Did uncle Owen know that Anakin became Darth Vader?
- Thread starter Immolatus
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I doubt he knew he was Vader, but he knew he was a whiny bitch who slaughtered sandpeople women and children and that he got himself killed.
Spoiler Alert! 
I was under the impression that Obi-Wan told Owen everything. I'm pretty sure Beru might have not know the whole picture. Hence:
"He has too much of his father in him"
"That's what I'm afraid of"
And Own not allowing him to be trained as a jedi or go off to the academy.
"He has too much of his father in him"
"That's what I'm afraid of"
And Own not allowing him to be trained as a jedi or go off to the academy.
I had always just assumed that Anakin and Padme were on Tataoone for a while during AotC and Anakin and Owen had more interaction that just what was on screen.
Owen obviously had contact with Obi-Wan on Tatooine since he knew all about "Old Ben" the hermit and tried to delay Luke from running off to find him and fulfill his destiny. That, plus his obvious concern for Luke becoming like Anakin (Klieg Lars had no problem with killing Sandpeople, whom he considered animals, so his son probably didn't either and wouldn't have a problem with Anakin getting revenge on them) leads me to believe that Obi-Wan had been secretly keeping in touch with him to monitor Luke's upbringing and protect him and had told him what had happened to Anakin.
Really, the six movies has about as much consistant contnuity between them as an enture season of Voyager.
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Stone_Cold_Sisko
Guest
Lets say... yes, he knew. The dark look in ANH makes sense.
MeanJoePhaser
Admiral
Someone just hands you a baby...
Obi Wan "This is your step brother's son. His mother died giving birth to him."
Owen
: "What happened to Anakin?"
Obi: "I cut 3 of this limbs off and left him to burn to death on a lava planet."
Owen
: "Umm...yeah...say, you aren't planning on sticking around these parts are you?"
Obi: "Yes, actually, I'd like to keep in touch regarding the boy. "
Owen: "Uh...okay. Property is real cheap over by the Jundland Wastes."
Obi: "Are there many people there? I'd like to keep a low profile."
Beru: "Well, there's some sand...[Owen nudges her] but, uh...no people.
"
[Obi-Wan leaves.]
Owen: "You nearly blew it! Look, if that psycho gets himself killed by sand people, we won't have to worry about him corrupting this child."
Beru: "But he seemed like a nice man.
Owen: "Shut-up, bitch and make me a womp-rat pie."
Obi Wan "This is your step brother's son. His mother died giving birth to him."
Owen
: "What happened to Anakin?"Obi: "I cut 3 of this limbs off and left him to burn to death on a lava planet."
Owen
: "Umm...yeah...say, you aren't planning on sticking around these parts are you?"Obi: "Yes, actually, I'd like to keep in touch regarding the boy. "
Owen: "Uh...okay. Property is real cheap over by the Jundland Wastes."
Obi: "Are there many people there? I'd like to keep a low profile."
Beru: "Well, there's some sand...[Owen nudges her] but, uh...no people.
"[Obi-Wan leaves.]
Owen: "You nearly blew it! Look, if that psycho gets himself killed by sand people, we won't have to worry about him corrupting this child."
Beru: "But he seemed like a nice man.
Owen: "Shut-up, bitch and make me a womp-rat pie."
I think it's mentioned somewhere on one of the commentaries/documentaries that the exchange below wasn't meant to imply that Owen knew. At least, it wasn't originally written with that intent.
But I do agree that it does make the exchange much more meaningful if you do assume that Owen knows, and there's nothing in the movie to say that he doesn't. So yeah, let's go with him knowing.
But I do agree that it does make the exchange much more meaningful if you do assume that Owen knows, and there's nothing in the movie to say that he doesn't. So yeah, let's go with him knowing.
My assumption was that Owen thought Anakin was just another Jedi who died in the purges--he didn't know that he became Darth Vader.
And we can't really use anything in Star Wars to support later movies. Darth Vader wasn't Luke's father in the original movie. Owen was just concerned that Luke would run off, try to be a hero, and get himself killed. Just like his father.
And we can't really use anything in Star Wars to support later movies. Darth Vader wasn't Luke's father in the original movie. Owen was just concerned that Luke would run off, try to be a hero, and get himself killed. Just like his father.
Lucas made the entire series up as he went along. There's gaps and nonsense in all of the movies. Watch ANH, does it really seem like in that movie Lucas intended for Luke and Leia to be brother and sister? Does it REALLY seem like Lucas intedend for Darth Vader to be Luke's father?
Then he goes and makes the prequels and, oy! Lucas can't write a consistant story for shit, he's just a good marketer is all.
Then he goes and makes the prequels and, oy! Lucas can't write a consistant story for shit, he's just a good marketer is all.
I think it's mentioned somewhere on one of the commentaries/documentaries that the exchange below wasn't meant to imply that Owen knew. At least, it wasn't originally written with that intent.
But I do agree that it does make the exchange much more meaningful if you do assume that Owen knows, and there's nothing in the movie to say that he doesn't. So yeah, let's go with him knowing.
I watched Star Wars again recently and the "blue milk" scene takes on an entirely different life knowing what we know about the prequels. It's one of the few scenes in the OT that benefits from the prequels being around.
