Why Obi-Wan doesnt "seem to remember having any droids"

alzeimers(sp?) can happen to many jedi in the galaxy far far away

Agree Cascador. Really shows the grand scale of Lucas' story arc by just filming that shot of Alec Guiness looking back at R2 as Leia's message was playing. It wouldn't mean anything out of context, but in light of the prequels, it was just perfect foreshadowing.

I don't think R4 is Kenobi's 'own' droid - it was probably just the one that got stuck in that socket on that ship on that particular day. No ?

Both Obi-Wan and Anakin had R4 units in the clone wars, different last indentification number/letters, Anakin lost his R4 unit at Yavin 4 and maybe thats why he uses R2-D2 at the Battle of Courscant, becuase some one was right ealier, neither Obi-Wan or Anakin ever truly owned R2-D2

It's not canon that Anakin had an R4 during the clone wars...I think they just used him in the animation cause they couldn't afford to loose R2 during the fight on yavin 4.

maybe so , but it seems like all the jedi fighters had an R$ unist of srts, so by the show and simple reasoning you'd think Anakin would be assigned such a driod, and we know R2 was assigned to Padme along with C-3PO, so it thats why i think both Anakin and Obi-Wan never owned R2-D2, in my own opinion

actually...R4 is not completely an R4...It's an R4 modified. Cause R4's have different domes, different shapes. It's an R4 with the dome of an R2. So my guess is if you really want to follow expanded universe...most jedi starfighters had R2 units not R4's...you just have to know what you think is canon and what is not.

and we know R2 was assigned to Padme along with C-3PO

When is 3po "assigned" to padme? Anakin builds 3po, then he retrieves it when he goes to tatooine.. and then 3po stays with both of them... c3po isn't really "assigned" to padme... I think that anakin leave the droids with her because he, as a jedi, cannot have any property.

Actually, Obi-Wan says "I don't seem to remember ever owning a droid." So yes he knew of C-3P0 and R2-D2 but he never owned them. Luke just offhandedly says "oh, so the droid does belong to you." but Kenobi was just proving Luke wrong.

yes AK and did obi-wan tell luke who his father was?
if he could keep that secret, i guess he could keep the fact that he knew R2 and 3po a secret too

It's because he's old.

and senile😛

In the visual dictionary:
(more about the droids' memory, than obi-wan's)

R2-D2's talent for for never revealing more than he has to may be due to Anakin's modifications (this prooves that his memory is not wiped)

After his memory wipe C-3PO believes he first worked with binary load-lifter droids

that's pretty funny ^^^

Its all from that 'certain point of view'.........

Obi said he couldn't recall ever 'owning' a droid.... I believe its true...
All of the droids he works with are like components of the fighters he uses and stuff.... But not neccesarily owns.... Is the way I read it....

Originally posted by Gundark
I don't think R4 is Kenobi's 'own' droid - it was probably just the one that got stuck in that socket on that ship on that particular day. No ?

Standard issue starfighter droid? 😉

he said "i dont seem to remember OWNING any droids" because he didn't. Jedi are not allowed to have any Possessions...remember, thats why he did not remember owning any droids, because he couldent own anything, its against the jedi code to do so.

I honestly think he was"joking" with R2. Both of them knew each other and what the deal was. R2's response may have been something like "Damnit old man, I had to tell them you were my property so I could get here. Better story than YOU would have come up with." or another crabby/clever R2 retort. Similar to the Yoda/R2 thing with the flashlight on Degobah. If it was just some creepy green swamp dweller, when Yoda started hitting R2, out would have come his tazer (A La S. Crumb in ROTJ.)

Granted, R2 is a droid and I'm applying a lot of personality and reasoning to a character we couldn't understand when he spoke, but his actions and beep tones really gave R2 a deep personality.

Carnage

well....i mean, how are you supposed to recognize a astro droid anyways, R2 was a blue atro droid, im pretty sure theres more then 1 blue astro droid. i mean, they all look exactly the same. he wouldent remember it untill he saw the message from leia. then he might have an idea. cause i dont think luke says R2-D2 to obi wan. i believe he says "little droid". so there is really no way that obi wan would just "think" its the same R2 droid.