Star Wars ObiWan Kenobis 5 Best Friendships (& His 5 Best Rivalries)
Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi’s 5 Best Friendships (& His 5 Best Rivalries)
Over his life, Obi-Wan cultivated many great friendships, some of Star Wars’ best, but also managed to gain a lot of attention from villains.
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Many characters help make Star Wars such an adored franchise, but few are as prominent or important to the overall stories as Obi-Wan Kenobi. He is played on screen by two incredible actors and a pair of equally as immense voice actors in the animated shows; he is consistently one of Star Wars’ best characters. A good part of this is down to his dynamics and relationships with others.
Over his life, Obi-Wan cultivated many great friendships, some of the franchise’s best, but also managed to gain a lot of attention from villains, a couple of whom ended up forming arguably the greatest rivalries in Star Wars with the Jedi Master.
10 Rivalry: Count Dooku
Throughout both the prequel trilogy and The Clone Wars, Count Dooku is an oftentimes underrated villain who adds a lot to the story of the war while also being a good character in his own right.
As a former Jedi, Dooku was once friends with the likes of Obi-Wan; after Dooku fell to the dark side, the two had a handful of lightsaber battles, and the hunting of Dooku was crucial for the Jedi. Obi-Wan also had a great dynamic and banter with Dooku’s former apprentice Asajj Ventress.
9 Friendship: Luke Skywalker
For nineteen years, Obi-Wan Kenobi looked over and protected Luke Skywalker and the Lars homestead before finally beginning to try and train the young Skywalker in the ways of the Force.
Obi-Wan was definitely more a mentor than a friend to Luke. There was no Anakin and Obi-Wan level of brotherhood between the two, but there was an immense amount of care and respect, and in their time together, they did form a close bond, even beyond Obi-Wan’s death retaining a relationship.
8 Rivalry: General Grievous
While Dooku and Obi-Wan did have a great rivalry throughout the war, it always seemed as though Anakin was at odds more with the former Jedi, while Obi-Wan spent more time dealing with General Grievous.
Since Grievous never met Anakin until Revenge of the Sith, they never shared much of a rivalry beyond a natural disliking of the opposite side of the war. Obi-Wan and Grievous, however, had numerous battles and exchanges with one another, all of which were at least entertaining, with their final fight being a fairly iconic one.
7 Friendship: Commander Cody
The story of the clones is totally heartbreaking, not just because it resulted at the end of the Jedi, the start of the Empire, and the eventual dismission of them, but because fans got to know them as individuals.
Many great relationships formed with clones such as Rex and the 501st with Ahsoka and Anakin or Wolffe and the Wolffepack with Plo Koon. Another example is that between Cody and Obi-Wan, the two had a great liking, respect, and even care for one another, even though their relationship is presented a bit more business-like than that of Ahsoka/Anakin and Rex.
6 Rivalry: Cad Bane
One of the very best original Clone Wars characters, who fans hope to see again in the canon soon, is Cad Bane, a ruthless bounty hunter and skilled fighter who caused the Jedi a lot of issues.
In particular, Bane seemed to have more of a mutual disliking with Obi-Wan, who was seemingly there to thwart all of Bane’s plans. The two had a great dynamic and produced some great fights with one another, with Bane constantly annoyed by the presence of the Jedi.
5 Friendship: Yoda & The Other Jedi
The Jedi Order was an extremely flawed institution, particularly the Jedi High Council, with its beliefs, actions, and adherence to an ancient code, but it had some great people and excellent characters who were more often than not friends.
Obi-Wan’s relationship with Ahsoka during her time as a Jedi is an underrated one. But other Jedi Obi-Wan had great back, and forths with and a good rapport with include Yoda, a relationship that continued beyond both their deaths, even Windu, Quinlan Vos, Adi Galia, Luminara, Shakk Ti, and others.
4 Rivalry: Darth Vader
You cannot talk about Obi-Wan without talking about Darth Vader. In 1977 the first-ever Star Wars lightsaber battle occurred, and it was between the two, with Obi-Wan heartbreakingly meeting his end.
There is debate on when Anakin officially becomes Darth Vader. Is it when Palpatine deems him so? When he kills the younglings? Or when he puts on the suit? Assuming he was Vader for at least part of the Battle of the Heroes, their rivalry becomes an even better one, and one that lasted nineteen years with only two meetings – that fans know of.
3 Friendship: Qui-Gon Jinn
The relationship between Obi-Wan and his Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn is short-lived on screen but still manages to make an impact, with the relationship becoming even better through the extended canon in Master and Apprentice.
There was definitely incredible care between the two, with Obi-Wan admiring his master even though he never fully understood his ideals. The two had one of the best and closest Master/Apprentice relationships of that era, far warmer to each other than the likes of Luminara and Barris, even if they never reached Anakin and Ahsoka levels of personal.
2 Rivalry: Maul
There will be some fans who hold the opinion that Obi-Wan’s greatest rival is Darth Vader. While that is, of course, a respectable opinion, even if it takes place on the big screen, that rivalry does not achieve the heights of Obi-Wan and Maul.
There is obviously more of a heartbreaking history behind Vader and Kenobi’s rivalry. However, with how Maul stayed alive all that time out of hatred for Kenobi, how he killed Satine, how he hunted him on Tatooine, how the two shared an incredible first duel, and an immense final one, and with the sheer emotion and quality that oozed from every appearance they made together, it is undoubtedly the best of Obi-Wan’s rivalries.
1 Friendship: Anakin Skywalker
Speaking of Obi-Wan and Darth Vader, there is much less of an argument over what Obi-Wan’s best friendship was, with his relationship with Anakin being one that was definitely rocky, but with a lot of love.
The building on their relationship from the prequels is an underrated aspect of The Clone Wars. The two have so many fantastic moments as a duo throughout their time together in that show and the prequels. All the history, the emotional moments, and the care between them add to the Battle of the Heroes, making it so heartbreaking. Even though at times Obi-Wan was a bad friend to Anakin, and sometimes Anakin acted like too much of a whiny teen in regards to Obi-Wan, they have a fantastic, adored well-crafted, mutual friendship.
Link Source : https://screenrant.com/star-wars-obi-wan-kenobi-best-friendships-rivalries/
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