You know what, shout out to Owen and Beru, who agreed to raise a kid that wasn’t even related to them by blood, who they knew was the son of Darth fucking Vader, and who they somehow managed to raise to be a completely good, compassionate, strong, loving young man. I see Bail and Breha get a lot of love because they were more active in the Alliance, and that’s fine. But Owen and Beru were fucking champs. They were hard on Luke to protect him. They gave their lives protecting him. And whatever you wanna say about whiny teenaged Luke, he was loved. He had a family. He grew up well-adjusted and ultimately turned out so good. I’m sure some of that was innate in Luke himself, but I think having a loving, self-less couple like Owen and Beru probably helped that a long way. It was a hard life, and maybe not a fun or rewarding life, but it was a good life and it shaped Luke into the man he later became.
Good job, Owen and Beru. You deserved more than just to be part of Luke’s pain. I’ve always wished Luke’s reaction to their deaths was a bit more “I want revenge on the Empire for killing my family” vs. “oh well, I’ve nothing here now, let’s go.” But then again, I guess revenge was never really Luke’s way…
