Obi-Wan Kenobi Makes Owen & Beru's Death So Much Sadder
Warning: Spoilers for Obi-Wan Kenobi episode 6.
The Obi-Wan Kenobi series finale returns to Tatooine, where Reva’s attack on the Lars homestead includes crucial moments that make Owen and Beru’s death more tragic than before. To keep Luke safe from Darth Vader and the Galactic Empire, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Yoda, and Bail Organa devised a plan to hide Anakin Skywalker’s children, with Luke being sent to Tatooine to live as a farmer with the closest thing Anakin has to relatives. Owen and Beru Lars have a brief role in A New Hope but are tragically killed by Imperial stormtroopers, which is made even sadder by the love they have for Luke, as shown in the Obi-Wan series.
Although he’s the son of a Jedi Knight-turned-Sith Lord, Luke Skywalker has a relatively normal upbringing on the obscure (and hazardous) Outer Rim world of Tatooine. Owen and Beru are depicted in a fairly positive light in A New Hope, though the film makes it clear that they’re hiding Luke’s true heritage from him and trying their best to keep him on the uneventful Tatooine rather than let him explore the galaxy. Their deaths leave Luke heartbroken, but he doesn’t dwell on the loss for long, quickly leaving Tatooine with Ben Kenobi and joining the Rebellion as he’d wanted to for years.
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The Obi-Wan Kenobi series finale, “Part VI,” showcases just how much Owen and Beru mean to Luke and how much he means to them when they defend him from Reva, a deadly, dark side-using, Inquisitor determined to enact revenge on Darth Vader by murdering his son. Despite Ben Kenobi’s absence, the two put up a brave fight against Reva, with Owen stating that Luke is his son, making his and Beru’s deaths all the more
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