There was originally going to be a major twist in The Phantom Menace involving Obi-Wan Kenobi that would've changed everything – but it was changed last minute by George Lucas. Reflecting on the ...

Set just three years after The Phantom Menace, Padawan's Pride sees Anakin and Obi-Wan infiltrating a crime syndicate, with ...

Star Wars character Obi-Wan Kenobi was originally supposed to die in The Phantom Menace, a new interview has revealed. A further twist came via the fact that the characters of Ewan McGregor ...

Neeson was going to play Obi-Wan, the older mentor Jedi who discovers Anakin Skywalker. Meanwhile, McGregor would have been Qui-Gon, his padawan learner. Obi-Wan would have still died in battle ...

In the film itself, Qui-Gon Jinn (Liam Neeson) is a Jedi master and Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) is his apprentice. When Darth Maul kills Qui-Gon, Qui-Gon makes Obi-Wan promise to train young ...

By now, the storyline of Phantom Menace is so well ingrained in Star Wars fans’ minds that it’s genuinely shocking to learn, 25 years later, that there was originally a massive twist in the ...

Ewan McGregor as Obi-Wan Kenobi and Liam Neeson as Qui-Gon Jinn in 'Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace'. Courtesy of Everett "It's interesting how things evolve," McCaig told StarWars.com ...

Concept and storyboard artist Iain McCaig gave a wide-ranging interview to StarWars.com in honor of The Phantom Menace's 25th anniversary and in it, he revealed that Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan originally ...

Love it or hate it, “Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace” is at least widely beloved for its casting of Ewan McGregor as young Obi-Wan Kenobi.A recent interview with “Star Wars ...

For more than 20 years before The Phantom Menace, viewers assumed he hadn’t heard the name “Obi-Wan” because everyone called him “Ben” for the movie’s first half hour. Nevertheless ...

Padawan's Pride gives us a rare bit of insight into Obi-Wan and Anakin's time as master and apprentice after Phantom Menace, and even throws in podracing, to boot.