Star Wars Gives Obi-Wan's AOTC Informant A Key Backstory (Yes, Really)
Star Wars has revealed the backstory of Obi-Wan Kenobi's informant in Star Wars: Episode III — Attack of the Clones. It's become something of a joke that, as large as the Star Wars galaxy may be, every character has to have a backstory. The old Expanded Universe fleshed out all the characters in Mos Eisley Cantina, for example, and although these old stories were branded non-canon after Disney acquired Lucasfilm back in 2012, it hasn't taken long for new stories to spring up recounting the adventures of even the most minor background characters.
Take, for example, Dex Jettster. Introduced in Star Wars: Episode III — Attack of the Clones, he was a friend of Obi-Wan Kenobi's who served as something of an underworld informant. He and Obi-Wan seemed to have known one another for years, doing each other favors, and Dex was privy to some of Obi-Wan's oldest secrets. This was confirmed by Mike Chen's recent novel Brotherhood, in which Dex recalled Obi-Wan's connection to Mandalore's Duchess Satine. "Dresses better than you. Striking eyes. Mandalorian royalty. Used to call you Ben, for some reason," he teased, confirming the source of Obi-Wan's "Ben" alias. The reference seemed to confirm Dex and Obi-Wan had first crossed paths when Obi-Wan was just a Padawan because his near-relationship with Satine occurred during his apprenticeship to Qui-Gon Jinn.
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This is confirmed in Kiersten White's novel Padawan, which finally reveals Obi-Wan's first meeting with Dex. It seems the Besalisk was a miner who had the misfortune of signing up for a mission to the remote Outer Rim planet Lenahra. He had no idea how dangerous the mission really was; Lenahra was a living world,
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