Obi-Wan Kenobi love

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  • noun A trusted mentor

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Coined for the movie character Obi-Wan Kenobi, a Jedi Master in the Star Wars films, introduced in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.

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Examples

  • To paraphrase Obi-Wan Kenobi, I feel a great disturbance in the (Political) Force.

    NewWest.Net All Headlines 2009

  • To paraphrase Obi-Wan Kenobi, I feel a great disturbance in the (Political) Force.

    NewWest.Net All Headlines 2009

  • To paraphrase Obi-Wan Kenobi, these are just the droids you're looking for.

    unknown title 2009

  • The 82-year-old pianist has a reputation for piercing to the heart of things with the lyrical insights of a poet; students at the Peabody Institute have even nicknamed him "Obi-Wan Kenobi" in an affectionate reference to the wise Jedi knight from "Star Wars."

    Music's Obi-Wan Kenobi Stuart Isacoff 2010

  • While Jedi Knights such as Obi-Wan Kenobi and Yoda use the positive powers of the force, Darth Vader falls to the 'dark side' out of anger at the deaths of his mother and wife.

    ContactMusic Ltd | Latest News 2009

  • Ewan McGregorStarring in director Danny Boyle's hit Trainspotting paved the way for him to play Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace at the age of 27.

    The Young British Actors taking Hollywood by storm 2011

  • When Obi-Wan Kenobi teaches Luke Skywalker to use “the Force” in the Star Wars films, he is talking about something akin to the Chinese concept of the Tao, the mystical force of life underlying the universe.

    Manifesting Michelangelo Joseph Pierce Farrell 2011

  • This was all just a dream, he said in a deep, resonant, Obi-Wan Kenobi voice, and waved his hand in front of my face as if to project his Jedi mind trick.

    How to Flirt with A Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011

  • "He might be like Obi-Wan Kenobi – he might be even stronger when he is gone."

    Living by the Book of Apple Geoffrey A. Fowler 2011

  • You believe that being killed enhances your strength or, as Obi-Wan Kenobi once said, "If you strike me down, I will come back more powerful than you can possibly imagine."

    Dr Gerry Mander: the therapist the stars trust 2011

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