Owen news- SPOILER

[ReaperFett]

It was at TF.N, and a source said that on Aussie TV it was said that Owen is Anakins FOSTER BROTHER. Being as Obi-Wan is Owens bro, does this mean Anakin is adopted?

[Jedi Master Kyle]

the fact that owen and obi wan are brothers is only in the novel, it may not even stand in the movies. maybe shmi adopts while anakin is away? i think there was another report that said that they may be (ani & owen) stepbrothers. that could mean shmi had another relationship with someone else. but who that is, or even if it is important remains to be seen. just another indication of everyone being related to everyone else.

[Bromine]

That step-brother thing is interesting. But maybe we shouldn't be thinking of Shmi having another son. Maybe Anikan and Owen are related through their FATHER?

[Jedi Master Kyle]

are you implying that owen is born from the force? or that shmi is a liar and she did infact get a little busy with some dude?

[Bromine]

I haven't a clue...just think it would be more interesting if Owen is related to this mysterious father. Maybe there were two Chosen Ones but Owen couldn't make the cut?

[Jedi Master Kyle]

anakin clearly was the cuter kid. owen was relegated to moisture vaporators. sucks to be him.

[JediWilliam]

There is a series of books out called Jedi Apprentice. These books are ratified by Lucas, so I hear, and in them, the has been one reference to Obi wans brother, Owen, who has remained on there home planet to be a farmer.

[Bromine]

Really? That's cool. I know people are going to jump in and say EU isn't considered "canon", but the fact that LFL approved of this after TPM (when, presumably, they knew who Owen would be in Episode 2) makes be believe it's true.
Does Obi-Wan have any contact with his family, though? Jedi are apparently taken away from their families at a young age.

[JediWilliam]

I'll have to go back and read it again but I think that they mention Obi-wan going to visit his family once or twice while he and qui-gon weren't on a mission. They didn't describe any of the vacation they just said that he went.

[Jedi Master Kyle]

that's interesting. owen and obi are bros, anakin and owen are semi bros somehow. does that make obi and ani related? ugh!

[Doc Milo]

Maybe they become such good friends, that they just consider themselves brothers.

Like if you have a lifelong friend you consider a brother, even though he isn't legally your brother, you may call him your Foster Brother, or something.

[ravishing jedi]

I think that owen is obi's real BRO and took on the duty of keeping luke because he is a more laid back, I dont want to get really involved with a bunch of crap type of person.

[DarthAce]

I agree that maybe Obi is Owen's brother!
What i don't get is why kuke didn't change his name from skywalker to something alse?

[Jedi Master Kyle]

luke wouldn't have known any better, he didn't know who his father was. it would have had to be owen to change his name. why he didn't is beyond me. maybe he figured they were safe enough on a farm on a backwater planet like tatooine.

[Doc Milo]

Plus, Vader didn't know he had kids. Why change the name? It's not like the name would raise any flags -- no one was looking for him!

[Jedi Master Kyle]

well i think just for safety sake, owen should have had the brains to change luke's name in the event that he destroy a moon sized battle station and really piss off a sith lord!

end sarcasm here.

[DarthAce]

Yes thats what i mean!

[Bromine]

I wonder how much Luke actually knew about his father. I'm betting he knew his name was Anakin, and that he was raised on Tatooine.

[Jedi Master Kyle]

and that he was a navigator on a spice freighter. and that he died sometime during the clone wars (i think)

[DarthAce]

yes you are right kyle

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Uncle Owen Info?
There's a small bit of controversy rumbling out there regarding the character of Owen Lars, who will be played by Australian actor Joel Edgerton in Star Wars: Episode Two.

According to Sidious News, in spite of the official novelization of Return of the Jedi which has the character being Obi-Wan Kenobi's sibling, the upcoming film may reveal that Owen Lars is Anakin Skywalker's step-brother. According to a tipster to the site, while appearing on an unnamed Australian TV program, Edgerton is said to have revealed that seemingly incorrect point regarding his character. Is this just a case of an actor speaking erroneously, a smoke screen on the part of Lucasfilm, or is George Lucas making changes to the established canon? Lucas has previously said that any material from the numerous Star Wars books isn't necessarily true, but would he also ignore material from direct adaptions of the films themselves? Time will tell.