Gone With the Force
Is it possible to tell a love story that already happened? Let me tell you about the Obi-Wan Kenobi story that I want to see. Fans of the Emmy award winning "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" series well remember the only onscreen portrayal of a romantic partner that Obi-Wan has ever had. A peace loving, Mandalorian Duchess by the name of Satine Kryze. During their brief arc, we are surprisingly informed that the pair have underlying feelings of affection, subtly subverting their relentless adherence to responsibility. To duty. Yet, it is only lightly teased at, leaving us unsure how deep this potential love devotion runs, until Obi-Wan says the one sentence that changed our perception of him forever. "Had you said the word, I would have left the Jedi Order." That. I want to know about THAT Obi-Wan. Because the end of that arc was the murder of Satine Kryze at the tattooed hands of Darth Maul. I want to know how that Obi-Wan fell in love and what life i...