Why Obi-Wan Doesn't Recognize R2-D2 in A New Hope #starwars | Star Wars Explained

Report from the Holocron of Xela. Description: Why doesn’t Obi-Wan Kenobi recognize R2-D2 in A New Hope? They shared so many adventures together! Well, Obi-Wan never says he has never met Artoo. He says he can’t remember owning a droid. Alec Guinness’s smirk while delivering that line can also be interpreted as a playful lie by omission. Obviously none of that was intentional, I don’t think George Lucas thought Obi-Wan and Artoo knew one another back when he was making Star Wars. But a young reader adaptation of the movie called The Princess, the Scoundrel, and the Farm Boy includes a nice scene between the two characters that confirms Obi-Wan never forgot about Artoo. After Kenobi feels the destruction of Alderaan through the Force, R2-D2, quote, “Moved to Ben’s side as if it were his faithful pet—an image that was further reinforced by the old man stroking a hand over its domed head. “It’s good to fly with you again, my old friend,” the old man said, so softly Han wasn’t sure he had heard him right.” So Obi-Wan remembered R2-D2, he just decided to keep that knowledge from Luke.


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