{"id":35885,"date":"2022-06-04T01:49:11","date_gmt":"2022-06-04T01:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/did-star-wars-just-answer-why-obi-wan-kenobi-looks-so-old-in-a-new-hope\/"},"modified":"2022-06-04T01:49:11","modified_gmt":"2022-06-04T01:49:11","slug":"did-star-wars-just-answer-why-obi-wan-kenobi-looks-so-old-in-a-new-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/did-star-wars-just-answer-why-obi-wan-kenobi-looks-so-old-in-a-new-hope\/","title":{"rendered":"Did Star Wars Just Answer Why Obi-Wan Kenobi Looks So Old In A New Hope?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Many entries into the Star Wars franchise have made Obi-Wan Kenobi’s original appearance as an old man confusing, but there might now be an answer.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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Warning: Contains spoilers for Obi-Wan Kenobi <\/em>episode 3.<\/strong><\/p>\n
Obi-Wan Kenobi <\/i><\/strong>episode 3 might have finally explained why Obi-Wan Kenobi looks so old in Star Wars: A New Hope<\/em>. Many entries into the Star Wars <\/i>franchise from the prequel trilogy and beyond have created numerous inconsistencies and borderline plot holes with Obi-Wan’s character, with his physical age being a notable one. Fortunately, Obi-Wan Kenobi <\/i>might have finally provided an answer for why he ends up looking the way he does.<\/p>\n
While Sir Alec Guinness portrayed Obi-Wan Kenobi as a wise old man, according to official sources released in the years following the original trilogy, he was only fifty-seven years old in In New Hope<\/i>, which makes it confusing that he looks so much older. The confusion resurfaced when Bo-Katan Kryze appeared in The Mandalorian –<\/i> because in-universe, it had been about thirty years since she first appeared in Star Wars: The Clone Wars<\/i>, yet she hadn’t appeared to have aged a day, so it didn’t make sense that Obi-Wan had aged so much. One popular theory has been that Tatooine’s twin suns were bad for his health di lui, but with Ewan McGregor looking largely the same in Obi-Wan Kenobi <\/i>as he did in Revenge of the Sith <\/i>– despite ten years having gone by in-universe – it’s hard to believe that they’ll suddenly be so bad that he’ll start looking like an old man within the next nine years.<\/p>\n
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Related: Genius Star Wars Theory Finally Fixes Obi-Wan Kenobi’s Age Plot Hole<\/span><\/p>\n
Fortunately, Obi-Wan Kenobi <\/i>episode 3 might have finally explained why Obi-Wan looks so old in Star Wars: A New Hope<\/i>. In Obi-Wan Kenobi <\/em>episode 3, Obi-Wan has a brief fight with Darth Vader, during which Vader uses the Force on him and drags his body through a burning field. Thanks to that scene, there are now two possible explanations for the sudden jump in Obi-Wan’s physical age: it was a result of the Dark Side of the Force being used against him, or it was a result of the burns he suffered.<\/p>\n