Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Owen Lars is a character from the Star Wars films, the son of farmer Cliegg Lars. He married Beru Whitesun and became Luke Skywalker's uncle. In A New Hope, Owen and Beru were killed by Imperial Stormtroopers. In the book Return of the Jedi, Obi-Wan Kenobi refers to Owen as his brother, but this is never expanded upon. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.