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Here's my question: how did Luke end up stuck slogging in the desert with his grouchy uncle while his twin sister got to grow up a princess on a beautiful world

Here's my question: how did Luke end up stuck slogging in the desert with his grouchy uncle while his twin sister got to grow up a princess on a beautiful world?

jimbokun 17y ago
I know. It's no fair that Luke got a quiet, peaceful childhood, spending all his time tinkering with his Land Speeder, shooting swamp rats, and daydreaming about adventuring through the Galaxy, while his sister had to grow up in a stifling, controlling, political environment where her every word, action, and appearance were constantly monitored giving her very little freedom or privacy. Obviously, Obi-wan went easier on the boy.
- RyanMcGreal 17y ago
  Well played, sir.
- BrentRitterbeck 17y ago
  This has to be one of the best exchanges I have ever seen. I don't think I have laughed that hard in quite a long time.
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- crpatino 17y ago
  Agreed. In retrospective, seems like Force related skills do develop better in unstructured environments... Oh, I now see where I went wrong!!! ;>
  - RyanMcGreal 17y ago
    No one told Luke it was impossible to bull's-eye womp rats in his T-16 back home, so he did it. http://blog.traysoft.com/2009/12/nobody-told-me-its-impossible-so-i-did-it/ http://blog.traysoft.com/2009/12/nobody-told-me-its-impossib...
- electromagnetic 17y ago
  Because Vader managed to tell Luke was his son at like 300 meters distance through steel walls and shit, but didn't catch on when he was stood next to his daughter . . . some father! If Luke had taken on the place of Bail Organa's kid, the rebellion would have been found out very, very fast. I'm sure Bail Organa ran into Vader many times while he was under Empire suspicion, however I believe it's very had to explain if Vader walks into your house and says "What the hell, that's my fucking son! Why do you have my child?!" Apparently fathers have no connection whatsoever to their daughters. They've got to strangle their son multiple times before they notice they even have a daughter . . . sounds like an episode of the Simpsons.
  - billswift 17y ago
    It isn't necessarily a difference between father-son and father-daughter; more likely it's because Luke was using the Force unconsciously in his flying and shooting even before Obi-wan starting training him, while Leia never showed any signs of Force use during any of the movies.
    - electromagnetic 17y ago
      I know. To be fair, Luke didn't realize she was his sister with her tongue down his throat, so they're all a bit of a messed up family. Hopefully Luke would have figured it out before he tried to get into Leia's pants.
  - kaveri 17y ago
    Maybe because Luke was so powerful in the Force and Leia wasn't ?

Here's my question: how did Luke end up stuck slogging in the desert with his grouchy uncle while his twin sister got to grow up a princess on a beautiful world?

jimbokun 17y ago

I know. It's no fair that Luke got a quiet, peaceful childhood, spending all his time tinkering with his Land Speeder, shooting swamp rats, and daydreaming about adventuring through the Galaxy, while his sister had to grow up in a stifling, controlling, political environment where her every word, action, and appearance were constantly monitored giving her very little freedom or privacy. Obviously, Obi-wan went easier on the boy.

RyanMcGreal 17y ago
Well played, sir.
BrentRitterbeck 17y ago
This has to be one of the best exchanges I have ever seen. I don't think I have laughed that hard in quite a long time.
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crpatino 17y ago
Agreed. In retrospective, seems like Force related skills do develop better in unstructured environments... Oh, I now see where I went wrong!!! ;>
- RyanMcGreal 17y ago
  No one told Luke it was impossible to bull's-eye womp rats in his T-16 back home, so he did it. http://blog.traysoft.com/2009/12/nobody-told-me-its-impossible-so-i-did-it/ http://blog.traysoft.com/2009/12/nobody-told-me-its-impossib...
electromagnetic 17y ago
Because Vader managed to tell Luke was his son at like 300 meters distance through steel walls and shit, but didn't catch on when he was stood next to his daughter . . . some father! If Luke had taken on the place of Bail Organa's kid, the rebellion would have been found out very, very fast. I'm sure Bail Organa ran into Vader many times while he was under Empire suspicion, however I believe it's very had to explain if Vader walks into your house and says "What the hell, that's my fucking son! Why do you have my child?!" Apparently fathers have no connection whatsoever to their daughters. They've got to strangle their son multiple times before they notice they even have a daughter . . . sounds like an episode of the Simpsons.
- billswift 17y ago
  It isn't necessarily a difference between father-son and father-daughter; more likely it's because Luke was using the Force unconsciously in his flying and shooting even before Obi-wan starting training him, while Leia never showed any signs of Force use during any of the movies.
  - electromagnetic 17y ago
    I know. To be fair, Luke didn't realize she was his sister with her tongue down his throat, so they're all a bit of a messed up family. Hopefully Luke would have figured it out before he tried to get into Leia's pants.
- kaveri 17y ago
  Maybe because Luke was so powerful in the Force and Leia wasn't ?