Johannus said:
WheresBlackhawk said:
I've always thought that the most difficult thing about a NPT is the birth of the children. Creating a situation where one is born and hidden away, while the other is temporarily ignored, is really a difficult concept for me still. Any help would be appreciated there.
I agree with you here, which is why in the outline I hinted at above I would have Vader say something to NotPadme about Luke, this way we know that he is aware of the son, but when it turns out to be twins the daughter doesnt have to be hidden away, because we know that Vader didnt know about her, so she can just be passed off as Bail's adopted daughter without anyone needing to know who her real mother was.
I agree with that and would also point out that it is unneccessary to show the birth of the twins. If you show that Anakin is aware of a son then you can have all of these references to the impending birth of Luke. You can end EpIII with Notpandababy still pregnant and taken in by Bail, with the birth of the twins to be a surprise to opened later in Return of the Jedi.
I have to say that no matter how you handle it- "hiding" Luke on Tatooine under the pseudonym "Skywalker" is about the dumbest thing I can think of. Theres not a lot of wiggle room there. But, with Leia, you can either do something equally stupid or you can try to fix it. Let me explain- If Notpadme and Bail are betrothed or looking like they might hookup when Anakin "dies" then hiding his daughter with her own mother is sort of ridiculous. In this case, the Lucas PT is actually preferable where Bail is already married so he can pass Leia off as his own daughter. Say you take Bail and Notpadme and make them brother and sister. Notpadme can be "hidden" by Obi-Wan by faking her death and setting her up not as a Princess of Alderaan, but as a servant in the Royal House. This way she can be close to and raise her own daughter (Do you remember your Mother? Your real mother?) but to all outsiders it would appear that Bail is raising his own daughter.
I don't think you have to read too much into Leia not dropping the title of Princess once the rest of the Royal Family was blown up. She would probably not advance to Queen seeing as she had no kingdom. And to deny her the title of Princess would probably be unpopular politically. No one has to know that she's adopted for that to work.