Ra'-Ja'-Wan Kenobi
Ra'-Ja'-Wan Kenobi is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe. He was created by Jeff Frost in October 2006. Shortly after the first few issues of the Dark Horse Comics Star Wars Legacy Series - Set 100 years after the Legacy of the Force series. The comics feature Cade Skywalker, a descendant of Luke Skywalker, who was trained as a Jedi but has abandoned the order. He apprenticed himself to the pirate Rav and lives among bounty hunters, smugglers and pirates. Cade has also dropped his last name. The series begins with an attack on the Jedi Temple and the overthrow of the Galactic Empire by a newly created Sith order.
The on going series is written by John Ostrander and Jan Duursema, and illustrated by Duursema and others, with inks by Dan Parsons and color by Brad Anderson.
Jeff Frost a Illinois native, also portray's Ra'-Ja'-Wan Kenobi at many Star Wars Con's and other Star Wars Events and Comic Book Cons.
Here EXCLUSIVELY is the short story written by Jeff Frost -
A LONG TIME AGO IN A GALAXY FAR FAR AWAY...
RA'-JA'-WAN KENOBI WAS A DEEP SPACE CARGO SHIPPER ALL HIS LIFE UNTIL...
HE WAS CAPTURED BY A ROOKIE BOUNTY HUNTER NAMED Espo WHO AT THE END OF THE CLONE WARS. THOUGHT THAT RA'-JA'-WAN KENOBI WAS THE KENOBI THAT DARTH VADER AND THE EMPEROR WAS LOOKING FOR...HE WAS WRONG!
THE ROOKIE BOUNTY HUNTER TOOK RA'-JA'-WAN AND HIS SHIP AND SOLD ALL OF HIS CARGO. THEN PUT RA'-JA'-WAN INTO CARBONITE FOR THE LONG TRIP BACK. THE BOUNTY HUNTER HAD PUT RA'-JA'-WAN KENOBI INTO THE CARGO HOLD.
THE BOUNTY ALMOST MADE HIS DELIVERY UNTIL A LARGE GROUP OF STARSHIPS LOADED WITH A GROUP OF SPACE PIRATES CALLED THE LaFlamme's CAPTURED AND CAME ABOARD AND KILLING ESPO THE BOUNTY HUNTER AND TOOK ALL OF HIS CREDITS.
THE LAFLAMME'S DIDN'T WANT TO DEAL WITH SUCH A LARGE OBJECT AS RA'-JA'-WAN KENOBI FROZEN IN CARBONITE.
THE LAFLAMME'S DIDN'T WANT TO DEAL WITH SUCH A LARGE OBJECT AS RA'-JA'-WAN KENOBI FROZEN IN CARBONITE.
SO, THEY ABANDONED THE DAMGED SHIP AND LEFT IT TO DRIFT FOREVER IN SPACE!
RA'-JA'S BROTHER - OBI-WAN KENOBI - NEVER KNEW OF HIM UNTIL HE HAD JOIN ONE WITH THE FORCE AFTER HIS BATTLE WITH DARTH VADER.
OVER 100 YEARS LATER, AN EX JEDI TURNED BOUNTY HUNTER/PIRATE
NAMED CADE SKYWALKER FINDS RA'-JA'-WAN ALONG WITH HIS SHIP THE PHOENIX.
CADE SENES THAT THE FORCE IS STRONG IN RA'-JA' AND FREES HIM.
THE SPIRT OF LUKE SKYWALKER TELLS CADE THAT RA'-JA' WAN IS OBI-WAN KENOBI'S LOST BROTHER!
Luke Skywalker : Cade meet your Jedi Padawan Ra'-Ja'-Wan Kenobi
OTHER Biographical information --
Date of birth 47 BBY (20BRS) Physical description Species Human
Gender Male
Hair color Redish Blond
Eye color Blue
Chronological and political information Era(s) Legacy era Affiliation
Galactic New Jedi Order
Equipment a single blue blade lightsaber
Midichlorian Count - 13,100
Home Planet - Nibiru - Born in the City of McMurdo.
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