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Since the father comment has already been memed to death, I think we can concentrate on the other aspects here. When Obi-Wan brought Luke to Tatooine to stay with the Lars family at the end of Revenge of the Sith, the audience knew what came next: the events of A New Hope. What we didn’t really know was Obi-Wan’s mindset. What were his expectations in separating the child from his sister and hiding him on this planet? Now we know he wasn’t just leaving Luke just to live his own life and to keep him safe. He was patiently waiting on him to begin to show signs of an ability with the Force. “Showing,” as Owen calls it. And I think that’s a fascinating take.
Obi-Wan (actually “Ben” already) still has the fate of the galaxy on his mind. He wants this New Hope to begin to learn the ways of the Force. Owen, clearly, does not. At some point though, Owen’s way will win and Ben will just let Luke be Luke. As a result, it’s Luke who comes to Ben, not the other way around. This seems like a very important choice that character must make for himself—and it’s a choice that, at this point during Obi-Wan Kenobi, Obi-Wan did not want him to have.
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I’m so excited to dig into all these little nuances later this week when Obi-Wan Kenobi debuts on Disney+
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