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Wait a minute, does Ben ever know who Leia even is in the OT version of events? It is assumed that he knew who she was from the hologram, but he may not have had any communication at all with the outside world in 19 years, and may never have learned that Leia was the princess in the hologram. He never actually says that Leia is Luke's sister, only that Luke's 'insight' serves him well. He could very well be in the dark about this 'other', and seeing that Luke has some idea about who it could be, he thinks that the galaxy's best bet is for Luke to trust his instincts once again. So it could very well be that Leia is in no way related to Luke, and that the 'other' is still at large. This also raises interesting questions about whether Ben is actually a presence in the galaxy or simply a presence in Luke's head.

I highly doubt that Episode 7 will go this route however.

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NeverarGreat said:

Wait a minute, does Ben ever know who Leia even is in the OT version of events? It is assumed that he knew who she was from the hologram, but he may not have had any communication at all with the outside world in 19 years, and may never have learned that Leia was the princess in the hologram. He never actually says that Leia is Luke's sister, only that Luke's 'insight' serves him well. He could very well be in the dark about this 'other', and seeing that Luke has some idea about who it could be, he thinks that the galaxy's best bet is for Luke to trust his instincts once again. So it could very well be that Leia is in no way related to Luke, and that the 'other' is still at large. This also raises interesting questions about whether Ben is actually a presence in the galaxy or simply a presence in Luke's head.

I highly doubt that Episode 7 will go this route however.

 Brilliant. I want to see that movie.

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As bad as the whole "Leia is Luke's sister" retcon is, I feel that re-retconning (Or should that be de-retconning?) her back into a character who isn't related to Luke would be worse. Besides, what would be the point? To reignite the Luke/Leia/Han love triangle? Han won Leia at the end of ROTJ -- why upset that relationship, especially at the ages they are at now?

The damage has been done; just let the wound heal and move on.

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DuracellEnergizer said:

As bad as the whole "Leia is Luke's sister" retcon is, I feel that re-retconning (Or should that be de-retconning?) her back into a character who isn't related to Luke would be worse. Besides, what would be the point? To reignite the Luke/Leia/Han love triangle? Han won Leia at the end of ROTJ -- why upset that relationship, especially at the ages they are at now?

The damage has been done; just let the wound heal and move on.

Yeah, the only reason I can see them doing this now would be to make the Luke/Leia makeout session more PC. I still hold that Leia as Luke's sister was the worst mistake Lucas ever made with the OT.

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NeverarGreat said:

Wait a minute, does Ben ever know who Leia even is in the OT version of events?

 In ROTJ Ben tells Luke that Leia is his sister (ok, he doesn't say "Leia" but he does say that the Other is "Your twin sister" and then confirms that Luke got it right.) and that they were separated at birth and hidden from their father. So yes.

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Han and Leia fell in love during ESB and there never was a love triangle in the films.

Fixed that for ya.

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