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SithLord_1270  83 posts
Registered: Nov '08
42315_Sith Eye
Date Posted: 5/3 8:53pm Subject: Owen & Beru question
What if Owen & Beru didn't die? Lets say they just got roughed up a bit by the Stormies & thats about it. Luke finds them alive.

Do u think they would have pressured Luke into staying? If so, do u think Luke would have yielded or gone back to OB1?

 

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Grand_Moff_Jawa  4745 posts
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Date Posted: 5/3 10:07pm Subject: Owen & Beru question - Date Edited: 5/3 10:09pm (1 edits total) Edited By: Grand_Moff_Jawa
I think Luke would have stayed on Tatooine and taken care of Owen and Beru until they were healed. Maybe Luke could then talk Owen into letting him go to the academy to stop the oppression of the Empire. Luke could then go off with Kenobi instead, his uncle none the wiser.

 

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d_arblay  420 posts
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Date Posted: 5/4 11:19am Subject: Owen & Beru question
does anyone else feel that Obi knew exactly what was going on at the homestead? that he sensed it from the outset and thats why he picked that very moment to come out and try to find Luke? it makes him seem a bit like a b**tard actually :P he probably knew they were in trouble and didnt feel any compassion to warn Luke, just keep him distracted enough until it was all over. in the scheme of things he must have been delighted they fried.

in answer to the question, my above thoughts make me think that if owen and beru had survived obi-wan would just have gone back and killed them himself, framing it as the stormtroopers! grin it was clear owen was never letting Luke leave for fear he'd become like his Father.

 

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SithLord_1270  83 posts
Registered: Nov '08
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Date Posted: 5/4 2:28pm Subject: Owen & Beru question
d_arblay posted:
does anyone else feel that Obi knew exactly what was going on at the homestead? that he sensed it from the outset and thats why he picked that very moment to come out and try to find Luke? it makes him seem a bit like a b**tard actually :P he probably knew they were in trouble and didnt feel any compassion to warn Luke, just keep him distracted enough until it was all over. in the scheme of things he must have been delighted they fried.

in answer to the question, my above thoughts make me think that if owen and beru had survived obi-wan would just have gone back and killed them himself, framing it as the stormtroopers! grin it was clear owen was never letting Luke leave for fear he'd become like his Father.


Damn. I can't see OB1 doing something that crappy.

I do see Owen trying harder to convince Luke to stay.

 

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Palp_Faction  689 posts
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Date Posted: 5/4 5:44pm Subject: Owen & Beru question
C'mon, it's obvious Obi-wan murdered the Lars and then set fire to the homestead and blamed it on the stormies - just like he butchered the jawas and blamed that on the stormies too. It was all an act to pressurise Luke into leaving Tatooine. The clues are all there: he didn't try very hard to stop Luke from rushing back to a burning homestead, because he wanted Luke to see the carnage and knew he wasn't really in danger. And Obi-wan slipped up when Luke returned, by declaring that Luke would have been killed too - before Luke even opened his mouth! How did Obi-wan know Owen and Beru were dead??? Hmmmmmm. ANH is the film where Obi-wan nearly turns to the dark side.

 

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Grand_Moff_Jawa  4745 posts
Registered: May '01
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Date Posted: 5/4 9:24pm Subject: Owen & Beru question - Date Edited: 5/4 9:45pm (1 edits total) Edited By: Grand_Moff_Jawa
If I remember correctly, the book for A New Hope eluded to the idea that Ben DID know what had happened to the homestead. I'll see if I can find the exact passage.

Found it:

(This happens right after Ben asks Luke to come with him to Alderaan...)

The old man suppressed a smile, aware that Luke's destiny had already been determined for him. It had been ordained five minutes before he had learned about the manner of his father's death. It had been ordered before that when he had heard the complete message. It had been fixed in the nature of things when he had first viewed the pleading portrait of the beautiful Senator Organa awkwardly projected by the little 'droid. Kenobi shrugged inwardly. Likely it had been finalized even before the boy was born.

 

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SithLord_1270  83 posts
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Date Posted: 5/4 10:22pm Subject: Owen & Beru question
This is off the original topic, but still...

Even if OB1 knew Owen & Beru were being whacked @ that moment what could they have done? But maybe it served the will of the Force to have them killed. So Luke woukd have nothing to hold him back.

 

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DarthBoba  33047 posts
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Date Posted: 5/4 10:35pm Subject: Owen & Beru question
Just gotta say, ANH would be one dull movie without the main character's primary motivation in the brutal murder of his aunt and uncle. tongue

 

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Darth_Naveu  74 posts
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Date Posted: 5/15 4:52pm Subject: Owen & Beru question
That's hard!

 

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