I've been wondering about something for a while now: At the end of Revenge of the Sith, were Owen and Beru expecting Obi-Wan to arrive with baby Luke? I have seen the movie four times now, read the novel, and played the video game; but nothing has really shed any light on my vapid mind. Granted it's not really important to the plot or anything of that nature but I'm just plain curious given the way Owen and Beru react to Obi-Wan. It didn't look like much of a conversation took place, which I think would be odd when someone arrives out of nowhere and gives you a baby which he expects you to take care of. While Beru seems delighted to be the new mother to this child and is the only one to greet Obi-Wan upon his arrival, Owen stands several yards away, almost like he's trying to keep a safe distance between himself and this strange Jedi. Perhaps he believed Palpatine's claim about the Jedi being enemies of the Republic? But Beru, a little more open minded and trusting, welcomed the Jedi and took the youth in her care. Owen, now Uncle Owen, finally shows some signs of joy and calm when his wife shows Luke to him.

So what does this tell us? It possibly tells us why Uncle Owen doesn't trust Old Ben in A New Hope and why he especially wouldn't trust Luke's father, Anakin having been a Jedi and going down hill from there. But the big question still goes unanswered as to whether or not Obi-Wan just showed up at the Lars homestead unexpectedly or if the Lars knew ahead of time that Obi-Wan was coming. Now, when it was decided where the twins would go there was one man who would have had the power and influence to be able to get a message to the Lars without the Emperor knowing--Bail Organa. If he was able to get a message to the Lars telling them what had transpired but that their nephew survived, that would explain the quick exchange between Obi-Wan and Beru. Obi-Wan needed to drop Luke off and make himself scarce as soon as possible and besides Owen was probably not too fond of him being there anyway.


As Always.

-The Star Wars Uncle