OldOneAncarotaur said:
theprequelsrule said:
One of the worst inconsistencies is the changing timeline. In the original trilogy it is implied that The Empire has been around for a good while; at least 40 or 50 years. The Star Wars novelization provides an interesting "alternative" history of the fall of the Old Republic and rise of the Empire. A much better one that the that which is presented in the prequels, I might add.
How is is different in the Star Wars novelization?
When Luke leaves to save his friends, Ben tells Yoda, “That boy was our last hope.” To which Yoda replies, “No, there is another.” You eventually find out in Episode VI that Leia is the other hope to which Yoda refers. Soooo, Ben forgot that Padme gave birth to twins? He seems to remember that when telling Luke about it in Return of the Jedi, so why doesn’t he know this in Empire Strikes Back? A conundrum…….
Perhaps Obi-wan is unable to appear to Leia as a ghost, as he never really knew her, so his statement was to the effect that Luke was Obi-wan's last hope. And as it was Obi-wan who told Luke to go to Dagobah to meet Yoda, if Luke were to be killed, then Leia would have no way of meeting Yoda at all. Ergo, Luke was literally their last hope. Yoda may have been more technically minded, and stated that even without the help of the Jedi, Leia may become powerful in the Force and defeat the Empire. Because, you know, always in motion is the future.
That is a rather technical reason, so my personal non-PT explanation is that the Jedi were always male, and Leia is the beginning of a strange new expression of the Force which Yoda has become aware of. This would explain why Obi-wan never even tried to train Leia.