Editing Obi-Wan Kenobi (section)

==== Prequel trilogy ====
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A younger Obi-Wan appears in ''[[Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace|The Phantom Menace]]'' (1999), which is set thirty-two years before ''Star Wars''.<ref name=":1" /> He is the apprentice of the Jedi Master [[Qui-Gon Jinn]], and accompanies him to negotiations with the [[Trade Federation]], which is blockading the planet [[Naboo]]. Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon rescue Naboo's fourteen-year-old queen [[Padmé Amidala]] with help from the [[Gungan]] [[Jar Jar Binks]], then travel to [[Coruscant]], the capital of the [[Galactic Republic|Republic]]. When they land on Tatooine for repairs, they encounter the nine-year-old slave Anakin Skywalker. Qui-Gon believes the boy is the "[[Chosen One (Star Wars)|Chosen One]]" of Jedi prophecy, destined to bring balance to the Force. After securing his freedom, Anakin joins the group on their journey. While leaving Tatooine, they are attacked by the [[Sith]] Lord [[Darth Maul]]. Back on Naboo, they meet Maul again, and engage him in lightsaber combat. Maul mortally wounds Qui-Gon, but Obi-Wan defeats Maul. As Qui-Gon dies, he asks his apprentice to train Anakin as a Jedi, with or without the approval of the Jedi Council. Later, Yoda proclaims Obi-Wan a Jedi Knight and reluctantly allows Anakin to become his [[Padawan (Star Wars)|Padawan]].

[[File:Obiwan1.jpg|thumb|Ewan McGregor as {{No wrap|Obi-Wan Kenobi}} in a promotional photo]]

The second film of the trilogy, ''[[Attack of the Clones]]'' (2002), takes place ten years later.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Travis |first=Ben |date=2024-12-06 |title=Star Wars Timeline: Every Movie, Series And More |url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/star-wars-timeline-chronological-order/ |access-date=2024-06-16 |website=Empire |language=en}}</ref> Anakin has grown powerful but arrogant, and believes that Obi-Wan is holding him back. After they save Padmé from an assassination attempt, Obi-Wan traces the assassins to the planet [[Kamino (Star Wars)|Kamino]]. He learns of a massive [[Clone trooper|clone army]] that is being created for the Republic. The clones are derived from the bounty hunter [[Jango Fett]], and Obi-Wan deduces that he was responsible for the attempt on Padmé's life. Fett escapes to the planet [[Geonosis]] with his clone son [[Boba Fett|Boba]], unaware that Obi-Wan is pursuing them. On Geonosis, Obi-Wan discovers that a [[Confederacy of Independent Systems|confederacy]] of star systems is planning to revolt against the Republic. The confederacy is led by the Sith Lord [[Count Dooku]], the former Jedi Master of {{No wrap|Qui-Gon}}. Obi-Wan is captured and sentenced to death by Dooku, but Yoda and [[Mace Windu]] arrive with an army and prevent the execution. Obi-Wan and Anakin confront Dooku, but he overpowers them both. Yoda saves their lives, but Dooku escapes.

''[[Revenge of the Sith]]'' (2005) is set three years later.<ref name=":1" /> Obi-Wan is now a Jedi Master, a member of the Jedi Council, and a general. Obi-Wan and Anakin embark on a rescue mission to save the kidnapped [[Palpatine|Chancellor Palpatine]] from the cyborg Separatist commander [[General Grievous]]. Dooku duels the Jedi once again, knocking Obi-Wan unconscious. Anakin then defeats Dooku and executes him on Palpatine's orders. After locating Grievous on the planet [[Utapau (Star Wars)|Utapau]], Obi-Wan kills him. The Sith Lord Darth Sidious— who is revealed to be Palpatine—issues [[Order 66 (Star Wars)|Order 66]], which compels the clone troopers to betray and kill the Jedi. Obi-Wan and Yoda find that all the Jedi in the [[Jedi Temple]] have been slaughtered, including the children. After Obi-Wan warns all surviving Jedi to go into exile, he discovers it was Anakin, now Sidious' apprentice Darth Vader, who led the massacre.

Obi-Wan visits Padmé to ascertain Anakin's whereabouts, and realizes that Anakin is her husband and the father of her unborn child. When Padmé travels to the volcanic planet [[Mustafar]] to confront her husband herself, Obi-Wan stows away aboard her ship. Once on Mustafar, Obi-Wan confronts Vader, who accuses him and Padmé of conspiring against him. After Vader uses the Force to strangle Padmé into unconsciousness, Obi-Wan engages him in a ferocious lightsaber duel, which ends with {{No wrap|Obi-Wan}} severing several of his limbs. Obi-Wan leaves Vader burning to death, unaware that he will be rescued by Sidious moments later and eventually turned into a cyborg. Obi-Wan takes Padmé to the asteroid [[Polis Massa]], where she dies after giving birth to the twins Luke and Leia. He assists in hiding the children from the newly created Empire: Leia is adopted by Senator [[Bail Organa]] of Alderaan, while Obi-Wan delivers Luke to Anakin's stepbrother [[Owen Lars]] and his wife [[Beru Lars|Beru]] on Tatooine. Obi-Wan then goes into exile on Tatooine, where he can watch over Luke.