Owen Lars

Owen Lars was a human male from the desert planet Tatooine who worked as a moisture farmer during the rise of the Galactic Empire. Born to Aika and Cliegg Lars in 52 BBY during the Age of the Galactic Republic, he became the stepbrother of Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker when Cliegg married Anakin's mother Shmi Skywalker. In 22 BBY, Shmi was killed by Tusken Raiders, and Cliegg passed away soon after. Lars married his girlfriend Beru Whitesun, and they toiled to maintain the homestead.
In 19 BBY, Lars and his wife were contacted by Skywalker's Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi and Jedi Knight Jarik Shan, and they were tasked with caring for Skywalker's infant son Luke. Lars believed that Skywalker had died due to his role as a Jedi, so to protect Luke, the farmer forbade Kenobi from visiting or training the boy. In the following years, Lars prevented Luke from knowing the truth about his father, and kept the boy busy with farm work.
In 0 BBY, Lars and Luke purchased the droids C-3PO and R2-D2, the latter of who, unbeknownst to them, possessed stolen plans for the Death Star, an Imperial superweapon. Imperial sandtroopers tracked the droids to the Lars homestead, where they interrogated and murdered both him and his wife. When Luke discovered that his family had been killed, he left Tatooine with Kenobi and Shan's adopted daughter Mara Jade to train as a Jedi, joining the Alliance to Restore the Republic and destroying the Death Star in the Battle of Yavin.
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