"If I can get my starfighter flying again I'll show you." Instead the lack of fuel means it's essentially a giant decoration for Obi-Wan's front lawn. He's thought about stripping it for parts before, but he's never gone through with it and instead every now and then he and Artoo would do some maintenance on it.

Flying was one of the few ways he could leave everything behind just for a while. When it was in the pilot seat nothing else mattered. It was the closest he could get to meditating most days.

"And I won the Boonta Eve Classic when I was nine. Plenty of people have seen me fly."