Star Wars: Obi-Wan is a retelling of the events of
The Phantom Menace, beginning with Obi-Wan surviving an attempt on his life by a criminal outfit called the Black Heth on
Coruscant. He reports this to the
Jedi Council, who informs him that the Black Heth have been growing in strength and that an informant planted by the city guard has been exposed and taken to the gang's hideout.
Mace Windu tasks Obi-Wan with rescuing him; the informant reveals that arms dealers are selling large quantities of weapons to the Black Heth to destabilize Coruscant. Obi-Wan tries and fails to intercept the dealers as they evacuate the planet; the Council determines they are a tribal species called Jin'ha. As the Jin'ha is too primitive a race to manufacture such deadly arms themselves, Jedi Masters
Plo Koon and
Eeth Koth are sent on a mission to their homeworld, Obredaan, to investigate. The ship transporting them disappears, and Obi-Wan, accompanied by Qui-Gon, is ordered to complete the mission instead. While Qui-Gon locates the two captured Jedi, Obi-Wan discovers a vast mining and refinery complex beneath Obredaan built to process
cortosis. This lightsaber-resistant mineral could be used to craft weapons ideal for combatting Jedi. As the group leaves, they spot a ship from the
Trade Federation leaving Obredaan. When representatives from the Federation deny any knowledge of the Jin'ha's activities, Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan are given an official assignment to meet with Federation Viceroy
Nute Gunray and inspect his facilities. Upon boarding the Viceroy's ship, the Jedi are placed in a conference room that slowly fills with poisonous gas as a squad of Federation
droids arrive with orders to kill them. The pair escape and attempt to storm the ship's bridge, but are forced to retreat in the face of superior firepower. Instead, Qui-Gon instructs his apprentice to sabotage the ship's communications array and disable its engines, cutting the ship off from the rest of the Federation fleet and forcing it to land on the nearest planet,
Naboo. Upon landing, they discover that the Federation has launched a full-scale invasion. Qui-Gon meets
Jar Jar Binks, who takes them to his people, the
Gungans. The Gungans refuse to assist but allow the Jedi to take one of their ships to Naboo's capital, Theed. With Qui-Gon providing a distraction, Obi-Wan fights his way through the invasion forces and accesses the royal palace through the kitchen; a handmaiden named
Asha helps him bypass the palace's security system and meet up with Royal Guard leader
Captain Panaka. Unfortunately, by the time they reach the throne room,
Queen Amidala has been captured by the Federation, who intend for her to sign a treaty legitimizing their invasion. Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan ambush the Queen's droid escorts and escape Naboo. While on
Tatooine looking for spare parts to fix their damaged ship, a party of
Tusken Raiders abducts Amidala. Obi-Wan pursues them to a large village and defeats the Raider war chief in hand-to-hand combat. The Raiders submit and allow him to leave with the Queen. On Coruscant, the Council, against Qui-Gon's wishes, order him and Obi-Wan to return to Theed and protect Amidala until they can identify a
Sith warrior who attacked them on Tatooine. Obi-Wan meets with Asha, who has assumed command of the planet's resistance forces, and asks him to liberate a group of pilots being held in a makeshift prison so they can go after the Federation's
command ship. Obi-Wan does so, destroying the anti-aircraft cannon the Federation had placed to intercept the pilots. While the attack commences, the Jedi help the resistance fight off an attempt to recapture the hangar. The Sith arrives, revealing himself as Darth Maul, and Qui-Gon battles him until he is struck down. Obi-Wan steps in and defeats Maul, avenging his master. As the Federation surrenders to Amidala, Obi-Wan swears to honor Qui-Gon's dying wish by training
a young boy he found on Tatooine as a Jedi. ==Development==