…then is who is he the brother of? I can’t imagine he or Beru are related to Padme…so, are they Skywalkers?
I think the uncle got retconned because Shmi ended up being Lars’ wife, so technically I guess Owen was Anakin’s step-brother.
I don’t think it is ever mentioned if Anakin’s mum had any siblings or not. Either of which could have been Owen or Beru… Thereby possibly making Owen an uncle through marriage.
my Story of Star Wars recording identified him as Owen Lars which makes casilda right, except I don’t know that it’s necessarily a retcon
Owen is Anakin’s stepbrother because his father married Anakin’s mother.
Before them thar Prequels, I heard Owen was Obi-wan’s brother. Can’t quote it, don’t remember where me heard it.
Anakin was a casualty of war. As his friend, Obi-wan took Luke and gave him a home. Something like that. During the years that ensue, Obi-wan and Owen have a sibling fight. Obi-wan watches Luke’s progress and Owen tries to protect him from his Jedi knight brother. I always assumed from that that Anakin and Obi-wan grew up together on Tatooine. Owen was left to run the farm, jealousy and stuff, so to speak.
Maybe Tighfighter can help me out or perhaps I’m talking out my (sorryBarb).
Before the prequel trilogy, I just thought Luke was told that Owen and Beru were his uncle and aunt as a story concocted by Ben and agreed upon by Owen and Beru at the time of adoption, since I had no knowledge of Vader’s lineage.
Also, in Indian culture, elders are often referred to as Uncle and Auntie, so originally, this could have been part of the rationale.
Now with the prequels, I guess Owen is Vader’s step brother…
Actually in early editions of the ROTJ novel Owen is mentioned to be Obi-Wan’s brother and made it into a few source books. So you aren’t making it up, but I’ve never heard it confirmed that George himself intended to Owen to be Obi-Wan’s brother and since the prequels show him as Anakin’s I lean more toward George hadn’t made a final decision on who’s brother Owen was yet and that’s why it never shows up in the movies until the prequels.
Maybe he is Luke’s Uncle in the same way that your real mother is your “Aunt”. :eek:
I rember reading something similar way back when b4 the prequels. I’ve since forgoten the details.
There you go Talos. Could it be in the 1st edition of A Guide to the Galaxy? I think I have that from the late 80s or early 90s.
Thanx. The lines between what I believe, what I imagine, and what actually happen blur from time to time. It’s good to know there is some truth…well…at least to that.
Yes this is what I got from it as well.
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Isn’t it “Owen Lars”?
So Owen Lars married Shmi AND Beru?
Lars is a surname, as in “Herman Lars and his son, Owen, are moisture farmers on Tatooine”
marry both Shmi and Beru…
That’s what I had thought.
No - Owen was the son of the man who married Shmi - that would make him Anikan’s step brother. Making him Luke’s step uncle.
look, it’s simple. Uncle Owen is Luke’s father’s brother’s nephew’s cousin’s former roommate.
Aaaah, yes, that’s right. I remember, now, learning that from my roommate’s uncle’s cousin’s father’s rabbi.