Beru Lars

Beru Lars was a minor character featured in the Star Wars film franchise. She first appeared in the 1977 film Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope where she was played by actress Shelagh Fraser. A younger version of the character, identified by her maiden name Beru Whitesun was introduced in the 2002 prequel film Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones where she was played by Bonnie Maree Piesse. Piesse's version of the character also made a cameo appearance at the end of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.

History
Beru Whitesun was a native of the planet Tatooine. Around the year 20 BBY, she met a young man named Owen Lars who worked on his father's moisture farm on the Great Chott Salt Flat on the planet Tatooine. The two fell in love and Beru spent a great deal of time at the Lars' home. During this time, she met Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker and his lover Padmé Naberrie Amidala when they came to Tatooine in search of his mother, Shmi. Some time after they had left, Owen and Beru were married.

Two years later, Anakin Skywalker fell to the Dark Side of the Force and became the Sith Lord Darth Vader. Padmé, now his wife, died in childbirth giving birth to Anakin's twin children Luke and Leia. To protect the children from Vader and the newly crowned galatcic Emperor, Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi brought the infant Luke to Tatooine to be raised by Owen and Beru.