So here are several of my favorite fan theories involving Mando’a for how “Ben” became Satine’s personal nickname for Obi-Wan:ġ) Ben is a contraction of the Mando’a word beten = “sigh” A lot of us have turned to the Mando’a language, which is a relatively extensive constructed language, to justify the connection. (My guess is that Henry Gilroy or Paul Dini, the writers of the episode, where probably the ones to come up with that tidbit)Īnna and Dave couldn’t figure out an appropriate justification for “Ben” being an affectionate nickname, but that doesn’t mean that fans have stopped trying. ‘Twas a private thing … Still, I liked the sound of it.Ģ) an unused concept for The Clone Wars series:įound on the , “Deception” page: I’d seen it on the map at the property office in Bestine there’s some mesa by that name … Satine used to call me that. That information comes from two sources:ġ) the now Legends book Kenobi by John Jackson Miller:Įxcerpt read by James Arnold Taylor (start at 3:45): Meeting her gave me a chance to finally use the name I chose. Though it’s not fully canon anymore, it’s been established that Satine Kryze is the one who gave Obi-Wan Kenobi the nickname “Ben,” which he used as his alias during his years of exile on Tatooine.
I’m waving my (constructed) language-nerd flag high today! Get ready to learn some Mando’a: Mando’a DIctionary Duchess-of-mandalore: (and bonus Mando’a fan linguistics for “Korkie” Kryze)
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