In the very first Star Wars film Star Wars, C-3PO and R2-D2 are sold to the Lars family after being captured by the Jawas. When the prequel Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones was released in 2002, Looking back, Uncle Owen’s reaction in Episode IV seemed odd.
For the big logic hole there is at least two explanationsneither of which are really satisfactory.
Uncle Owen’s reaction to C-3PO in Star Wars doesn’t make sense
When Owen buys the droids in Episode IV, he acts like he’s never dealt with them before. In Episode II, however, it is revealed that C-3PO previously worked on the farm of the younger Owen and his father. So the older Owen should have recognized C-3PO in Star Wars.
Check out the trailer for the very first Star Wars film here:
Star Wars – Original Theatrical Trailer (German) HD
A Screen Rant article provides the logical explanation that the Star Wars prequels were far from being planned by George Lucas at the time of Star Wars were. So the scene from Attack of the Clones couldn’t make any sense in retrospect. Nevertheless, Lucas should have thought better about including it in this form in his backstory.
A second explanation comes from the Star Wars universe itself. There C-3PO is not the only droid of its kind is, optically it could also be a completely different model. For Owen, the encounter in Star Wars might not have been convincing enough to immediately recognize C-3PO. But we will probably never get a real explanation for this Star Wars logic hole.
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Did the logic hole with Uncle Owen and C-3PO from Star Wars bother you too?