Name: Kenobi
ISBN: 9780345546845

John Jackson Miller

Exiled to Tatooine, Obi-Wan Kenobi works to hide his Jedi powers and establish an alternate identity for himself as an eccentric hermit while protecting an infant Luke Skywalker and aiding the residents of Tatooine.

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As tensions escalate on Tatooine between the farmers and a tribe of Sand People led by a ruthless war chief, Ben finds himself drawn into the fight, endangering the very mission that brought him to the desert planet.

Star Wars. For the New Year I will not auto 5 star every Star Wars book, but nonetheless I did really enjoy this story! Super interesting writing with the perspective view of other characters always rotating around Kenobi. The book had fun, devastating gut punches and overall is a low stakes story with one of the best characters in the universe!

Max Riley

Amna A.

The plot wasn't as appealing to me (after all, this is set when Obi-Wan first moved into hiding in the deserts of Tatooine, so no surprise about that), however the character of Obi-Wan was spot on.

Kimberly Burgess 

I can see that he was trying to do, writing a Star Wars Western. While I don't think it's a bad story, it just didn't hold my attention. It lacked humor and didn't take much time to address Kenobi's actual trauma in contrast. It was less about Kenobi and more about Tatooine and it's people.

Justin Ferrell

Entirely possible that this is my new favorite Star Wars book. I was a canon obsessive for years and I'm now going back and exploring Legends for the first time. 

Great story, well written characters and dialog. Connects to the pre-Disney universe beautifully and as of right now, doesn't really contradict anything in Canon so as far as I'm concerned, it happened!

Ofelia

Si chiama Kenobi ma Obi-wan praticamente non c'è

Brianna

I feel wronged. Nobody told me how good Star Wars books can be. What else am I sleeping on?

Robin M Cabana

Kenobi is now up there with the Thrawn Trilogy on my list of favorite Expanded Universe books. It's set soon after the events of Revenge of the Sith when Obi Wan Kenobi hides away on Tatooine to protect the infant Luke Skywalker. And since they're on that planet far from the "bright center of the universe," they are far removed from the Empire and whatever they're doing to consolidate their power. Tatooine is more of a wild west with famers, settlers, scoundrels and most interestingly, the sand people. This story creates an interesting mythology around the Tuskan Raiders and their leader, who is one of the main characters. Among the settlers, there is Annileen at the center of it all, a strong woman running the general store and keeping the oasis running. Obi Wan is trying to put his past behind him to become Ben, but chaos keeps finding him. 
I loved the characters and the action as well as the audiobook performance by Jonathan Davis.

Ryan Lane

I finally picked up Kenobi after hearing about planned mini-series with Ewan McGregor reprising his role from the Star Wars prequel trilogy. This novel takes place in the same time period as the eventual show.

The plot actually follows a group of people on Tatooine connected by family and community who Obi-Wan comes into the contact with while trying to lay low on the planet while watching over young, Luke Skywalker. We primarily only see Kenobi through these character's point of view with a some passages focusing on Kenobi scattered across the ending of chapters. 

The novel is primarily about Obi-Wan coming to terms with what happened in the events of Revenge of Sith and the betrayal and his loss of Anikan. It is unique in that the story is about tertiary characters in the Star Wars universe who have no stake in them galactic conflicts the films cover. I suspect that the upcoming mini-series will only share in common with this novel, the lessons Obi-Wan learns from the people of Tatooine. Worth checking out even if it is no longer considered 'canon' and part of the Legends continuity.

Matt Moore

Rafael Burity

Cody Madden

Chris Farrell 

Michael Cowell

Marc Dabringhaus

Mark Anderson

Fabio Mologni

The greatest hero in the galaxy faces his toughest challenge yet: He must stop being Obi-Wan -- and become Crazy Old Ben. For fans of movie-related novels like Darth Plagueis! In this original novel set between the events of Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith and Episode IV A New Hope, Obi-Wan Kenobi comes to the aid of the residents of Tatooine during his exile. But he struggles with his new mission when he realizes that protecting Luke Skywalker--the last hope of the galaxy--means setting aside his compassion and his Jedi warrior training, for the future of the galaxy lies not with Obi-Wan Kenobi, but with a mystical desert recluse known only by the name of Crazy Old Ben.

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