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oreotragus Registered: Jul '09	Date Posted: 7/18 8:39pm Subject: Vader's knowledge of his daughter
	I have been wondering: Did Darth Vader know that Princess Leia was his daughter when they captured and tortured her in ANH? If so, torturing your own daughter... pretty sick. -----signature----- There isn't a mome rath born who can outgrabe me! Watch out for the Hovering Bat-Dog and the Long-haired Wolfcat
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eht13 Registered: Sep '07	Date Posted: 7/18 9:43pm Subject: Vader's knowledge of his daughter
	No; he didn't even know he had a daughter until he reads Luke's mind in ROTJ and discovers Luke has a twin sister. And in ANH, he didn't know who Luke was yet or that the pilot of that X-wing who was "strong with the Force" was his son.
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Drac39 Registered: Jul '02	Date Posted: 7/18 11:52pm Subject: Vader's knowledge of his daughter
	No and I doubt he knew that Vader knew he had a son until shortly before ESB -----signature----- "That's all there is to life, just a little laugh... a little tear"- Lon Chaney
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bebr Registered: Jul '09	Date Posted: 7/19 1:13am Subject: Vader's knowledge of his daughter
	He would have tried to train her then. -----signature----- “If you want to succeed in the world, you don't have to be much cleverer than other people. You just have to be one day earlier.” Szilárd Leó
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DarthBoba Registered: Jun '00	Date Posted: 7/19 11:01am Subject: Vader's knowledge of his daughter
	oreotragus posted: I have been wondering: Did Darth Vader know that Princess Leia was his daughter when they captured and tortured her in ANH? If so, torturing your own daughter... pretty sick. He was down with choking out his own wife in ROTS. Torturing your own daughter after that? No practical difference, really. But yeah, he had no idea. Although the ANH radio drama is inadvertently awesome with the interrogation scene: Darth Vader posted: "Your father wants you to tell me where the Rebel base is!" chuckle Darn right he does. -----signature----- Only a Prime can defeat Vader and his Emperor.
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therufus Registered: Feb '09	Date Posted: 7/20 3:23pm Subject: Vader's knowledge of his daughter
	Shouldn't Vader at least have know she was Force sensitive? I mean she is potentially as strong as Luke is right? If not Vader then certainly the Emperor would have sensed something from her. He would have probably had regular dealings with her in the senate right. She wasn't a Senator from some little backwater planet and she was a known supporter of the Delegation of Two Thousand right? I'm just wondering how she slipped though under the "Force Radar". -----signature----- Wood chuck "How much wood can I chuck?" DM "Roll a d20 and add your chucking modifier."
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Arawn_Fenn Registered: Jul '04	Date Posted: 7/20 3:40pm Subject: Vader's knowledge of his daughter
	He's not omniscient, and she wasn't trained in the Force. -----signature----- "James T. Kirk was a great man... but that was another life."
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darth-sinister Title: Manager Emeritus Registered: Jun '01	Date Posted: 7/20 4:20pm Subject: Vader's knowledge of his daughter
	Jedi and Sith need Midichlorian tests. That's why it exists. Qui-gon did not know Anakin was a Force sensitive when they met. He saw and heard things that made him believe, but it wasn't until he tested his Midichlorian count that he knew for certain. Vader did not know until Luke's thoughts were probed and Vader sensed his feelings for her. -----signature----- Stewie: "Oh, this is an even bigger jackpot than when the Emperor came up with the formula for great Star Wars dialouge." Palpatine: "Something, something, something. Dark side. Something, something, something complete."
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therufus Registered: Feb '09	Date Posted: 7/20 4:23pm Subject: Vader's knowledge of his daughter
	Darth Vader:"The Force is strong with this one." Luke had what a few hours of training under his belt? And Vader wasn't even in the same room like he was with Lea. -----signature----- Wood chuck "How much wood can I chuck?" DM "Roll a d20 and add your chucking modifier."
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Arawn_Fenn Registered: Jul '04	Date Posted: 7/20 4:51pm Subject: Vader's knowledge of his daughter
	Luke was actively using the Force in that scene, which Vader can sense. Leia wasn't. -----signature----- "James T. Kirk was a great man... but that was another life."
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DarthBoba Registered: Jun '00	Date Posted: 7/20 5:03pm Subject: Vader's knowledge of his daughter
	therufus posted: Shouldn't Vader at least have know she was Force sensitive? I mean she is potentially as strong as Luke is right? If not Vader then certainly the Emperor would have sensed something from her. He would have probably had regular dealings with her in the senate right. She wasn't a Senator from some little backwater planet and she was a known supporter of the Delegation of Two Thousand right? I'm just wondering how she slipped though under the "Force Radar". Considering that the Delegation of Two Thousand petition was dead as a doornail within days of Leia's birth, I doubt it was particularly politically relevant 16 years later when she became a Senator. -----signature----- Only a Prime can defeat Vader and his Emperor.
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DarthIktomi Registered: May '09	Date Posted: 7/21 9:12am Subject: Vader's knowledge of his daughter
	No, he didn't know. If he did, I have no doubt it would've been: Vader: Obi-Wan never told you what happened to your father. Luke: He told me enough. He told me you killed him. Vader: No, I am your father. Luke: That's not true. That's IMPOSSIBLE! Vader: And Princess Leia is your sister. Luke: NOOOOOO! Vader: What the hell is wrong with you, Luke? Your sister? I said it once, and I'll say it again: "DO NOT WANT!"
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OBIWANARNO Registered: Dec '03	Date Posted: 8/2 8:55am Subject: Vader's knowledge of his daughter - Date Edited: 8/2 8:56am (1 edits total) Edited By: OBIWANARNO
	"Darth Vader:"The Force is strong with this one." Luke had what a few hours of training under his belt? And Vader wasn't even in the same room like he was with Lea." Luke was using the Force at the time as mentioned before and I have also always felt he not only felt Luke but Obi Wan as well. Let's not forget this is at a moment in which Obi Wan is helping and talking to Luke. I think he senses part of Luke but also in part Obi Wan - thus it's understandable that "the Force is strong with this one".
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Tyber_Zahn Registered: Sep '08	Date Posted: 8/3 1:40pm Subject: Vader's knowledge of his daughter
	No but according to the EU she reminded him strongly of Padme, which is why he was having a hissy fit during the opening of ANH, that and the fact he was near his home planet of Tatooine at the time.
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voodoopuuduu Title: Classic Trilogy Trivia Host Registered: Mar '04	Date Posted: 8/10 11:00pm Subject: Vader's knowledge of his daughter - Date Edited: 8/10 11:01pm (1 edits total) Edited By: voodoopuuduu
	He was down with choking out his own wife in ROTS. Torturing your own daughter after that? No practical difference, really. His pregnant wife. So in essence, he tortured Leia twice. Obviously, she was ready for it the second time, heh. -----signature----- Winner CT Trivia Challenge 44, 54 Winner PT Trivia Challenge 10 , 13, 14, 17 Joint-Winner CT Challenge 49 and 50, PT Challange 18
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