Obi-Wan Kenobi

Obi-Wan Kenobi is a Jedi Master in the science fiction series Star Wars. As a young Jedi padawan, Kenobi was schooled under the tutelage of Qui-Gon Jinn, played by Liam Neeson in Star Wars Episode I - The Phantom Menace. He traveled to Naboo on a mission of negotiation with the Trade Federation, where his party was attacked by battle droids and forced into retreat. Later, a Gungan named Jar Jar Binks assists him and his master in meeting the Queen.http://www.starwars.com/databank/character/obiwankenobi/

Kenobi was the first Jedi in 1000 years to defeat a Sith. He was then personally honored by Yoda, a Jedi Master, who bestowed upon him the rank of Jedi Knight. Due to his new rank and recent demise of his Master, he takes Anakin Skywalker as his padawan learner. After his exile, Obi-Wan masquerades as a hermit under the name of "Ben Kenobi". It is under this disguise that he first encounters Luke Skywalker.

Obi-Wan Kenobi also held the positions of Jedi Master, Jedi Council Member, and Jedi High General. http://www.starwars.com/databank/character/obiwankenobi/

Obi Wan Kenobi first appeared in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope which was released in 1977. He was played by Alec Guinness in this episode, as well as in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (1983). In the prequel trilogy, including Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace, (1999), Star Wars Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002), and Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005), the character was portrayed by Ewan McGregor.

The character also appeared in multiple video games (voiced by Stephen Stanton, Nick Jameson, Jonathan Love and Lewis Macleod, among others), as well as the animated series Star Wars: Clone Wars where he was played by James Arnold Taylor.

Kenobi has been widely parodied on television in such shows as Robot Chicken (2008, played by Seth Green), Animaniacs (1998) and Dead Ringers (2006, played by Jon Culshaw) as well as in print. Mad magazine parodied the original Star Wars film in a series titled '"Star Roars" which featured a character by the name of "Oldie Von Moldie," whose lightsaber ran on an extension cord. George Lucas, the creator of Star Wars, made his own reference to the character, by naming a Shanghai nightclub "Club Obi-Wan" in the film Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0000004/

"Elan Sleazebaggano: You wanna buy some death sticks?

Obi-Wan: [using the Jedi mind trick] You don't want to sell me death sticks.

Elan Sleazebaggano: I don't want to sell you death sticks.

Obi-Wan: You want to go home and rethink your life.

Elan Sleazebaggano: I want to go home and rethink my life."

-Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0000004/quotes

"Flying is for droids."

-Obi-Wan Kenobi, Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0000004/quotes

"That's no moon. It's a space station. "

-Obi-Wan Kenobi, Star Wars: A New Hope http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0000004/quotes

"Fancy armor is no match for skill"

- Obi-Wan Kenobi, Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0000004/quotes