Kenobi's Jabiim Reference Sets Up Obi-Wan & Anakin's Best Missing Battle
Warning! Spoilers ahead for Obi-Wan Kenobi episode 3.
The references to the planet Jabiim in Star Wars' new Obi-Wan Kenobi series may be setting up a flashback to a Clone Wars battle involving Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker that never made it to the animated series. Featured in the now-Legends comics published by Dark Horse in the early 2000s, the Battle of Jabiim was a major campaign that had some intense consequences for both Obi-Wan and his apprentice Anakin early on in the Republic's war with the Separatists. However, the missing battle was never adapted to the new canon after Disney purchased Lucasfilm in 2012.
In Obi-Wan Kenobi episode 3, a handful of references are made to the planet Jabiim as a safe haven for those evading the Empire's grip. While Obi-Wan and young Leia Organa intend to follow the lead of their new contact, Tala, who will guide them to the world, they are interrupted by the dark arrival of the Imperial Inquisitors and Darth Vader. Although Obi-Wan brutally loses to Vader, he is rescued by Tala. However, Leia is captured by the Third Sister while Tala and Obi-Wan Kenobi are distracted.
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While this particular reference in Obi-Wan Kenobi is the first major reference to Jabiim in the current canon, future episodes might finally reintegrate the Clone Wars battle via additional references from Obi-Wan or flashbacks to the Clone Wars. The battle would be the perfect one to look back to, seeing as how it's one that has never been introduced on screen, not even in the Clone Wars animated series. Here's everything that's known about the Battle of Jabiim, both in the canon and in the non-canonical Legends.
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