68 / STAR WARS INSIDER
FATHER FIGURESOldBenKenobimayhave
spokentoLukeabouta Jedi’s
needforpatienceinthesame
mannerasQui-GonJinn,but
healsoforgedhisownpathto
trainAnakin’sson.Almost 20
yearsinTatooine’sdeserthad
affordedKenobitheopportunity
toconsiderhismistakes,honehis
Forcetechniques,andrenewhis
confidenceinordertoguideLuke
afterlosingAnakintothedark
side.WhenLukepracticedwiththe
remoteontheMillenniumFalcon,
Obi-Wanencouragedhisapprentice
tostretchoutwithhisfeelings,a
disciplinewhichLukelatershared
withReyontherockyledge
overlookingAhch-To.
JustasObi-Wanhadendured
Qui-Gon’sdeath,Kenobidiscerned
thatLukecouldsuccessfullymove
forwardwhenthetimecamefor
theirdestiniestopart,andafter
admonishingDarthVader’shatred,
theJediMastercalmlyallowed
theSithLordtostrikehimdown
aboardtheDeathStar.Lukelater
drewuponthisexperienceonCrait.
AwarethatReywouldcarryonthe
JeditraditionsjustasKenobihadAsAnakinSkywalker’s
stepbrother,OwenLarsfirst
encounteredbrutalitywhenthe
TuskenRaiderswoundedhisfather
andtorturedShmiSkywalker.Lars
observedthesufferingthata Jedi’s
lifebroughtuponAnakinasit
hastenedhistransformationinto
DarthVader,andwhenheand
hiswife,BerulateradoptedLuke,
thatknowledgeofAnakin’sfall
lefthimoverprotective.Staying
onTatooinefrustratedLuke,but
hestillrecoiledwhenObi-Wan
suggestedthatheaccompany
himtoAlderaan,andwhenLuke
protestedanyinvolvementonhis
part,Kenobiascribedtheclaims
toOwen’sinfluence.Fora time,
Lukegrewbeyondthathesitation
whileretainingLars’scompassion,
technicalskills,andhardworking
attitude.Ultimately,it wasBen
Solo’ssubmissiontoSnokethat
triggeredLuke’sself-imposed
quarantineonAhch-ToinThe
ForceAwakensandStarWars:
TheLastJedi(2017),buttheJedi
Master’sreflextoisolatehimself
harkenedbacktoOwen’swish
forLuketoremainapartfromthe
galaxyat large.
Obi-Wan “Ben” Kenobi
& Luke Skywalker
entrusted him to do, Luke faded
away on Ahch-To amid feelings of
peace and purpose strong enough
to affect General Organa and Rey,
many light-years across the galaxy.
Kenobi once counseled Luke to
hide his emotions so as to prevent
them from being exploited by
Darth Vader and the Emperor, and
although Vader acknowledged that
Obi-Wan had taught Luke well, the
Sith Lord was still able to sense his
son’s concern for his twin sister.
The thought of his father turning
Leia to the dark side sent the
young Jedi into a fury that nearly
precipitated his own descent into
evil—a fact that stuck with him so
strongly that he later cut himself
off from the Force entirely, as he
applied Kenobi’s advice and buried
all that he held dear.
Luke had felt his failure with
Ben Solo as keenly as Obi-Wan
had with Anakin, and he sadly
acknowledged his incapacity to
save Ben when he visited Leia on
Crait. Shortly afterwards he faced
newly annointed Supreme Leader
Kylo Ren and taught him one fi nal
lesson about the Jedi.Lars observed the
suffering that a Jedi’s
life brought upon Anakin.
Owen Lars
& Luke
Skywalker