That's just old Obi-Wan lying, as is his habit.
I wish somebody besides Lucas will go back and redo the whole Star War's saga and do it right.
I have heard him say that he doesn't like doing stories at the beginning but in the middle. Well, dude, that is not really smart for now, your whole Star Wars story is full of inconsistincies. Some dots do not connect.
arggh..I don't know what to think about this whole thing. It seems to me a major letdown.