Why didn't Obi Wan tell Luke the truth about Darth Vader?
We learn in The Empire Strikes Back that Kenobi had lied to Luke in A New Hope about Darth Vader, telling him Vader killed his father rather than the truth that Vader is actually his father.
Why the lie?
Best Answer
The real answer is more mundane than you think. It's simply because at the time of writing Star Wars, the writers did not yet have Vader being Anakin Skywalker, Luke's Father. That was not decided until the second draft of Empire Strikes Back. The same thing happens to the Luke/Leia being siblings, and likely the Obi-Wan and Anakin being master and apprentice.
You can't lie about what you don't know yet.
Of course, if we considered in-Universe Canon, retroactive continuity, the answer is psychological. Ben considered Anakin, the person he knew, as figuratively dead, when Anakin made a complete 180 in personality and his evil actions (gave in to the Dark Side). Vader was not the man he knew anymore. A bit more in depth, Ben considered himself dead too. Obi-Wan died when Anakin forced Obi-Wan to kill Anakin, figuratively speaking. Hence dropping the Jedi name. There's also a bit where Ben might not 100% know Anakin survived.
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Why didn t Obi-Wan tell Luke that Vader was his father?
It's simply because at the time of writing Star Wars, the writers did not yet have Vader being Anakin Skywalker, Luke's Father. That was not decided until the second draft of Empire Strikes Back. The same thing happens to the Luke/Leia being siblings, and likely the Obi-Wan and Anakin being master and apprentice.Why did Obi-Wan Kenobi lie to Luke about his father?
Obi-Wan had seen Anakin fail in Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith and couldn't afford another failure, so he lied to Luke and romanticized the Jedi.Who did Luke Skywalker think was his father?
Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader In Star Wars: The Empire Strikes, Luke, now twenty-three years old, directly meets Vader and when the latter reveals that he is his father, at first, Luke did not believe him, until he told Luke to use the Force to confirm his claim, Luke obeyed and was horrified by the truth.Why Didn't You Stop Me?
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