STAR WARS THE LIFE AND LEGEND OF OBI WAN KENOBI BY RYDER WINDHAM SCHOLASTIC INC New York Toronto London Auckland Sydney Mexico City New Delhi Hong Kong
For Frank Thorne my favorite wizard and everyone who ever wanted a real lightsaber
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS It would be impossible to compile the adventures of Obi Wan Kenobi in a single volume especially because many adventures have yet to be written But for readers who hanker to read more about Obi Wan I highly recommend recommend the Star Wars serial novels Jedi Apprentice Jedi Quest and Last of the Jedi all written by Jude Watson While this novel introduces new details about Obi Wan Kenobi it also draws from various previously published Star Wars stories including The Star Wars Radio Dramatization by Brian Daley the novel Star Wars Shadows of the Empire by Steve Perry the novel Star Wars Dark Lord The Rise of Darth Vader by James Luceno the comic book Star Wars Legacy 16 by John Ostrander and Jan Duursema the comic book story Luke Skywalker's Walkabout by Phil Norwood and the novel Star Wars Heir to the Empire by Timothy Zahn I am indebted to all these talented writers as well as to the screenwriters of the Star Wars films George Lucas Lawrence Kasdan Leigh Brackett and Jonathan Hales Enormous thanks also to Annmarie Nye at Scholastic and to J.W. Rinzler and Leland Chee at Lucasfilm for their collective support and always valued input
