Obi-Wan Kenboni
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About
Obi-wan Kenboni refers to a series of photoshops of Ken Bone dressed as Obi-wan Kenobi from Star Wars for Halloween, 2016.
Origin
On October 31st, 2016, Ken Bone, who became an internet sensation following his question at the second 2016 United States Presidential Election Debate, posted a picture of himself dressed as the character Obi-wan Kenobi from Star Wars to his Twitter account.[1] In less than 24 hours, the tweet, shown below, gained 13,000 retweets and 29,000 favorites.
Spread
Shortly after Bone's post, Reddit user ErnestJ submitted the picture to /r/photoshopbattles[2] in a post that gained over 4,300 points in less than a day, sparking a series of photoshops featuring Ken Bone as Obi-Wan Kenobi in different scenarios. As of November 1st, 2016, the most popular photoshop was submitted by anonymous_utah. The image, shown below, features Bone in a Star Wars-esque movie poster, surrounded by Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, FBI Director James Comey, and Bernie Sanders. It has nearly 3,600 points.
Other popular posts put Obi-Wan Kenboni on different types of Star Wars posters, trading cards, and into scenes from the original trilogy. Mashable[3] covered the photoshop battle that day.
Various Examples
Search Interest
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External References
[1] Twitter – @kenbone18
[2] /r/photoshopbattles – PsBattle: Obi one Kenboni
[3] Mashable – Ken Bone dressed as Obi-Wan for Halloween so the internet had a Photoshop field day
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