Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru
The guardians and foster parents
of Luke
Skywalker, they have tried to
raise him as a
normal youth, keeping from him
the fact that his
veins coursed with Jedi
blood and that his
"dead" hero father was not simply
a freighter
navigator as they have told Luke.
Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi turned
to the Lars
couple just after Luke was born,
and asked that
they raise the child on
the desolate planet of
Tatooine, far from Imperial intrigue.
Young Luke
calls them aunt and uncle.
Owen and Beru
toil as moisture farmers and
have a difficult existence,
some years barely
eking out a living, even
with Luke's help. There
is constant tension between Luke
and Owen as
the youth wants to leave
for pilot training at the
Academy like his friend
Biggs Darklighter, but
Owen always insists that he stay
"one more
season" to help with the
chores. Despite that,
Beru and Owen
Lars have taught young
Skywalker the value of hard work,
loyalty,
commitment - and compassion.