In the Marvel Star Wars comic Age of Republic - Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin offhandedly asks Obi-Wan about the planet he grew up on.
"Well I can't say I really remember” replied Obi-Wan, “I was very young when I left my homeworld."
Turns out, Obi-Wan probably did remember - but he was likely way too embarrassed to admit to Anakin that he grew up on a planet called “Stewjon”.
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Worse still, the story behind why Stewjon is named as such is equally stupid.
As detailed by ScreenRant's Nathaniel Roark, during Celebration V, a Star Wars event during which George Lucas fielded questions from several people during a panel, comedian and host Jon Stewart asked where exactly Obi-Wan came from.
In classic George fashion, he offhandedly remarked “uhh… yeah… this is something that was one of the first things I wrote in the very first script…”
After a brief pause, he finally said “He comes from the planet Stewjon.”
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Now, let’s not be too hard on George here. He’s clearly just messing around by combining Jon Stewart’s first and last names, whilst simultaneously supporting Jon’s well-documented love of the Star Wars films in a loving, tongue-in-cheek sort of way.
It’s not like fans would adopt the name as canon or anything, right? Surely they wouldn’t just roll with that for eternity… right?
Well, as the previously linked Wookiepedia article may have already confirmed, fans are seemingly going along with the joke.
It’s not just fans, though. In issue 4 of the comic series Star Wars Adventures, this silly joke officially became canon following the introduction of Tadd Marteens.
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As detailed in the issue, Tadd also happens to hail from the planet of Stewjon. Although this doesn’t necessarily confirm that it’s the same planet Obi-Wan hails from, it does confirm that somewhere in a galaxy far, far away, someone decided to name a planet after a well-beloved talk show host.
Never change, George.
Topics: Star Wars