“Hey, I’m Luke’s Uncle Owen, and I dress similarly to others here on Tatooine.” “And I’m Luke’s Aunt Beru. I wear a jean jacket over a butterfly collar blouse and look like an extra from the Partridge Family.” - ThreadSky

batkaren.bsky.social • 263 days ago

“Hey, I’m Luke’s Uncle Owen, and I dress similarly to others here on Tatooine.”

“And I’m Luke’s Aunt Beru. I wear a jean jacket over a butterfly collar blouse and look like an extra from the Partridge Family.”

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timetravel.camp•263 days ago

I'm sure a Lore Guy will be along presently to "explain" this.

hiddenpinky.bsky.social•106 days ago

Lucas: Before you get into costume, let's run your lines and get the camera angles.
...
Lucas [after the runthrough, stunned]: That's it. That's the keeper.

adamkingxv.bsky.social•218 days ago

"You're dressed like a Jedi. Did you serve in the Clone Wars?"

"Oh...yeah."

"Where were you? Naboo? Kashyyyk?"

"No no, I served uh...on a different planet. Excuse me I have to go."

stevehorton.bsky.social•258 days ago

Aunt Beru dishes it out.

sleestak.bsky.social•263 days ago

Simplicity patterns are easily within the moisture farmer budget

caprimoondot.bsky.social•262 days ago

Sure but if you break your last jeans twin needle, you’ll have to order a new one from the core worlds & then you’ll have to get your nephew to pick it up & is it worth listening to him whine about it?

batkaren.bsky.social•263 days ago

Timeless classics for the down-to-Tatooine moisture farmer

markilliswriter.bsky.social•106 days ago

If you’re British and of a certain age, she looks a lot like Shirley Williams. She was probably big in the Tatoooine Social Democrats.

artvandelay.bsky.social•263 days ago

Also need Derek Guy’s take on this.

viktorwinetrout.bsky.social•218 days ago

uncle owen looking like hungover russell crowe

probgobl.in•218 days ago

You can just say Russell Crowe.

timescanner.bsky.social•263 days ago

Beru’s a fashion icon.

vinceness.bsky.social•263 days ago

i uhhh, need to pick up some power converters,

jailapeche.bsky.social•106 days ago

That's what aunties looked like in the 70's.

tiredmusings.bsky.social•262 days ago

That’s her FU to the empire

fluidsguru.bsky.social•263 days ago

The flaw in the prequels is the Jedi also ritualistically dress like moisture farmers on Tatooine - even when going into combat.

I note early Phantom Menace art had the Jedi (correctly) garbed in Samurai/Vader-esque costumes :

https://www.reddit.com/r/BrighterThanCoruscant/comments/1ap2818/phantom_menace_concept_art_of_obiwan_from_the/