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Posted 07 June 2005 - 01:13 PM

Come to think of it.....what does this mean?
I thought it used to imply it was his rank amongst the Jedi.

No we see it is just....well...nothing, really.

I mean Annie didn't have a cool different name. Or Yoda. Or the guy with the crazy neck. What heppened to him anyhow? Didn't they want to lop off the bean off a head in EpIII?

So what the F?

Oh, right. Just sloppy story telling and inconsistent thinking. Or was it all justified in some damn EU book?
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Posted 07 June 2005 - 01:15 PM

Beats me. I just figured it was some cool spacey name to make him seem more mysterious and majestic. Let's face it, Ben is just sort of... average.
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Posted 07 June 2005 - 03:32 PM

O-B. Wankin' O-B.
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Posted 07 June 2005 - 04:35 PM

Maybe "Obi-Wan" a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away is as common as "Billie Bob" is in the south.
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Posted 07 June 2005 - 07:15 PM

I think in one of the EU books, when Luke has a child they name him Ben after Obi Wans original name. Have to re-read that part in the book again. So that does beg the question if he got to change his oringinal name why didn't other Jedi...Sith seem to do it all the time

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Posted 07 June 2005 - 07:58 PM

I always assumed, since Luke and Owen knew him as Ben, but Bail and Vader knew him as Obi-Wan that he assumed the name Ben in his hiding on Tatooine.
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Posted 07 June 2005 - 08:40 PM

I figured Ben was the name he took when he settled into his normal life, as to remain inconspicuous and what not.
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Posted 07 June 2005 - 08:49 PM

QUOTE (Grand Moff Lebowski @ Jun 7 2005, 01:13 PM)
Come to think of it.....what does this mean?
I thought it used to imply it was his rank amongst the Jedi.

No we see it is just....well...nothing, really.

I mean Annie didn't have a cool different name.  Or Yoda.  Or the guy with the crazy neck.  What heppened to him anyhow?  Didn't they want to lop off the bean off a head in EpIII? 

So what the F?

Oh, right.  Just sloppy story telling and inconsistent thinking.  Or was it all justified in some damn EU book?


the guy with a floppyneck? what are you ignorant?

you find out what happens to him in a bit of grafiti someone did on a stall wall in a public toilet in amsterdam...

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Posted 08 June 2005 - 06:54 PM

I think it is all part of GL's original samurai influenced story. Obi is the japanese word for the belt on a kimono. Don't know what wan means though. Probably japanese for asteroid!
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Posted 08 June 2005 - 07:07 PM

wasn't obi-wan the name of the bar in Indiana Jones and the temple of doom?

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Posted 08 June 2005 - 07:10 PM

QUOTE (barend @ Jun 9 2005, 02:07 AM)
wasn't obi-wan the name of the bar in Indiana Jones and the temple of doom?

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Yeah, but that was when Lucas was subtle about references to his other films
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Posted 08 June 2005 - 07:45 PM

can't wait to see the yoda of jar jar cameo in the next indiana jones film... wink.gif
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