- "Well, I don't know anyone named Obi-Wan, but old Ben lives out beyond the Dune Sea."
- ―Luke Skywalker
Ben Kenobi's home, also known as Obi-Wan's hut, was the home of Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi, who used the alias Ben Kenobi, on Tatooine. Abandoned by its previous owner, the hut was located in the remote Jundland Wastes, situated on a bluff surrounded by the Western Dune Sea.[1]
Description[]
It was located 136 kilometers from the Lars homestead.[3] Created out of synstone, the house was a simple dwelling with one large room divided into a bathroom, a living room and a raised kitchen.[4] It was built on top of a sheltered cave. Kenobi used the cave as a small workshop and a cellar to store food, and spent most of his time in the house above. A moisture vaporator was next to the house.[2] Kenobi spent most of his time walking around the canyons near his house and meditating.[5]
History[]
Built high on a cliff, the hut[6] was built by mining prospectors from the Core Worlds who thought that Tatooine was rich in mineral wealth. A moisture prospector built it due to its higher-than-average water condensation.[5] The building was eventually abandoned and left empty.[6]
After the fall of the Jedi Order, when he brought the infant Luke Skywalker to live with the Lars family, Kenobi initially lived in a cave near the Lars homestead for ten years.[7] Finding it on its windswept bluff,[6] Kenobi eventually moved from the cave into the small house. He lived there for nine years until the mission to rescue Princess Leia Organa of Alderaan, a mission in which Kenobi was killed by Darth Vader.[2] After Kenobi's death, Skywalker returned to the home in order to learn more about the ways of the Jedi.[8] While searching the hut, he was found by Boba Fett, whom Darth Vader had hired to find the pilot who had destroyed the Death Star. They fought, but Skywalker escaped.[9] Sometime later, Vader, accompanied by Doctor Aphra, came to the hut in his search for his son. When they left, Aphra used a Molecular purge bomb to conceal the fact that she and Vader had visited the hut.[10]
Shortly before the rescue of Han Solo from Jabba's Palace, Luke returned to the home and found some essential parts for his new green lightsaber.[11]
Behind the scenes[]
In the original script of Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, Ben was described as living in a cave. By the time production started on Episode IV, the location was transplanted into a hut, but there are still blueprint drawings referring to his home as a "cave." The series Obi-Wan Kenobi introduced a cave that was drawn from the original script. Placing Kenobi in a cave and not his hut during the series met several story needs. As established in DK Publishing's Star Wars: Complete Locations map, Kenobi's hut was quite far from the Lars homestead, and the series needed him closer to keep an eye on the farm.[12]
Appearances[]
Non-canon appearances[]
- Disney Infinity 3.0
- Star Wars Epic Yarns: A New Hope
- LEGO Star Wars: A New Hope
- LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
- Star Wars: Visions — "Tatooine Rhapsody" (Ambiguous canonicity)
Sources[]
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Ultimate Star Wars
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope
- ↑ Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know
- ↑ Star Wars Jedi Master Magazine4
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Star Wars: Complete Locations
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Time of Death" — From a Certain Point of View
- ↑ Obi-Wan Kenobi — "Part I"
- ↑ Star Wars (2015) 5
- ↑ Star Wars (2015) 6
- ↑ Darth Vader (2015) 7
- ↑ Return of the Jedi: Beware the Power of the Dark Side!
- ↑ Obi-Wan Kenobi: Part VI Episode Guide on StarWars.com (backup link)