Oh and IMHO any suggestion that the Empire was remotely competent was sort of blown out of the water by having Luke raised on the family homestead on his father's homeworld, using his fathers surname, by his adoptive uncle and aunt, and knowing that he was the son of Anakin Skywalker, which is what he'd tell anyone who asked him.
Well, Tattooine was a fairly remote location and not exactly a major part of either the Empire or Republic. It's also a very rustic frontier world so I'm doubtful the planet has comprehensive identification for all of it's population. Even if they did, considering the scale of the galactic bureaucracy (they need a whole planet for it!) I could easily see that bit of minuscule data being lost in the shuffle.
Plus, the only two people who might actually care about these kids are Vader and Palpatine, and maybe Palpatine had assumed Padme and the kids had died at Vader's hand. It wasn't until Luke blows up the Death Star does anyone even think they exist.
Of course, I do have this vision of the Imperial Security data analyst who compiles the dossier on Skywalker for Lord Vader, only to get a force choke for his troubles.
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Well, Tattooine was a fairly remote location and not exactly a major part of either the Empire or Republic. It's also a very rustic frontier world so I'm doubtful the planet has comprehensive identification for all of it's population. Even if they did, considering the scale of the galactic bureaucracy (they need a whole planet for it!) I could easily see that bit of minuscule data being lost in the shuffle.
Plus, the only two people who might actually care about these kids are Vader and Palpatine, and maybe Palpatine had assumed Padme and the kids had died at Vader's hand. It wasn't until Luke blows up the Death Star does anyone even think they exist.
Of course, I do have this vision of the Imperial Security data analyst who compiles the dossier on Skywalker for Lord Vader, only to get a force choke for his troubles.