My question about Luke and Obi Wan Kenobi

I was thinking this the other day. Particularly the first paragraph. It seems like poor planning but maybe it comes down to Owen and Beru didnt want Luke to follow in his fathers footsteps. I have a feeling that Obi Wan would want permission because of some old code he still adhered to. He should have just kept Luke with him and trained, as far as I know he didnt do a whole lot after the Fall but its been a while since I used Wookiee

Unfortunately, while I actually prefer that as canon myself, what Admiralty said, George Lucas had claimed, once the Clone Wars animated series had come out, that anything else from the comics or even the novels should be regarded as non-canon. :/

In the series, Darth Maul indeed survived, but was meshed with technology to give him limbs back. He'd gone partially insane. Also, unlike the comic version where Kenobi ultimately killed Maul, Watto also survived past the whole two trilogies. In the comic, Maul beheaded Watto after interrogating him for the whereabouts of Luke Skywalker.

So thanks to the Clone Wars, and George Lucas' constantly changing mind, that comic is no longer considered canon anymore. It's why many writers and novelists went on strike against George. He literally made years of hard work become non-canon material just because he wanted canonicity to remain with the films and animated shows. Really sucky and douchebag move in my opinion.

That said, I agree with Xeonon Solomon. Unlike some Jedi post-Order 66, Obi-Wan Kenobi adhered to many strict codes of conduct becoming of the Jedi, and held on to many principles and concepts belonging to the old ways. Therefore, under that code, since Obi-Wan entrusted the care of Luke to Owen and Beru, rather than raise the boy himself, if Owen didn't want "that crazy old man" anywhere near Luke, he'd be bound by honor to respect that request. Though he remained just close enough to make sure nothing untoward happened to Luke.

Also, I believe at the same time, Obi-Wan needed some alone time to conduct his new training for himself, per the instructions of Yoda after the events of Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, where they both learnt how to commune with one who was already dead to the physical forms, but alive in spirit, Qui-Gon Jinn. I think trying to look after an infant child of the Poorly Chosen One while meditating simultaneously would put a serious hindrance to his training. Children need constant care, even special Jedi children. So it was one or the other. I think therefore, he saw a dual need for the Lars family. It's possible that maybe after he finished his training, he tried to get permission from Owen to train Luke as a Jedi, as if I recall correctly, Owen referred to Ben as a "meddling old fool", which suggests that Obi-Wan had visited the Lars family at some point, or maybe even a few times. But as Xeonon said, if Owen rebuffed him, I don't think it'd be characteristic of Obi-Wan to try and use a Mind Trick on them to get his way. That is the way of the Dark Side, after all, and Obi-Wan was almost pure Light Side.

My other theory is that Obi-Wan felt emotionally compromised and very, very wearied from his years of constant strife and battles. He was the first Jedi to confront a Sith in thousands of years, or a thousand years at least, and had been in no less than two wars, the second one, the Clone Wars being one that lasted many, many years. And in the very end, it was all an elaborate, galaxy-wide hoax that was used by the complicated and funky Sith to feed on the fears and anger of the people, while severely undermining the Jedi every step of the way. The amount of times that Obi-Wan had been captured, tortured and put into all kinds of situations, as well as watching Duchess Satine of the Mandalorians die right before him while he was powerless to protect her, plus the added stress of training the prophesied Chosen One, who was really a handful, as he was very cocky and arrogant during his Padawan years, and which ultimately became the greatest tool that was used to betray the Jedi from within, and instead of bringing salvation, Anakin brought destruction.

I think all these experiences, and no matter how strong willed a person may be, will take its toll on their mind, heart and body. And since Obi-Wan personally trained Anakin, he quite likely feels responsible for what happened during Order 66, and may have lost his faith in his ability to teach anyone, so instead of caring for Luke himself, he gave Luke to Owen and Beru, while he went off to contemplate things. After many years, maybe he found a form of peace, and also finished his training to become One With The Force once his physical lifespan reached its pinnacle, so he considered risking another chance with another Skywalker, but by this time, Owen doesn't trust Obi-Wan, because he'd seen what kind of havoc Force Users can wreak on the universe (The Empire), and it don't matter to him whether they're Jedi or Sith, they're all one and the same to him.

So that's my theory on why Obi-Wan never trained Luke until they met again with R2-D2 and C-3PO. Though Luke seemed particularly potent and more talented than his father in some ways.

Also, the irony was that the Jedi misunderstood the concept of Balance In The Force. That meant there should be an equal amount of light and dark, if all the Sith were wiped out, then there'd be just Light, and thusly, an imbalance. So, since Darth Vader betrayed and killed thousands of Jedi in his time, bringing the total amount of Jedi and Sith to an almost equal amount, and with Vader's subsequent redemption by throwing the Emperor down a shaft to his death, Anakin did fulfill the prophecy, didn't he? Plus there WERE still Jedi of the Old Order that survived right past Return of the Jedi, as well as dark siders, so taking that into consideration, I'd say the balance was technically restored.

And then the following Skywalkers just HAD to imbalance things again with their sheer awesomeness, but that's really another matter entirely. Focusing on the topic at hand, what I said above, that's what I think is the reason for Obi-Wan not training Luke earlier on. He was emotionally compromised and probably lost faith in himself, or feared training Luke to become another Vader.