Owen news- SPOILER

[Jedi Master Kyle]

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Apparently a set has been identified by a spy as owen's home on tatooine. the same as in ANH, but with more rooms. it's rumor, so careful how much credibility you stake in it.

[DarthAce]

maybe just maybe!

[ThunderDroid]

During the interim between Eppy I and II, Watto buys another slave boy. It's not hard to imagine that he still has the means to buy labor, despite his loss in the podrace. Perhaps he even wins this slave boy in a separate bet. Regardless, the boy in question is Owen Lars, an orphan.

Watto buys Owen when he's about 11 years old. He's an older boy, but still needs some form of supervision from an adult guardian. Shmi, surely lonely without her own son, meets Owen and decides to take care of him. Shmi "adopts" Owen, essentially. She looks out for him, and Owen looks out for her. Owen, in particular, develops a very strong bond with Shmi.

So, now we come to Episode II. Anakin comes back to free Shmi (and Threepio). Owen, now about Ani's age, is resentful that he's taking Shmi. In fact, he feels Anakin should stay on Tattoine with them where they could be a family. Hence "Your Uncle thought [Anakin] should have stayed here, and not gotten involved." (Obi-Wan, Ep IV)

Owen understands, however, that Shmi should be set free. In fact he helps Anakin free her. As for Owen, he stays behind because of his girlfriend, Beru. They're going to get married once they're freed. Unlike Owen, Beru still has family on Tattoine that she hasn't seen in years. So, Owen stays behind to be with her. Anakin, Shmi, and Threepio all escape and leave Tattoine.

Now, we come to the end of Ep III. After Ani goes bad, Kenobi is forced to find a suitable place for Luke to be raised. So, he comes to Tattoine to seek out Owen and Beru (now married). He asks Owen to look oout for Anakin's son, and tells him what happened. Owen agrees to do it, not for Anakin or for Kenobi, but for Shmi. He owes it to her since she took him in years ago.

Owen's knowledge of the truth about Ani explains all of the resentment and apprehension the character expresses in Ep IV. "Luke's just not a farmer Owen. He has to much of his father in him." "That's what I'm afraid of."


In the context of my scenario above, the continuity of the saga is preserved. Everything fits.

[Bromine]

Could work, although I think he'd have to be older than 11. The Owen they cast for Episode 2 looks to be around 27-28. That would mean if Watto purchased him shortly after Anakin left he would have been around 18 when he was purchased. Other than that, though, the scenario works.

[Jedi Master Kyle]

yup. it works.

[DarthAce]

It works but Anakin's mother must die so that DarthVader will be created!