedi, Obi-Wan represents the strength and benevolence. He explicitly speaks of the virtues of the light side of the Force during his confrontation with Darth Maul in "The Lawless".
* LittleNo: When he sees Darth Maul on Mandalore.
-->'''Obi-Wan:''' No... [[ThisCannotBe it can't be]]...
* MagicPlasticSurgery: After [[FakingTheDead faking his death]] and shaving himself in the Deception arc, he goes through this via needle injection to become Rako Hardeen. [[BodyHorror The process looked somewhat painful.]]
* MasterSwordsman: He spectacularly lives up to his "Master" title in "Revival", where he simultaneously takes on Maul and Savage and cripples the latter, following Adi Gallia's death.
* MentorArchetype: He serves as a mentor to Anakin in the prequels, Luke in the original trilogy, and, in a smaller, more indirect way, to Ahsoka in ''The Clone Wars''.
* MoralityChain: Was one to Anakin, like Padmé, with one very big difference: whereas Anakin loved Padmé [[LoveMakesYouEvil to the point of paranoia]], he ''respected'' Obi-Wan enough that [[TheCorrupter Palpatine]] had to get him off planet before turning Anakin to the Dark Side, and Anakin still tries to (threateningly) talk Obi-Wan out of fighting him. Anakin's respect eventually morphs into a dark version of WorthyOpponent.
* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Not Obi-Wan himself, but his home planet, Stewjon, which Creator/GeorgeLucas named after Jon Stewart as a joke while on ''Series/TheDailyShow''. [[WordOfStPaul The official Databank rolled with it.]]
* NiceGuy: Easily the nicest and most immediately personable Jedi Knight in the prequels and ''The Clone Wars''.
* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: Obi-Wan is a samurai, a shaolin monk, a knight and a wizard.
** Then he comes back as a GHOST-samurai-shaolin-knight-wizard.
* NobleMaleRoguishMale: With Anakin. The cultured, polite Obi-Wan is the Noble Male to Anakin's Roguish Male.
* OfficerAndAGentleman: He holds the title of General in the Grand Army of the Republic as well as being a Jedi Master.
* OneManArmy: In ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'', he takes on General Grievous and his droid army alone and wins.
* ThePaladin: Before his exile, Obi-Wan was a heroic KnightInShiningArmor, resolving disputes before and during the Clone Wars.
* TheParagon: Obi-Wan stands as a pinnacle of heroism in the series; he is selfless, morally upright, humble, and inspires others (Luke in particular) to heroism.
* ParentalSubstitute: Obi-Wan becomes this to Anakin and Luke, considering that Anakin has never had a father, and that Luke never ''knew'' his father (and he was constantly at odds with his other father figure, Uncle Owen).
* PassiveAggressiveKombat: Obi-Wan's first meeting with Jango Fett in ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'' is so intense, Boba Fett's origin story contains a comparison between their conversation and a sword fight.
* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Was quoted as saying ''"If droids could think, then none of us would be here"'', showing that Obi-Wan believes droids to be either simpletons or a potential threat. Given how C-3PO, R2-D2 and plenty of other droids can think but aren't violent, this just makes Obi-Wan look prejudiced.
* PsychicPowers: Like all Jedi, Obi-Wan is telekinetic and, to a degree, clairvoyant.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: In the season 5 finale of ''The Clone Wars'', he's the only one on the Council to outright voice the opinion that they shouldn't just hand over Ahsoka to the Senate Court. To their credit, when the Council votes to expel Ahsoka from the Order, they admit it was not a unanimous decision and it is implied that Obi-Wan cast the dissenting vote. He also believed that they should be more open with Anakin about their concerns over Chancellor Palpatine and the Sith, but was overruled.
* RedBaron: He is known during the Clone Wars as "[[{{Ambadassador}} the Negotiator]]".
* RedOniBlueOni: The Blue to Anakin's Red.
* RefugeInAudacity:
** In ''Revenge of the Sith'', he is tasked with taking out General Grievous. How does he proceed? By cheerfully presenting himself before the monstrosity, surrounded by a literal army of battle droids! Grievous lampshades this immediately.
** Where does he choose to hide Luke and himself from the Empire? ''On Anakin Skywalker's home planet.'' (Although he was probably banking on the fact that said planet is a pretty backwater spot, and Darth Vader would be highly unlikely to return to the place where he was a slave for the first nine years of his life ''and'' where he lost his mother.)
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: In "The Lawless", the Jedi Council can't legally go to Mandalore to help Satine, despite Obi-Wan's pleas to reconsider. Obi-Wan proceeds to go there anyway.
* ShutUpHannibal: During his confrontation with Darth Maul in "The Lawless", Obi-Wan refutes every one of his enemy's claims of the Dark Side's power by reinforcing his belief in the light. Maul gets the last word, however, when he murders Satine.
* TheSmartGuy: Obi-Wan is extremely clever, worldly, and intelligent, traits that serve him well in ''The Clone Wars''.
* TheSnarkKnight: He could be the poster boy of the trope. Even when being beaten senseless by Darth Maul and Savage Opress, he keeps the snark coming.
-->'''Satine:''' [[LampshadeHanging The sarcasm of a soldier.]]
* SnarkToSnarkCombat: With Anakin, Satine, Quinlan Vos, Cad Bane (while posing as Rako Hardeen) and an EnemyMine version with Asajj Ventress.
* StarCrossedLovers: With Satine. He's a Jedi, sworn to protect the Republic and its peace and to not form personal attachments. She's the duchess of a ruined planet that she tried to rebuild by turning her people's ProudWarriorRaceGuy culture into a pacifist society. Obi-Wan, for his part, seems to at least partly regret how things turned out, and says that, had Satine asked it of him, he would have left the Jedi Order to be with her.
* TheStoic: Has one of the suckiest lives (and [[MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning afterlife?]]) of any character in fiction, but remains calm, never complains, and usually keeps his emotions well in check.
* StoneWall: Considered to be the single best defensive duelist in the galaxy, at least in his prime. His fighting style, Form III: Soresu, is an exclusively -- almost obsessively -- defense-oriented fighting style, allowing him to hold his own against aggressively attacking duelists like General Grievous' four-lightsaber style or Vader's frenzied, all-out assault by essentially tanking it until his opponent lapses from exhaustion or frustration, allowing him to end the battle in one decisive strike. [[spoiler:When Maul confronts him on Tatooine, he is able to easily best the legendary Sith Lord by tricking Maul into thinking he was going to use Form IV (the form that got Qui-Gon killed). He meets Maul's wild attack with two blocks, then a single slash that destroys his lightsaber and slashes his chest, killing him in moments.]]
* StudentAndMasterTeam: Forms one as the student to Qui-Gon in ''The Phantom Menace'', and as the master to Anakin and Luke for the rest of the saga.
* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: Attempted it when he showed pity for Darth Maul, believing that Maul didn't choose the dark side of his own volition. Maul gleefully proves him wrong by murdering Satine.
* TragicBromance: His relationship with Anakin was one of great brotherly love before Anakin became Darth Vader, which devastated Obi-Wan so much that he came to view Vader as a different personality who [[DeathOfPersonality killed Anakin]].
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Anakin, but it's the [[DeadpanSnarker deadpan]] type of vitriol.
* WellDoneSonGuy: In ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'', there is a scene where Obi-Wan apologizes for criticizing Qui-Gon's sometimes peculiar actions (taking Jar Jar with them and betting their ship on Anakin winning the podrace). Qui-Gon quickly praises Obi-Wan for his willingness to learn and tells him he would someday become a greater Jedi than Qui-Gon himself ever was.
* WhatTheHellHero: The Deception arc is a big WhatTheHellHero for Obi-Wan, Yoda, and Mace with Anakin of all people delivering it to them.
* WorthyOpponent:
** Dooku considers him a worthy adversary after he was able to foil an attempted kidnapping of the chancellor by disguising himself as a bounty hunter and sabotaging the plot from the inside.
* YouDidntAsk: A dramatic, and rather sad example. He claims that the only reason he returned to the Jedi instead of staying with Satine in his youth, was because she didn't ask him to do so. Oh, and by the way, Leia is Luke's sister.
* [[YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters Your Freedom Fighters Are Our Terrorists]]: His main objection to Anakin's plan of training the rebels on Onderon is that he fears they'd be training terrorists.
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[[folder:"Rako Hardeen"]]
!!Rako Hardeen
At some point late in the Clone War, Obi-Wan faked his death and then took on the alias of the man who "killed" him, Rako Hardeen, to infiltrate a Separatist conspiracy. This alias included imitating his appearance and voice and acting like a typical bounty hunter.
Note: This section is for the Rako Hardeen Obi-Wan played as during his undercover operation. For tropes applying to the real Rako Hardeen, click [[Characters/StarWarsBountyHunters here]].
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* BaldOfAwesome: As part of the disguise, Obi-Wan had all of his hair, including his beard and mustache, shaved off. Interestingly, we get to see what Obi-Wan looks like without his beard 10 years after ''The Phantom Menace'' before he gets the MagicPlasticSurgery.
* BatmanGambit: He knew Cad Bane would try to backstab him when given the opportunity so he wouldn't share his payment, so he backstabs him back in advance by putting a tracking beacon on the first ship he decided to buy. Once Bane sells him out to the Hutts' enforcers, Rako sells him and Moralo Eval out and has them shot down. After getting free, he gets the Jedi Council to remove the bounties on them to give them more freedom in their plot and give him enough credits buy another ship, engineering a situation in which Bane and Moralo Eval would be forced to bring him along.
* CoolHelmet: He buys one resembling an old Ralph [=McQuarrie=] design for Boba Fett's helmet from Pablo's pawn shop on Nal Hutta after getting out of prison. It also has gas filters. Obi-Wan even kept it and the rest of the disguise to use later when he went to Mandalore to rescue Satine. Sadly, it was likely destroyed with the ''Twilight''.
* FaceOfAThug: The real Rako actually was kind of a thug, but Obi-Wan's a good guy. Lampshaded by Mace Windu after Obi-Wan's face is transformed.
-->'''Obi-Wan:''' So, how do I look?\\
'''Mace:''' Like a criminal.
* FriendlySniper: He's not too bad with a rifle himself. Funny when you consider Obi-Wan's [[DoesntLikeGuns known stance on blasters]].
* HelmetsAreHardlyHeroic: The only episode he wore the helmet extensively was in "The Box". Otherwise, he barely wore it at all.
* ImAHumanitarian: {{Invoked}} while he was in prison. When a [[SharkMan Karkarodon]] inmate (and a species more likely to eat ''him'') tried to [[BullyingADragon bully]] him, Rako stabbed his hand with a fork, then pulled his face over to him and told him that he'd probably taste better than the food served in the prison. This is also part of how he gets Moralo Eval's attention.
-->'''Clone trooper guard:''' Hey, what's going on down there?\\
'''Rako:''' Nothing, just playing with my food. *pulls fork out of inmate's hand*\\
'''Inmate:''' You're crazy!
* KillAndReplace: Inverted. It's more accurate to say [[FakingTheDead "die"]] and then replace the man who "killed" him.
* PsychoForHire: {{Invoked}}. He tries to play the part of one first to gain Moralo Eval's admiration and then inside the Box, he claims to have made a career out of killing Parwans as his explanation for how he knew Derrown was the key to solving the ray shield puzzle (a claim that noticeably scares Derrown).
* TattooedCrook: Rako's face tattoo was included as part of the transformation surgery.
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[[folder:Tropes from the Original Trilogy Era]]
!!Master Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"In my experience, there is no such thing as luck."'']]
-->''"The Force will be with you, always."''
For the next nineteen years, Obi-Wan watched over and protected Luke, adopting the guise of a desert hermit known as "Old Ben" Kenobi. He secretly aided Luke and his guardians, Owen and Beru Lars, while dealing with any threats that came to the world, including a vengeance seeking Darth Maul. After the arrival of R2-D2 and C-3PO, Obi-Wan rescued Luke from a group of Tuskan Raiders and revealed to him his heritage while hiding key facts about Anakin's true fate. Departing Tatooine to join the Rebellion, Obi-Wan instead discovered Alderaan destroyed and confronted Darth Vader on the Death Star, where he allowed himself to fall to his former apprentice's lightsaber. Upon his death, Obi-Wan became one with the Force and continued to advise Luke as a Force ghost in his battle against the Empire and training as a Jedi.
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* ActuallyIAmHim: In ''Film/ANewHope'', Luke knows him as "Ben Kenobi" and asks him if he knows anyone by the name of "Obi-Wan".
-->'''Obi-Wan:''' Well of ''course'' I know him; he's me!
* ArchEnemy: To Darth Vader, who eventually killed him, and Darth Maul, who hunted him down on Tatooine to finally claim vengeance.
* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: Willingly allows himself to be killed by Darth Vader to become one with the Force, enabling him to continue mentoring Luke.
* TheAtoner: For training the man who destroyed the Jedi Order and never recognizing the threat Anakin really represented.
* BadassGrandpa: Still retains some fighting skill despite his age in ''Film/ANewHope''.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Even after two decades of growing old on Tatooine, Old Ben is fully willing to slice off your arm, should you threaten his friends.
* BigGood: Alongside Yoda in the classic trilogy. While neither of them are very active in the conflict, they are invaluable in training Luke to continue the tradition of the Jedi Order. There's a reason ''Return of the Jedi'' ends with them in the sky (along with the newly-redeemed Anakin, who's the main character of the story.)
* TheCameo: In ''Film/TheForceAwakens'', he can be heard addressing Rey directly during her vision, with the voices of Creator/AlecGuinness and Creator/EwanMcGregor both being used for his line.
-->'''Obi-Wan:''' Rey... these are your first steps.
* CharacterDeath: He allows Darth Vader to cut him down in ''A New Hope'' so that Luke can escape.
* TheChessmaster: He attempts to steer Luke towards destroying Darth Vader throughout the original trilogy by keeping information from him. It fails, but ends up working for the better when Luke redeems Vader instead.
* ClarkKenting: Surprisingly, nobody in the Empire thinks that "Ben" Kenobi might be related to that Obi-Wan Kenobi guy who survived the Clone Wars -- and the disguise worked for ''nineteen years''. Though to be fair, he was in hiding on Tatooine, a pretty backwater planet, and mostly kept to himself during that time.
* CoolOldGuy: By the time of the Original Trilogy, Old Ben's a veteran Jedi Master, one of the last surviving ones, and in his old age, he's still adept at using the Force and a lightsaber.
* CurbStompBattle: [[spoiler:He's able to easily kill Maul during their final clash in a matter of moments, partly thanks to tricking Maul into thinking he was going to use a different fighting style, and partly thanks to the fact that the Sith Lord has been mentally and physically deteriorating for years, especially after a long solo trek across Tatooine.]]
* DeceptiveLegacy: Obi-Wan tells Luke his father is dead. [[MetaphoricallyTrue It all depends on your point of view]]. He turns out to be Darth Vader, but from Obi-Wan's point of view, [[DeathOfPersonality his friend Anakin died]] after the events of ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith''.
* DullSurprise: Both Alec Guinness and Ewan [=McGregor=] claimed that, for the most part, they were essentially reading their lines off their script when they played the character. [[TropesAreTools Nonetheless]], both performances were met with acclaim, and have contributed to the popularity of the character.
* ElegantWeaponForAMoreCivilizedAge: TropeNamer when discussing the Lightsaber with Luke in ''Film/ANewHope''.
* TheExile: Went into self-imposed exile on Tatooine to watch over Luke from afar under the Empire's radar.
* FeelingTheirAge: Obi-Wan, when asking Luke to join him in ''Films/ANewHope'', lamented that he was getting too old to go on these sort of adventures. A big part of his duel with Vader was being mocked that he was old and out of practice.
* HermitGuru: In ''Film/ANewHope'', Obi-Wan is an old Jedi Master who has lived on Tatooine for the past twenty years. He, alongside Yoda, does his part in training Luke to become a Jedi Knight.
* HeroicSacrifice: A subtler version, when he throws the fight against Vader to allow his friends to escape.
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Luke [[RageAgainstTheMentor calls him out]] in ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' for lying that Vader killed his father, but Obi-Wan calmly rationalizes that what he told Luke was true, [[MetaphoricallyTrue from a certain point of view]]: as far as he is concerned, the good man that was Anakin [[DeathOfPersonality died]] when he took up the mantle of a Sith Lord.
* JacobMarleyWarning: Gives this to Luke before he leaves Dagobah to face Vader, appearing in spectral form to warn Luke about the dangers of succumbing to hate and anger.
* JediMindTrick: The TropeMaker. Obi-Wan's statements that get him past the stormtroopers in Mos Eisley is the most famous example, but he also may use a version of this while on the Death Star while disabling the tractor beam. The movie doesn't clarify if he used telekinesis to generate a sound in the next room, or if he used a mind trick to make the guards think that they heard a noise. Given how quickly they decide to look for an innocuous-sounding plink, Obi-Wan seems to at least have used the "mind trick" to influence that decision.
* LastOfHisKind: In ''Film/ANewHope'', he is one of at least two known Jedi left in the galaxy after the [[ThePurge Jedi Purge]].
* LegendaryInTheSequel: An interesting inversion: he's legendary in the ''original'', and the prequels establish why he is.
* LetsGetDangerous: At first, Obi-Wan seems to be little more than a wizened old man who may have once been a warrior of the Clone Wars, but is now, well, an old man who lives in a hovel. Then we get to the cantina scene, where said old man whips out a lightsaber, deflects blaster shots and lops a man's arm off. You can tell from the look on Luke's face that that's the moment when he starts to take the whole "Jedi" thing seriously.
* ListingTheFormsOfDegenerates: Obi-Wan does this when he describes Mos Eisley as "[the most] wretched hive of scum and villainy."
* ManipulativeBastard: An interesting example, since Obi-Wan is unquestionably on the side of the good, but he does attempt to manipulate Luke into unknowingly killing his own father by withholding that the man he wants to kill ''is'' his father (although it should probably be taken into account that the father in question is an unrepentant mass murderer who wants to turn Luke to TheDarkSide and kill all his friends and allies). His talk with Ezra is also a good example; while it is true that Ezra's place is with his family and the Rebellion and his search for a way to destroy the Sith is corrupting him, Obi-Wan convinces him (while never outright lying) that his vision of the Chosen One was a lie from Maul and there is no key to destroying the Sith to persuade him to go home.
* MartialPacifist: He always tries to diffuse any tense situation until his lightsaber hand is forced, as the disgruntled cantina patrons in ''Film/ANewHope'' learn the hard way.
* MentorOccupationalHazard: In ''Film/ANewHope'', he dies trying to hold back Darth Vader to let Luke escape.
* MrExposition: He serves as this, in addition to being Luke's mentor. Beforehand, we only had a surface idea of what was going on in the film (The Empire is hunting down the Rebels and looking for something very important the Rebels stole, which was hidden with the droids) and after he shows up to save Luke, he explains the whole backstory of how the Empire came to power by destroying the Jedi and the nature of the Force, what happened to Luke's father, and his presence finally lets R2 play the recorded message by Leia, setting up the rest of the plot for the film.
* MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning: He is unconcerned when he is slain by Vader, as it is his death that further inspires Luke to fight against the Empire, and which allows him to commune with the younger man as a Force ghost.
* MyGreatestFailure: His failure to prevent Anakin's fall to the Dark Side motivates him to guide Luke to destroy the evil man his father had become.
* MythologyGag: His brief appearance in ''Ahsoka'', meditating to try and contact Qui-Gon, is reminiscent of his POV scenes in the ''Legends'' novel ''[[Literature/StarWarsKenobi Kenobi]]''.
* NoBodyLeftBehind: When Obi-Wan dies his body disappears, leaving behind an empty robe.
* ObiWanMoment: Another trope [[TropeNamer named after him]].
-->'''Obi-Wan:''' [[BadassBoast If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine.]]
* OldMaster: In ''Film/ANewHope'', where he starts Luke's Jedi training as an old man.
* OlderAndWiser: He starts off as a young and brash apprentice to Qui-Gon Jinn in ''The Phantom Menace'', but becomes more of a wise and experienced Jedi Master, culminating in him teaching Luke, his [[WeUsedToBeFriends former]] [[APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil pupil's]] son, about the Force in the beginning of ''Film/ANewHope''.
* ThePowerOfLegacy: He refrains from telling Luke about his father's true nature. Luke thinks of whoever his father is as a hero.
* ProdigalHero: He exiles himself to watch over little Luke from a distance, and then returns to the front line to be his mentor.
* RetiredBadass: By the time of ''Film/ANewHope'', though lack of practice and old age becomes a big disadvantage when he's forced into action again.
* SpiritAdvisor: He continues to guide Luke after death as a Force ghost.
* SuicideByCop: Willingly allows Darth Vader to kill him in a duel in order to AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence.
* SympathyForTheDevil: Despite having murdered both his beloved mentor and the love of his life, [[spoiler:Obi-Wan is very distraught over Maul's death, holding him in his arms as the latter dies so he doesn't have to DieAlone, and assuring him the Chosen One is near.]]
* TakeUpMySword: A non-verbal instance; by dying at Darth Vader's hand in ''A New Hope'', Obi-Wan inspires Luke to become a Jedi Knight, taking up Obi-Wan's fight against the Sith and the Empire.
* ThanatosGambit: In ''A New Hope'', Obi-Wan deliberately allows Vader to kill him, allowing him to [[AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence become more powerful than any Jedi can imagine]].
* UnexpectedCharacter: For ''Ahsoka'', where he makes an appearance in one of the grey-paged cutaways.
* UnreliableExpositor: In regards to Darth Vader and telling Luke the truth about him.
* WorthyOpponent: After becoming Darth Vader, Anakin's view of Obi-Wan morphed from being a BigBrotherMentor into being this. While holding most Jedi in contempt, Vader kept a sense of respect toward Obi-Wan even after having his limbs sliced off by the man.
-->'''Darth Vader:''' Obi-Wan ''is'' here. The Force is with him.\\
'''Tarkin:''' If you're right, he must not be allowed to escape.\\
'''Darth Vader:''' Escape is not his plan. I must face him alone.
* XanatosGambit: Obi-Wan is polite enough to warn Vader that "if you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you could possibly imagine" before [[ObiWanMoment setting Vader up to do just that]].
* YoungerThanTheyLook: He's 57 in ''A New Hope'', but looks at least ten years older.
** Could be justified in that he's been living in a hut in the desert for nearly twenty years -- exposure to the sun and wind and not being able to buy things like skin lotion could contribute to a more aged appearance. Grief and stress can also make people look older and by this point, he's suffered both by the truckload.
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