STAR WARS

Ambushed By Kenobi

In the morning Luke and Threepio zip off in Luke's Landspeeder.
Interestingly, Threepio seems to be in the driver's seat as Luke commands him to 'hit the accelerator'.
WTF?
Did Luke make Threepio drive, or did Threepio 'offer'?

We see that R2 has managed to travel an amazing distance over night.
On those little wheels in the sand? R2's good, no doubt about it.
Is he that good?
Did Kenobi come creeping up to the Lars farm in the night?
I smell an ambush.
Not by Sand People, who I think are being falsely maligned here, much like aboriginal peoples everywhere.

What do we know about the Sand People?
Damn little.
We see one taking aim on the Speeder and the one next to him STOPPING him from shooting.
A bit touchy they seem, but level headed.

When Luke and Threepio catch up with R2, the two droids team up on Luke again.
R2 starts beeping and Threepio 'translates' that "There are several creatures approaching from the southeast."

Luke grabs a rifle, indicating that maybe he's not as innocent as he seems.
Or maybe there's just always been trouble for the Lars ranch after Anakin slaughtered a tribe of Tusken Raiders.
Murder the King's mom, you may have to pay for that.
Murder an entire tribe, you may have to pay for that, too.

Watch close now.
Luke spots the elephantine Banthas and then a Sand Person (Tuskens, I believe they prefer to be called) jumps up and pushes him to the ground.
Note that during this struggle, the Sand Person is clearly missing Luke intentionally.
When the Tusken Raider raises his staff and yells, the footage is noticeably 'rocked' (playing the frames backward and forward) and therefore tampered with.

The next thing we're shown is Luke being dragged and set down unconcious, right in front of R2 for the recording.
What happened? Did Luke piss himself unconcious?
He recieves no visible wounds and needs no first aid.
Yeah, those Sand People are a rough crowd all right.
This is the first of many unlikely and advantageous �coincidences� that occur when Kenobi is around.
Now that Luke is unconcious, the only corroboration comes from the droids.
We're shown footage of Kenobi stumbling up the hill toward everybody and a creature's roar is dubbed over this.
We're being asked to believe that the Sand folk are frightened away by this.
Indeed.

Why didn't the Sand People kill Luke?
Were they in fact working with Kenobi?
Are they Kenobi's hit squad recruits?
Further, it could be anybody under those robes and wrappings.
Is Kenobi using Tuskens or is his crack Rebel hit squad disquised as Tuskens?
I put nothing beyond Kenobi's die-hard willingness to do anything for what he believes in.
When the time comes, he even sacrifices himself.
A true believer and a fanatic.
Dangerous.

Kenobi puts his hand to Luke's forehead and soon Luke returns to conciousness.
That's not CPR - Kenobi's the one who orchestrated Luke's capture, naturally he has the antidote for whatever knock-out drops he used.
I imagine that Ben and R2 had set this ambush and were waiting for Threepio to bring Luke to them.
He probably had to knock Luke out so he could question Threepio - 'How much does the kid know? Okay, here's our story...'

Ben addresses R2 as "friend" (more Rebel droid-love) and seemly understands R2's beeping by replying that Luke will be all right.
He then pretends to Luke that he doesn't know the droids.
Interesting.
Unlike the droids, Kenobi seems to have some qualms about lying here.
He's got good reason - when he lies, he lies BIG.
He says he never owned a droid, but omits the fact that he has dealt with both of these droids for many years (as revealed in Phantom Menace).

Luke, you poor dumb clod-kicker, you are officially this hypnotist's 'volunteer'.
Whatever you do, don't let yourself be alone with him ...
oh.
shit.