Spoilers 'Obi-Wan Kenobi' series [Spoiler Discussion]

[Captrek]

The Inquisitors where I think gone by that point. A bunch were killed during Rebels, and that was a few years before Luke enters the picture.

OK, I’m not fully caught up on Rebels. Still, there’s no way Owen can send Luke off to the Academy without knowing that he has Force sensitivity and a heritage he has to hide. Even if the Inquisitors are gone (and does Owen have any way of knowing that they’re all gone?), that’s still too much of a risk of being discovered. “I’ll let you go next year” has got to be a lie.

 

[C.E. Evans]

OK, I’m not fully caught up on Rebels. Still, there’s no way Owen can send Luke off to the Academy without knowing that he has Force sensitivity and a heritage he has to hide. Even if the Inquisitors are gone (and does Owen have any way of knowing that they’re all gone?), that’s still too much of a risk of being discovered. “I’ll let you go next year” has got to be a lie.

Yep. Even when I saw the Original Trilogy as a kid, I pieced together that Owen at least knew Luke's father was a Jedi, and that he was keeping him home on Tatooine for his own protection. There was likely no way that Owen could keep Luke on Tatooine forever, but maybe long enough to where his parentage might not be a big issue (hopefully).

In hindsight, the only people in the Empire who might have known the significance of someone named Skywalker by the time of Episode IV were probably just the Emperor and Vader (who both didn't know he even existed at the time). Otherwise, Luke was just a nobody from a backwater planet whose surname would not have triggered any alarms to any Imperial file clerk who wasn't familiar with Anakin Skywalker from some 20 years ago...

 

[Timelord79 (he/him)]

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Nice take on the sword fight choreography and interesting detail analysis.

 

[Skipper]

Just to tell you that a friend of mine just watched the first episode and she only saw the original trilogy, all those years ago. Throughout the episode she texted me continuously asking for information "Who is this? Who is that? Who are the children killed in the beginning ???".

I realized that this is not a series made for the casual viewer

 

[Dee1891]

So the Empire is hunting Force-sensitives to kill or recruit them. This puts Luke in enormous danger. But as of the start of ANH, Luke has no idea what the Force is, let alone that he’s a potential target for Empire. Nor does he know the significance of the name “Skywalker.”

He can’t stay on the farm forever, at least not without knowing why, and Owen and Beru haven’t done the bare minimum to prepare him to protect himself when he leaves. They’ve just kept him completely oblivious to the danger.

This puts Luke in danger . . . but not Leia?

Which was never an option. Somebody with Luke’s midichlorian count and the name Skywalker isn’t going to go to the academy without getting noticed by the Inquisitors.

But Luke doesn’t know that. Owen just keeps stringing him along with the “maybe next year” lie. What a jerk.

I don't think Owen was being a jerk. I believe he thought he was stringing Luke alone for his own welfare.

 

[jackoverfull]

OK, I’m not fully caught up on Rebels. Still, there’s no way Owen can send Luke off to the Academy without knowing that he has Force sensitivity and a heritage he has to hide. Even if the Inquisitors are gone (and does Owen have any way of knowing that they’re all gone?), that’s still too much of a risk of being discovered. “I’ll let you go next year” has got to be a lie.

does Owen even believe in the force? Sure, he knows about the Jedi, but maybe he thinks they are just guys with strange weapons.

We do know he didn’t necessarily plan to keep Luke at the farm forever, though: in ANH he has a discussion with Beru where she tells him he has to let him go eventually and he agrees.

 

[cooleddie74]

Owen is neither an outright hero in the OT nor a villain. Now that we have the context of the Prequels and this series we realize he's a good man who had Anakin's son put on his doorstep(willingly) and has tried to raise him as though Luke were his own biological child, not wanting him to get into danger. Yes, there's the added component of needing extra hands on the moisture farm for upcoming harvests as Owen and Beru get older but Luke's guardians know who he is and who his father is. They're going to minimize the risks to his safety even if they sound like they're squashing his dreams and lying to him.

"Luke's just not a farmer, Owen. He has too much of his father in him."

"That's what I'm afraid of."

Owen knew what the risks were. He heard the stories from Obi-Wan.

 

[Captrek]

does Owen even believe in the force? Sure, he knows about the Jedi, but maybe he thinks they are just guys with strange weapons.

He tells Ben in Part I, “You care if he’s showing” Force sensitivity. Seems to indicate he knows Luke has an inherent quality that might show at some point, and that Luke can potentially show it without even knowing it exists.

 

[Booji]

Owen knew what the risks were. He heard the stories from Obi-Wan.

He didn't just hear the stories. I'm sure Owen noticed a distinct decrease in the Tusken population after Anakin's first visit to the homestead.

 

[Noname Given]

I really liked what little we saw of Beru and Owen. And that makes me angrier that little ingrate whiney brat has barely shed a tear on those who had been loving parents to him.

They sure age quite a bit in the next 10 years.

 

[cooleddie74]

Two Suns can be a pain when you don't tan well.

 

[jackoverfull]

He didn't just hear the stories. I'm sure Owen noticed a distinct decrease in the Tusken population after Anakin's first visit to the homestead.

not necessarily: tuskens are nomads, they might well have left.

 

[Captrek]

not necessarily: tuskens are nomads, they might well have left.

Sure about that? In Mando, we see Tuskens who have laid claim to some land and charge tribute for crossing it.

 

[Skipper]

They sure age quite a bit in the next 10 years.

The unforgiving life of moisture-farmers!!!

 

[Aragorn]

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[fireproof78]

This puts Luke in danger . . . but not Leia?

She's protected as a royal. For now.

 

[Captrek]

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Is Hayden in the suit?

 

[fireproof78]

Is Hayden in the suit?

Probably not.

 

[arch101]

I know. My point was now it shouldn't be.

Outer Rim Agricultural and Technical Academy?

 

[Jax]

OK, I’m not fully caught up on Rebels. Still, there’s no way Owen can send Luke off to the Academy without knowing that he has Force sensitivity and a heritage he has to hide. Even if the Inquisitors are gone (and does Owen have any way of knowing that they’re all gone?), that’s still too much of a risk of being discovered. “I’ll let you go next year” has got to be a lie.

I always assumed once the Inquisitors had hunted the Jedi to near extinction that Palpatine had them all killed because he knew Vader might try to use them against him to usurp control over the Empire.