#uncle owen

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Colored doodle commission for Beepu! They asked for Owen and Beru, and i wasnt sure if i wanted to draw them older or younger, so i did both. Thanks for commisisoning me! :)

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[lukesboyfriend]

- Uncle Owen: Ben Kenobi is a dangerous old geezer. He's trouble, and he needs to stay away from Luke!

- The dangerous Ben Kenobi in question showing up with a new toy for Luke:

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As much as I loved the idea that Luke inherited Padmé’s kindness and Anakin’s bravery/recklessness, I think people forget that Owen and Beru are essentially what Anakin and Padmé wanted to be. The Lars mirror the Skywalkers in that Owen is brave but also responsible, while Beru is the nurturing, kind-hearted mother that stood by her husband yet was equally respected and heard.

All of Luke’s attributes - his courage, his heart, his willingness to put himself in danger for the sake of others, his drive against injustice and evil, and his passion for defending his family and those he loves all likely stem from how he was raised rather than who he was born as. Yes, Obi-Wan and Yoda act as his mentors, but I can see Beru’s kindness melded with Owen’s stubbornness and bravery in ways that would lead people to think that his personality comes from his birth parents.

As much as I disagree with a few of the writing elements the Kenobi show introduced in terms of how Owen and Beru were written, Owen is right - Luke is his own, more so than is ever really outright stated in the canon.

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Actually, no.

Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru beat the stormtrooper squadron that came to find Artoo. Maybe they got a little beat up, but they survived just fine. Those skeletons were stormtroopers that just landed in the wrong spot.

When the dust settled and the smoke started rising, they went straight to the city in the hopes that MAYBE Luke was still out running errands like he said he had been, but they should have known better. He went to Ben, of COURSE, he went to Ben. Where else would he go? Fuckin Skywalkers.

So they go to Kenobi’s place, but it’s empty too. Only then do they realize that Luke is long gone with the droids with a Jedi Master of old. Well, it was always bound to happen.

If he’s not coming back anytime soon, then they might as well salvage what they can from the moisture farm. Kenobi won’t mind if we borrow his stuff to do it, right? Yeah, he won’t mind. Hopefully Luke comes back around to visit during the holidays, if Jedi get those.

They might feel bad for finally letting him out of their sight for too long, but they don’t need to worry. They hold the record for holding back Skywalker bullshit, and the runner up is about eighteen years, three-hundred fifty-five days, and fifteen hours behind. And now he’s a Force Ghost too.

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Adam Hughes - Star Wars: Luke Skywalker, Last Hope For The Galaxy (2008)

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It’s always so heartbreaking to me that every time we see Owen display how he really feels about Luke in canon (the books, and Kenobi) Luke is never there to hear it.

When Owen faces down the inquisitor and declares that Luke IS his son, Luke is already way out of earshot (even though I do sort of consider the Kenobi show non-canon). When Owen talks to Beru after the argument with Luke on the day they die, telling her he feels bad about having to squash Luke’s dreams and wanting to find some way to make it up to him, he never hears it.

Owen’s relationship with Luke WAS complex, and it was rocky sometimes. I’ve always read this as Owen having difficulty being emotionally open, at least as far as the ANH novel and Kenobi show have shown. Owen loves Luke DEEPLY, right to his core. But he doesn’t know how to put that into words. He’s an awkward man! He’s been raised on nightmare hell planet where becoming too attached to someone might end up in them being killed or sold into slavery and you being miserable! Look at what happened to both of his mothers!

When someone you love dies, you look at all their actions with a new light and deeper introspection. Can you imagine the absolute world-shattering thoughts Luke must have had after Owen and Beru died?

Realising he was more deeply loved than he could have ever realised, even if Owen had a harder time showing it.

And Owen’s parental anxiety is shown in Kenobi! Owen Lars, one of the most dedicated fathers in the galaxy, probably died wondering if his son would ever know how much he really loved him.

Owen probably died with so, so many regrets. Owen probably died wondering if he deserved to raise Luke (which he DID) and if he had done enough to prepare his son for the world (HE DID).

Owen Lars has always been a heartbreaking character for me.

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