What exactly was Obi-Wan's long-term plan for Luke?

[Skipper]

I mean, if the droids hadn't come to Tatooine.

It was clear that his uncles had no intention of letting him start on the path of the Jedi.

So? Was Ben's plan to wait for them to die? Furthermore, there was also the risk that Luke would start a family in the meantime. Or leave the planet. What would Obi have done at that point?

 

[Booji]

I don't think Obi-Wan had any plans other than trusting in the Force.

 

[Skipper]

I don't think Obi-Wan had any plans other than trusting in the Force.

Who needs plans when you have the Force?

So we have to thank the force for the brutal murders of the Luke's uncle's..?

 

[fireproof78]

What would Obi have done at that point?

Work with Leia.

 

[Booji]

Who needs plans when you have the Force?

So we have to thank the force for the brutal murders of the Luke's uncle's..?

The Force works in mysterious, and sometimes gruesome, ways

 

[fireproof78]

"All is how the Force wills it."
Chirrut Imwe who dies gruesomely.

 

[Skipper]

Work with Leia.

So why not train Leia right away, whose adoptive parents I imagine would have been more open to her becoming a Jedi? I mean, she was already actively working for the Rebellion while Luke spent his time shooting womp rats.

 

[fireproof78]

So why not train Leia right away, whose adoptive parents I imagine would have been more open to her becoming a Jedi? I mean, she was already actively working for the Rebellion while Luke spent his time shooting womp rats.

Her amnominity had to be preserved, per ROTJ.

 

[Relayer1]

Uncles ?

Did I miss something regarding Aunt Beru ?

 

[Skipper]

Uncles ?

Did I miss something regarding Aunt Beru ?

You are right

 

[Relayer1]

You are right

Can I show that to my wife ?

Please ?

 

[fireproof78]

Can I show that to my wife ?

Please ?

It's still early in the year. You sure you want to use it so soon?

 

[Reverend]

I don't think Obi-Wan had any plans other than trusting in the Force.

Yup, basically.
We saw in the Kenobi series that he did indeed originally plan to start Luke at a young age, but Owen straight-up refuses to let him anywhere near the kid, and it's not like he can force the issue (no pun intended.) Eventually Ben came to see the wisdom in allowing Luke to grow up in a happy home, not trained as some weapon of war to be thrown against his own father. By the time of 'Twin Suns' at least, he seemed convinced that Luke was the prophesied Chosen One (rightly or wrongly; makes no difference) and was content to trust the will of the force and let events unfold as they should.

Side Note: I think a lot of the people that complain about how unfeeling the Jedi were in the prequels forget that when Obi-Wan found Luke, he made no bones about recruiting him for the Alderaan mission, all the while knowing full well Owen & Beru were already as good as dead and didn't lift a finger to avert it. George Lucas's Jedi have always been stone cold pragmatists. Not that they suppress their emotions (they categorically don't and aren't supposed to) but they're also not ruled by them as the Sith are. That can come off as harsh, but such is the natural universe depending on where you're standing at a given moment.

So yeah, Obi-Wan basically chose to sit around and wait for tragedy to strike, because he knew it would eventually.

 

[fireproof78]

And even then he didn't force it with Luke. He told Luke to do what was right, of course, and allowed Luke to make up his own mind as the events transpired. Luke did, well, what heroes are often demanded to do. He had a moment (or several) of quiet emotional anguish, he received consolation, and he moved on.

That is often demanded of heroes to move on from events that are tragic to others.

 

[C.E. Evans]

I think initially Obi-Wan simply wanted to keep Luke out of the clutches of Palpatine. Best to let the boy grow up in obscurity on a backwater planet far from the center of things where the name "Skywalker" didn't mean anything to most folks. Later on, if Luke wanted to be a Jedi--fine. If he didn't, that was fine as well...

 

[Morpheus 02]

I wonder if Obi Wan was actually training Luke all along, just being low key about it.

Perhaps influencing his friends to recruit Luke to fly around in the t16 skyhopper (maybe even paying a local dealer to secretly subsidize the purchase), maybe inspiring Biggs to join the rebellion...?

 

[fireproof78]

He's a wizard.

Checks out.

Obi-Wan the Tan.

 

[Set Harth]

I think initially Obi-Wan simply wanted to keep Luke out of the clutches of Palpatine. Best to let the boy grow up in obscurity on a backwater planet far from the center of things where the name "Skywalker" didn't mean anything to most folks. Later on, if Luke wanted to be a Jedi--fine. If he didn't, that was fine as well...

Still weird that he wasn't raised as Luke Lars.

 

[Ithekro]

People on Tatooine would probably have remembered Shmi Skywalker was with the Lars family. What comes from that would be a "whatever" from the locals, and likely indifference from the local Imperials. I mean, Anakin Skywalker was "dead" and may or may not have been seen as a Republic hero, but certainly would have been a local hero if anyone remembered his victory in the pod race. But other than that, who locally knows about Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker?

 

[C.E. Evans]

Still weird that he wasn't raised as Luke Lars.

It probably would have helped as far as extra insurance, but if Tatooine was so removed from the Core Systems where even wanted criminals could just go there and disappear from the Empire's radar, then maybe outside of the Lars family, only Watto may have known the significance of the name Skywalker, IMO.