Did Luke know about Podracing?

I suspect Podracing is a big activity on Tatooine? Do you think Luke ever competed in any events? Did he ever find out that Anakin Skywalker won a big Boonta Eve event before Luke was born?

 

I remember reading that it had been banned or something by the time of ANH, though I'm not sure.

In either case, I'm sure Luke would have heard about it, he might have even known that his father was the only human to ever win at Boonta Eve. But as for whether he raced, well I think Luke was more interested in flying the Skyhopper than a podracer. Isn't Beggar's Canyon on the Boonta Eve course?

 

I remember something about Podracing making a return after the Yuuzhan Vong War or something....so I'm guessing that it wasn't happening for a long time between TPM and TUF.

 

I would think that Owen and Beru wouldnt have allowed Luke to race.

Besides :

1) He had his hands too full around the farm, no time to practice.

2) Good Pods arent cheap, they probably couldnt afford one even if they wanted to.

3) Probably needed underworld connections to even enter a race.

 

His uncle did lie to him about what happened to his father, so Luke may have never learned that his father wona pod race as a child

 

Another factor: Since Luke's identity was to be kept a secret, it would not have been a good idea to enter him into a race and have him advertised as "the son of anakin skywalker"

 

also anakin said he was the only human who could do it

 

If Anakin could do it, Luke surely could have too.

 

If Anakin could do it, Luke surely could have too.

Not necessarily. Anakin was good at fixing things, but it doesnt seem like Luke has that talent. In one of the ANH cut scenes, a droid breaks on Luke and he leaves in frustration.

 

No. Luke raced beggers canyon(as seen in TPM) with T-16's to shoot womprats..

Podracing was banned and considered too dangerous. plus it was causing too much danger and bringing in too many gamblers.

 

Luke was good enough at fixing thing to trick out his landspeeder to get it to go faster and he repaired his T-16 many times iirc. Luke and the rest of the tatooine crew used to race through beggars canyon and he flew through the stone needle and destroyed a stabilizer.


http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Beggar's_Canyon

 

Did Luke trick out his speeder or did his friends, that link doesnt say ? Luke definately inherited his Force powers and his flying skills from Anakin, but alas, the poor boy seems to have gotten his repair skills from Padme.

 

Luke did it himself, with the little money he had from the great desert sport of shooting womprats in his T-16 and collecting the reward he earned from doing it.

 

This is something thats bugged me too. You'd think if Lucas was going to throw in Podracing for a part of the plot he'd have it brought up in IV atleast as a reference seeing as its the same planet. You'd also think Luke would've heard that his father, Anakin Skywalker, was the only human to win the Bonta Eve classic. But I guess Lucas just wanted to test out the FX in TPM and add a nice little piece of the plot out of his own immagination at the time.

 

I having a slight problem with your good pods aren't cheep. You see Anakin and his mother were very poor. Anakin MADE his out of different parts he found. Luke could have raced. maybe Lucas will make another film and clear this up for us. For now we got to iamgine what happened. I don't think that they need underworld connections to enter the race. And with his unkown Force ablity would he acctualy need practice?

 

That's a good point. Anakin built a podracer from scratch and was planning on building a starship next, but the thing is, while Luke was a good pilot, I've never seen anything in the movies that suggests that he came up to Anakin's level and Anakin was truly exception. After all, he was the only human to ever win a Pod race.

 

I just asked him, he says he didn't.

 

I having a slight problem with your good pods aren't cheep. You see Anakin and his mother were very poor. Anakin MADE his out of different parts he found. Luke could have raced.

But Anakin was in a position and area to "FIND" the parts. Luke wasnt. You cant make much of a podracer from moisture evaporator parts.

 

There are likely a great many things that The Chosen One can do that Luke cannot.

 

True, as others have mentioned earlier, Luke didn't seem to have the same mechanical aptitude his father had. But he seemed to be quite the skilled pilot himself, I think he could have handled a podracer too.

 

There are many thing's that are different between father and son. Ankin was always around building stuff for watto and that. Where Owen made luke busy on the farm so he didn't really have time to tinker with pod or ship building like his father.

 

Damn that meddling Owen, trying to protect Luke from becoming like his father.

 

Damn Padme instead, I think Luke inherited his mechanical skills from her. Owen as a farmer probably tried to get Luke to be more "mechanically inclined". But as seen in a ANH deleted scene when the droid breaks, Luke is super frustrated. He doesnt try to fix it, I believe he kicks it instead.

 

Good thing for Owen the pod racing stats weren't published. Imagine him trying to explain it: "Hey Uncle, there's a Skywalker listed as a racer. Am I related to him?" "Er.. no nephew, go to buy some blue milk or there will be hell to pay!".