Originally posted by: ShiftyEyes
Has Luke's memory of Dagobah ever been rationalized/explained by Prequel fans?

Actually, this fits in with the topic really well, because it is the big difference between a real memory and a Force-induced familiar feeling. Let's analyze each character's response.

Luke (about Dagobah): Still, there's something familiar about this place. Like something out of a dream.

Leia (about her mother): Just a little bit. She died when I was very young. Images really. Feelings. She was very beautiful. Kind. But sad.

Luke cannot at all pinpoint what exactly it is that is familiar about Dagobah. He doesn't mention any outstanding physical characteristics. He compares it to being dreamlike. He even wonders at one point if he is going crazy. There's nothing concrete about it at all. The best I can compare it to is the feeling of deja vu. There's no real memory there, but he just has this innate feeling that he's supposed to be there. He might sense Yoda. Maybe he did have a dream about it at some point. But there's nothing to indicate that he'd ever been there before. There's nothing wrong with this logic. I think the people who suggested there be a scene where Ben takes the babies to Dagobah are just crazy.

Leia is much more specific. I mean, she's not extremely specific, but she's comparitively specific. She said she actually remembers her mother a little bit. This is just speculation, but if my mother had died during childbirth, that's how I would explain her death. It just doesn't mesh with "died when I was very young." But back on topic, she's specific about her mother's physical and emotional appearances. It fits very much with the kinds of brief but important memories from young childhood that are kind of blurred over the ages. Just from the dialogue, you can tell it's a very different experience from Luke and Dagobah. There's nothing wrong with this logic. There is no reason to suggest that it's a Force memory. There's no sense in thinking it's her adopted mother. Luke specifically asks for her real mother. Any idiot could figure that out if confronted with that question. And if she was talking about her adopted mother, it totally ruins the emotional context of the scene and makes it completely useless. Yet so many fans are willing to accept it that way, despite any evidence or payoff, just so it will mesh with the horribly contradictory plot point released 22 years later.