They said: "Like the word Jedi, this is another homage to the samurai films of Akira Kurosawa and to Japanese culture. "An 'obi' is the sash used to tie a kimono, 'ken' is Japanese for sword and 'wan' sounds somewhat like the Japanese honorific 'san'.
May 27, 2022
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Mar 5, 2013 · In Japanese, wan means "woof", as in dog goes woof. So it literally means Belt Woof Swordbelt. Probably not only meant to be Japanese, although ...
Coined for the movie character Obi-Wan Kenobi, a Jedi Master in the Star Wars films, introduced in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.