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[--Pete]

Hi,

I'm not sure myself. I do think, however, that your presumption would only support my position that the "Lie" was created as an effect of the serialization of the IP and not created as a means of character development. In the context of the story which has been told, and is explicit, Obi-Wan is a liar and the "Point of View" argument (although masquerading as wisdom) should be viewed as the BS that it is. One could argue that the tragedy he lived through with Anakin broke his faith in people and thus he was less willing to trust in Luke the second time around. This would be an interesting character arc if it was at all explored in any of the fiction, but alas it is not and trying to overlay it onto the story as it was told is reaching at best.

I agree with you. Indeed, my earlier post was in support of your idea. While you gave the what (that the lie served the structure of the story and not the development of the characters), I gave the why (poor advanced planning by Lucas). Indeed, given the actual development of the story (Obi-Wan's lie, his failure to tell Luke that Leia is his sister, Yoda's extreme reluctance to train him) episode 6 should have been titled Darth Junior as Luke turns to the dark side and becomes a Sith lord.

I enjoy the six main Star Wars films, but have no other experience or interest in the franchise. Last month I watched all six of them on two successive days. But I've been told by people (mostly my daughter) who follow the franchise that a fair bit of the back story has been locked down in franchise approved novels.

Star Wars is good. Had Lucas spent one percent as much time on his back story as Tolkien did on his, Star Wars could have been great.

--Pete