Two random ROTJ observations about the Twin revelation.

I know that there wasn't enough time in the movie to go into this, but does anyone else find Han's reaction to Luke and Leia being brother and sister a little odd? It's like he just gives it 2 seconds thought and laughs it off. Wouldn't he be like "whoa whoa, how the hell did that happen?" and "You made out with your brother!" It's always disappointed me, but I know it happened at the end of the movie and there wasn't enough time to go into that.

Also, I love Carrie Fisher. Her performance as Princess Leia in Empire is great. But, every time I watch ROTJ, I feel like she didn't deliver in the scene where Luke reveals they are twins. It's an important scene for the franchise and I think her performance in that scene is disappointing and not what was needed.

Maybe in the SW Galaxy there is no taboo against incest ;-)

So this thread contains...twin observations?

Thanks, I'll be here all week.

I love coming here immediately after Frink, reading all his pointless contributions, and then adding my own equally purposeless jokes.

You're right, Leo87...she didn't carrie her own weight when giving that performance.  It's as if that revelation creates a great fisher between them instead of drawing them closer.

*badum tish*

In hindsight its remarkable how lucky Lucas was in Luke and Leia not having nearly as much romantic subtext as they could have in the first two films. 

This sort of stuff does happen all the time in the real world, though. There are stories of long lost twins meeting, 'falling in love' so to speak and only realising they are related when they go to get married.

Still, Obi-Wan could have mentioned it.

Hoth-Nudist said:

"The kiss" was no big deal right, I mean if its good enough for SW, then its good enough for Angelina Jolie and her brother.  ;-)

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yr10tnekeXE

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I don't think the "reveal" scene is rushed because they had no time to make it longuer. It's just that the audience already knows the truth and does not share Han's surprise. So it would be pointless from a storytelling point of view to spend more minutes of Han getting shocked, asking questions etc... 

It's just a scene that needed to be shot because Han needed to know the truth (for the movie to end "properly"), but not really the audience.

I miss SSWR's edit of that scene.

Han smiles and says, "Convenient".

King Arthur went further with his sister, and nobody bats an eye.

DOUBLE STANDARDS!

Maybe it doesn't play that way anymore, but at the time, Han's reaction was just a crowd-pleasing moment that got laughs. It feels like Lawrence Kasdan trying to deflate the lameness of the reveal with a joke. And it sort of actually worked because crowds loved Ford/Han so much.

For me it shows he has grown more mature. He's a Jedi, he can sense things and this is something he maybe sensed once he got upto speed with his training.

Monolithium said:

Bow chica bow wow!

I think "wow" would have sufficed...just...plain..."wow."

I remember alot when I saw Jedi in the theater in '83, but I can't remember the crowd reaction when Leia tells Han that Luke is her brother.

However, I vividly remember when ESB SE came to theaters in 1997 and Leia kisses Luke, the whole crowd went, "Ewwwwwww!"

I thought this thread was about Oola's booby flash :-(