When she died, I was like WTF? So I started searching for answers, maybe Leia was born first, my friend said nope. Well it was Leia that she held right? Nope, she touched Luke. Than how the hell does Leia remember Padme? Then I started reading on the internet Force memories.............and that is when I really disliked that scene even more.
Lucas could have made a powerful scene, where Yoda and Kenobi confront Padme and tell her she must give up one child just in case Vader or The Emperor find her just to keep one baby safe. You could then have this ultra dramatic scene where she chooses Leia, and as Kenobi takes Luke, and not telling where, Leia could be crying hysterically as they take her baby, but deep down she knows its the best decision. You could have Bail holding her back like the movie 'Sophies Choice' and that would have been just as dramatic.
The ending montage could have had Vader on The Imperial Ship next to Tarkin & Emperor, Padme holding Leia on Alderan as beautiful, but sad as Leia described in ROTJ, and Owen & Beru holding up Luke on Tatooine, that way everything makes sense, and you can still have the drama, but Lucas chose to change the story from 1983, that is why many oldtimers get mad.