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How many times was Obi-Wan less than honest with Luke?
TL;DR: How do you know Ben Kenobi is lying? Because he's opening his mouth.
50% more untruths than truths in ANH.
56% more untruths than truths in Ep 4+5+6.
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Why didn't Yoda or Obi-Wan tell Luke the truth about his father?
People with long-lost parents tend to seek them out soon after finding out about them...
If either Obi-Wan or Yoda had told Luke the truth, then Luke would likely have sought out Vader at the first ...
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How did Obi-Wan survive the trip to Naboo?
While a robot may not require oxygen to function, that does not mean it is vacuum-compatible. Many materials are perfectly ok at normal to low air pressures but will outgas at near-vacuum pressures. ...
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Why did Obi-Wan have to sneak around the Death Star?
The goal is stealth. Even if he somehow manages to use force-persuasion on everyone he encounters, this still doesn't factor in the possibility of his being seen by a droid, a security monitor or ...
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Why didn't Obi-Wan refer to Darth Vader as Anakin during the Death Star duel?
It's a fairly major plot point that he didn't want Luke to know that Vader was his father.
Based on ROTJ, Obi-Wan considered Anakin to be dead. This was likely to help him fight with everything he had ...
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How did Obi-Wan survive the trip to Naboo?
The film's tie-in "Incredible Cross-Sections" book states that the design of the landing craft wasn't bespoke, it was based on an earlier design for a cargo ship, one intended to be staffed by a ...
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Why was Luke surprised that Obi-Wan had fought in the Clone Wars?
Imagine you grew up a farm boy in some podunk town in Backwater, Nebraska, where nothing ever happens. All your life you have never been further than 20 miles from the place you were born, and in that ...
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How many times was Obi-Wan less than honest with Luke?
TL;DR: Analyzing A New Hope only (because I don't have time for more), and using the same quotes as DVK posted, I counted 11 definite lies, 2 arguable statements, 7 statements to which no truth value ...
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How did Obi-Wan know what Darth Vader looked like in Episode IV?
Because Vader was a well-known individual in the Empire.
Vader quickly became a highly visible symbol of the Empire, serving as Palpatine’s fearsome enforcer. He hunted down fugitive Jedi who had ...
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What has been Alec Guinness's attitude toward Star Wars?
He was contemptuous towards Star Wars before he even started!
Here's what he wrote in a letter to a friend when he was first approached for a role in the original Star Wars:
I have been offered a ...
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Why does Obi-wan tell Anakin not to jump?
He actually likes Anakin and doesn't want to kill him.
A Jedi that is not fueled by hate would not make that jump since it's obviously a bad idea, whereas a Sith lets his rage guide him into making ...
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Why was Luke surprised that Obi-Wan had fought in the Clone Wars?
When Obi-Wan mentions Luke's father, Luke asks, "You fought in the Clone Wars?" to which Obi-Wan replies, "Yes, I was once a Jedi Knight, the same as your father." They then proceed to talk about what ...
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Did Luke Skywalker ever refer to Obi-Wan as "Uncle Ben?"
The nice thing about e-Books: searches. The phrase "Uncle Ben" does not appear in the Star Wars novelization. There are 55 instances of "uncle" and all of them refer to Uncle Owen.
Thanks to Valorum, ...
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How long did Luke know Obi-wan?
How long did Luke know Ben/Obi Wan?
According to the new, canonical webcomic, Ben saved Luke from a Krayt Dragon attack when Luke was 13 years old. As you might expect, Uncle Owen was less than ...
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Did Aunt Beru and Uncle Owen know that Obi-Wan Kenobi was a Jedi?
Yes, Beru and Owen were aware that Kenobi was a Jedi, at least according to the story told from her perspective in the (canon) anthology book Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View
Still, there’ve ...
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Why did Obi-Wan hand off his lightsaber to Anakin in the fight against Count Dooku?
It wasn't necessarily a question of more effectiveness, as of changing the tactics. Up till that point, Anakin was about to lose due to expending more Force energy than Dooku. 2-bladed fight would ...
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Why didn't the Alliance send for Yoda instead of Obi-Wan?
Bail Organa has a close relationship with Obi-Wan.
She was on the same wavelength as him. Obi-Wan Kenobi had been a
faithful friend long before he’d become one of the galaxy’s most
hunted fugitives. ...
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Did Obi-Wan Kenobi know how to destroy the Death Star without the help of the stolen plans?
No
There's no real proof that Kenobi knew anything about the Death Star, only that he was able to quickly piece together disparate bits of information into a coherent picture. This speaks more to his ...
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Did Obi-Wan ever pay Han Solo? If so, where did he get the money?
Just stumbled across the answer: According to Disney canon, the rebellion paid Han the whole sum.
“Yeah,” Han said. “The captain. A real pleasure to meet you and all, but I’m going to skip ahead ...
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Did Vader actually kill Obi-Wan?
Ben appears to have ascended into the Force before the fatal blow struck. In short, there simply wasn't time for him to have died (as a result of Vader's stroke) before his body disappeared.
Ben ...
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How did Obi-Wan survive the trip to Naboo?
It took about an hour to land the Space Shuttle; given Star Wars technology I have to assume the invasion ships could do so far more quickly. According to these calculations a single cubic meter of ...
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Why wouldn't escaping be Obi-Wan's plan?
Obi-Wan seems to have realized that he was unlikely to escape soon after the Millennium Falcon was captured by the Death Star. When he split up from the rest of the group to deactivate the tractor ...
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Why did Obi-Wan have to sneak around the Death Star?
The first movie Star Wars came out before there were any books so you can't count the books which expanded on the movie. You can only consider evidence in the movie itself. That's my starting ...
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How did Obi-Wan not know about Leia in Episode 5?
Obi-wan did not believe Leia to be another hope.
From the script of The Return of the Jedi, we have the following exchange
BEN: Then the Emperor has already won. You were our only hope.
LUKE: Yoda ...
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What has been Alec Guinness's attitude toward Star Wars?
In addition to rand al'thor's answer, one anecdote about Alec Guinness which I find funny, and which illustrates his well-known dislike for Star Wars is this one:
A kid approached him, asking for his ...
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Did Obi-Wan ever pay Han Solo? If so, where did he get the money?
Someone paid Han. Likely Leia, or possibly the Rebellion itself.
From the script
Leia mentions Han's payment when Han says he doesn't care about anything else.
HAN
It is for me, sister! Look, I ain't ...
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Why did Obi Wan tell Luke his father wanted him to have his lightsaber?
I don't believe there is any official explanation for this. However, I believe there is a possibility that there isn't actually any contradiction here. If we assume a few things were said off-screen (...
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Why didn't Obi-Wan refer to Darth Vader as Anakin during the Death Star duel?
Consider the scene where Obi Wan "Ben" Kenobi tells Luke about the death of the latter one's father:
LUKE: How did my father die?
BEN: A young Jedi named Darth Vader, who was a pupil of ...
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Why did Obi-Wan hand off his lightsaber to Anakin in the fight against Count Dooku?
Obi-Wan's idea is that Anakin (who has proven himself no match for Dooku in terms of classic lightsaber technique) should do something highly unconventional, fighting with a second blade in the hopes ...
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Did Luke Skywalker ever refer to Obi-Wan as "Uncle Ben?"
In the third draft of the script for Return of the Jedi, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Owen Lars were revealed to be brothers. This would have made Obi-Wan Luke's uncle (since it had already been established ...
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