Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!genrad!decvax!harpo!seismo!presby!burdvax!psuvax!starner From: starner@psuvax.UUCP Newsgroups: net.movies.sw Subject: Re: Leia's Father Message-ID: <145@psuvax.UUCP> Date: Fri, 17-Jun-83 22:35:55 EDT Article-I.D.: psuvax.145 Posted: Fri Jun 17 22:35:55 1983 Date-Received: Sat, 18-Jun-83 19:43:26 EDT Lines: 24 In the novel Ben stated that Ben took Luke to Uncle Owen and Luke and Leia's mother took Leia to Alderaan. Unknown to Luke at the time the People he called his Aunt and Uncle were actually Ben Kenobi's brother and brothers wife. When Lukes father went off to fight in the Wars and became the person we knew as Darth Vader, Ben took Vaders wife and the children and his them from Vader and the emporor so that Vader could not destroy them. This was well explained in the novel, but was only hinted at in the movie, and you had to be paying very close attention to pick it up. I recommend the novelization to all who saw the movie. It is well written and gives more complete description to many of the scenes such as this one. Hope this wasn't the last, Mark Starner Penn State University {allegra,burdvax}!psuvax!starner many of the k