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Anchorhead
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The Force Awakens: Official Review Thread - ** SPOILERS **
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20-Jan-2016, 11:53 AM

Lord Haseo said:

TV’s Frink said:

I love how Maz asks “Who’s the girl?” and then cut before Han can answer.

I don’t like it as much as

[Beru said:]
Luke’s just not a farmer Owen; he has too much of his father in him.
[Owen said:]
That’s what I’m afraid of

That Owen\Beru exchange is nearly throw-away in the context of the 1977 story. Years before the familial universe shrinking, it was little more than a way to show he wasn’t going to be content as a farmer. It foreshadows something Lucas had no intention of ever addressing in his one-film story.

Edit; I mean - what Bingo said. 😉
I’m going to have to give this whole reading to the end of the page thing a try.