Jedi Ranking

Obi Wan became a Jedi Knight after he defeated Darth Maul. But when did he ascend to Jedi Master. In Episode 4 He is a Jedi Knight Agian.

Are you kidding? Obi-Wan was certainly a Master in A New Hope.

He ascended to Jedi Master when he obtained Council membership; it was not in a movie.

once ur like given master ur master

he was given master sometime during the clone wars.

and he was a master in ANH, but they are still as a group, called Jedi knights, thats what prolly confused you.

even a group of masters, would by most other people in the galaxy, be referred to as Jedi knights, even though thier masters.

He attained master after Anakin became a Knight. Atleast, that's how it's supposed to go. But that kinda ranking is EU, and even him attaining council membership is EU to some people....hmm....so how did he become part of the council if only the movies count..And no I ain't directing this at anomoly. He's (luckily) cool with EU.

Actuall I went to this Lightsaber Site and it said Obi Wan Was a Padawan, A Knight, A Master, And A Knight agian.

http://www.thelightsaber.com/historyO.htm#ToObiWanKenobi

I agree with Tulak Hord. Obi Wan became a Jedi Master when Anakin became a Jedi Knight. In EpIII everyone certainly refers to him as Master Kenobi.
"Knights" I think is the collective noun for a group of Jedi. Probably the safest term as a group of Jedi could contain one Master, two Knights and three Padawans so you are not going to put them all under the umbrella of "Masters".

Originally posted by KMCF
Actuall I went to this Lightsaber Site and it said Obi Wan Was a Padawan, A Knight, A Master, And A Knight agian.

http://www.thelightsaber.com/historyO.htm#ToObiWanKenobi

That site is not accurate whatsoever. He was promoted to Master in between Ep. II and Ep. III, whenever Anakin was promoted to Knight.

Exactly. Obi was a master in ROTS, thats obvious, and there's no reason to suspect that he was magicly demoted even though he lived all by himself out iin Tatoonie.

obi's master, even if you dont think he was promoted to master in between ep 2 and ep 3, anakin says "im the only one on the council not made master. or something to thast effect. and obis on the council making him a master. obviously.

I know he was a Jedi Master in Episode III. Yoda said he failed to kill Sidious so he went into Exile. Obi Wan was a very smart Fighter in Episode III but he did not kill Anakin so he could have been a Failed Jedi Master.

Originally posted by KMCF
I know he was a Jedi Master in Episode III. Yoda said he failed to kill Sidious so he went into Exile. Obi Wan was a very smart Fighter in Episode III but he did not kill Anakin so he could have been a Failed Jedi Master.

There is no title of "Failed Jedi master" While Obi Wan Kenobi certainly may have considered himself a failure as a teacher and thus unworthy of being called a master, that would be his own personal feelings. I doubt with everythign else going on that Yoda would take the time to formally demote him. Therefore, he is still a Jedi master.

As to the site, what next? are people here going to be quoting Supershadow's midichlorian levels?

Originally posted by Tulak Hord
He attained master after Anakin became a Knight. Atleast, that's how it's supposed to go. But that kinda ranking is EU, and even him attaining council membership is EU to some people....hmm....so how did he become part of the council if only the movies count..And no I ain't directing this at anomoly. He's (luckily) cool with EU.

What kind of crap logic is this?

There's a few syllogisms you have to follow to figure this out:

Obi-Wan was a JEDI KNIGHT in AOTC.

Obi-Wan was a COUNCIL MEMBER in ROTS

Anakin Skywalker mentions he's the only one on the council that is NOT A MASTER.

There is a fair amount of time that elapses between AOTC and ROTS.

THEREFORE, Obi-Wan became a Jedi Master between AOTC and ROTS.

It's not "non-canon" that he became a Jedi Master, it's you just refusing to use your head. It has no implications on EU being canon or not, so your snipes were poorly aimed.

Ye gawds, not the cannon argument again. Lets settle it now: It's true unless the movies contradict it or you don't want to believe it, just don't argue too much about it online. There's yoru answer.

... YUZHAN VONG RAWWWKKKKK! *runs for it*

Canon. Not cannon. Cannons kill people. Canon just drives EU fanboys insane. Don't bring up another silly 'If it doesn't blah blah blah' argument in here. 😄

Obi-Wan was a Master before ROTS, that's all that matters.

And thelightsaber.com is not to be trusted, except for all the replicas and pictures of lightsabers; the pictures are accurate. 😄

http://www.starwars.com/databank/character/obiwankenobi/

"During the Clone Wars, Kenobi ascended to the rank of Jedi Master, and he occupied a position in the Jedi Council."

Read and understand.

The confusion here is that any Knight with a Padawan is known as the 'Master' of that Padawan. But this is distinct from the RANK of Master- which, odd as it may seem, and as much as everyone assumed it was so, we were not actually told in the films was a rank you could be so awarded until ROTS.

So Obi-Wan becomes Anakin's Master VERY early, but doesn't become a Jedi Master until sometime between AOTC and ROTS. He never loses tha rank but it does become somewhat irrelevant.

So, all seems sorted now.

Is it? Seems to me you either become Master when you take on a Padawan or when you get the titler of Master. In that case Mastership means you are capable of taking on a Padawan.

Qui-Gon was a Master, was he not?

Yes, and?

No-one seriously thinks Obi-Wan was a Jedi Master at the end of TPM, just Anakin's Master.

obiwan was a padawan when he defeated maul,
and moments later, he is anakin's master.
an instant leap from padawan to jedi master is ludicrous.
so its clear that the term 'master' has multiple meanings
in the jedi order.

i guess since there is no concrete proof in the script,
the technicallities can be endlessly argued, but with the
use of common sense, this issue is dead.