Obi-Wan Kenobi's First Sith Encounter Defined His Entire Life

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This article contains spoilers for Obi-Wan #1.

A new StarWars comic from Marvel Comics has revealed Obi-Wan Kenobi's first brush with the Sith — an encounter that would set the course of his life. Obi-Wan Kenobi is essentially Sith Kryptonite; he clashed with the Sith time and again, defeating Darth Maul on Naboo and Darth Vader on Mustafar. His legend is only set to increase in the upcoming Obi-Wan Kenobi Disney+ TV show, which is set during the Dark Times and will see Obi-Wan duel Darth Vader again — twice.

For all that is the case, though, Obi-Wan didn't always recognize the influence of the Sith in his life. Like all the Jedi, he was blind to the fact the Supreme Chancellor he was working alongside was secretly a Sith Lord. He saw so many hints his apprentice Anakin Skywalker was falling to the dark side, and yet he chose to ignore them, indulging in an attachment of his own that meant he never did his duty. The Jedi who fought the Sith on so many occasions unwittingly helped Darth Sidious' plans come to frutition.

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Surprisingly, Obi-Wan #1 by Christopher Cantwell and Ario Anindito reveals Obi-Wan's first brush with the Sith may have been back when he was a Padawan. The comic appears to be set immediately before the events of the first Star Wars film, with Obi-Wan sensing what he describes as "a surge in darkness" that makes even a Jedi Master afraid. It's implied this is the arrival of Darth Vader in orbit, with the Empire pursuing the Tantive IV and the Death Star plans. Obi-Wan recognizes the feeling, a sense he first felt when he was a Youngling in the Jedi Temple, and his best friend Gehren was having nightmares of her father in pain;