Owen (Kenobi)

Owen Kenobi was the brother of Obi-Wan Kenobi. The famous Jedi Knight had vague memories of playing with his brother in his youth before being taken to Coruscant for training. It is recorded that Kenobi might have visited him and the rest of his family occasionally later in his life.

Behind the scenes
Early printings of the novelization of Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi included a fragment identifying an Owen (implied to be Luke Skywalker's adoptive uncle) as Obi-Wan Kenobi's brother. Said brother was later alluded to in the Jedi Apprentice book series. However, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones revealed Luke's uncle as Anakin Skywalker's step-brother, and gave him the surname Lars, establishing him as a different individual than Kenobi's brother. Mentions of Owen were eliminated from later printings of the Return of the Jedi novelization, leaving Obi-Wan's brother as a mostly unexplored character.

It is conceivable that the name similiarities may have given rise (in-universe) to an erroneous conflation of the two Owens in galactic records, and thus account for the out-of-universe misidentification.

Coincidentally, Joel Edgerton's brother Nash was cast as Ewan McGregor's stunt double in the prequel trilogy.

Appearances

 * Jedi Apprentice: The Hidden Past