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Originally posted by: obi-wan trentobi
It's been a while since I've watch ANH, but did Owen ever actually hear C-3P0's name? Anyway, even if he did, again, it had been 20 years since he'd seen that droid. He'd probably owned countless droids in his life. Why would he care about this particular one? Especially when he never had any reason to believe he'd owned it before? Or Hell, maybe he DID recognize it and chalked it up to Galactic Weird Shit and went on with life.
- Trentobi
Or, perhaps, in an attempt to further hide the truth about Luke's past, Owen just suppressed his recognition of the droid's identity entirely. It is obvious that Owen and Beru know the truth about Anakin. Why the hell would you want his kid to find out anything about that horrible fate and risk Luke going down the same path. If I was playing the role of legal guardian to my brother's kid and my brother had lived Anakin's life, I would not be telling that kid anything. All Luke knew was that his father was a famed starfighter pilot. Why blow the illusion for the kid? Eventually, when the time is right, you will tell him the truth. However, it just seems that Owen and Beru waited too long. Once you've moved beyond the "right time", it's hard to go back. And, then, well, they were killed. Kinda hard to tell him from beyond the grave.