Obi Wan Kenobi In the Star Wars Original Trilogy (1977-83), Obi Wan is a good Jedi knight (played by actor Alec Guiness) and spiritual teacher of the young hero, Luke Skywalker. Obi Wan is the only character to appear within all six Star Wars films. He’s played by actor Ewan McGregor in the Prequel Trilogy (1999-2005). While generally not regarded as belonging in the same class as the Original Trilogy, the Prequel Trilogy reveals the formation of Obi Wan’s character. In Jungian thought, the Alec Guiness version of Obi Wan portrays the archetype of the wise old man. Although one could say that Obi Wan’s miraculous ability to manipulate “The Force” for good purposes would also qualify him for the archetype of the ‘Sacred Warrior.’ Mythologer Joseph Campbell argued in the PBS series The Power of Myth (1988) that the original Star Wars films are a kind of modern myth, before the notion that science fiction could rightly be regarded as myth became a part of pop culture. This isn’t surprising because George Lucas, the creator of Star Wars apparently consulted with Campbell to make the original film ‘mythic’ so it would resonate with the masses (which it obviously did). » Bhagavad-Gita, Yoda
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