We are supposed to believe that Obi-wan ages from 35 to 75 in the span of 19 years.
I just realized that this is evidence that the OB-1 theory was right all along!
Of course, extrapolating that back in time, it would mean that OB-1 was just being cloned in Episode 1.
Hmm, I just got a really terrible but batshit crazy idea for the Kenobi standalone movie.
Story Mode activated!
Palpatine was on the lookout for new apprentices after Maul bit it, but since he didn’t know if he could turn Anakin, he would also clone the Jedi who defeated his previous apprentice as a backup plan. So he put in the order for one Force Sensitive at the time he began the clone army, and trained this clone in secret, feeding him not only information about the real Obi-wan’s life, but about the forbidden Jedi teachings of Qui-gon mixed with subtle teachings of the Sith. By the time of ROTS, Anakin had become Palpatine’s favored pupil and so the clone escaped the cloning facility and struck out on his own. Lacking any identity but the one he had learned in captivity, he became obsessed with Obi-wan’s legacy. He tracked down Obi-wan on Tatooine and killed him, taking his place as the guardian of Luke.
The rest of the story you know. OB-1 doesn’t recognize the R2 or C-3PO, suggests a history between Anakin and Owen that didn’t exist, uses the suspicious language of an alter ego ‘betraying and murdering’ an original person, disregards the Jedi doctrines to train a teenager, praises the accuracy of Stormtroopers (since the training facility of the clones was all he knew), and understands the Geonosian Death Star layout from a glance. After his death, he continues to misremember basic facts about his relationship with Anakin and Yoda.
This brings us to the matter of immortality. It is practically a prerequisite that a Jedi gaining immortality takes his body with him into the Force, and this is presumably the basis of a Force Ghost. It could be argued that Anakin’s biological body dematerialized upon death, and only his extensive robotic parts remained (it could be that much of his upper body was eventually replaced with mechanical parts). This means that Qui-gon was unable to become a Force Ghost, and presumably didn’t achieve immortality at the time of his death. However, Obi-wan’s clone has learned from Qui-gon, Plagueis, and Palpatine. His synthesis of Sith and Jedi knowledge has allowed him to summon Qui-gon from the netherworld of the Force, and communes with him to complete the path to immortality.
So the story is that a clone of Obi-wan trained by Palpatine gets loose after the Clone Wars and stakes out Tatooine in search of his progenitor. He learns how Obi Prime has abandoned his legacy and decided not to train Luke because of his past failure. The clone feels like he can and must take on this responsibility for the sake of the galaxy, for he is wiser in the ways of the Force than Prime. Disguised as a Sand Person, he follows Obi Prime and learns his ways as Obi Prime acts as a Star Wars Yojimbo. Finally he makes himself known, and in a duel he kills Obi Prime and takes his place.
The End.
That was fun 😃