it's based on ppl working out that logically Bail Organa, R2-D2, Chewie and Ben all know ESB's reveal beforehand
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so we handwave that having him keep the Skywalker name must be partly a psyop for the moment of the reveal
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keep him isolated from politics and war so he remains a blank slate
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have him raised by an uncle who never quite treats him like a son so he won't have Anakin's "attachment"
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they specifically said raising him on Tatooine is partly a psyop
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even thinking about Tatooine triggers deep PTSD in Vader, he can't physically go there w/o a panic attack
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hence Tatooine being mostly untouched by Imperial occupation in ANH
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i have to say this does fit with Vader being so fucked up he builds a house on the site of his "birthplace"
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Obi-Wan adheres to the fucked up dualism of Anakin vs Darth Vader but not as much as Vader himself
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I do think a huge part of the Conspiracy is Ben knowing Luke is a perfect tool to psychologically destroy Anakin
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seeing the boy he would've been had things not gone wrong will set off all Vader's triggers at once
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(and then, Ben thinks, you can fucking stab him through the respirator and end this)
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Interesting that of the Ben's, the younger is likely far kinder in his slaughter of opponents strategies
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