About this episode
This episode explores the journey of Obi Wan Kenobi and the characters he encounters in the Star Wars universe.
When Princess Leia stashed a message for Obi Wan Kenobi in an R2 unit, that’s D2 of course, he abandoned ship for the desert planet of Tattoine. Traveling with fellow droid C3P0, they’d meet up with a character George Lucas almost named Luke Starkiller. And, after surviving an ambush, they’d meet the man Luke called Old Ben. Check out more Star Wars episodes now at Soundbeat.org Sound Beat is produced at the Belfer Audio Archive, Syracuse University Libraries. I’m Brett Barry. Image courtesy of Tim Simpson used under Creative Commons license .
People in this episode
Host: Brett Barry
Topics covered
- Star Wars
- film history
- character analysis
- science fiction
- pop culture
Keywords
- Star Wars
- Obi Wan Kenobi
- Princess Leia
- George Lucas
- Luke Starkiller
- Old Ben
- Tattoine
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Syracuse University Libraries, Belfer Audio Archive
Products: R2 unit, C3P0
Places: Tattoine
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