Basic info

	First appearance: A New Hope A New Hope (MOVIE)
	Species: Human
	Gender: Male
	Was killed by: Desert Sands Desert Sands Organization Galactic Empire Military (The Hunt for the Droids The Hunt for the Droids Event Galactic Civil War )

Family Relations

	Son of: Lars, Cliegg Lars, Cliegg (Human) Character Minor Characters
	Husband of: Beru Lars Beru Lars (Human) Character Minor Characters
	Step-brother of: Anakin Skywalker Anakin Skywalker (Human) Character Major Characters

Known Facts (4)

Anakin and Padme depart Tatooine (1) »

• Was located on Tatooine

The Hunt for the Droids (1) »

• Was killed by Desert Sands

Droid Messengers (2) »

• Interacted with C-3PO
• Interacted with R2-D2

Summary

	Owen Lars was the son of moisture farmer Cliegg Lars Lars, Cliegg (Human) Character Minor Characters and the stepbrother of Anakin Skywalker Anakin Skywalker (Human) Character Major Characters . He married Beru Whitesun, and after his father's death, inherited his moisture farm. In 19 BBY, Beru convinced Owen to adopt Anakin's son, Luke Skywalker Luke Skywalker (Human) Character Major Characters , as Anakin had turned to the dark side and become the infamous Darth Vader Darth Vader (Human) Character Major Characters . Owen and Beru raised their nephew as well as they could, and Owen instilled into Luke the values of his own childhood. Fearful of Luke's potential, and distrustful of the outside galaxy, Owen attempted to keep Luke isolated and ignorant of his true parentage. By the time of the Galactic Civil War, extensive exposure to Tatooine Tatooine Planet 's twin suns had prematurely aged his body. Shortly before the Battle of Yavin, Owen and Luke met Droid Messengers Event Galactic Civil War with the local Jawa Jawa Sentient Species traders, looking for a droid that could speak Bocce. Unknown to Owen, one of the droids was in fact C-3PO C-3PO (3PO-series Protocol Droid) Character Droids and his counterpart, astromech droid R2-D2 R2-D2 (R2-series Astromech Droid) Character Droids . When Luke found Leia Leia Organa Solo (Human) Character Major Characters 's hidden message inside of R2-D2, he told Owen and Beru that the astromech claimed to belong to an "Obi-Wan" Kenobi Obi-Wan Kenobi (Human) Character Major Characters . Trying to keep Luke from learning about his father, Owen ordered him to give the droid a memory wipe. The next morning, Luke left early to find R2-D2 Runaway Droid Event Galactic Civil War , who had run off the night before to find his former "master." Owen and Beru never saw Luke again, for they were killed by Imperial stormtroopers Desert Sands Organization Galactic Empire Military who were looking The Hunt for the Droids Event Galactic Civil War for the droid escaped with the stolen plans for the first Death Star Death Star Starship Space Stations . Read more...	See also Darth Vader Death Star Jawa Leia Organa Solo Luke Skywalker Obi-Wan Kenobi Runaway Droid

All characters this character met

C-3PO	R2-D2

Complete list

The Official Star Wars Fact File	The Official Star Wars Fact File	SWTCG : Cards
Sandcrawler (V.SAN2)	Owen Lars' Speeder Bike (V.SPE6)	0795 : Unit : Owen Lars
V.SAN2	V.SPE6	0795
Tags (12) Sandcrawler | R2-D2 | R2-series Astromech Droid | Jawa | Datcha | Nebit | R1-G4 | R1-series Astromech Droid | WED-15-ST68 | WED-15 Septoid Treadwell Droid | Tatooine | KPR Servant Droid	Tags (4) Zephyr-G Speeder Bike | Tatooine | Anakin Skywalker | Shmi Skywalker	Tatooine
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Full unit name: Lars, Owen Last updated: 14.10.2023 20:05:34