STAR WARS

Who killed the Jawas?

We again break into a conversation between the farmboy and the hypnotist. Luke has apparently been making an astute observation and is proving his case. Kenobi, of course, is ready with an answer:

Jedi mind tricks again. He is telling Luke what he wants him to believe. Are the tracks really side by side? Kenobi's contention is that 'somebody' is making this look like a Tusken raid. Hmmm... Who would do that? Who needs to hide their actions and their presence? Luke is lost, but he notices that these Jawas are the ones we saw earlier. Kenobi actually grabs Luke and physically directs his attention:

Beware lest you fall under Kenobi's spell. I did not question this until nearly twenty years later. Obi-Wan Kenobi is a Jedi master, remember. This is what he does.

Ask yourself a couple of questions; Why would the Empire need to cover their tracks on this shit-hole Outer Rim planet? They're the only power structure in the galaxy, so who would they be hiding their actions from? Do they have some treaty with the Jawas that we don't know about that would cause them to cover their tracks?

And why don't we get to see Imperial troops attacking the Jawas or Luke's foster folks? These are historical documents pieced together after Luke takes power. Anything that could damn the Empire would be used (and is). The Imperials seem to make extremely accurate records of everything, but not a single report, transmission, still photo, spent round, or piece of armor to positively link them to these two incidents?

Pretty obviously, these brutal acts were carried out under Kenobi's directives by his Rebel hit squad. He's either using Tuskens or highly trained Rebel operatives who masquarade as Tuskens.