He Still Can’t Help Being a Hero
One line in the Obi-Wan Kenobi trailers that’s really stood out is the Grand Inquisitor discussing the inherent nobility of the Jedi: “Jedi cannot help what they are. Their compassion leaves a trail… the Jedi Code is like an itch, he cannot help it!” And lord, if that isn’t true of Obi-Wan Kenobi.
That aforementioned water drought, and the conflict with the henchmen of Jabba the Hutt’s criminal empire, is just one of several times Obi-Wan has been unable to do anything but intervene out of his sense of duty before the events of the show. He fought Jabba’s goons multiple times, whether to save Luke in the aforementioned encounter, or to protect local moisture farmers, the Lars family included, from an extortionate water tax the Hutt’s syndicate demanded. Some bandits here, a few Tusken Raiders there, Obi-Wan wasn’t above putting himself on the line to protect someone during his exile… even if, more often than not, it made him regret reaching out to other people over staying hidden.
