In a new interview with former Industrial Light and Magic concept artist Iain McCaig from StarWars.com (via Variety), the ...

“For a time, the older Jedi was named Obi-Wan and the younger Jedi was named Qui-Gon,” McCaig said. “It was very poignant ...

Obi-Wan Kenobi was played by Sir Alec Guinness in the original trilogy, which started with Episode IV – A New Hope (1977) and ...

Liam Neeson's character was to be the original "Obi-Wan Kenobi," with Ewan McGregor as Qui-Gon Jinn. McGregor would have taken up the name after Neeson's character's death at the hands of Darth Maul.

In an interview with StarWars.com, Iain McCaig, who worked as a behind-the-scenes artist on Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace, revealed that Lucas originally intended to swap the names of Ewan ...

The name change-up supposedly clarifies a detail from Alec Guinness' version of the character — but does it make sense?

George Lucas originally had a different vision for the end of Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi's story in The Phantom Menace.

Obi-Wan Kenobi is perhaps one of ... Episode IV- A New Hope. Ewan McGregor’s performance as a younger version of Kenobi quickly became the most acclaimed aspect of the Star Wars prequel trilogy.