Star Wars Plot Hole: Luke Skywalker's Name.

Congratulations on the Eruzione maneuver! I will refute it later.To err is ... err?Resting the fate of the universe on one hast decision that can not be revoked because - well, just because, apparently - seems odd for the wise Jedi. It just creates a new plot hole, and does nothing to mend the existing one.Some time between Episode 3 and 4, rather early on, actually, Kenobi learnt of Vader's survival and identity, as Vader proceeded to eliminate all Jedi.And yet my opponent claims that even at that time he did not warn Owen Lars or remove him to another planet? Or at least suggested renaming Luke? That makes no sense. Especially if we were to assume that Owen and Kenobi BOTH knew that Anakin had turned evil (see my opponent's previous round).Well, one thing after the other.Three people decided in a hurry, then split up, let to their own further decisions? For argument's sake.Ok, so Kenobi is alone on Tatooine, without any contact, on a remote planet, and SOMEHOW magically learns that Darth Vader is alive. It must be magic, for by my opponent's reasoning Tatooine would be the last planet to hear of that name. And when he does find out, Kenobi decides to just sit it out on the one planet Vader has family ties to.He does not venture out there and tries to finish his job of killing Vader while he's still young, he just sits there in the desert and waits while Yoda and he become too weak to face Vader.Now, don't anybody tell me they know the future and so on. If Kenobi knew that he would become a ghost - and far more powerful than Vader could ever imagine - he would have faced Vader earlier. We know that Jedi only can see possible futures (from Yoda in "Empire Strikes back"), and the prospect of becoming more powerful and being able to destroy the Emperor and Vader would at LEAST have driven Kenobi to make a move and meet up with Yoda, to regroup and reconsider the HASTY decision from some years before. Things have changed, but nobody reacts? Geez, no wonder the Jedi got eradicated, if they all were THAT passive. And after such a hard war, too... No, it makes no sense that nobody tries to do ANYTHING.Then there's the problem of Yoda knowing of Luke. If Yoda knew of Luke since his birth, and waited for Kenobi to train the boy, WHY DID HE REFUSE TO TEACH LUKE in "The Empire Strikes Back", claiming Luke to be "too old"? Has Kenobi waited too long to begin training? Why? Owen Lars? Kenobi is a powerful Jedi. Surely he is not afraid of Owen. He speaks disrespectfully of him, as I showed last round. Those three made a mistake, you say. And in 21 YEARS Kenobi never gave that a second thought and TRIED to support Luke in moving away from home? Surreptitiously guiding him towards some kind of training? Way to "watch over" the "New Hope".Why did Yoda not come for the boy a few years before that? Why did he not call out to Kenobi through the Force to start preparing the boy? Instead, he grew old and grumpy and would have sent Luke away, abandoning all hope for the universe, after only 20 years in a swamp? Yoda is hundreds of years old, he surely would have remained at least SANE in the solitude.So, this alleged explanation is none, I'm afraid. A mistake could have been noticed and corrected, and there's no reason to believe otherwise. Because after the chance meeting in the desert, Kenobi SUDDENLY decides to tell Luke EVERYTHING, even though Luke is still firmly in his uncle's grasp. It makes no sense.Also, Owen's decision not to rename Luke - which is the ACTUAL plot hole, as pointed out above - is not explained by the psychological pressure on the Master of all Jedi, a fabled Jedi Knight and one of the leaders of the later Rebellion and tough politician, runner-up for the election for chancellor. Owen decided to keep Anakin Skywalker a secret, but did not rename his nephew accordingly. The plot hole remains unaddressed so far. " an optimal situation would involve both children being hid in such seclusion as it was not even remotely thought to be close to possible that they are found or they find out who they are. "And the only other alternative is to allow Luke to keep his family name, which greatly differs from that of his family, raising lots of questions. For example, has anybody ever wondered why Luke - until "Return of the Jedi" NEVER even MENTIONS a mother?As for my opponent's argument: that's called a "False dichotomy": "If we can't PROPERLY protect the boy, let's just stop TRYING at all!"That makes no sense.TatooineSo, we agree that slavery was never really abolished on Tatooine. Thanks, I will get to that again later.Anakin the Local heroFrom the script my opponent linked above:"KITSTER : There are so many of us who want you to stay, Annie... You're a hero. ANAKIN : I... (looks to SHMI) I... have to go. ... KITSTER : Well. ANAKIN : Well. KITSTER : Thank's for every moment you've been here. You're my best friend. ANAKIN : I won't forget. ANAKIN hugs KITSTER" http://www.blueharvest.net...MANY slaves, among which Anakin's best friend, celebrated Anakin as a hero. Slavery was effectively, as my opponent conceded, never gone. So, it is only logical that Kitster and the "many" others carried the legend of the HERO through those twenty years.It's not whether Anakin ever completed a race. That makes his win even more of an underdog triumph, even more legendary. No, this is about no HUMAN ever winning or completing a pod race before, and no SLAVE ever winning or completing a race.Anakin set three records, totally out of the blue, and if we go by the movies, he has become a hero. I "accidentally" remember Eruzione, because ten years ago, I wrote a movie review for "Miracle" with Kurt Russell. I am, however, not an American. But here in my country in Europe, everyone knows at least ONE name of the German national soccer team that won in the famed "Miracle of Bern" ( http://en.wikipedia.org... ). Fritz Walter and Max Morlock spring to mind. And I don't even LIKE soccer. That's 60 years in the past.Again, Tatooine has this ONE major sports event. No way would Anakin be forgotten by any human standard. It would be akin to forgetting one-hit wonders like the SexPistols ( http://www.pastemagazine.com... )."Especially considering what all happens immediately after this."Which affects Tatooine how? My opponent arbitrarily shifts Tatooine into the happenings of the "galaxy far, far away" and out of them, just to please his needs. Creating yet another plot hole along the way: the suspiciously important unimportant planet.Anakin was not "Someone" who disappeared. He was a celebrity who disappeared. That would only spawn rumors, fueling the legend.Kenobi - Shmenobi:As I stated before: this is not our discussion.Luke and Vader:If Owen and Beru KNOW of Anakin becoming Vader, then Kenobi has lied to Luke far more than he ever admitted. The dialogue I posted last round about Luke's father having ideals and following Kenobi on a sort of crusade - it would all have been a lie.So, while Kenobi and Yoda both knew that Luke was the "final hope" (I know: there is another...), the one who swore to protect him tells him lies and sends him into a direct conflict with Vader, and the other one refuses to teach him, until the ghost of Kenobi reminds him of his own prophecies and his alleged training with Yoda - which he never had!The deeper you dig, the more convenient elements you have to add in order to make this work. As is typical for plot holes.Beru must be totally out of her mind to FONDLY remember Luke's father. She hardly knew Anakin, but Vader must be feared throughout the galaxy.The reason to lie to Luke about his father was stated by Kenobi in the above quote: to keep Luke from becoming like his father and joining a civil war.Because if they wanted to avoid Luke finding out about Vader, they would most certainly claim to be Luke's parents, like Bail Organa and his wife did. There is literally NO reason not to adopt Luke if they know about Vader. Why take the risk?So, Kenobi waits for a chance encounter with Luke in the desert to "soften a blow" and give Luke reason to go against Vader - without training, and knowing full well that Luke is more than a decade too old to begin training. No, not logical. And why go against Vader now? Kenobi doesn't even know if Vader is involved with the Death Star, he doesn't even understand what the Empire is building. And now, with Vader involved, Kenobi takes Luke to Organa and Leia, completely blowing their entire cover?Where's the logic there? Suddenly he changes the plan again, and goes after Vader as an old man, endangering Leia and Luke. He might just as well leave a trail of bread crumbs.The name: Kenobi did not force Owen to make Luke his nephew rather than his son. That's just silly to assume, as Owen hates Kenobi.Return to Tatooine:Vader reacts very emotionally when Luke calls him Anakin Skywalker in "Return of the Jedi". He would eliminate every one left to remind him of this part of his life. More than enough reason.Watto is the reason Shmi is dead. Reason enough to kill him."A New Hope" makes totally clear that Tarkin was the Emperor's right hand man, and Vader Tarkin's right hand man. Vader is finished with his Jedi hunt by "A New Hope", for he does not raise an alarm when he senses Kenobi. And the Emperor would understand that Vader's hatred needs to be fueled and encouraged at times. Sith seek revenge. Vader has still a few scores to settle.Review:In the first year after "Revenge of the Sith", things changed. Vader was proved alive, and yet nobody reviewed the decision to hide Luke any better.But twenty years later, it's absolutely okay to suddenly blow any cover and seek open confrontation with Vader.So, poor decisions can be changed whenever the plot calls for it, but not when it would be logical.Typical plot hole.