The guardians and foster parents of Luke Skywalker, they have tried to raise him as a normal youth, keeping from him the fact that his veins coursed with Jedi blood and that his "dead" hero father was not simply a freighter navigator as they have told Luke.
Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi turned to the Lars couple just after Luke was born, and asked that they raise the child on the desolate planet of Tatooine, far from Imperial intrigue. Young Luke calls them aunt and uncle.
Owen and Beru toil as moisture farmers and have a difficult existence, some years barely eking out a living, even with Luke's help. There is constant tension between Luke and Owen as the youth wants to leave for pilot training at the Academy like his friend Biggs Darklighter, but Owen always insists that he stay "one more season" to help with the chores. Despite that, Beru and Owen Lars have taught young Skywalker the value of hard work, loyalty, commitment - and compassion.
