CO said:
Octorox said:
I'm sorry but how do you guys know that this was the original OT backstory? Did you just assume it? I heard none of this in the OT.

The Annotated Screenplays sheds light on the whole post-Anakin turn scene when Lucas was writing ROTJ: pg. 269

Lucas, "It was decided during the story meetings that Uncle Owen was Ben Kenobis brother. Owen always resented Ben for imposing Luke on them, and now Ben is taking blame for what is happening and feeling guilty.

Obiwan fought Anakin, and he thought he destroyed him, but the Emperor was able to save him. The Emperor knew, as Ben did, that the Force was strong in the Skywalker family, and he began to search for Anakins offspring. Luke was sent to Owen, and while his sister, Leia, was sent in seclusion with their mother (Anakins wife) to the protection of friends on a distant system. The mother died shortly there after, and Lukes sister was adopted by Ben's Friend, The Governor of Alderran and his wife.

also, it's in the novelization of RotJ by James Kahn, based off of Lucas' Original screen play. I know that because many lines in that book are also present in the graphic novel version.