Luke/Leia conversation

But Anakin's darkest moment is, as it has always been, the near-to-death fight with OB1 when he tries to kill his master. That's what the ANH fight is about more or less... After all, Padme is NOT a leading character in the saga... She plays a part, but in the end no more than the woman who gives life to Luke and Leia, all in the interest of Anakin's destiny.

I think GL thinks she is very major, as major as Luke, Leia or Han. And the indications are increasingly that she dies, though that is not 100% yet.

Well, I hope not. But how can she be major? She plays no serious part in it all, except for Anakin falling for her... I can see her as a Han-sized character maybe... supporting the story, but not a leading character. What Han does or does not plays no real issue in the powerplay of the universe. He does one major thing to trigger it all: rescue Luke. So does Padme: give birth to the twins.

Ah, come on, queeq, you know GL- he looks at the importance of characters beyond their simple contribution to the plot; it's what they represent. All that stuff about Han as the selfish hero, remember? GL sees the development and demonstration of this with Han as at least as important as the plot of ANH.

So where's that change in Padme? I've not seen her character change much...

But what she represents in the story is important- GL goes on about her solemn duty and change of mind and deciding to stand up for what is right etc. all the time in interview; and likewise her decisions in her love affair with Anakin, duty vs. devotion etc... GL loves all that, and he puts emphasis on it.

Oh yes sure... Let me just say then that he shouldn't do to here what he decided after all not to do to Han: not to let her die.

Wow... that was a whole load of negatives...

Ain't I great? 😄

its not a plot error. Everyone has a mother for god sakes. wouldnt you wanna know who yours was.

like nofate007 said...
The only reason behind asking Leia was for Luke to try to learn whatever he could about his mother, thats why he insists on "your real mother" and then says "I have no memory of my mother..."

So?

exactly

Because?

Why is everything that doesn't make sense right away a plot error?
I've always assumed Leia was talking about here adopted mother, not Padme. Leia has no clue she was adopted, so to Leia her mother was Mrs. Organa. Maybe Mrs. Organa died when Leia was four or five.

dude.... luke asks leia about memories of her REAL mother,and she didnt know much,only that she was very beautiful,if she was talking about her adopted mother she would know more than just her looks......right?

Dude, if Leia doesn't know she's adopted than she has no clue Padme exists, therefore Mrs. Organa is her real mother to her. And if she (Mrs. Organa) died when Leia was very very young, all the memories would be images. Think outside the box.

then why would luke stress "your REAL mother"?

there is no box to think outside of, the script is the script.

the whole point of that scene was that luke wanted to know about HIS mother by asking leia. if it was not padme she was talking about, that dialogue is stripped of meaning.

I guess I never noticed Luke saying "real" mother, I guess that sorta destroys my arguement. But, if Padme dies in episode 3, which I don't know if she does or not, than Leia would only probably be a few days old if that when Padme dies, than she wouldn't remember a thing, let alone how she looked. Anyway I guess we'll find out in ep3.

are you asking for it to make sense? 😆
i'm expecting the final explanation to make little or no sense...

such as a 2minute old leia being able to remember her mother's face.
i bet thats how it will play out.
and we will all just have to say WTF!??!?!?

I tried to make it make sense, hence my Mrs. Organa comments. Which I still hold on to, yes luke says 'real mother', but who says Leia is talking about Padme? Like I said, to Leia Mrs. Ogana is the only mother she's ever had and knows about. It's obvious luke knows Leia is adopted, Obi told him so, but maybe Leia doesn't know. That's my whole arguement, that Leia DOESN"T know she's adopted, if you take it that way it makes sense. Luke says 'real mother', and to Leia, Mrs. Organa was her real mother, makes sense to me.