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Posted: 4/20/2015 2:34:32 PM EDT
Anakin Skywalker was the only known human to podrace, and he won the Boonta Eve Classic which was a really big deal on Tatooine. Since Luke also grew up on Tatooine, why didn't he know anything about his father who would have been a local celebrity? I suppose Uncle Owen could have sheltered him, but I'd think he'd have to have no knowledge of local history or pop culture to miss this one.
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Posted: 4/20/2015 2:35:25 PM EDT
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Anakin Skywalker was the only known human to podrace, and he won the Boonta Eve Classic which was a really big deal on Tatooine. Since Luke also grew up on Tatooine, why didn't he know anything about his father who would have been a local celebrity? I suppose Uncle Owen could have sheltered him, but I'd think he'd have to have no knowledge of local history or pop culture to miss this one. He did not know Anakin was his father at all. |
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Posted: 4/20/2015 2:36:10 PM EDT
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He did not know Anakin was his father at all. Right, but with the same last name you'd think he'd know about him. |
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Posted: 4/20/2015 2:36:18 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: He did not know Anakin was his father at all. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Anakin Skywalker was the only known human to podrace, and he won the Boonta Eve Classic which was a really big deal on Tatooine. Since Luke also grew up on Tatooine, why didn't he know anything about his father who would have been a local celebrity? I suppose Uncle Owen could have sheltered him, but I'd think he'd have to have no knowledge of local history or pop culture to miss this one. He did not know Anakin was his father at all. The last name may have tipped him off. |
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Posted: 4/20/2015 2:36:37 PM EDT
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I'm sure Skywalker is like Smith on Tatooine.
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Posted: 4/20/2015 2:36:48 PM EDT
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The answer is:
Star Wars is shitty as fuck and the story is stupid. The end. |
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Posted: 4/20/2015 2:36:59 PM EDT
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Luke grew up near Anchorhead, and the pod race was in Mos Eisley, a long way away. Also, Vader tried to wipe out as much about his past as possible.
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Posted: 4/20/2015 2:37:26 PM EDT
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No internet on Tatooine.
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Posted: 4/20/2015 2:37:51 PM EDT
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Anakin Skywalker was the only known human to podrace, and he won the Boonta Eve Classic which was a really big deal on Tatooine. Since Luke also grew up on Tatooine, why didn't he know anything about his father who would have been a local celebrity? I suppose Uncle Owen could have sheltered him, but I'd think he'd have to have no knowledge of local history or pop culture to miss this one. He did not know Anakin was his father at all. The last name may have tipped him off. "You knew my father?" |
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Posted: 4/20/2015 2:37:57 PM EDT
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Uh... uh... hey look over there! It's Jar Jar Binks!
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Posted: 4/20/2015 2:38:06 PM EDT
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Anakin Skywalker was the only known human to podrace, and he won the Boonta Eve Classic which was a really big deal on Tatooine. Since Luke also grew up on Tatooine, why didn't he know anything about his father who would have been a local celebrity? I suppose Uncle Owen could have sheltered him, but I'd think he'd have to have no knowledge of local history or pop culture to miss this one. He did not know Anakin was his father at all. The last name may have tipped him off. Which, btw, great place to hide Luke Skywalker - with Anakin's family on the planet Anakin grew up on without even a name change. Nobody would ever think anyone would be that stupid 
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Posted: 4/20/2015 2:38:18 PM EDT
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The answer is: Star Wars is shitty as fuck and the story is stupid. The end. My son Luke and my dog Leia said this in unison to you.... "You shut your whore mouth!!!" |
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Posted: 4/20/2015 2:39:21 PM EDT
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The answer is: Star Wars is shitty as fuck and the story is stupid. The end. If you refuse to accept that the prequels exist this question becomes easier to explain. |
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Posted: 4/20/2015 2:39:23 PM EDT
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His "aunt and uncle" kept him sequestered to the sheltered life of a farmboy.
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Posted: 4/20/2015 2:39:25 PM EDT
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Because star wars is retarded.
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Posted: 4/20/2015 2:39:37 PM EDT
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Did you see Lukes house? No fucking way they had internet that far out.
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Posted: 4/20/2015 2:39:44 PM EDT
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The answer is: Star Wars is shitty as fuck and the story is stupid. The end. Locking S Foils in attack position 
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Posted: 4/20/2015 2:40:25 PM EDT
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No internet on Tatooine. Tip hat to BSWilson 
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Posted: 4/20/2015 2:41:01 PM EDT
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Keep complaining about plot holes and they'll replace all the blaster rifles with walkie talkies.
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Posted: 4/20/2015 2:41:30 PM EDT
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He did not know Anakin was his father at all. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Anakin Skywalker was the only known human to podrace, and he won the Boonta Eve Classic which was a really big deal on Tatooine. Since Luke also grew up on Tatooine, why didn't he know anything about his father who would have been a local celebrity? I suppose Uncle Owen could have sheltered him, but I'd think he'd have to have no knowledge of local history or pop culture to miss this one. He did not know Anakin was his father at all. IIRC, Luke KNEW Anakin was his father, but that he was killed by Vader. The fact that he was a local celebrity for winning the race would have been an irrelevant point. The detail of Anakin BECOMING Vader is something that wouldn't have been well known given the chaos going on at the time and Vader hoping to conceal his past. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Posted: 4/20/2015 2:42:33 PM EDT
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His family was Amish, thats why
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Posted: 4/20/2015 2:42:44 PM EDT
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IIRC, Luke KNEW Anakin was his father, but that he was killed by Vader. The fact that he was a local celebrity for winning the race would have been an irrelevant point. The detail of Anakin BECOMING Vader is something that wouldn't have been well known given the chaos going on at the time and Vader hoping to conceal his past. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Anakin Skywalker was the only known human to podrace, and he won the Boonta Eve Classic which was a really big deal on Tatooine. Since Luke also grew up on Tatooine, why didn't he know anything about his father who would have been a local celebrity? I suppose Uncle Owen could have sheltered him, but I'd think he'd have to have no knowledge of local history or pop culture to miss this one. He did not know Anakin was his father at all. IIRC, Luke KNEW Anakin was his father, but that he was killed by Vader. The fact that he was a local celebrity for winning the race would have been an irrelevant point. The detail of Anakin BECOMING Vader is something that wouldn't have been well known given the chaos going on at the time and Vader hoping to conceal his past. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile This ^ |
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Posted: 4/20/2015 2:43:13 PM EDT
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IIRC, Luke KNEW Anakin was his father, but that he was killed by Vader. The fact that he was a local celebrity for winning the race would have been an irrelevant point. The detail of Anakin BECOMING Vader is something that wouldn't have been well known given the chaos going on at the time and Vader hoping to conceal his past. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Anakin Skywalker was the only known human to podrace, and he won the Boonta Eve Classic which was a really big deal on Tatooine. Since Luke also grew up on Tatooine, why didn't he know anything about his father who would have been a local celebrity? I suppose Uncle Owen could have sheltered him, but I'd think he'd have to have no knowledge of local history or pop culture to miss this one. He did not know Anakin was his father at all. IIRC, Luke KNEW Anakin was his father, but that he was killed by Vader. The fact that he was a local celebrity for winning the race would have been an irrelevant point. The detail of Anakin BECOMING Vader is something that wouldn't have been well known given the chaos going on at the time and Vader hoping to conceal his past. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Posted: 4/20/2015 2:43:33 PM EDT
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He knew of his father, it is unknown if he knew his father was a pod racer.
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Posted: 4/20/2015 2:43:39 PM EDT
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Luke grew up near Anchorhead, and the pod race was in Mos Eisley, a long way away. Also, Vader tried to wipe out as much about his past as possible. The Boonta Eve Classic takes place in Mos Espa. |
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Posted: 4/20/2015 2:44:18 PM EDT
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The Boonta Eve Classic takes place in Mos Espa. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Luke grew up near Anchorhead, and the pod race was in Mos Eisley, a long way away. Also, Vader tried to wipe out as much about his past as possible. The Boonta Eve Classic takes place in Mos Espa. I knew it was Mos Something, I was just out-nerded
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Posted: 4/20/2015 2:44:32 PM EDT
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Personally, I would have expected him to notice the last name similarity, and probably even get teased about it somehow, and it would have taken little to no research to discover Anakin later became a hero Jedi of the Clone Wars where he often fought alongside Obi-Wan Kenobi, whose name Luke did not even recognize in A New Hope though he rightly guessed it was the same person as Ben Kenobi.
Maybe Luke flunked history class.
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Posted: 4/20/2015 2:44:59 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The answer is: Star Wars is shitty as fuck and the story is stupid. The end. Go make out with your Captain Kirk cardboard cutout then! |
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Posted: 4/20/2015 2:45:03 PM EDT
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If you refuse to accept that the prequels exist this question becomes easier to explain. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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The answer is: Star Wars is shitty as fuck and the story is stupid. The end. If you refuse to accept that the prequels exist this question becomes easier to explain. This. |
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Posted: 4/20/2015 2:45:16 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The answer is: Star Wars is shitty as fuck and the story is stupid. The end. This. |
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Posted: 4/20/2015 2:45:39 PM EDT
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Anakin Skywalker was the only known human to podrace, and he won the Boonta Eve Classic which was a really big deal on Tatooine. Since Luke also grew up on Tatooine, why didn't he know anything about his father who would have been a local celebrity? I suppose Uncle Owen could have sheltered him, but I'd think he'd have to have no knowledge of local history or pop culture to miss this one. My recollection is that Luke knew that Anakin was his father, but Luke was under the impression (reinforced by Obi-wan) that Vader had murdered Anakin. He didn't find out the actual truth, that Vader was Anakin, until later. |
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Posted: 4/20/2015 2:45:53 PM EDT
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The answer is: Star Wars is shitty as fuck and the story is stupid. The end. That's just wrong.
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Posted: 4/20/2015 2:45:54 PM EDT
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He'd have to be blind not to see it. Wait! .............
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Posted: 4/20/2015 2:46:37 PM EDT
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My recollection is that Luke knew that Anakin was his father, but Luke was under the impression (reinforced by Obi-wan) that Vader had murdered Anakin. He didn't find out the actual truth, that Vader was Anakin, until later. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Anakin Skywalker was the only known human to podrace, and he won the Boonta Eve Classic which was a really big deal on Tatooine. Since Luke also grew up on Tatooine, why didn't he know anything about his father who would have been a local celebrity? I suppose Uncle Owen could have sheltered him, but I'd think he'd have to have no knowledge of local history or pop culture to miss this one. My recollection is that Luke knew that Anakin was his father, but Luke was under the impression (reinforced by Obi-wan) that Vader had murdered Anakin. He didn't find out the actual truth, that Vader was Anakin, until later. This is correct. |
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Posted: 4/20/2015 2:46:41 PM EDT
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I knew it was Mos Something, I was just out-nerded Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Luke grew up near Anchorhead, and the pod race was in Mos Eisley, a long way away. Also, Vader tried to wipe out as much about his past as possible. The Boonta Eve Classic takes place in Mos Espa. I knew it was Mos Something, I was just out-nerded To be fair I did have to check Wookiepedia to be sure. |
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Posted: 4/20/2015 2:47:01 PM EDT
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Ah, a sad story that. It all goes back to the moisture collectors.
They got infected with fungus. Luke's job was to clean them. He inhaled a lot of spores so he was basically tripping balls for most of his childhood. He had an invisible friend named Obi Wan Kenobi who liked to tell Luke that he was special. The truth is the fungus rotted his brain to the point where the walls between fantasy and reality completely broke down. He concocted wild stories about space travel and talking droids. All of it was just the hallucinations talking. In one violent hallucination he murdered his foster family, screaming that Stormtroopers had done the deed. He spent the rest of his days at the Vader Clinic For The Criminally Insane ranting about the "force" and how he was a man of destiny. |
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Posted: 4/20/2015 2:47:02 PM EDT
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1.It is never explicitly stated he doesn't know about it.
2. Stories of Jedi seem to have been wiped from the records. i.e. He doesn't know anything about his father being a "hero" of the clone wars, despite knowing about the war itself. 3. He grew up on a farm and lived far from where the race was held. 4. Anakin was a slave when he won, and immediately left the planet. I can't imagine the people in charge would promote the idea that a slave won their biggest race as a child. Most probably never knew his actual name. Any of these reasons and probably several more |
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Posted: 4/20/2015 2:47:27 PM EDT
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My recollection is that Luke knew that Anakin was his father, but Luke was under the impression (reinforced by Obi-wan) that Vader had murdered Anakin. He didn't find out the actual truth, that Vader was Anakin, until later. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Anakin Skywalker was the only known human to podrace, and he won the Boonta Eve Classic which was a really big deal on Tatooine. Since Luke also grew up on Tatooine, why didn't he know anything about his father who would have been a local celebrity? I suppose Uncle Owen could have sheltered him, but I'd think he'd have to have no knowledge of local history or pop culture to miss this one. My recollection is that Luke knew that Anakin was his father, but Luke was under the impression (reinforced by Obi-wan) that Vader had murdered Anakin. He didn't find out the actual truth, that Vader was Anakin, until later. That's not true! That's impossible! |
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Posted: 4/20/2015 2:47:42 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: IIRC, Luke KNEW Anakin was his father, but that he was killed by Vader. The fact that he was a local celebrity for winning the race would have been an irrelevant point. The detail of Anakin BECOMING Vader is something that wouldn't have been well known given the chaos going on at the time and Vader hoping to conceal his past. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Anakin Skywalker was the only known human to podrace, and he won the Boonta Eve Classic which was a really big deal on Tatooine. Since Luke also grew up on Tatooine, why didn't he know anything about his father who would have been a local celebrity? I suppose Uncle Owen could have sheltered him, but I'd think he'd have to have no knowledge of local history or pop culture to miss this one. He did not know Anakin was his father at all. IIRC, Luke KNEW Anakin was his father, but that he was killed by Vader. The fact that he was a local celebrity for winning the race would have been an irrelevant point. The detail of Anakin BECOMING Vader is something that wouldn't have been well known given the chaos going on at the time and Vader hoping to conceal his past. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile This |
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Posted: 4/20/2015 2:48:18 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: IIRC, Luke KNEW Anakin was his father, but that he was killed by Vader. The fact that he was a local celebrity for winning the race would have been an irrelevant point. The detail of Anakin BECOMING Vader is something that wouldn't have been well known given the chaos going on at the time and Vader hoping to conceal his past. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Anakin Skywalker was the only known human to podrace, and he won the Boonta Eve Classic which was a really big deal on Tatooine. Since Luke also grew up on Tatooine, why didn't he know anything about his father who would have been a local celebrity? I suppose Uncle Owen could have sheltered him, but I'd think he'd have to have no knowledge of local history or pop culture to miss this one. He did not know Anakin was his father at all. IIRC, Luke KNEW Anakin was his father, but that he was killed by Vader. The fact that he was a local celebrity for winning the race would have been an irrelevant point. The detail of Anakin BECOMING Vader is something that wouldn't have been well known given the chaos going on at the time and Vader hoping to conceal his past. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile This is what I was going to suggest. |
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Posted: 4/20/2015 2:48:23 PM EDT
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This is correct. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Anakin Skywalker was the only known human to podrace, and he won the Boonta Eve Classic which was a really big deal on Tatooine. Since Luke also grew up on Tatooine, why didn't he know anything about his father who would have been a local celebrity? I suppose Uncle Owen could have sheltered him, but I'd think he'd have to have no knowledge of local history or pop culture to miss this one. My recollection is that Luke knew that Anakin was his father, but Luke was under the impression (reinforced by Obi-wan) that Vader had murdered Anakin. He didn't find out the actual truth, that Vader was Anakin, until later. This is correct. I just looked it up on youtube. Fast forward to 4:30: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZ_mjtTCdcg |
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Posted: 4/20/2015 2:48:24 PM EDT
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Because it's a movie.
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Posted: 4/20/2015 2:48:54 PM EDT
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My recollection is that Luke knew that Anakin was his father, but Luke was under the impression (reinforced by Obi-wan) that Vader had murdered Anakin. He didn't find out the actual truth, that Vader was Anakin, until later. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Anakin Skywalker was the only known human to podrace, and he won the Boonta Eve Classic which was a really big deal on Tatooine. Since Luke also grew up on Tatooine, why didn't he know anything about his father who would have been a local celebrity? I suppose Uncle Owen could have sheltered him, but I'd think he'd have to have no knowledge of local history or pop culture to miss this one. My recollection is that Luke knew that Anakin was his father, but Luke was under the impression (reinforced by Obi-wan) that Vader had murdered Anakin. He didn't find out the actual truth, that Vader was Anakin, until later. From a certain point of view. |
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Posted: 4/20/2015 2:48:56 PM EDT
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His "aunt and uncle" kept him sequestered to the sheltered life of a farmboy. Except when he was going to Toshi Station to pick up some power converters. |
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Posted: 4/20/2015 2:48:57 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: His "aunt and uncle" kept him sequestered to the sheltered life of a farmboy. What about all the time he wasted with his friends at Tosche Station? ETA: Fuck, one second!  But I spelled it right. |
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Posted: 4/20/2015 2:49:30 PM EDT
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1.It is never explicitly stated he doesn't know about it. 2. Stories of Jedi seem to have been wiped from the records. i.e. He doesn't know anything about his father being a "hero" of the clone wars, despite knowing about the war itself. 3. He grew up on a farm and lived far from where the race was held. 4. Anakin was a slave when he won, and immediately left the planet. I can't imagine the people in charge would promote the idea that a slave won their biggest race as a child. Most probably never knew his actual name. Any of these reasons and probably several more I can accept 1 and 2, but not 3 and 4. He knew about the Rebellion despite living on a farm far away from everything, you'd think he'd know local recent history. And for 4, his name was uttered by the two-headed announcer dude every twelve seconds during the podrace. |
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Posted: 4/20/2015 2:50:35 PM EDT
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Because it's a movie. This is GD, don't be bringing your fancy-shmancy logic here!
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Posted: 4/20/2015 2:50:41 PM EDT
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Anakin Skywalker was the only known human to podrace, and he won the Boonta Eve Classic which was a really big deal on Tatooine. Since Luke also grew up on Tatooine, why didn't he know anything about his father who would have been a local celebrity? I suppose Uncle Owen could have sheltered him, but I'd think he'd have to have no knowledge of local history or pop culture to miss this one. My recollection is that Luke knew that Anakin was his father, but Luke was under the impression (reinforced by Obi-wan) that Vader had murdered Anakin. He didn't find out the actual truth, that Vader was Anakin, until later. This is correct. |
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Posted: 4/20/2015 2:52:11 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Personally, I would have expected him to notice the last name similarity, and probably even get teased about it somehow, and it would have taken little to no research to discover Anakin later became a hero Jedi of the Clone Wars where he often fought alongside Obi-Wan Kenobi, whose name Luke did not even recognize in A New Hope though he rightly guessed it was the same person as Ben Kenobi. Maybe Luke flunked history class. |
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Posted: 4/20/2015 2:52:40 PM EDT
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Anakin Skywalker was the only known human to podrace, and he won the Boonta Eve Classic which was a really big deal on Tatooine. Since Luke also grew up on Tatooine, why didn't he know anything about his father who would have been a local celebrity? I suppose Uncle Owen could have sheltered him, but I'd think he'd have to have no knowledge of local history or pop culture to miss this one. My recollection is that Luke knew that Anakin was his father, but Luke was under the impression (reinforced by Obi-wan) that Vader had murdered Anakin. He didn't find out the actual truth, that Vader was Anakin, until later. This is correct. You see, Luke also never knew that his father was a Jedi Knight or a fighter pilot. He was told he was a spice trader. Now if the prequels don't exist then it gives the explanation that Anakin may have never even been on Tatooine, they never say this in 4-6. We're just supposed to know THIS about Tatooine, it's a shithole where nobody lives and nobody knows anything, nobody goes there, nobody wants to. (George Lucas just wanted some half assed reason to meddle with shit). The podraces never happened, they don't exist. |
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Posted: 4/20/2015 2:52:50 PM EDT
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didn't qui gon ask him something about how many races he had won and he said none? If so the race we see in the movie is the Only one that he won. I doubt he was that big of a deal.
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