Originally posted by: MTHaslett
It's hardly surprising to see how divisive the idea of Making Ben Tell the Truth is.
But you're not "Making Ben Tell the Truth", you're making him tell Luke Vader is his father, while withholding the fact that he tried to kill him. This is a selective truth, just like the official version.
The same reason you don't have Ben tell Luke about his attempt to kill Anakin.
The "reveal" in ESB is broken in the Saga. We already know the truth. The only reason it worked in the OT as a "reveal" is that we didn't know.
It's hardly surprising to see how divisive the idea of Making Ben Tell the Truth is.
But you're not "Making Ben Tell the Truth", you're making him tell Luke Vader is his father, while withholding the fact that he tried to kill him. This is a selective truth, just like the official version.
they don't tell him because it would screw up the "reveal."
The same reason you don't have Ben tell Luke about his attempt to kill Anakin.
The "reveal" in ESB is broken in the Saga. We already know the truth. The only reason it worked in the OT as a "reveal" is that we didn't know.
I repeat: from the "saga" point of view, IT DOESN'T MATTER that we know Vader is Luke's father from the PT and he doesn't. The revelation still works if it's only to Luke, and it's arguably more interesting for the audience to be party to information that he doesn't have, wondering IF and WHEN he'll find out.
Question: How can Vader make the "shocking" revelation that Ben tried to kill him in ESB, when Luke watched Ben try to kill Vader in ANH?