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Date: Sun, 10-Jul-83 08:19:42 EDT
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Posted: Sun Jul 10 08:19:42 1983
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In reference to the article concerning who the "Uncle" is.
If you read the book, you are told that "Uncle Owen" is
actually Ben Kenobi's brother. In the words of Ben
Kenobi: "When your father left, he didn't know your
mother was pregnant. Your mother and I knew he would
find out eventually, but we wanted to keep you both safe,
for as long as posssible. So I took you to live with my
brother Owen, on Tatooine...and your mother took Leia to
live as the daughter of Senator Organa, on Alderaan. The
Organa family was high-born and politically quite
powerful in that system. Leia became a princess by 
virtue of lineage - no one knew she had been adopted, of
course. But it was a title without real power, since
Alderaan had long been a democracy. Even so, the family
continued to bo politically powerful, and Leia, following in
her foster father's path, became a senator as well. That's 
not all she became, of course - she became the leader of her
cell of the Alliance against the corrupt Empire. And because
she had diplomatic immunity, she was a vital link for getting
information to the Rebel cause. That's what she was doing when
her path crossed yours - for her foster parents had always told
her to contact me on Tatooine, if her troubles became
desperate.".

				Mark Starner
				Penn State University
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