Obi-Wan Kenobi was played by Sir Alec Guinness in the original trilogy, which started with Episode IV – A New Hope (1977) and ...

The name change-up supposedly clarifies a detail from Alec Guinness' version of the character — but does it make sense?

However, it turns out that Star Wars creator George Lucas originally had a very different idea for Obi-Wan Kenobi’s story. In ...

Last minute, George Lucas scrapped an idea about Obi-Wan Kenobi's backstory in 'Stars Wars: The Phantom Menace' that would ...

“For a time, the older Jedi was named Obi-Wan and the younger Jedi was named Qui-Gon,” McCaig said. “It was very poignant ...

The name change-up supposedly clarifies a detail from Alec Guinness' version of the character — but does it make sense? If you strike him down, Obi-Wan Kenobi will become more powerful than you ...

In what Variety calls a “bombshell twist,” Phantom Menace almost featured a disastrous name-swap twist in its closing moments ...

In a new interview, it's revealed the Star Wars creator originally considered flipping Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi.