They then enlist Millennium Falcon pilot Han Solo (Harrison Ford) and his Wookiee co-pilot Chewbacca (Peter Mayhew) to rescue the princess and bring her to the safe hands of the Rebel Alliance. They cross paths with an aged Ben through their new owner, Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), who then discovers he is a Jedi with abilities passed down from his father, Anakin Skywalker. Picking up immediately after the events of Rogue One, Star Wars: Episode IV sees Darth Vader ( voiced by James Earl Jones with David Prowse in the suit) and the Empire threatened by “a new hope” as droids C-3PO (Anthony Daniels) and R2-D2 (Kenny Baker) escape to Tatooine to deliver a message from Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) to Obi-Wan “Ben” Kenobi (Alec Guinness). (Image credit: Lucasfilm) Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) Reva also rediscovers her own goodness by sparing the life of her enemy’s young biological son, Luke, whom Kenobi also gets to officially meet for the first time before being reunited with the Force Ghost of his slain master, Qui-Gon Jinn (Liam Neeson). Struggling to ensure Leia’s safety and that of the resistance fighters he received help from along the way, Kenobi realizes he must face Vader himself in a shocking, deeply sorrowful duel. However, the kidnapping is a trap set by the ruthless inquisitor, Reva (Moses Ingram), in hopes to earn the respect of Darth Vader (Hayden Christensen), whom she is secretly seeking vengeance against for murdering younglings like her years earlier.
Despite having little hope for or interest in the growing resistance, he is forced to rediscover his warrior ways when Bail Organa (Jimmy Smits) informs him that his adoptive daughter, Leia (Vivien Lyra Blair), has been kidnapped.
In this Disney+ exclusive series set ten years after the Galactic Empire’s rise, Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor, reprising the role for the first time since Revenge of the Sith) now goes by “Ben” on Tatooine - where he still keeps a close eye on young Luke Skywalker (Grant Feely), much to the chagrin of his protective uncle Owen (Joel Edgerton) and aunt Beru (Bonnie Piesse). (Image credit: Disney+) Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022) The twins are separated, with Leia adopted by Bail Organa (Jimmy Smits) on Alderaan and Luke sent to live with his aunt and uncle on Tatooine, where Obi-Wan promises to keep close watch over the boy. Vader is given a mechanical suit that helps him breathe and walk, but immediately after, he learns that his wife Padmé has died giving birth to twins - a boy and a girl she named Luke and Leia. Obi-Wan reluctantly defeats Vader, leaving him burned by lava and legless, but fails to foil the Sith’s overtaking of the Galactic Republic, now reformed into an empire. He shows his allegiance to the Sith by helping Palpatine (revealed to be Darth Sidious) wipe out the Jedi, even the younglings, under his new title: Darth Vader. Three years into the Clone Wars, Jedi Knight and soon-to-be father Anakin Skywalker’s commitment to the Light Side hangs by a thread as Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid) slowly and insidiously lures him to the Dark Side. (Image credit: LucasFilm) Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge Of The Sith (2005) After seemingly defeating the manipulative forces of the Sith once again, Anakin and Padmé wed - the only witnesses being their trusted droids C-3PO (Anthony Daniels) and R2-D2 (Kenny Baker). Jackson) in a civil war within the Galactic Republic. Fortunately, the story concludes with Anakin and Padmé returning to aid Obi-Wan and Mace Windu (Samuel L. The pair visit Anakin’s home planet to find his mother dead, igniting a murderous hunger for vengeance against the Tuscan Raiders who killed her.
Meanwhile, Anakin finds himself falling in love with Padmé, despite the Jedi’s forbiddance of romance. Following a failed assassination attempt on Senator Padmé Amidala (Natalie Portman), Obi-Wan investigates the matter and discovers a secret army of clones modeled after Jango Fett (Temuera Morrison), a bounty hunter with a son named Boba. Ten years after defeating Darth Maul (Ray Park) to avenge the slain Qui-Gon Jinn at the conclusion of Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, Obi-Wan Kenobi is now a Jedi Knight training a grown, sand-hating Anakin Skywalker (recast with Hayden Christensen) as his padawan in the second chapter of the Star Wars movies prequel trilogy. (Image credit: Disney / Lucasfilm) Star Wars: Episode II - Attack Of The Clones (2002)