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Hello there. Somehow, Star Wars memes have returned. It's not a trap, this is where the fun begins.
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In the Radio Drama, Obi-Wan even says to Han Solo that he hasn't touched money in a long time and has been making his way on his own for some time.
I take that to mean he has no official presence on tatooine.
Plus let's be honest, rim worlds don't exactly have good, robust governments that keep track of everyone. They made that clear early on. You can patrol the streets of major cities and their space ports, but without a major presence, the empire has no idea who lives where in the outer rim.
Plus "Skywalker" would definitely be a common name given how historically on earth a lot of last names correspond to trades and careers, so a "Skywalker" was descended from someone who got their name piloting, or generally being someone who spends a lot of time in space.
So combine all those together with the characters being on a planet that Darth Vader has every reason to hate and disregard, (he was a slave there, his mother died there and he feels responsible, and also... Sand...) the empire could comb the desert and not find shit.
I love the radio dramas. I also love that George Lucas loved NPR so much that he worked with the NPR station near Skywalker Ranch to make it happen.
I love that George Lucas was in it for the love of the game. He's a true artist.
edit: fuck me he's pro AI in movies.
People love to shit on his creative decisions in the prequels... but at least he wasn't making them for the vapid commercially driven motivations infecting everything now a days.
Dude was passionate about making cool movies in new ways; and he succeeded.
Love of the game and the toy rights.
TBF they made some really cool toys. Like the "extending nested plastic sword" for lightsabers. All the lego sets. The video games. I played the crap out of OT side scrollers. The Star Wars trading cards predate Pokémon.
You had me at "Sand..." :-P
If you're hiding from Darth Vader, you should always make sure you're hiding somewhere with lots and lots of sand.
I always keep a pocket full of sand just in case the Emperor sends his favourite cyborg after me