random star wars thought
Oct. 15th, 2019 10:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
orangerfulThe scene during Luke's final battle with Vader in RotJ, when Luke is "hiding" from Vader and Vader is apparently using the "I'm just going to keep talking until you get sick of my voice" approach of dark side coercion, you see Luke close his eyes and suddenly Vader says "...sister. So, you have a twin sister. Your feelings have now betrayed her too." and we see Luke open his eyes and sort of let his shoulders go down in defeat.
I've realized that I interpret this moment different from most.
My head-canon for this, was that Luke wasn't struggling to hide his thoughts about Leia. I always thought it was the opposite. This was part of Luke's way of trying to bring Anakin back - he hoped that the revelation that, not only does he have a son, but he also has a daughter - would make Anakin turn against the Emperor right there. In fact, I almost felt like Luke projected his last conversation with Leia to Anakin. Of course, when this doesn't immediately work and Vader continues to bait him, Luke loses his temper and fights back.
BUT I always felt like that little bit of information did something to break through Vader and into Anakin, to pull him back to the side of good. It's why Anakin says "tell your sister you were right about me" because he "saw" that moment between Luke and Leia.
(Why yes, I was watching more Pop Culture Detective videos tonight, why do you ask?)
I've realized that I interpret this moment different from most.
My head-canon for this, was that Luke wasn't struggling to hide his thoughts about Leia. I always thought it was the opposite. This was part of Luke's way of trying to bring Anakin back - he hoped that the revelation that, not only does he have a son, but he also has a daughter - would make Anakin turn against the Emperor right there. In fact, I almost felt like Luke projected his last conversation with Leia to Anakin. Of course, when this doesn't immediately work and Vader continues to bait him, Luke loses his temper and fights back.
BUT I always felt like that little bit of information did something to break through Vader and into Anakin, to pull him back to the side of good. It's why Anakin says "tell your sister you were right about me" because he "saw" that moment between Luke and Leia.
(Why yes, I was watching more Pop Culture Detective videos tonight, why do you ask?)
