Originally posted by: bad_karma24
That's exactly the explanation. Though I'll admit I don't know how Kenobi stayed hidden...
That's exactly the explanation. Though I'll admit I don't know how Kenobi stayed hidden...
Nobody was really looking for him. Vader had no interest in facing him again or returning to Tattoine ever again, and Palpatine had him written off as no longer an issue and someone who couldn't do anything to hurt him again. In the novelization of ROTS, they say something to this effect, IIRC. By Ep. IV, everyone has Kenobi written off as dead.