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                    The Jedi sure are manipulative bastards
                                        
> At the end of Episode III, there are two new babies who are down two viable
> parents—mom's died of a broken heart (or something [1]) and dad has become
> a tyrannical right hand to the galaxy's freshly minted dictator. They need
> homes but, more importantly, they need to be kept safe from interfering
> influence. Most of the Jedi have been wiped out, and resistance to the
> Empire is a bad bet when it's on its way in; Palpatine has too many
> resources, he planned his takeover too carefully.
> 
> Yoda and Obi-Wan knew all this coming out of the Clone Wars. They knew that
> even with the handful of Jedi who survived the Purge at their disposal,
> they had no chance of taking on the new regime. It was better to let
> Palpatine get comfortable, to hide away and await a better opening. And
> considering the power that both Vader and the Emperor could claim mastery
> over, using Anakin's kids were a good bet; after all, their dad was
> literally conceived out of raw Force trail mix and some of Shmi Skywalker's
> genetics. They were bound to have similar power at their disposal, the
> better to knock off dear old dad with.
> 
> Here's the problem with children—they grow up to be fully realized human
> beings. The Jedi knew what they were doing, taking infants from their
> parents to indoctrinate them into the old Order. Initiating kids before
> they could talk, becoming their true family, resulted in “better” Jedi.
> (Translation: Jedi who do as they're told by the Jedi Council and their
> mentors.) But Anakin's children were better off being raised out of contact
> with Jedi. That way, if someone managed to locate Yoda or Obi-Wan, the Only
> Hopes of the galaxy remained safe and secret.
> 

Via MyFaceGooglePlusSpaceBook, “This is Why Obi-Wan Lied to Luke Skywalker
About His Father | Tor.com [2]”

It's a long article, but it does seem to explain why Obi-Wan outright lied to
Luke about his parentage. I never expected the Good Guys to lie, but the Bad
Guys? Yeah, I expect them to lie to get ahead [3], that's what Bad Guys do!

But not the Good Guys! The Good Guys don't manipulate people [4], don't lie
[5], fight fair [6], and above all, never act like a vigilante [7].

Um … are we sure the Empire aren't the good guys? [8] Yeah, they're
incompetent [9], but really? The Bad Guys?

[1] http://io9.com/maybe-luke-and-leias-mom-didnt-die-of-a-dumb-broken-
[2] http://www.tor.com/blogs/2015/01/this-is-why-obi-wan-lied-to-luke-
[3] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2002/03/01.1
[4] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=532j-186xEQ&t=30s
[5] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFB16GCocfw&t=53s
[6] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oh4l39Lo194
[7] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXjT6Dg4E68&t=1m15s
[8] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2002/05/17.2
[9] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2015/01/24.1

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