DuracellEnergizer said:
SilverWook said:
Don't forget Lucas is always mining ancient mythology. Young heroes falling for slightly older women is nothing new.
He should have mined the Oedipus myth, though. It would have been juicier for Anakin to have boinked his mother.
Ewww! And I thought it was bad that perhaps Palpatine knocked her up, and erased her memory. Virgin birth my ass!