lucas didn't think the prequels all the way through.i mean in return of the jedi luke asks leia if she remembers her mother.and leia said she remembers her being very beautiful and very sad.problem with that is leia was taken away from her mom when she was newly born.so no way she could remember anything about her mom.lucas should have had amidala keep leia till she was at least 2 and then have her running from the clone troopers the emperor sent trying to kill her baby.then she gives the baby to bail organa and the emperor tortures amidala till she dies.that would have been better than seeing her die giving childbirth.