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obi wans name in ANH
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21-Sep-2006, 11:39 AM
Originally posted by: Anchorhead

When he first sees the princess, he tells her;

"I'm here to rescue you. I've got your R2 unit. I'm here with Ben Kenobi."

Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
Which raises the question if Leia new of his alias, why didn't Vader and the rest of the Empire?


Yeah, I always thought her response should have been "Ben Kenobi? Who the heck is that?" considering that "Ben" was his incognito name and she refers to him as "Obi-Wan" in the hologram message.

The bottom line is that it wasn't all terribly well-thought out by GL at the time.