Things I need

[fairyrune]

1. R2D2 Plush
2. Yoda Plush
3. That lizard thing Obi-Wan rides. Not a plush, a real one.

Also:
I have an assignment for all you Star Wars geeks out there, because I don't have time to watch the original trilogy today, and it's driving me nuts.
Somewhere, in either Empire or Jedi I believe, there is a scene between Luke and Leia in which he asks her if she remembers her real mother. I think at this point Luke knows that he's Leia's twin, but he can't tell anyone so that the baddies don't try and kill Leia off. Leia says she was very young when her mother died.

I need to find this scene, because I may have discovered a plot hole the size of Texas, but it seems I'm the only one who remembers that conversation.
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Go!

Oh, and PS-On Wednesday I'm asking my manager if it would be OK for me to streak my hair purple. :)

Comments

[ex-chairlego562.livejournal.com]

It's before they talk about being siblings, and I think she's talking about Bail Organa's wife, still thinking that she's their daughter.

[fairyrune]

I need to watch Ep. IV, because I'm fairly certain I remember them saying that both of her parents were killed when the planet was destroyed.

[ex-chairlego562.livejournal.com]

Don't think so.

[odogonefishin.livejournal.com]

Ok, that scene isn't until Episode 6 (Return of the Jedi), though I can't remember if it's before or after the second Death Star is destroyed. I'm pretty sure that it's before he turns himself in to Vader.

Here's how I'm pretty sure it goes down:

-They talk about it at the Ewok village after droids Luke and Han get captured (and Han thinks Luke and Leia are getting all cozy)
-Luke turns himself in to Vader (who senses the truth)
-Luke to Death Star and confrontation with Vader/Emperor
-Rebels blow up shield generator
-Luke/Vader defeat Emperor
-Luke off Death Star with Vader
-Death Star goes boom
-Han tells Leia he won't stand between her and Luke, Leia explains to Han that she and Luke are siblings in Ewok village during celebration
-End of Movie

[odogonefishin.livejournal.com]

In IV, the only mention of her parents is that her father is a Senator (Bail Organna). She doesn't mention anything of their death at all. It isn't until VI that she mentions anything about her birth mother (and only at Luke's prompting).

[ex-chairlego562.livejournal.com]

Someone else thought of it: http://www.starwarz.com/tbone/guest_editorials/otisframpton_delivery.htm

I went through my art books (more recent versions of "The Art of Star Wars..." have the complete scripts in them) and basically found out exactly what odogonefishin said.

[ex-chairlego562.livejournal.com]

Oh and just to kill your plothole, if I remember correctly (keep in mind that I only read the Ep3 script, still haven't seen it): Padme lives a little while after giving birth, enough to look the little girl in the eyes for a few moments.

[fairyrune]

But remember: Natalie Portman can't act in Star Wars movies.

[thunderemerald.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I thought of that one too, first time I saw Ep3. It's the conversation Luke and Leia have in the Ewok village in Jedi -- and she is clearly NOT talking about Bail Organa's wife, because Luke asks if she remembers her mother, and then clarifies "your REAL mother." And she says she did. Liar!

[fairyrune]

Word.

[(Anonymous)]

Tim thought of this too, but we agreed we'd be willing to accept she remembered her mother from infancy, or a sense of who she was when she was in the womb. She does after all have as much Jedi-blood in her as Luke. I'm willing to buy that (although you shouldn't have to look for excuses for a film).

Courtney H.

[fairyrune]

Hmmm...interesting theory. I guess I could settle for that.

Now I just need find snuggly Yoda and R2D2...