SpilkaBilka said:

I do like ESB a lot... it's a great movie, but for me, it's not even close to SW. Gonna be totally honest here- and I swear I'm not trying to troll anyone... I'm not a fan of Vader being Luke's father- in fact I think it's kind of silly and takes everything to soap-opera land. I often wonder what other SW movies could've been like if Vader was not Luke's dad. The universe would've been much bigger, that's for sure.

Several people here also think that way.

While I certainly like Empire most of all, I would also love to see an alternate version of the universe where Vader is just Vader. And I totally agree about the shrinking universe thing... I would never have made Luke and Leia siblings; Vader being Luke's father was crazy and gut-wrenching and added whole new levels and elements and purpose to Luke's story, but Leia being Luke's sister is just kinda... meh. Seen it. And it definitely shrinks the galaxy way too much.

At the same time, though, I've come to love Star Wars so much for what it is that it's hard to think of such a major plot point not existing.