‘Star Wars’ Fans Are Debating Obi-Wan’s Sexuality

Arts ‘Star Wars’ Fans Are Debating Obi-Wan’s Sexuality Dani Di Placido Senior Contributor Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. I write about film, television, pop culture, and other fun stuff. New! Follow this author to improve your content experience.

Got it! Jul 29, 2022, 10:21am EDT | New! Click on the conversation bubble to join the conversation Got it! Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Obi-Wan, played by Ewan McGregor. Disney/Lucasfilm His Disney+ series might have ended, but Obi-Wan Kenobi is still the subject of fierce debate, as a new spin-off novel that explores the Jedi’s teenage years sparked speculation about his sexuality. A single scene from Padawan , written by Kiersten White, sees Obi-Wan open to the idea of kissing another boy, musing on his own sexual desires.

Other than confirming that Obi-Wan is open to kissing a dude, the scene is fairly ambiguous; Obi-Wan comes across as a pious little Jedi who doesn’t seem particularly interested in sex. Some fans took this to mean that Obi-Wan might be outright asexual, while others proposed he is bisexual. MORE FOR YOU Which Vaccines Will Work When Entering The U.

S. From Europe? Best Undersea Photography: 20 Winners Of Ocean Photographer Of The Year 2021 Live Concert Tonight On CBS, Paramount+ Will Celebrate ‘Broadway’s Back’ Predictably, some weren’t too pleased at the possibility, with some even framing “bi-Obi-Wan” as another example of Disney destroying the sanctity of the Star Wars universe (Lucas himself was often accused of this, during the prequel years). Looking back at film canon, Obi-Wan never really exhibits an interest in romance; it’s only in The Clone Wars animated series that Obi-Wan has a love story, with Satine Kryze (a Mandalorian duchess).

The two don’t even kiss, but they do declare their love for each other. While not as sexless as the MCU, there’s not a whole lot of romance in Star Wars ; the franchise’s biggest hero is a guy who kissed his own sister, and went on to become a hermit, while their parents were entangled in a hilariously awkward, stilted love affair. In the past, George Lucas has stated that Jedi monks are actually allowed to have sex, but not get married: “Jedi Knights aren’t celibate – the thing that is forbidden is attachments – and possessive relationships.

” Young Obi-Wan didn’t need to be so cautious around the subject of sex, but perhaps he feared falling in love – the character is shown to be a pretty sensitive guy. He never seems to stop caring for Anakin, even after his transformation (it goes without saying that the two are often shipped together in fan art and fiction). Regardless, expecting all the inhabitants of Star Wars to be straight is incredibly reductive; the galaxy is a vast place, packed with different species who presumably want to bone each other, armed with a wide array of sex organs and gender roles (again, this is an idea explored by fan art).

In the retro-futurist fantasy past of Star Wars , open-mindedness to sex makes more sense than not – Solo already confirmed that sex between droids and humans happens. Regardless, Obi-Wan’s sexuality hardly seems to matter – the guy was a lifelong bachelor, hand-wringing over a kiss during the most hormonal years of his life. Although, come to think of it, we never did see what he and Force Ghost Qui-Gon up to in that cave … Follow me on Twitter .

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