The prequels make the whole scene all the more ridiculous *Trooper radioing Vader "Hey boss, wanted to get you an update. We have an Owen Lars here who says his nephew, Luke Skywalker, is taking the droids to their neighbor, Ben Kenobi--" "I'm sorry, repeat those names for me?"

"Why are the protagonists in adventure stories orphans?" SW where they didn't kill off Owen: Owen on the radio: "Luke, you need to come home. The police are here; apparently the droids are stolen goods owned by terrorists." Luke: /

"Listen, uncle, me and the old hermit are going to sketchy bars in town until we can find a drug dealer to take cash to get us offworld. He's going to teach me about a religious cult he said dad was in and I'm joining an anti-government militia to see if I can find this hot chick

@ChrisExpTheNews This classic fills in that gap

@ChrisExpTheNews the goal isn't just to get the droids back, it's also to get rid of any copies anyone might have made of the plans "kill everyone and burn the house" makes a bit of sense given that

@ChrisExpTheNews There was a really well done Storm Troopers-meets-Cops parody from the early Web 2.0 days to that effect.

@ChrisExpTheNews at the same time that's exactly the kind of bungle you could expect from a galaxy-scale bureaucracy that gave up the efficiency of elite clones for the politically expedient conscription of locals..

@ChrisExpTheNews I'm always annoyed by the scene where they could shoot the escape pod but don't want to waste a laser on it.

@ChrisExpTheNews What

@ChrisExpTheNews I think the reason is that they got the information and then shot them so they wouldn't have to pay them

@ChrisExpTheNews The Obi Wan series implied that Owen and Beru would absolutely go guns blazing if it means saving Luke's life. So...

@ChrisExpTheNews This missing scene is entirely believable and consistent with SW canon.