i never want to see another “owen was abusive” take in my entire life. delete them all, i won’t stand for them. “he is my own” ??? owen and beru ready to absolutely throw hands for their boy, even if there was no way out for the two of them ?????? owen keeping obi wan away for so long because he knew luke needed a normal childhood ???????? this man is an a+++++++ quality father and anyone who says hurdeedur he made luke work all day instead of going to the academy has obviously never met a farming family and doesn’t understand the amount of work that goes into it and how kids just naturally help out with everything, right up until they leave the house, which ALSO. owen knew it was way wayyyy too dangerous to send luke to the literal actual imperial academy but he didn’t want to hurt luke so he just put it off and put it off.
anyways this family is happy and cohesive and healthy and owen and beru are essentially the main reason why luke turned out the way he did, with all the tools he needed to become the greatest jedi alive, because he had a stable foundation for nineteen years, maybe ignorant about the rest of the galaxy but able to learn and grow and love because he had parents who loved him more than anything else.
@ everyone freaking out about beru pulling out a rifle in the kenobi finale – i humbly remind you that this is NOT the first time she’s started gunslinging a rusty old rifle around to protect her family and i love her for it
just a woman and her denim jacket and antique rifle against the entire empire
there’s something that makes my heart ache about the idea of obi-wan having had qui-gon at his side the entire time, but having been so clouded that he was not able to hear or see him, despite desperately calling out to him for aid. while he was seeking him, he was still closed off, still stuck in a tunnel of grief. only when he was more at peace, more open to the force, did he discover that his master had always been there, just like the force had always been there too. he’d lost sight of that, but after he regained his balance and harmony with the force, reintegrated himself with society and opened his heart to have faith in the future and trust in others, he’s rewarded with the force revealing to him that the help and strength he’d sought had been there at his side supporting him the whole time. it gives him this tremendous gift that he would no longer be so alone, both with qui-gon for the next decade until luke came of age, and afterward in eternitiy with yoda and then anakin too.
Also, let’s give it up for BERU WHITESUN LARS, that woman was ready to call her husband out for driving away Obi-Wan who could have helped them when they were in danger, who had weapons hidden in the house because she has lived on Tatooine all her life too, and who was 100% ready to fucking go, the minute shit started going down. Beru Whitesun Lars is the woman who wove kindness into every one of Luke Skywalker’s bones, who knew he had a destiny beyond them when it was his time and was willing to let him go, but also was ready to shoot a bitch in the face the minute her son was in danger. BERU WHITESUN LARS DESERVES A STANDING OVATION.
Seeing Beru in action was one of THE HIGHLIGHTS of this series for me, LOVED IT
