Stewjon/Legends

Stewjon was a terrestrial planet located in the Stewjon system. It had an atmosphere that allowed Humans to breathe oxygen comfortably. Stewjon was the homeworld of the Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi and his family, though he was taken from the planet at a young age for training to become a Jedi.

Description
Located in the Stewjon system, Stewjon was a terrestrial planet with an atmosphere consisting of a breathable oxygen mix that could support Human life. The world had a climate that supported the growing of grass.

History
In 57 BBY, the Human male Obi-Wan Kenobi was born on Stewjon to his mother and father. Soon afterward, he was discovered by the Jedi Order to be Force-sensitive and was taken from his homeworld to the Jedi Temple on the galactic capital planet of Coruscant, where he began his training as a Jedi. Although Kenobi did not remember much of his past with his family on Stewjon, he did recall memories such as eating fruit with his brother, Owen, in a grassy area. The Jedi Order allowed Kenobi to occasionally visit his family on Stewjon after his initial training.

Behind the scenes
"This is one of the first things I wrote in the very first script. He comes from the planet Stewjon."

- George Lucas, joking about Obi-Wan's planet of origin

Obi-Wan Kenobi's homeworld is first seen, unnamed, in a flashback in Jedi Apprentice: The Hidden Past, the third book of the young readers series Jedi Apprentice, published on August 1, 1999 and written by Jude Watson.

On June 21, 2010, a reference book, Star Wars: The Clone Wars Character Encyclopedia, listed Coruscant as Kenobi's homeworld. Other Jedi in the encyclopedia were listed with the planet on which they were born, such as Mace Windu of Haruun Kal, so at that point it was established that Kenobi was born there even though residential areas on Coruscant were high above the surface with unnatural metallic floors with no grass for Kenobi to come in contact with.

This changed when Stewjon was named at Celebration V during "The Main Event," a scripted interview between Star Wars creator George Lucas and talk-show host Jon Stewart. It was held at the Celebration Stage, also known as the Chapin Theater, in Orlando, Florida, United States, between 11:00 am and 12:30 pm on Saturday, August 14. Stewart asked Lucas, "Where's Obi-Wan's home planet?" to which Lucas replied, "Stewjon," a tuckerization of Stewart's name.

This was reported on the official Star Wars Twitter feed soon thereafter, which led to Star Wars staff, including author Daniel Wallace and Holocron continuity database "keeper," Leland Chee, confirming on their respective Twitter feeds that the planet Stewjon will appear in future editions of The Essential Atlas and the Holocron. This planet's name falls under the term of "G-canon," which includes anything directly provided to Lucasfilm Ltd. by Lucas&mdash;the highest form of continuity in the Star Wars universe. Thus, his recently established birth on Coruscant, canonized by a lesser source, was overwritten. This incident is similar to Lucas naming Conan Antonio Motti after comedian Conan O'Brien, which was also confirmed as canon.

On September 14, 2010, a month after it was named, Stewjon was listed as Kenobi's homeworld on his "Clone Card," an online supplement to Season Three of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, marking its first appearance in an official source. On March 16, 2011, Stewjon was given a system named after itself in Star Wars: The Essential Atlas Online Companion on StarWars.com. Despite these references and another from a book entitled Star Wars: Mysteries of the Jedi, the Star Wars Character Encyclopedia, published on June 20, mistakenly provided Coruscant as Kenobi's homeworld as in the original The Clone Wars encyclopedia.

Appearances

 * Jedi Apprentice: The Hidden Past

Notes and references
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