Originally posted by: Yoda Is Your Father
As for ObiWan's piss poor alias, I have no explanation. Personally, I believe that Ben was his real name and ObiWan was a name given to him by the Jedi. Of course, that idea has been destroyed by the prequels, but I don't watch the prequels so it's ok.
As for ObiWan's piss poor alias, I have no explanation. Personally, I believe that Ben was his real name and ObiWan was a name given to him by the Jedi. Of course, that idea has been destroyed by the prequels, but I don't watch the prequels so it's ok.
Yeah, I would have always assumed that too. Those wierd names couldn't have been birth names. In the OT, everyone has normal names, the only explanation would be that Jedi are given "Jedi" names.