THE SEPERATION
Lately, I have been wondering, when the Skywalker twins
were seperated, why did Leia get the good part of the deal, while
Luke had the bad luck. Leia was adopted into the royal family of
Alderaan - the Organa's, whose wealth and lineage would provide
all the means necessary of a child growing up, yet Luke is sent
to live with Obi-Wan Kenobi's brother Owen on the desolate planet
of Tatooine, a hard life in a moisture farmer's family living on
a harsh world.
I have a theory why this happened. First off, let's begin
why in the first place the twins were seperated. Obi-Wan and Yoda
knew that the Emperor would consider any offspring of Anakin
Skywalker to be a threat to him. I postulate that Padme became
pregnant just before Anakin's fall, and when his fall occured,
and Anakin left all those dear to him (wife, friends and whole
way of life) Padme most likely was not physically showing her
pregnancy, as Anakin and soon to be Darth Vader didn't know that
he had children until a few decades later, and he only learned of
the existance of Leia practically minutes before his death.
According to current rumour about the planet Naboo, it's
system of government is a matriachal monarchy - so the females
are the ruler (eg: Padme is Queen, and the rumoured women
parliament). I think the reason that Leia was adopted into the
rich Organa family on Alderaan, is that they were preparing for
her to one day go back to Naboo and to claim her rightful throne.
Remember that only Leia and not Luke has vague misty memories of
their mother. Maybe Padme went into the royal court of Alderaan
disguised as a lowly handmaiden so she could be near her
daughter, and the disguise would help conceal her from the
minions of Palpatine.
On the other hand, it is obvious why Luke was given the
harsher option, maybe to mentally toughen him up on his fateful
journey to becoming a Jedi Knight. But, I raise the question as I
did in my last editorial, WHY didn't Obi Wan raise Luke, WHY did
he give him to his brother Owen?? This mystery, hopefully will be
answered in the prequels.
One last thing, I have another little theory. According to
rumour a long time ago (no pun!), the people of Naboo suffer from
genetic degredation. No I will go one step further, maybe this
genetic degredation has gone so far that the people of Naboo can
only conceive female children, and they need cloning technology
to produce males. So when Padme has her children, Leia is born
first, a female as per usual, but then to everyone's suprise,
Luke, a male, is the next child - 'A NEW HOPE'! Not only a new
hope for the galaxy as the eventual redeemer and savior of his
father and the jedi order, but a new hope for the people of
Naboo, as a male child born naturally!
What do you think? Send your opinions to Ryan, or Sameer
at Dark Side rumours, or in the Message Boards.
Until next time.
MTFBWY