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| Obi-Wan stands defiant against the incoming Droidekas. Production art by Doug Chiang. |
"At one time, the Jedi were going to be like a UN peacekeeping force, with regimented costumes. Obi-Wan's age changed all over the place- at one time he was a youngish 50. For a long time we had a character who was samurai-like, with a ponytail and long sideburns. But it evolved, it suited the story better to split (the character) into Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon Jinn. Now here was an older mentor, and it told us a lot more about who the Jedi were. It's wasn't like a peacekeeping force- it was more like a temple, with an apprenticeship. When that happened, we revised the look. In the end, in order to make a really strong connection between the Obi-Wan we know and the Obi-Wan in the Prequel, we went back to the original costume design."
Ian McCaig - The Face magazine (1999)
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| Doug Chiang character concept for Obi-Wan, circa 1995. |
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