"as far as the Leia having memories of her mother, i agree that Padme should have lived for a few years after her delivery of the twins, even if they were split up right away. Leia is sensative to the force so the force related memories do work, plus its more likely Bail would give Leia info on her real mother than it is that Owen would give any information to Luke about his real parents. Plus, maybe Leia just has that Mother/Daughter connection and Luke has a Father/Son. I mean, Vader couldnt tell that Leia was his daugher until after he found out from Luke. Also Luke could sense Vader's presence whereas Leia wasnt able to. Just an idea."

I might point out that anyone who has a problem with Leia remembering her mother solely through Force visions (and indistinct ones at that) must have an equal problem with Luke "recognizing" Yoda's presence on Dagobah.

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LUKE: Still... there's something familiar about this place. I feel like...

STRANGE VOICE: Feel like what?

LUKE: Like we're being watched!

Yoda: This one a long time have I watched. All his life has he looked away...to the future, to the horizon.

Similarly, Leia senses Luke's call, and knows where he is, even though she's never been to the underside of Bespin. The OT clearly establishes these Force visions.

The only reason why I can think that Luke doesn't know his mother's face is because his focus is clearly on his father, as shown early in ANH. He never even seems to think about his mother until talking with Leia in ROTJ. Anakin was very concerned for his mother in TPM, and guess who he has visions of...

"and Owen was Obiwan's brother so it sonly natural that they would have met."

LOL...is that the extent you are going to take it? Now the novelization is canon over ANH as well? Are all the films unneccessary now?