Falando estritamente G-Canon. De o script
ANAKIN: My mother...
WATTO: Oh, yeah. Shmi... she's not mine no more. I sold her.
ANAKIN: Sold her...
WATTO: Years ago. Sorry, Annie, but you know, business is business. Sold her to a moisture farmer named Lars. Least I think it was Lars. Believe it or not, I heard he freed her and married her. Can ya beat that?
ANAKIN: Do you know where they are?
WATTO: Long way from here... someplace over on the other side of Mos Eisley, I think...
A partir desta primeira conversa, Anakin parece assumir que o 3PO ainda está com o Shmi. Nunca é explicitamente confirmado nesta cena, mas Watto não o corrige.
Algumas cenas depois ...
Novamente, isto não confirma concretamente que o 3PO esteve com o Shmi o tempo todo, mas o Shmi foi vendido para o Lars e o 3PO está morando na fazenda Lars. Há strongs evidências circunstanciais para supor que o 3PO foi vendido com Shmi para a família Lars.EXTERIOR: TATOOINE, DESERT, HOMESTEAD MOISTURE FARM - LATE DAY
C-3PO is working outside the homestead. He looks up as ANAKIN and PADMÉ arrive.
C-3PO: Oh, hello. How might I be of service? A am See...
ANAKIN: Threepio?
C-3PO: Oh, my... Oh, my maker! Master Anakin! I knew you would return, I knew you would! And this must be Miss Padmé.
PADMÉ: Hello, Threepio.
C-3PO: Oh, my circuits! I'm so pleased to see you both!
ANAKIN: I've come to see my mother.
C-3PO: I think... I think... Perhaps we'd better go indoors.