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  • Owen Lars

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    Owen Lars

    Owen Lars continued his father Cliegg’s efforts to build his homestead into a productive farm, working alongside his wife, Beru. Helping with the dreary chores required to keep the farm profitable, Owen relies on his nephew, Luke Skywalker, whom the couple raised since birth. Like most moisture farmers on Tatooine, Lars is fiercely protective of his land and his family. When there is an intrusion on the tranquility of the Lars Homestead, Owen defends his home.

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Appearances
  • Star Wars: A New Hope (Episode IV)
  • Star Wars: Attack of the Clones (Episode II)
  • Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith (Episode III)
  • Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi
Locations
  • Tatooine
  • the Lars homestead
  • Lars Farm
Gender
  • Male
Dimensions
  • Height: 1.78m
Weapons
  • Blaster Rifle
  • Owen's blaster
Tool
  • Moisture Vaporator
Vehicles
  • Landspeeder

History

Owen Lars introducing Beru to Padme Amidala and Anakin Skywalker

Owen Lars was a young adult when his father Cliegg married Shmi Skywalker, a Mos Espa slave he’d purchased and then freed. After Tusken Raiders kidnapped Owen’s stepmother, a Jedi Padawan arrived in search of Shmi. This was Shmi’s son Anakin, the stepbrother Owen had wondered if he’d ever meet.

Owen and Beru Lars adopting Luke Skywalker

For the most part, the Clone Wars were but a rumor on Tatooine. But soon after the Republic fell and the Empire rose in its place, a new visitor arrived at the Lars farm. Obi-Wan Kenobi had brought an infant boy for Owen and Beru to raise – Luke Skywalker, Anakin’s secret son.

Owen Lars sharing a meal with Luke Skywalker and Beru

Owen came to love Luke, and feared the boy’s parentage might lead him into danger. He forbade Obi-Wan from visiting, and told Luke his father had merely been a navigator on a spice freighter. But despite Owen’s best efforts, Luke was no farmer – he yearned for adventure among the stars.

Owen Lars purchasing droids from Jawas

When Jawa scavengers visited the Lars farm, Owen bought a pair of droids as help – the protocol droid C-3PO and the astromech R2-D2. Owen had no idea that the droids were fugitives from the Rebel Alliance – or that the Empire would kill its own citizens to retrieve the droids and the secret information they carried.

Luke Skywalker discovering the destroyed home of Owen Lars

While Luke was away from the farm, stormtroopers found the Jawas who’d picked up C-3PO and R2-D2, and learned the droids had been sold to Owen and Beru. When the stormtroopers didn’t find the droids at the Lars homestead, they killed Luke’s aunt and uncle and left the farm in flames.

News + Features

  • “We’re Enough”: An Ode to Owen and Beru

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    “We’re Enough”: An Ode to Owen and Beru

    In honor of National Aunt and Uncle Day, StarWars.com salutes the couple that sacrificed everything for their nephew.

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Video

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    Bad Motivator

    Luke nearly misses the opportunity to meet the trusty Artoo when his uncle purchases a different astromech from the Jawas. When the red astromech blows a motivator, though, Luke convinces his uncle to pick up the little blue unit, R2-D2.

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