Star Wars fans are once again debating a pesky plot hole in A New Hope, which still doesn't make sense some 49 years later.

In A New Hope, Luke Skywalker and his uncle Owen Lars bring home two droids: R2-D2 and C-3PO. In the scene, the pair appears to be meeting the droids for the very first time. It's revealed in Star Wars: Attack of the Clones, however, that Owen not only knew C-3PO, but that the droid lived in Owen's home for quite some time. So why doesn't Owen recognize him later in Episode 4?

"Owen treating droids like kitchen appliances makes total sense. And Obi-Wan is in witness protection, he's not about to go "hey, it's that Roomba from the Clone Wars," one fan wrote in the r/StarWars subreddit.

"Given that 3PO was probably the equivalent of a vacuum cleaner for the Lars family, that's hardly surprising," wrote another.

"He's a common model. People are saying Anakin built him from scraps, sure. But he didn't invent protocol droids. He just scrapped one together," one fan said.

"How people view droids seem to be very personal. Some view them as pets, others as an assistant, while I think most would just see them as household tools," someone else said. "For example, when you see a Dyson Vacuum, do you ever say, 'That’s my Dyson'?"

However, this is perhaps the most plausible fan theory: "Because contrary to what others may say, Lucas made it up as he went along."

Despite A New Hope being the first movie released in the franchise, it's technically the fourth episode.

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