"In my experience, there's no such thing as luck"
Obi-Wan Kenobi, Episode IV

When I first heard this phrase, I assumed that Obi-wan Kenobi was speaking specifically of the Force. I thought Ben was impressing upon an impetuous Han Solo (and young Luke Skywalker) how the Force guided one's destiny and brought them to the crossroads of life where they would have to make very personal and fateful decisions. I believe I may have been mistaken to some extent.

Now that the Prequel Trilogy is complete, the context of Obi-wan's comments has changed in my point of view. Specifically, I'm speaking of Palpatine. Palpatine orchestrated perhaps the greatest coup of the last one-thousand years. He controlled everything from his ascent in the senate, to the creation of a clone army, not to mention the destruction of the Jedi, and his self-appointment as Emperor (some might even go so far as to say he was instrumental in the creation of the Chosen One).

Given all of this, Obi-wan's comments aboard the Falcon seem less positive now and much more somber. Indeed, luck seemed to play very little part in the destiny of our Star Wars heroes and villains. Sure, you could say the Force was guiding everything, but it's possible that Obi-wan's view was that everything was being guided by something or 'someone', and not necessarily for 'good'. After learning about the nature of Palpatine's plot and it's outcome, Obi-wan may have viewed the Force in a whole new light and not necessarily a good one. He may have concluded that you could never be sure who was controlling what, just that it probably wasn't 'luck' that moved the various chess pieces around the galactic-board.

Finally, I realize GL may have not intended for such an interpretation way back in '77 and that I'm probably reading too much into this. However, I thought I'd share this little nugget that popped into my head this past weekend.