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Well if Luke left who was going to repair those units in the south ridge by midday? >

Or there’ll be hell to pay >

'hell to pay?' turns on lightsaber what was that again?  Did you say something?  I didn't think so. >

If this is the case, then why did he continue to allow Luke to use the last name "Skywalker", or is that the equivalent to "Smith" or "Jones"? >

I always thought this was weird too. But then after watching the obi-wan series it kind of showed that Anakin was presumed dead. So maybe changing his last name didn't seem important? Leia's last name was changed since she was adopted, whereas Luke got more of a "godparent" treatment >

Yeah that was established in the cartoons too. Asoka finds out in the Rebels series. Everyone thought Anikin was dead. Why change Luke’s name?  If they were really trying to hide him from Anikin, the last place they would have taken him is to the only family Anikin seems to know of. >

Duh? I mean, we can quibble over exactly how he was trying to protect Luke (didn’t want Luke to be discovered, didn’t want Luke to get involved in dangerous adventures, didn’t want Luke to ‘awaken’ his dark, Anakin-like tendencies?) but he clearly was making excuses to try and make Luke settle down and accept a ‘boring’ life as a moisture farmer. >

Yes, the "don't go enlist" theme is especially clear given when Star Wars premiered in theaters >

Don't go enlist. In 1977? >

Vietnam "ended" in 1975. It was still very fresh. >

I'm aware. So I don't see why the theme of "don't go enlist" was "especially clear given when it premiered".  And considering that in the Vietnam metaphor the US = the empire, I even more don't see a parallel. >

This was not a direct analogy, it is just a sentiment expressed in a certain way. Probably not even intentional, but instead simply something that was on the minds of writers and audience at the time. >

Yup. He was a curmudgeon for sure but at heart it was protecting Luke. I think one of the best things Kenobi did (the series) was flesh his character out >

I thought he joined because the only 2 women in the galaxy were his aunt and his sister. Dude needed to get some. >

Yeah and he ends up making out with his sister.  Real progress... >

I thought that was pretty clear right from the start. Even as a little kid seeing it for the first time I thought, "he just doesn't want Luke to leave home." >

Sanchez to Luke, "Can I speak frankly? If you act like a cheap asshole, expect the shittiest portion." >

Shower thought after watching Andor. 
Luke accepted the conspiracy theory of an old desert hermit and went gung ho into galactic terrorism I’m absolutely no time flat. 
He went from whiny farm boy to killing millions of space nazis in the span of, what, 2 or 3 days, tops. >

Do lightyears traveled factor into space age? >

Frankly, hiding Luke with Anakin's family on his home planet was probably not the brightest move to begin with, especially since they didn't even bother to change his name. >

They weren’t hiding him from Anikin. They thought he was dead (at least until Luke was older). They were hiding him from the sith, who would have no reason to know he existed. >

Exactly. Vader thought his unborn child died with Padme when he "killed" her on Mustafar.  There's a comic set after ANH where Boba Fett learns the name of the pilot who blew up yhe death star, the one Vader sensed was strong in the force.  When he told Vader, that's when Vader realised that Palpatine had lied about how Padme died, and that the baby survived.
If Luke had enlisted in the academy he would have been identified as force sensitive, even though no one was looking for him specifically. There's an episode of Rebels where this happens to a couple of imperial cadets, and they barely escape being handed over to the inquitors. >

This is not something that is figured out. It is clearly illustrated for the watcher. >

The film came out 45 years ago, yet you've only just worked this one out ? >

It’s a shower thought >

Fuck you for pointing out what sub this! Don’t you know how serious of a conversation this is!?!??!! Obvious /s >

ITT a whole lot of people who were not alive when the originals came out and can only see things through the lens of all that has happened since.
Nobody at the time thought his uncle was anything other than a curmudgeon.  Nobody thought he was protecting Luke.  And if not for all the stuff that has com e out in the decades since, this would indeed be a hot take. >

I don’t agree at all. Imo uncle Owen’s actions were clearly that of a protective parent trying to keep Luke away from the violent fate of his father >

Which, when the movie came out, we had absolutely no way of knowing.  It wasn't until years later when Empire came out that we could possibly have put that together.
Again, this is looking at it through the lens of someone who has seen all that came after A New Hope was released. >

We didn’t know why he was being protective but it was clear that he wasn’t just being an old curmudgeonly man he was protecting him from something >

This is up there with.
"Duerrghh, lightsabers are in Star Wars" >

Man, I really need to re-watch the OG, it's been like a decade. I somehow never made that connection. XD >

Maybe his uncle really didn't need luke.  There is a possibility that uncle Owen could actually just want to get rid of the kid.  In addition, we don't know at the end whether he really needed him or not.  We all know that star wars is a movie, and it is fictional.  Therefore, a lot of things in the movie are just made-up.  We could really never know what is going on his mind. >

Owen Lars holds the galactic record for Holding Back The Tide of Skywalker Bullshit. Look at all the Skywalker Bullshit that Leia got up to without any mitigation by the time of ANH. Now look at all the Skywalker Bullshit that Luke got up to mere days after Uncle Owen died. >

Ofcourse he didn’t need Luke for another season, he was going to end this season as a crispy. >

Part of me resents the writers "backfilling" the ambiguities of motivation from the early films with new content that canonizes them.  I feel I have a right to what I decided his motivation was for keeping Luke close to home.  Yet, I can't deny being entertained by the newer stuff, even when they blow my notions up like a 3 meter womprat from my T-16 >

I can’t put my finger on what rogue one did to absolutely nail it. >

Be a compelling, character driven, narrative that works as a deep and complex heist movie outside of its attachment to one of the largest cultural phenomenons on the planet. >

Honestly I think it was seeing the actual consequences that happened to relatable people that actually connected me to it. The main protagonists had no special abilities, they were just people, all doing things for their own reasons. >

Yes, a compelling, character driven, deep and complex heist movie that stands on its own as a great film. >

That's really an interesting take on Uncle Owen and his intentions.
I would like to challenge this view.  Luke did need Owen and his family.  Without his uncle, he may be discovered by other sand people instead.   He didn't know how to survive without the moisture farm.  He needed someone to look after him.  Uncle Owen was protecting him and I don't think that he was trying to protect him from only the empire, but from everything else that could have destroyed him. >

It took you that long to realise that?
Guess I’m at least 13hs slower than you >

Makes sense to me
Luke has been set to go to piloting school for years at the start of a New Hope
But Owen is always the one to "hold him back" >

Isn't that a classic parent-child protective/attachment scheme ? >

No offense OP but I kinda though this was one of those common knowledge situations. >

Did you just watch Star Wars either for the first time ever or the first time high? >

Because there’s not millions of Americans who’ve infiltrated every sector of the Chinese Communist Party.