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From my point of view, Obi Wan is the best character!

lol nice.

Anyway he is certainly a virtuous character, and he does stuff, but I always felt like he wasn't much more than a support for whoever the main character was. I really don't think that, despite the amount of screen time, that there was any kind of real exploration of his character.

OT: Guides Luke around, dies, continues to guide Luke.
EP1: Follows Quan Chi around, and then once his master dies, Obi-Wan follows his wishes.
EP2: When he's not off doing the Kamino/Geonosis mission, he's picking on Anakin.
EP3: Hangs out with Anakin in the beginning, mostly involving complaining, then goes off to Utapau to swan about with Grievous, then the big showdown.

What does Obi-Wan want? What are his feelings on the Jedi as a whole? Why does he keep going? These things are never explored. I can't even recall them being explored in TCW. The best we can say is that he's a really good Jedi who is basically unshakeable until the end of ROTS.

There's plenty of stuff he does in the movies and shows, but I feel that makes him more of a blank video game protagonist than anything else.

Like it's fine if that's all he is, but I don't think it makes him a "good character".