The Force is strong in the Skywalker family.......

So Im driving down the road today, and Im thinking about the line that Luke says in ROTJ about the Force being strong in his family. And if you recall in TPM Schmi and Qui-Gon both refer to Anakin being force sensitive even at a very young age. Yet, by the time ANH rolls around apparently Luke hasnt demonstrated anything remarkable at least nothing like his father did. Leia obviously has had zero force experience up until when Luke calls to her from Cloud City. So I ask you, what gives? Anyone know or is this yet another gaping pot-hole in the Lucas highway?

Well actually I always kinda thought that Luke worded it that way for dramatic effect.. like when you call out the lottery winner.. you dont just say # 4321 is the winner!! you drag it out.. ffffffffoouurrr.... ttthhrreeee.. ttwwwwoooo.... OONNNEE!!!

just the way i always took it

Grrrrrrrrreat yet another plot hole. Damnit. 😠

what you're surprised?? 😛

I suspect Anakin was much stronger in the Force because he was the Chosen One - born of the Force. In a sense he IS the Force. Well, nah, not really, that's stupid...

This may contain some EU material but this is my understanding:

Owen and Beru Lars discouraged Luke from pursuing adventure, as they well knew was in his blood. They knew who his father was and knew that he could end up the same way so they wanted to protect him.

"Sheltered" Life and all.

Following that line of thought, Leia's foster parents likely did the same thing to discourage her from exhibiting signs of Force sensitivity.

Remember, Luke and Leia were in hiding. They were not supposed to appear Force sensitive in any way or they would've been hunted down.

Yes but I think there would have been something. I mean for example, as a boy Anakin could see things a few seconds before they happened. Surely Luke and Leia would have experienced soemthing along these lines if the force was indeed strong in the Skywalker line.

Yup. According to the PT Jedi were identified by their unusual abilities when they were infants. Luke and Leia should have shown some Force abilities... It's not something you could hide.

Plot hole.

Since Luke and Leia are twins. How come only Luke has the foce in him? Bcuz Yoda had plans for him and not Leia or what?

Leia is strong in the Force...

Heh, I never really thought of that. Luke reaches Jedi Knight ranking pretty fast, if you think about it.

As stated in ANH: the target is two meters wide. Everyone complained, yet Luke had always done the maneuvers. It was my understanding that this wasn't something any ordinary person could do on a consistant basis, and that Luke indirectly used the force at that point in time.

If that's not good enough, Anakin's being pretty much on the same page as The Force itself helped him to harness it without actually being taught. Qui-Gon said that "he would've been spotted earlier had he been born in the republic." On what grounds do they "spot" someone? There must be some sort of tremor in the force, or something that would explain how they were found; not every Padawan demonstrated immediate ability I'm sure. When Anakin knew the pictures Yoda had, it seemed like they were thoroughly impressed, perhaps that Anakin already could do so many things that a Padawan would've taken time to train for. But those are just my thoughts and ramblings.

Well said, Kozzman. Good points. 😎

Well he IS the Kozzman! ✅

Original alliance? Nice touch. 😛

Kozzman said what I was thinking. Plus Anakin was much stronger with the force(I think) and he was created by it, so that has to count for something. 😛

Sorry not my fault we picked that name first. Well wait......yeah it kinda is. 😉 😂

Oooh, yay, Forum Wars is starting! Someone grab the popcorn, I'll get the beers... 😄 😉

Oh yeah, we have cookies. 😆 🙁

Though I do wonder, does the TrA have a lot of T & A? 😎

*sits and waits for required JP "pervert" response* 😛

Well he did race through Beggars canyon with his Skyhopper.

EU, but yes, there was some feat that Luke performed that astounded his friends, flying through the Eye of the Needle rock formation, or something...he did damage his Skyhopper though...