Originally posted by: Commander Courage
I'm sure Luke knew the name of his mother just like he knew the name of his father. It would be silly to not tell him/lie to him about those simple facts. It's also very probable Luke was told his father died in the Clone Wars ("he died about the same time as your father") and that his mother died in chidbirth.

Well, it is possible. It is not in the movies and it is just as likely, in my opinion, that Queen Padme Amidala of the Naboo may be just a little too famous a mother for them to be honest about. "I never knew my mother" covers it pretty nicely -- could easily mean I never knew who she was.

I have, at my library, 4 or 5 CD's of "James Earl Jones Reads the Bible." I don't know the Bible that well, but I bet there is plenty of material in there that might make alternate dialogue if someone knew how to create the Vader effect. I believe there are a couple of "mothers" mentioned in the Bible, right?

But "Your mother once thought as you do" isn't really accurate either -- once she found out he was Vader she was pretty much done with him -- so he choked her.

The best and most solid place to address this story-wise is in the ANH duel. I believe the best place will turn out to be at the front of the duel, before they start thier banter. Once Vader says "that name no longer means anything to me," he can go into "You should not have come back old man. When we last met, I was but a learner. Now I am the master." And Ben responds, "Only a master of evil, DARTH." -- responding to Vader's comment by no longer calling him Anakin.