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Beru Lars died in 0 BBY.

Beru Whitesun Lars was a human female moisture farmer from the desert world of Tatooine who, with her husband Owen Lars, raised Luke Skywalker as their own. Born into a family that had farmed moisture on Tatooine for generations, she was living and working at the Lars homestead by the time of the Clone Wars, where she met Anakin Skywalker and Padmé Amidala when Anakin returned home searching for his mother, Shmi Skywalker Lars. After the fall of the Republic in 19 BBY, Obi-Wan Kenobi delivered the infant Luke — Anakin and Padmé's son — into Beru and Owen's care, and the couple spent the next two decades raising the boy in obscurity under the Galactic Empire, with Beru often serving as the softer counterweight to Owen's protective sternness and quietly recognizing that Luke's restlessness would eventually carry him off-world. Their family life was strained by the secret of Luke's parentage and by the lurking danger of Imperial and Inquisitorial attention on Tatooine. In 0 BBY, stormtroopers hunting the droids R2-D2 and C-3PO tracked them to the Lars homestead and killed Beru and Owen, burning the farm; finding their remains severed Luke's last tie to Tatooine and set him on the path to joining the Rebel Alliance.

Homeworld: Tatooine

Species: Human

Force Sensitive: No

Unknown date - Birth on Tatooine

Beru Whitesun was born into a Tatooine moisture-farming family. Canon has never established her birth year; the frequently quoted 47 BBY figure is Legends-only.

~22 BBY - Life at the Lars homestead

By the eve of the Clone Wars, Beru was part of the Lars household alongside Owen Lars, his father Cliegg, and Cliegg's wife Shmi Skywalker Lars.

22 BBY - Meeting Anakin Skywalker and Padmé Amidala

When Anakin came home in search of his mother, Beru welcomed him and Padmé, offering them food and shelter. Shmi died of her injuries after Anakin recovered her from a Tusken camp, and Beru attended her funeral.

~22-19 BBY - Marriage to Owen Lars

Beru married Owen and took the Lars name, continuing to work the moisture farm through the years of the Clone Wars.

19 BBY - Taking in Luke Skywalker

Following the fall of the Republic and Anakin's turn to the dark side, Obi-Wan Kenobi brought the newborn Luke to the homestead. Beru cradled the child as she and Owen looked out over the twin suns, beginning their life as his guardians.

~10 BBY - Raising Luke under the Empire

Beru helped bring up a young Luke on the farm, tempering Owen's insistence that the boy be kept ignorant of his heritage and hidden from Obi-Wan, who watched from a distance.

~10 BBY - Danger comes to the homestead

When the Inquisitor Reva hunted Luke to draw out Obi-Wan, Beru armed herself and fought to defend her nephew, holding the farm until Obi-Wan and Owen drove the threat off.

~0 BBY - A restless nephew

As Luke chafed at farm life and longed to leave for the Academy, Beru urged Owen to accept that the boy could not be kept on Tatooine forever.

0 BBY - Death at the Lars homestead

Imperial stormtroopers traced R2-D2 and C-3PO to the farm and killed Beru and Owen, torching the homestead. Luke returned to find their bodies and left Tatooine with Obi-Wan, ultimately joining the Rebel Alliance.

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