Gotta love the (almost) inbreeding implications…
On a serious note, yes, it does seem like Lucas was making things up as he went along… He may have felt a burden to conjure another “plot twist” or “surprise” like <span class=“Italics”>The Empire Strikes Back</span> had for RotJ (or at least attempt to make it as good as the plot twist in ESB).
Yes!
I grew up with her being his sister, so it didn’t bother me then.
But after watching the series as an adult, you can tell it wasn’t planned that way. I really like the idea that Leia is NOT Luke’s sister, and although they have a emotional Bond, Leia still falls for Han anyways. A nice twist on the trope that the hero always gets the girl. Something different.
Oh, but he only doesn’t get the girl because she turns out to be his sister…That’s lame. And weird, considering the kiss.
And your telling me Vader didn’t sense any Force connection when he interrogated Leia? Come on.
No. Once I read that the original plan was to have Luke discover he had a sister on the other side of the galaxy, and Return of the Jedi ending with Han dead, Leia resuming some powerful leader position in the newly restored Republic, and Luke walking off into the sunset to go in search of his lost sister…awesome.