Originally posted by: battlewars
why was it ben? its never been explained regardless of the prequels. it still doesnt make any sense

I was always thinking that Ben Kenobi was his real name and then Obi-Wan was his "Jedi" name. Looking at Qui-Gon Jinn, you sort of see the same thing. Qui-Gon is his "Jedi" name, but we never knew his real name. All the Jedi get special names when they get to be Jedi or a certain Jedi rank.

But alas.....Yoda is just called Master Yoda....no strange "Jedi" name for him, so the theory doesn't hold up too well, I guess.