Grr! (Growlsome)

Scott and I sat at home and ate bean dip, breaking chips in it that were promised not to break. We plotted out the first three episodes to Star Wars the way they should have been. You see, "Uncle" Owen Lars should actually have been the pilot of the spice freighter that Anakin was the navigator on. Seeing his best friend turn to the dark side deeply disturbed Owen to the point where he gave up the busy life of a spicer and settled down as a moisture farmer on a simple, quiet planet. Years later, Ben Kenobi sought out Owen, knowing that he would accept the responsibility and raise young Luke well. That makes a hell of a better backstory, I think, and ties in all the things that Owen and Ben say about Luke's Father.