What would happen to Luke if Leia made it to Obi-wan?

Guardsman Bass · Post by **Guardsman Bass** » 2004-10-11 11:22pm

Would Obi-wan have arrived on the Lars homestead to take him with them to Alderaan? Or would he just have left Luke there? Or, would Obi-wan have a premonition(like Qui-Gon's about Amidala) of Alderaan being destroyed by Tarkin, and refuse to go?

Praxis · Post by **Praxis** » 2004-10-11 11:43pm

Alderaan possibly wouldn't have been destroyed by Tarkin. He wanted to destroy a Rebel Base, and the world Leia named (Dantooine) was too remote, so he decided instead to demonstrate the superlaser on Alderaan to 'convince' Leia to obey.

He might have chosen another target if Leia hadn't been there.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2004-10-11 11:58pm

I don't think that Obi-Wan would have gone to get Luke. Best not to put all your eggs in one basket, as it were. He might teach Leia instead of Luke onboard the Falcon...

Zac Naloen · Post by **Zac Naloen** » 2004-10-12 07:30am

Obi wan isn't aware of leia at this point. yoda tells him in ESB when luke goes off to bespin

"that boy is our last hope"

"no, there is another"

Stofsk · Post by **Stofsk** » 2004-10-12 08:49am

So he finds out about Leia when he's dead? That doesn't make a whole lot of sense.

The ROTJ novelisation disagrees with you, by the way.

[EDIT] It could be that he was just sexist, or he felt Luke was realistically their best shot because he received the most amount of training. I hate the ret-con, but there it is.

Sarevok · Post by **Sarevok** » 2004-10-12 08:55am

Maybe Obiwan believed the Force was stronger in Luke.

Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman · Post by **Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman** » 2004-10-12 09:30am

Zac Naloen wrote:Obi wan isn't aware of leia at this point. yoda tells him in ESB when luke goes off to bespin

"that boy is our last hope"

"no, there is another"

Too bad, Leia is less a whiner...

Stofsk · Post by **Stofsk** » 2004-10-12 09:31am

I always wondered what ROTJ would be like if they worked harder at putting more of the Leia-can-be-a-Jedi angle into it?

Alan Bolte · Post by **Alan Bolte** » 2004-10-12 11:34am

I think Alderaan would be toast eventually. I sorta doubt that Tarkin was given enough discretion by the emporer to just take out core worlds whenever he felt like it, Alderaan would have to be on a pre-existing hit list, or Tarkin would have to have a communication with the emporer beforehand. Either way, we know that the emporer wanted Alderaan out of the picture because it was something of a toehold on the core for the Rebellion.

It'd be pretty funny to go through ANH without Luke, but possibly boring. Han would be hitting on Leia from minute one without the competition, and the Death Star infiltration might be entirely circumvented unless Tarkin decides to go blow up Alderaan and wait for Leia to come to him. Even if they do end up on the DS, there's no one to rescue, so there should be a lot less of being chased by stormtroopers. The only problem is that Leia probably has no flight experience, so she wouldn't be in the air when she's needed most, and there goes that.

Guardsman Bass · Post by **Guardsman Bass** » 2004-10-12 01:54pm

Leia was on a mission to Tatooine to get Obi-wan and bring him back to Alderaan, but someone planted a beacon on her ship. I heard someone mention that Obi-wan was basically keeping an eye on Luke, so what would happen if Leia had successfully made that mission? Would Obi-wan have left Luke behind(particularly as he doesn't know that Leia is Luke's twin yet), somehow attempted to retrieve him from Owen and Beru?

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » 2004-10-12 02:00pm

I think Alderaan would be toast eventually. I sorta doubt that Tarkin was given enough discretion by the emporer to just take out core worlds whenever he felt like it, Alderaan would have to be on a pre-existing hit list, or Tarkin would have to have a communication with the emporer beforehand.

Vader: "Alderaan is one of the foremost of the Inner Systems! The Emperor should be consulted!"

Tarkin: "The Emperor has given me operational control of this station." etc.

ANH Radio Dramatization. Tarkin had full authority to do as he wished, or at least he thought so and Vader thought so as well, or he'd have stopped Tarkin. Vader was on board to prevent Tarkin from committing treason; had Tarkin been doing so with the destruction of Alderaan, Vader would have stopped him. We know they weren't in contact with Palpatine.