Did Star Wars Just Make Obi-Wan Kenobi Bisexual?
A recent Star Wars novel has left readers debating whether Obi-Wan has been confirmed to be bisexual, asexual, or aromantic. Every Jedi must strive to find their own place of balance, and for most this means confronting the thorny issue of love versus attachment. As celebrated Star Wars author Charles Soule once explained, Jedi understand the importance of connection but stand against the possessiveness of attachment. "I think it’s very easy for a Jedi to love," he observed, "it’s just you have to love without being controlling and love without being afraid of losing somebody, which is something Jedi are good at, and Sith are bad at."
Anakin Skywalker is, of course, the most obvious example of a Jedi who failed to resist the lure of attachments and the fear of losing them. By the end of the Clone Wars, he was torn between his competing attachments to his wife Padmé Amidala and to the Jedi Order itself; tragically, he wound up losing both. But Obi-Wan Kenobi struggled with attachment as well, with recent novels revealing he had known about Anakin's marriage since the beginning of the Clone Wars, and yet chose to ignore it because of his own attachment to his former Padawan.
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As with any fandom, there have always been lovers of Star Wars who delight in shipping the franchise's characters. It's not uncommon to see popular ships involving Obi-Wan Kenobi — and, in many cases, fanfictions giving Obi-Wan a love life have added an LGBTQ+ dimension, with writers and readers alike eager to see traces of their own lives in their beloved galaxy far, far away. Now, though, a Star Wars novel has left many arguing that Obi-Wan is canonically bisexual, pansexual,
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