Originally posted by: Yoda Is Your Father

Originally posted by: ricarleite
Why Leia remembers Padme but Luke doesn't: because it's a plothole.

It wasn't a plothole back in '83 though.

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That is the difference between the OT & PT, and why there are no plotholes for the OT. When the OT was made, not everything was explained, not everything went into detail, so you could question on why something was that way, Leia remembering her mom, but Luke not? But in the end, we never got any backstory, so in a sense the vague story of each character in the OT made it easy not to question any plot holes.

Now on to the PT, the reason for the PT, is to explain everything that led up to the OT. Now this is hard if everything isn't planned out, as Lucas just had 25 pages of rough notes. Everything in Episodes I, II, and III has to be described and double checked to match the OT or you will start to find many contradictions in the overall story. That is why the PT, for me personaly, doesn't match up well with the OT, and I have a hard time watching 1-6, and not notice these major flaws in the story.

And I still don't buy Leia remembering her mom through force memories, that is such a lazy excuse, and it cheapens the force.