why not LUKE LARS???

maybe he just went to Skywalker after his aunt and uncle died.he might have gone by Lars in the first place. he never says his full name until he rescues leia.

maybe they just figured Anakin wouldn't want to ever go to Tatooine again with all his bad memories (which is why I still think he ordered the murder of Beru and Owen) and that, added to the fact that Luke lives in the friggin' boondocks on a backwater planet, his name would never leave his area. But the main reason I think they didn't change it was because they hoped he'd redeem the name one day and restore its honor.

Vader probably did not order their deaths. the stormtroopers could figure that one out on their own, if they weren't being cooperative or whatever. the music for that part's soo sad.

But isn't that a little over the top? I mean the Empire has to somewhat monitor their PR to make sure they have enough people on they're side to keep from losing power. But I guess it could just be Rampart division Stormtroopers.

The Stormtroopers were under orders to exterminate anyone who had any contact with the plans, I'd bet. Owen and Beru were just in the wrong place at the wrong time.

i'm pretty much under the impression that the Empire never cared much about public relations. Vader routinely killed his officers and destroyed planets. PR reallly isn't that important to them.

The sandtroopers killed the Lars and the jawas on their own free will. Stormtroopers act on their own. They just like shooting people who get into their way.

Even though this aint canon, read the Tales of the Mos Eisley Cantina, it tells you exactly what happened to the Lars and the Jawas. Its the stormtrooper Tale.

Its a great EU book.

They destroyed ONE planet under the guise of stopping terrorism (sound familiar?) when really its just establishing control. I think Vengeance made the best comment there, that was simple, effective, and totally makes sense.
Dirty, sorry man, they follow orders. And in that instance, it was a guy personally sent by Vader (which was on film) and as such, would very closely monitor his team so as not to piss off the Dark Lord. It makes much more sense that they're just cleaning up their trail.

oh no, it's not vengeance, it's fear 😉
"Fear will keep the local systems in line,
Fear for this battlestation"

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He was saying my name. As in Vengeance, me, had the best comment here. Not that they were striking in vengeance. 😉

haha. maybe he just went by skywalker because it sounds so much more dramatic than Lars. " I"m Luke Lars, i'm here to rescue you!"

Luke Lars, sounds like a Danish bakerman,
"Hey I am Luke Lars and I am here to rescue you, do you want a danish roll"

"No, I already have two against my ears"

great 😂 you got it straight on Yersie 😄😄😄

nice. 😂 😆 🤣

For all we know "Skywalker" is the star wars galaxy equivalent of "Smith" or "Jones" and there are billions of people with that name.

haha. There's yearly "Luke Skywalker" conventions. 🙂

really.........

No, that was a joke. See, they have yearly "John Smith" conventions 'cause it's such a popular name. So I was playing off of amity's theory of Skywalker being a really popular name....

never mind. It wasn't THAT amusing.