One A New Hope Line Kenobi Has Made More Confusing
This article contains spoilers for Obi-Wan Kenobi episodes 1-5.
Obi-Wan Kenobi has made one line of dialogue in the first Star Wars movie particularly problematic. Star Wars has always been known for its evolving canon, ever since The Empire Strikes Back saw Darth Vader reveal he was really Luke Skywalker's father. Every film has tended to rewrite the franchise's lore to some degree, with every new entry retroactively adding to what came before it. Sometimes these twists and retcons cause problems.
Return of the Jedi, for example, revealed that Leia was Luke's sister—a detail that makes the previous hints of romantic tension between the two feel rather uncomfortable. Likewise, the prequels changed the story of how Padmé died, with Anakin Skywalker's wife dying in childbirth. This meant that Leia's distant memories of spending time with her mother on Alderaan before her death didn't make sense. In general, the Obi-Wan Kenobi Disney+ TV show has fit surprisingly well within the established canon, but there's one line of dialogue in A New Hope that now seems rather odd.
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The first film opens with Leia recording a message for Obi-Wan Kenobi, and it's striking that Leia shows no sign of knowing Obi-Wan. "General Kenobi, years ago you served my father in the Clone Wars," Leia began. Such a formal greeting would be made between strangers, not people who'd spent so much time together before. Obi-Wan Kenobi portrays the Jedi Master as Leia's hero, the one who stepped out of the shadows to rescue her from slavers and then again from the Inquisitors. Nothing about the message feels as though it fits.
There are, however, potential explanations for this, although
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