Timeline for Where did the mistaken idea of uncle Owen being Obi-Wan's brother originate?
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| Dec 6 at 21:23 | vote | accept | Buzz | ||
| Jan 4, 2022 at 17:33 | comment | added | suchiuomizu | @Buzz Accoding to Wookiepedia, with ‘The Essential Reader’s Companion’ as a source, it was in the Return of the Jedi screenplay. | |
| Dec 24, 2021 at 3:53 | comment | added | Buzz | But where did the novelization's author, James Kahn, get the idea that Obi-Wan and Owen were brothers? I doubt he made it up out of whole cloth. | |
| Dec 17, 2021 at 23:46 | comment | added | Cadence | @Wondercricket The problem with that theory is Owen and Obi-Wan's relationship was rather adversarial; they apparently clashed over how much Luke should know about his heritage, hence why Owen forbids Luke to speak to Obi-Wan. | |
| Dec 17, 2021 at 20:04 | comment | added | Wondercricket | I personally see the usage of "brother" as a metaphor used in the same way that Obiwan told Luke that Darth Vader killed his father. In AotC, it is mentioned that Owen is Anakin's step-brother and in RotJ, Obiwan says "You were my brother Anakin...". Obiwan may have referring to Owen not being is actual brother, but more of a brother-like relationship | |
| Dec 17, 2021 at 19:06 | comment | added | Milo P | It appeared in Legends as late as 1999 in Jedi Apprentice: The Hidden Past, when young Obi-Wan had a vision or memory of having a brother named Owen. It was later retconned to be some kind of Force vision of Owen Lars: starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Owen_(Kenobi) | |
| Dec 17, 2021 at 18:08 | comment | added | Silly but True | The non-contradictory excuse can be novel Ben intended to describe Owen as being related by common tie or interest rather than being a blood relative.🤷 | |
| Dec 17, 2021 at 16:07 | comment | added | Barmar | I imagine Obi-Wan was deliberately lying to Luke, because he didn't want to raise questions that would lead to Luke discovering the real family relationship. | |
| Dec 17, 2021 at 15:42 | history | edited | Silly but True | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Dec 17, 2021 at 8:43 | comment | added | Valorum | @lucasbachmann - It's not mentioned in the Radio Adaptation. | |
| Dec 17, 2021 at 6:47 | comment | added | lucasbachmann | I think I read the radio adaption said they were brothers too. Not finding it with a quick search. Or maybe he was literally Anakin's brother as the father twist was not written yet. | |
| Dec 17, 2021 at 5:55 | history | answered | Silly but True | CC BY-SA 4.0 |