Grand_Moff_Jawa posted: You want the real answer? Here it is. When there was only Star Wars (before TESB, ROTJ), Darth Vader was not formerly Anakin Skywalker. That was changed later to make the story more interesting. That's why we get the lame "certain point of view" explanation from Ben later. Also, Leia wasn't Luke's sister either. Again, changed to advance the story. Remember Leia and Luke kissing in TESB? Do you really think George would have filmed that knowing they were siblings? Nope. Leia wouldn't have had the Skywalker name, therefore. I know George claims the OT was written with the stories fully fleshed out in advance, but if that were so, things would have been very different in the original Star Wars. Remember, Star Wars was originally written to be a stand alone movie. It did so well that George completed the other two stories and changed things dramatically with the main characters. That's the real world explanation.
ZonemanFett posted:Darthbane2007 posted:Okay, say Luke was able to go to the Imperial Academy and put Luke Skywalker on his application. What would hve happened to him then? I'm just re-watching ANH and the Academy that Luke talks about wanting to leave to go to has caused me some thought. If it's the Imperial Academy - doesn't this sit a little oddly with how enthusiastically Luke reacts when 3PO tells him that they had involvement with the Rebellion?: "You know of the Rebellion against the Empire?!" Plus later when he's talking with Obi-Wan he says: "It's not that I like the Empire, I hate it." This is all before they get caught up in escaping from Stormtroopers in Mos Eisley and the Alderaan destruction and the subsequent events in ANH. So we know Luke is definitely anti-Empire, so why does he WANT to go to the Imperial Academy? Also if Biggs left to join the Imperial Academy, why is he a rebel by the time we get to Yavin?
Darthbane2007 posted:Okay, say Luke was able to go to the Imperial Academy and put Luke Skywalker on his application. What would hve happened to him then?
oo-tee-dee posted:[quote=Grand_Moff_Jawa] The scary part is that George Lucas already filmed the TESB scene and still decided to make them brother and sister. And don't forget about the "good luck" kiss in ANH...
Black-Tiger posted:That's probably the reason why the ESB kiss was cut.
Black-Tiger posted:HERE it is. Although there is a possibility it might've been in the first release of the movie I believe this scene was cut once Lucas decided that Luke and Leia would be brother and sister.
Black-Tiger posted:I always took that kiss as simply Leia teasing Han. She did have a “thing” for Han at that time as well as for Luke, so she did that so as to make him jealous. Also, at that time (in the story as it turned out) no one knew about their true relationship as brother and sister, so it was done in ignorance.
celera posted:Come think of it, Leia shows that she's pretty full of it in ROTJ. Girl, you ALWAYS knew that Luke was your brother? Please tell me you really didn't know that when you were Frenching him. As to remembering your real mother, to quote someone, uh yeah, you were 60 seconds old.