Why wasn't one of the twins given to Padme's family?

I was watching episode 3 the other day and this question struck me. Any thoughts?

 

Because everyone would know it was Padme's child and so Vader/Palpatine would know and the child would be taken/killed.

Tatooine isn't part of the Republic/Empire at this time. There's no reason there'd be a governmental presence there. No resources. And I think it might be one of Anakin's two least favorite places in the Galaxy.

Luke's easy to identify, if anyone even bothers to look there (appearantly Obi-Wan and Luke used Padme's method of hiding their identities). But there's no reason for anyone to look. Naboo is part of the Republic/Empire and is Palpy's home planet. Also, Padme's famous there, so the media (at least Naboo's media) would be likely to report on her child.

 

They must do this in order to not have the children found by their father, or Sid. But what is weird is to see Obi Wan take Luke to Anakins stepfathers place. Just a little trippy!

 

Because it was safer to leave them where they wind up. The Sith had no clue that there were twins. Bail and Breha adopting a child was fine. No one would question it. And the Lars were also suitable parents for Luke. Also, Vader would never go to Tatooine. Vader did go to Naboo to kill a group of Jedi there. Vader did go to Alderaan, but Artoo managed to prevent Leia's discovery. By the time she joined the Senate, no one bothered to think that she was anything more than a Rebel sympathizer.

 

Because everyone would know it was Padme's child and so Vader/Palpatine would know and the child would be taken/killed.


Exactly.

 

thats a great point. I never really thought of that til now. I agree with everyone saying that Vader would sence it.

 

I think also that since Bail spoke up to adopt Leia, they didn't give it another thought. And with what has already been mentioned about Tantooine, it just seems right.

 

I was going to post an answer to the question, but then I though "wait, why didn't they?" Because of the family connection? No, they took Luke to be with family. Because they were too high profile? Bail was really high profile. So, I don't know.

 

No, they took Luke to be with family

But Owen and Beru werent direct family. Palps and the rest knew Anakins mother was his only direct relative and that she had died at the hands of the Tuskens. Since Anakin never again contacted Owen or Beru, there was no reason to believe a child, who they didnt know about anyway, would be given to them. Giving a child to Padmes family would have sent up many many red flags.

 

Too bad Luke and Leia didn't know about their Naboo family afterwards, Artoo could have told them.

 

Also: "My wife and I have often talked of adopting a baby girl."
Oh look. The Organas finally adopted a baby girl!
VS, Hmm... the Naberies have an addition to the family right after Padme died... Interesting.

VS, some nobodies on a rock have a kid. Who cares.

 

They werent nobodies! They run a sucessful harvest that will earn them lots of money.......to buy more droids........for another harvest..............

 

They werent nobodies! They run a sucessful harvest that will earn them lots of money.......to buy more droids........for another harvest..............

Earn the big bucks in moisture farming. Maybe R2 did tell Luke and Leia about their parents after ROTJ, when Vader was safely dead. R2 aint no dummy.

 

Bail Organa adopted Leia and gave her his last name. This protected her during the early years. Luke was left on Tatooine, the one place Vader would never go back to as Qui-gon told Obi-wan. As to Artoo, he considered it, but he kept that knowledge to himself. He only doled out bits and pieces, but kept the majority hidden to protect both Luke and Leia. Even long after the Battle of Endor. Artoo did reveal some stuff to Luke, which you can read in the Dark Nest trilogy. And according to Lucas, Artoo finally tells everything after both Luke and Leia are dead to the Whills.

 

As to Artoo, he considered it, but he kept that knowledge to himself. He only doled out bits and pieces, but kept the majority hidden to protect both Luke and Leia.

Also, no one asked R2 about Padme and Anakin. He doesnt just randomly spew out info. And for that matter, R2 may not have recognized Luke and Leia. The last time he saw them, they were babies. He had no way to update his data and he may be used to different people having the same name.

 

He knows it's them. He knew it was Leia since he had been on Alderaan for a long time. He realized that he could trust Luke once he recognized Obi-wan and could verify that Luke was trustworthy. That he hadn't gone bad like Anakin. But Artoo also knows a lot of other things, including being witness to all that happened on Mustafar. Luke had not thought to ask if Artoo knew everything. What little he said was not enough to prompt an intense curiousity from Luke. Not until he accidently showed him a holo of Anakin talking to Padme. It all went from there. Prior to that, Luke and Leia had found out enough to piece together a history about their father, but not their mother. Mon Mothma was clueless as to who had been Leia's biolocial parents. And Bail died with the knowledge. Artoo kept that to himself.

 

R-2's revelations to Luke about his family were the only worthwhile parts of the Dark Nest Trilogy IMO. It's true that R-2 eventually tells his tale, but it was strange that he supposedly holo-recorded private conversations between Anakin and Padme, and that these often did not fit word for word with Revenge of the Sith.

 

but it was strange that he supposedly holo-recorded private conversations between Anakin and Padme

Heh, R2 the little blackmailer.