STAR WARS

Owen hates Ben. Why?

Luke obediently informs Owen about R2-D2 claiming to belong to Obi-Wan Kenobi.
Owen about shits his robe.
He is close to anger (the screenplay actually says he "breaks loose with a fit of uncontrolled anger") talking about Ben.
He tells Luke that this 'Obi-Wan Kenobi' died around the same time Luke's father did.
You are a big fat liar, Owen.
Luke doesn't really care that much and changes the subject.

Luke states that he wants to transmit his application to the Academy.
This can only be the Empire’s Academy - there is no other power structure in the galaxy.
He already has the military in mind as a career.
We find out later that he shoots local wildlife - any animal rights advocate worth their salt should see that as a major red flag.
Make no mistake: this boy craves blood.

Owen throws a monkey wrench in Luke's plans, trying to keep him at the ranch for another year.
Does Baru know what's going on here?
She seems empty-headed on the issue, imploring Owen to let Luke loose in the galaxy.
In contrast, Owen looks worn down.
You would, too.

Owen clearly knows just who Luke is.
He's worried that Luke will be like Anakin, and he seemingly hates Kenobi.
Where does Owen stand on all this?
He doesn't seem to like either side so he has my approval there.

Interestingly enough, I found in the Annotated Screenplays (p. 269) that it was decided at some point that Owen was to be Kenobi's brother, and he resented Kenobi for dumping Luke on them.
But that's not the way things turned out, is it Georgie-boy?
No, Owen is VADER'S STEP BROTHER! I cannot stress this enough.
Does Owen hate Vader so much that he's hiding Vader's own son from him?
If so, why is Luke living under the name SKYWALKER?
Are the Rebels just hoping that Vader never stops by or makes any inquiry into his ONLY KNOWN FAMILY?!

No.
The Rebels are not hiding Luke.
Luke has never met Kenobi, so we're asked to believe that the Rebels have had Vader's son as an ace up their sleeve all this time, AND that Kenobi is the only one who knows this.
Unlikely.
A little... too unlikely.

A consideration that didn't hit me until a long time after Phantom Menace;
Those robes Kenobi was wearing, they were Jedi garb.
Anakin's ghost is shown to be wearing the same outfit.
And Owen wears the same kind of clothes...
So, is Owen a Jedi? or former Jedi?
As Anakin's step-brother, did he get in on some Jedi training?
Maybe just on the weekends?
And once a year for two weeks?
Maybe Owen was part of the Jedi National Guard?

Surely it's obvious, now that Lucas made the second trilogy - Vader is the one who's hiding Luke.
He's hiding him with his family on a desolate Outer Rim world.
Actually, I don't don't think Luke is being hidden at all.
Luke is living under the name Skywalker, the surname of Darth Vader.
He's not living as Luke Smith, he is the known son of Anakin Skywalker.

Kenobi is there watching Luke.
This is one reason why Owen's not too thrilled with Kenobi.
Owen is doing all of this out of family loyalty (remember, Anakin did go out and avenge their mother's murder - in fact, he came from his cushy life in the capital to do so... he sends chills up my spine....
Or maybe Luke IS being hidden, way out on the Outer Rim.
Maybe that's the deal with the Emperor: keep your son out of the military and he can live.
No wonder Owen seems a little bedraggled - any way you slice it, Owen's gonna get killed.

Owen and Baru are the only decent people in these movies.
They get the standard reward for it, too.