Obi-Wan Kenobi's Celebrity Status Explains His Exile on Tatooine
Warning! This article contains spoilers for Star Wars: Crimson Reign #3
A new detail revealed in the latest chapter of the Star Warssaga explains why Obi-Wan Kenobinot only had to live on Tatooine after the Empire rose to power, but why he had to remain a hermit on the sand planet for so many years. During the Clone Wars, certain Jedi Knights became celebrities as they traveled from system to system stopping the Separatists' droid army and saving a number of civilizations. Given Obi-Wan’s status, there was no other option for him besides life in total exile once civilization as he knew it came crumbling down.
In Star Wars: Crimson Reign#3 by Charles Soule and Steven Cummings, the leader of the Crimson Dawn syndicate, Qi’ra, recruits someone who used to study the ways of the force, Sava Madelin Sun. Qi’ra needs someone with intimate knowledge of the Jedi in order to track down Yoda as Qi’ra is desperate to use him to take down the Empire once and for all. While Sun goes on her quest to find Master Yoda, readers are given a deeper glimpse into the lives of those who were greatly impacted by the Empire as well as the impact the Jedi once had on the galaxy.
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It is revealed in this issue that people across the galaxy not only looked up to the Jedi, but mythicized their heroic exploits. There were stories written about the Jedi and Holodramas detailing their adventures. Jedi Knights weren’t looked at as monks or even soldiers once the Clone Wars began, but actual living legends who became so popular that nearly everyone in the galaxy knew who they were, especially the more popular ones. This explanation shows exactly why Obi-Wan was stuck living as
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