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Why "Ben"? — Page 3

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Darth Id said:

ATMachine said:

Darth Id said:

John Doom said:

I suspect it’s either as Tobar said, or that he changed his name into “Ben” before serving the Organas in the Clone Wars.

Nope–sorry, but Ben is just his name.  That’s all.

Sorry. That hasn’t been true since the fourth-draft script of Star Wars from early 1976.

Oh, well THAT expl–

…wait, wut?

His name just WAS Ben until that draft (or the revised fourth draft), where Lucas added the “Obi-Wan” bit in order to create some obfuscation, like “hmmmm, maybe he might not be the guy, after all?”

Unfortunately, he forgot to re-write the scene where Luke first meets Leia to bring it in line with that change, as well – hence: “Ben Kenobi? Where is he?”