Obi-Wan Kenobi/Relationships

The relationships of Obi-Wan Kenobi from the Star Wars universe.

Qui-Gon Jinn
Throughout his time as Qui-Gon's apprentice, Obi-Wan had great respect for his mentor, however often they argues, due to Qui-Gon's willingness to defy the Jedi Council against Obi-Wan's staunch obedience.

His respect for his friend was so great, in fact, that Obi-Wan was ultimately willing to disobey the Jedi Council to fulfill Qui-Gon's dying wish - that Anakin Skywalker be trained as a Jedi.

Qui-Gon's death had devastated him; even many years after his death, Obi-Wan still missed his mentor and close friend.

Anakin Skywalker
Before meeting Anakin in person, Qui-Gon sent Obi-Wan a sample of Anakin's blood to find out how high his Midi-chlorian count was. After he ran the blood test through the computers of a Naboo Starship, Obi-Wan was amazed at how high Anakin's Midi-chlorian count was, as no Force user in the history of the galaxy - not even Yoda - had a Midi-chlorian count over twenty thousand. Like most members of the Jedi High Council, he believed that Anakin was too old to begin training as an apprentice, however, despite this, he was still willing to defy the Jedi council and train the boy as Qui-Gon had wanted.

As his mentor, Obi-Wan initially received little to no respect from the boy, whilst he, himself doubted that he could train his apprentice. Their relationship remained complicated and contradictory and the only reason Obi-Wan continued as Anakin's mentor, was in honor of Qui-Gon. Slowly, however, apprentice and mentor formed a special bond throughout Anakin's teenage years.

Like Yoda, Obi-Wan was secretly afraid of Anakin, not because of what he was (that his powers and his connection to the Force was unusually strong and powerful), but because of what he could become in the future (a very powerful ally or enemy of the Jedi Order and the Galactic Republic). By the time his apprentice became an adult, Obi-Wan had outgrown his fear of Anakin, despite their special bond, Anikan still had a strained relationship with Obi-Wan, due to his incessant criticism and lecturing. Despite this, Anakin was willing to disobey the Jedi council's orders, and go to Geonosis to rescue Obi-Wan, when he was Count Dooku's prisoner.

Initially Obi-Wan had doubts about Anakin's skills, however, as the Clone Wars began, he was finally forced to acknowledging his apprentice's skills and their relationship improved significantly. After Anakin was promoted to the rank of Jedi Knight, they had a joking relationship, as evidenced when Anakin said, "I'll deal with the droids you go and save your girlfriend" (Satine Kryze), much to Obi-Wan's annoyance. Anakin had great respect for Obi-Wan, and considered him an equal in wisdom to Yoda, and an equal in power to Mace, however, his righteous and prideful attitude clashed with Obi-Wan's more patient and peaceful ways. They would often disagree and engage in verbal jousts about the Jedi Order and the politics of Coruscant, they would argue, sometimes violently, despite his respect for Obi-Wan.

During the Clone Wars, Obi-Wan's relationship with Anakin became more and more strained due to Obi-Wan choosing to withhold matters from Anakin; an act Anikan found to be deceitful. Obi-Wan was slowly and unwittingly turning his best friend against the Jedi Order. Near the end of the Clone Wars when Obi-Wan asked Anakin to spy on Palpatine (on the orders of the Jedi Council - though it should be noted that Obi-Wan was the only member of the Jedi Council that was against this decision), Anakin loses complete trust and respect for his best friend after this. Although they did bid goodbye to each other on good terms, before going to Utapau to kill Grievous; unknown to either of them, this would be the last time they would see each other as friends, as after that, Anakin fell to the Dark side and became Darth Vader.

Ahsoka Tano
Obi-Wan first met Ahsoka during the Battle of Christophsis, when she was assigned to Anakin Skywalker as his apprentice, throughout the Clone Wars the two became good friends. They had a healthy relationship, trusting each other and protecting each other. Obi-Wan became something of a second mentor for Ahsoka; Ahsoka having a deep respect for Obi-Wan and Obi-Wan believing Ahsoka had the right to know about Anakin's past.

Despite their friendship Obi-Wan never gave Ahsoka special treatment.

Nearing the end of the Clone Wars, Obi-Wan held an high degree of trust in her, being one of the few people that were doubtful of her being guilty of bombing the Jedi Temple; he was the only member of the Jedi Council who was against the decision to strip her of her status as a Jedi Padawan, so she could be turned over to a military court for her so-called treason. Unlike Anakin, however, he did nothing to help Ahsoka clear her name.

Like all members of the Jedi Council, Obi-Wan was present during Ahsoka's trial as presided over by Chancellor Palpatine and during Barriss Offee's confession, proving Ahsoka to be innocent. He was not surprised that Ahsoka had been innocent the entire time.

Unfortunately, Ahsoka refused to rejoin the Jedi Order due to the fact that most members of the Jedi council had refused to believe in her innocence. After she left the Jedi Temple, Anakin ran after her; Obi-Wan started to follow before Plo Koon placed a hand on his shoulder, silently advising him not to, as Plo knew there was nothing they could do about it. Although Obi-Wan was very sad to see Ahsoka leave, he incorrectly refused to truly acknowledge that the Jedi council had created the conditions that caused her to leave, as he later insisted to Anakin that the Jedi council had simply made a mistake and that Ahsoka had chosen to leave on her own accord (which is quite the opposite).

Palpatine
Obi-Wan did not think much of Palpatine even after the existence of Darth Sidious was revealed - being the first to realize that the Chancellor was too good to be true. However, Obi-Wan grew alarmed by Palpatine's increasingly dictatorial authority. These insights later saved his life. After the Execution of Order 66 and the Declaration of a New Order - Obi-Wan discovered that Palpatine was the Dark Lord of the Sith. After Obi-Wan went into exile, Palpatine, unlike Vader, made no attempt to find him due to regarding him as not being worth any effort.

Count Dooku
From the moment they met, Obi-Wan and Dooku became enemies, however, throughout the Clone Wars, despite them being enemies; Dooku had a level of respect for Obi-Wan - considering him a worthy opponent.

Darth Vader
When Anakin fell to the dark side and became Darth Vader, killing many Jedi and younglings, Obi-Wan was heartbroken and at first refused to confront Vader, but reluctantly agreed to do so when Yoda insisted that he needed to put his "brother" out of his misery. When it appeared that Padme had led Obi-Wan to Mustafar to kill him, Vader mortally choked the former and engaged the latter in combat, his previous love for his former master replaced by pure hatred.

During their duel, Obi-Wan kept trying to find a trace of his former pupil in the monster that he had apparently become, but as Vader coldly rebuffed all his pleas and made vicious attempts to murder his former master, he eventually incorrectly accepted that Anakin was gone. After Obi-Wan dismembered Vader and won the battle, he could not bring himself to murder his defenseless enemy in cold blood and remorsefully left Vader to be consumed by the fires of Mustafar.

Obi-Wan later discover that Vader survived and was horrified of what he had done (indirectly responsible for his former friend becoming a cyborg). over the years, Vader's hate for Obi-Wan grew even more as he became obsessed with revenge against him and took out his frustration of finding his former mentor on most Jedi became across. Vader was so obsessed that he became dedicated to locating him, but did not succeed because Palpatine was convinced that Obi-Wan was not worth the effort. He finally encountered Obi-Wan nineteen years later on the first Death Star. Vader engaged Obi-Wan in a final lightsaber duel, expressing contempt for his former master because of his advancing age. When Obi-Wan left himself wide open, Vader cut down his former friend without mercy or remorse.

It was very likely that Vader became enraged when he discovered that Obi-Wan had deprived him of his children, Luke and Leia, upon learning of their existence; this was disproved when Vader's son, Luke Anakin, was being tortured by Palpatine, and Vader broke away from the dark side of the force, becoming whole once again and sacrificed himself to save his son; thus redeemed by the love he had for his son.