Obi-Wan's brother

[Starkindler (The Naked Jedi)]

Was originally intended to be Owen Lars..............
it was mentioned in another thread here, so when I read this page:
www.starwarz.com/tbone/cut_scenes/ep6/luke_obiwan.htm

It stuck out boldly....

LUKE
Leia! Leia's my sister.

BEN
Your insight serves you well.
Bury your feelings deep down, Luke.
They do you credit. But they
could be made to serve the Emperor.

Luke looks into the distance, trying to comprehend all this.

BEN
(continuing his narrative)
When your father left, he didn't know
your mother was pregnant. Your mother
and I knew he would find out eventually,
but we wanted to keep you both as safe
as possible, for as long as possible.
So I took you to live with my brother
Owen on Tatooine... and your mother took
Leia to live as the daughter of
Senator Organa, on Alderaan.

Luke turns, and settles near Ben to hear the tale.

[Leda EmBorr]

Intersting. So if that alleged script is real, then GL might have intended them to be brothers--- or at least the idea had crossed his mind.

[Starkindler (The Naked Jedi)]

there is alot on that site about outtakes, scripts, changes, etc.
Much is quoted from other sources or from people at Lucasfilm or ILM.
It looks authentic to me..........
GL probably just changed his mind for pacing and to leave room for him in the future to do the prequels.....

[himiko sabbrawrra]

WOW! That really is interesting. I thought it was just a rumor someone started.

But if Owen was going to be his brother would't he had been a force user as well?

[tanzanlinnear]

Not necessarily, afterall, among siblings, one may have musical ability or be more athletic than the other, or, one may inherit all the 'attractive' features of their parents, while the other is less attractive. Of course, in Lucas' final draughts, Owen turned out to be Anakin's step-brother, and Padme died outright, so as interesting as it often is to see how a concept has evolved, the eventual outcome is always what one must consider as accurate

[Ani-Chay Pinn]

Well, I suppose it's plausible, but a single source on the internet is NOT reliable, no matter how good the website looks. Unless others source can be confirmed (like Lucas saying, "Yeah, that was an earlier version of the script."), it's just speculation.

In the end, it doesn't really matter since the prequel version became part of the story. Lucas had many versions of the Star Wars story and talked about them when ANH first came out.

[Starkindler (The Naked Jedi)]

most of the stuff I've seen on the site gives sources for what is posted.....you could check it if you wanted to. The outtakes and cut footage seem authentic and some are those on the discs as well.
interesting though nonetheless.....it would fit part of GL's methodology of interweaving characters backgrounds.

[himiko sabbrawrra]

Well and GL is a tinkerer. He likes many ideas. Like what Rick M. said at C3.. He thinks he's going to be an old man in his80's and get a call from George saying he wants to change of add something to one of the movies.