Beru Lars (Supermorff)

Beru Lars, née Skywalker, was was a Tatooinian woman and moisture farmer in years spanning the formation of the Galactic Empire. She was the wife of Owen Lars, the sister of Anakin Skywalker, and the aunt of Luke Skywalker. Following the death of Anakin and his wife (Luke's mother), Owen and Beru Lars took Luke in and raised him like a son. When Luke was 20 years old, Owen and Beru were killed by Imperial s who were searching for the stolen plans to the Death Star battle station.

Early life
Beru Skywalker was born on Tatooine to Kane and Shmi Skywalker, two local moisture farmers, and raised alongside her brother Anakin. When they were children, their father told them stories about the great heroes of the Old Republic, including the Jedi Knights. Beru took them as mere fairytales, but Anakin began to dream about leaving Tatooine and becoming a hero himself.

Kane was killed by Sand People when Beru was in her early teens, and Shmi died a few months later after a prolonged illness that left her bedridden. These losses, so close together, caused significant hardship for the two children, who tried to run the farm for themselves but were unable to manage the workload. Fortunately, the farm's future was saved thanks to their childhood friend, Owen Lars, who convinced his father Cliegg to purchase the farm but leave Anakin and Beru as day-to-day managers. With the money from the purchase and Cliegg's contacts, Anakin and Beru were able to capitalise on a successful harvest and make farm profitable again.

During this time, Owen spent more and more time at the farm. Beru developed a crush on Owen but found herself unable to speak to him properly, despite knowing him since childhood. She convinced Anakin to act as a matchmaker for them, but even though Beru and Owen eventually entered into a relationship, all three parties later agreed that Anakin's attempt to play matchmaker had not been very successful or helpful.

Departure of Anakin
When Anakin was seventeen and Beru slightly older, Anakin was reacquainted with Obi-Wan Kenobi, an idealistic young man who dreamed of making the galaxy a better place, in particular by abolishing slavery throughout the Republic. Owen took an immediate dislike to Obi-Wan, considering him a rich boy who had never worked a proper day in his life, but Anakin agreed with Obi-Wan's principles and decided to leave Tatooine with him. This shocked Owen (who took Anakin's decision as a personal betrayal), and saddened Beru. Beru nevertheless secretly gave Anakin her blessing to leave, which he did.

In the years that followed, Owen and Beru married. When Cliegg Lars passed away, Owen became the farm's legal owner. After becoming a Jedi Knight, Anakin returned to Tatooine sporadically to visit Beru and Owen, first alone and then with his wife. Owen and Anakin remained estranged, but Beru always enjoyed her brother's visits and became close friends with Anakin's wife.

When Luke Shortly after the birth of Luke Skywalker, Anakin and his wife died. In order to protect the child, Obi-Wan Kenobi (now known primarily as Ben Kenobi) brought him to Tatooine, where he was taken in and raised by Owen and Beru.

Death
One day, when Luke was twenty years old, a roving band of Jawas visited the Lars homestead to sell droids. The Larses needed droids to help them fix their moisture vaporators (specifically the condensers on the South Ridge), as well as translate Bocce for Beru. Owen purchased two droids&mdash;an astromech, R2-D2, and a protocol droid, C-3PO, who could speak both Bocce and the binary language of moisture vaporators. As Luke cleaned up the newly purchased droids, he discovered that R2-D2 was carrying an important message for Obi-Wan Kenobi, and wondered if Obi-Wan might be connected to a local hermit named Ben Kenobi. When he mentioned this to his aunt and uncle at dinner, Owen dissuaded him from pursuing that particular lead, claiming that Kenobi was just a "crazy old man." Disappointed, Luke changed the topic of discussion to his attending the Academy earlier than agreed, but Owen once again asserted that he needed the young man's help for one more year. When Luke had departed, Beru tried to convince Owen that it was time to let Luke go, saying that Luke had "too much of his father in him" to be a farmer. That night, Luke found that R2-D2 had escaped the farm in pursuit of Kenobi.

Early the next morning, Luke went after the R2 unit after telling his Aunt Beru that he had some things to do. While Beru prepared breakfast, Owen came looking for the boy, so she relayed what Luke had said. While Luke was away, the Lars homestead was visited by a group of Imperial stormtroopers, who were tracking R2-D2 and C-3PO because of the stolen set of Death Star plans that they were carrying. The stormtroopers laid waste to the Lars home and killed both Owen and Beru. When Luke returned home, he found the homestead ablaze and his aunt and uncle murdered, their charred skeletal remains outside the entrance of their home. This severed Skywalker's last remaining ties to his home, and he decided to leave Tatooine and accompany Kenobi to Alderaan.

Personality and traits
Beru Lars was kind and compassionate towards others. She loved all members of her family deeply, and often took the role of primary caregiver. She also frequently found herself playing the role of mediator, first between Anakin and Lars, then Luke and Lars. She agreed with Lars that it was more important to stay at home and support the family, but also appreciated her brother's (and, later, her nephew's) need to leave Tatooine to follow his dreams.

Beru was an experienced chef, cooking most of her family's meals. In addition, she frequently helped run the family's moisture farm, particularly during busy harvest seasons.

Behind the scenes
originally appeared in the original Star Wars, portrayed by Shelagh Fraser. This version of the character was created by Supermorff as part of an exercise to see how different the Star Wars saga may have been if the franchise had taken a different direction after The Empire Strikes Back. Therefore, while her appearance in the original Star Wars (aka Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope) is included, her backstory is very different to that revealed in the prequel trilogy and other Expanded Universe material.