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I don't think it's difficult at all.
First, cutting it from Episode III is the easiest thing in the world.
Second, "There is another" from ESB - someone (forget who) mentioned that Yoda could be talking about Anakin himself, that if Luke dies it may push Anakin back to the good side somehow (the way it was explained in the other thread made a lot more sense than what I just said though).
Third, this allows you to easily cut Obi-Wan/Luke's conversation from ROTJ out entirely (which is something that I believe is highly unnecessary, and it works better to show that Luke is really on his own if we don't see him until the end), and Vader could simply sense that Luke cares deeply about Leia (because he's in love with her, but lets Han have her because he doesn't expect to live, and he sees that she really loves Han and not him). He says "Her" or "Leia" instead of "Sister":
"Your feelings for them are strong. Especially for ... Leia/her. Your feelings have now betrayed her too. If you will not be turned ... then perhaps she will."
I think it would benefit the saga as a whole to cut the Leia/Luke sibling relationship out. However, it's something that will divide people even more than the PT did, just because you're changing something that has been a part of the Star Wars "canon" since 1983 (see JasonN's "Last of the Jedi" thread for evidence of the very heated reactions to this idea).