Originally posted by: Erikstormtrooper
Here's another one of my wacky ideas: Make Leia's identity as Luke's sister ambiguous.
This involves removing the following:
-naming the babies in ROTS
-talking about the babies' fates aboard the Tantive IV in ROTS
-dropping off the babies in ROTS
-the "last hope" "no, there is another" exchange in ESB
-Obi Wan naming Leia as Luke's sister in ROTJ
-Luke mentioning to Leia in ROTJ that she's his sister (he will still mention to her that he has a sister, just not that it's her)
Then we get to the end of ROTJ, where Leia kisses Han. Now this is the tricky bit. There are two ways you can go with this:
1) Leia is NOT Luke's sister - This scene needs to be tweaked in a way that still allows Han and Leia to have some kind of resolution. This has the advantage of leaving the identity ambiguous. I personally like a few loose ends in my Star Wars movies.
2) Leia IS Luke's sister - This scene stands as it is, and it now becomes a revelation scene. This is not as satisfying as option 1, but the viewer at least gets to think back and put all the pieces together for him/herself. And the viewer gets to share in Han's WTF expression.
Discuss!
Here's another one of my wacky ideas: Make Leia's identity as Luke's sister ambiguous.
This involves removing the following:
-naming the babies in ROTS
-talking about the babies' fates aboard the Tantive IV in ROTS
-dropping off the babies in ROTS
-the "last hope" "no, there is another" exchange in ESB
-Obi Wan naming Leia as Luke's sister in ROTJ
-Luke mentioning to Leia in ROTJ that she's his sister (he will still mention to her that he has a sister, just not that it's her)
Then we get to the end of ROTJ, where Leia kisses Han. Now this is the tricky bit. There are two ways you can go with this:
1) Leia is NOT Luke's sister - This scene needs to be tweaked in a way that still allows Han and Leia to have some kind of resolution. This has the advantage of leaving the identity ambiguous. I personally like a few loose ends in my Star Wars movies.
2) Leia IS Luke's sister - This scene stands as it is, and it now becomes a revelation scene. This is not as satisfying as option 1, but the viewer at least gets to think back and put all the pieces together for him/herself. And the viewer gets to share in Han's WTF expression.
Discuss!