I was looking up the name of the actor who played Owen in the PT on Wookieepedia, and I happened to stumble upon this image:
Yeah, so apparently not only did Vader personally give the order for the stormtroopers on Tatooine to execute Owen and Beru -- an idea which in and of itself is dumb -- but he personally witnessed it happen through hologram.
BULL, MOTHERFUCKING, HORSESHIT!
Suffice it to say, I hate this -- I hate this stupid contrived rectal ulcer A LOT. I hate it so much, I'm adding it to my personal non-canon, and a personal non-canon is something I hadn't even conceived of let all alone had prior to typing this post.