Obi-Wan Kenobi

"General Kenobi. Years ago you served my father in the Clone Wars. Now he begs you to help him in his struggle against the Empire."

- Princess Leia

Obi-Wan Kenobi is one of the central figures featured in the Star Wars franchise. He first appeared in the 1977 film Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope where he was played by British actor Sir Alec Guinness. Although the character was killed off through the course of the film, his spirit returned for the film's two sequels, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi (again played by Guinness). A younger version of Obi-Wan played a more prominent role in the prequel trilogy beginning with 1999's The Phantom Menace where he was played by Scottish actor Ewan McGregor. McGregor reprised the role of Obi-Wan for the following films Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith. For the 1981 Star Wars audio drama, Bernard Behrens provided the voice for Kenobi. Tracks of Alec Guinness' voice were used for scenes from the 1983 Star Wars arcade video game. In the Star Wars: Clone Wars television serial, Obi-Wan was voiced by James Arnold Taylor. Taylor also provided the voice for Obi-Wan in the half-hour computer animated series version of Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Other actors who have provided their voice talents to the role of Kenobi in the various Star Wars video games include David Davies, Tim Omundson, Scott Cleverdon, Lewis Macleod, Jonathan Love, Nick Jameson and Stephen Stanton.