>Luke, do you know anything about your father, Anakin?
>Anakin? Of course I know the guy, he’s a legend here on Tatooine. He won the local Pod Race tournament, which no other Human has ever done, and then was mysteriously taken off-world that same night.
>Now, I’m no conspiracy theorist, but he was obviously taken by a Jedi Knight, an order that is known to take talented children under their care. Sure the Jedi are extinct nowadays, but they were killed off only recently, come to think of it. And of course everyone knows they exist, they were very much real, involved themselves in the affairs of multiple planets, and had very real Force planets.
>My aunt and uncle knew Watto personally. That guy knew all about Jedi, even the “Mind Tricks” they would use. Even said one used the same thing on him! So yeah, I can guess that my dad was a Jedi Knight.
Luke, do you know anything about your father, Anakin?
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>an order that is known to take talented children under their care.
No they're not, they take force sensitive children under their care talented or not. They aren't just going around stealing every little Timmy who's good at sports.
I see your point, but wasn't it the case that his aunt and uncle knew all that and were trying to protect him? He lived in the middle of nowhere. Though of course there would be rumors that Darth Vader was from Tatooine
>And then Obi-Wan Kenobi brings the infant Luke Skywalker to his Uncle and Aunt on Tatooine, to be raised in secret. They don't change his last name and Emperor Palpatine and Darth Vader never think to check out the planet at all. The End.
I think you're analyzing the film through our 21st century lens where anyone can find anyone else at a moments notice
I haven't watched the prequels since they came out, did Anakin know Padme had a son? If so, it is difficult to explain why Vader never went looking for him
I remember Palpy telling Vader that Padme died back on Mustafar so he must have thought that he is childless
Luke lived on the farm in the middle of the desert, who the fuck would have told him about some slave podracer from over 30 years ago? Was podracing even a thing on Tatooine anymore?
>Emperor Palpatine and Darth Vader never think to check out the planet at all.
Why would they? Obviously they would think that the children died with Padme. They didn't know about the birth.
That hardly matters
>Was podracing even a thing on Tatooine anymore?
Why not? I'd imagine that Jabba would still be setting up races.
The galaxy is a pretty big place and Vader hated the sand so it makes sense for him to never go there again. And sheev told him his chillens were dead so he wouldn’t have a reason to look for them.
Luke went into town all the time, he wasn't a flower in the attic. Though there would be incest in his future.
>I remember Palpy telling Vader that Padme died back on Mustafar so he must have thought that he is childless
then why he told luke he was his father in ESB like it was no big deal for him?
the emperor called Vader before that and told him, it's the "what if he could be turned to the dark side? scene
based Vader's first reaction to the news was telling the Emperor that they weren't gonna kill his son and instead should try to convince Luke to join them
It would largely depend on how the creation of the Empire affected tourism on the galactic scale. If Jabba was getting squeezed, shit like podracing tournaments would go first.
That is one of the many mysteries of the Star Wars soap opera franchise
>the emperor called Vader before that and told him
No he didn't.
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Vader felt it through the force when they fought you dumbshit
That and his name gives it away.
>Hey Luke, be careful out there today, I heard that the Imperial vanguard is being led by the 501st Legion themselves!
>Who are the 501st?
>They're the *elites*, those tough bastards fought all over the galaxy during the clone wars! They were actually commanded by your dad, Anakin Skywalker! Funny come to think of it...they're now commanded by Darth Vader, you know, that weird creepy guy who never takes his mask off for some reason? He sort of just appeared out of nowhere shortly after the war ended, around the exact same time your dad died and nobody ever found the body...strange that he'd suddenly decide to command your dad's old unit...
>luke skywalker
>the son of skywalker
>Skywalker's son must not become a Jedi
What part of that does not confirm to you that Vader and Palpatine know who Luke is?
Vader doesn't react in any way. It's clear he knew before the Emperor implied anything (and Vader did know beforehand, according to both the old EU and the current Disney canon, if you care about that sort of thing).
>Was podracing even a thing on Tatooine anymore?
According to the EU, by the time of Ep4, podracing had fallen out of popularity in the galactic community and had been largely supplanted by swoop racing.
>ackshually
The important thing is that you fed him some attention.
Swoop racing is fucking gay and lame compared to pod racing.
That's fair enough if Vader knew before, but when exactly? Was it when Luke blew up the death star? The rebels went into hiding immediately after that happened. The point is Vader didn't go after Luke on Tatooine supposedly because he didn't know his child was still alive.
>he’s a legend here on Tatooine. He won the local Pod Race tournament, which no other Human has ever done, and then was mysteriously taken off-world that same night.
>enough to be a legend
But his uncle and aunt literally never kept this a secret from Luke, they just believed it was a bad influence, he knew who his father was, he didn't know how he died or that he became Vader.
>No I don't believe in the Jedi, it's all fairy tales even though they lived literally 25 years ago and that would be like people in 1985 not believing hippies existed
>I understood that reference.gif
Yeah, Vader found out about it soon after the destruction of the Death Star.
>Vader doesn't react in any way. It's clear he knew before the Emperor implied anything
okay, that makes sense
so why did bail organa want obi-wan so badly after they go the death star plans? what would he have done?
>I have a son
more like I have a retard
Bail didn’t want him at all. Leia fled to Tatooine because the Empire was on her tail, and given Kenobi had “served my father in the Clone Wars”, she desperately turned to him to bring the plans to Alderaan.
> went into town all the time
>Implying there is only one town on all of Tatooine
why would she turn to someone she had never met? or even knew was alive?
The original was made as a stand alone space opera.
Doesnt make a lot of sense to judge it by supplementary films made 20 years later
Because she was desperate and the Empire was on her tail?
Based.
Shame. I thought Vader would have looked up the planet census for a reunion with relatives.
He apparently learned this after A New Hope. Yeah, the prequels created a plot hole by having him believe Padme and her kid are dead, so him knowing Luke's his son make no sense in Empire. I don't remember how the old canon handled it, but they tried patching this up in the Vader comic for the Disney canon.
He figures it out pretty quick when he starts looking into Luke, learns of Owen and Beru's death, and the pieces started falling into place after that.
>Able to physically travel faster than the speed of light
>Able to communicate in real time across multiple star systems
>No telephone book
>Kid hangs out where dad grew up
>Well of course I fought in the Clone Wars. Nasty, unnatural Clones. Have you ever looked into the dead, beady eyes of a Clone, Luke? I led thousands of those mopey day-old manchildren into battle and I resented every waking minute of it. I first started hating the Clones after butting heads with their genetic template on Kamino. Me and Mace had a good laugh when he decapitated that jetpack-obsessed schutta, and right in front of his Clone son too! I doubt anything will ever come of that. Back in the day, we could buy Clones at a credit apiece, so the Jedi Council would intentionally send them out to die by the millions for worthless worlds like that backwater Wookie planet. However, even though we fully intended to lose the war (only after spilling several Manaans of ugly Clone blood) the tables somehow began to turn and it seemed we would have our victory despite sabotaging ourselves at every opprotunity. So naturally we took to killing them ourselves. I had already cut down half my battalion before Commander Cody received Order 66! Cody was a scoundrel, a backstabbing lunatic mercenary and a Forcesaken Clone. And he was a good friend.
Dangerously based.
I didn't imply that all city slicker, "going into town" means going to the closest town to your farm for supplies or to drink at the bar. For example, going for some power converters.
But what if every little Timmy is good a sports because of the Force?
Literally the biggest problem with the prequels is that they're too close to the OT. Attack of the Clones should have been EP1, RotS should be Ep2, and Ep3 should have been Vader focused, and fathering Luke/Leia well after turning to the darkside, and then ending with the fight against Obi-Wan, putting him in his suit. Episode 3 still ends at the same time point now, but the fall of the Republic os more 30-40 years before Ep4.
Does it really matter whether the Republic fell 20 or 30 years before episode 4? Why would anyone give a shit?
Your idea about episode 3 is pretty cool though.
Thats just Luuke