Mithrandir said:
That's the point, in no way a main character can become a supporting character in the same saga without splitting it in two. And this happens several times, among many other inconsistences. What's more, the used past of the OT now (if you watch the saga in order) looks almost unbelievable... "How's that... no one remembers Yoda (I accept no one knew he was alive), even if the Rebellion seems to be so related to the Jedi? No one asks Luke "hey, are you the son of the great Gral Skywalker??"... No one knows Vader is Anakin?.
Even though I think it'd be cool that some of the adjustments which need to be done to fix this should be actually done in the OT (like making some rebel team mate ask Luke about Anakin, as I said before... because,umh, well, I think it'd add to the spirit of ESB), I hope to see what can be done in the prequels to make them suit the OT universe
This got me thinking about the unlikelihood of luke having anakin's surname name and noone paying it any attention, despite after the events of the prequels he must be pretty infamous.
Perhaps it would have been better if he had originally been named Anakin Vader before the council gave him the jedi name 'Anakin Skywalker' as a mark of his new life (like being forbidden to see his mother) Maybe 'skywalker' would even be a secret name known only within the jedi order although this may be a stretch too far.
being given the title of Darth Vader not only has historical relevance (otherwise where does vader come from, apart from sounding cool?) but it is a mark of him abandoning the jedi way
Making Vader hate and resent the name of Skywalker may have led him to destroy all historical records of the name and then luke has nothing to fear being called skywalker as there are no records of him and the only person with a real connection to the name has no intention of going back to tatooine. (it also would have been nice if, after his mother's death the prequels had firmly established this was the case, so there is reason luke would be safe there)