Now everybody who even REMOTELY knows me knows my passion for Star Wars. They know that I love that movie with a geeky and dorky obsession that would rival any fan boy any day of the week. Some people may even know that I've gone to the extreme by naming my daughter after Star Wars. My point to this opening paragraph? I love Star Wars.
However, even the great cinematic triumph that is my favorite thing ever put to celluloid has things that cause me to think. See, I was watching A New Hope the other day as I'm inclined to do. It was actually my daughter watching it, but hey, it's on, so I'm watching it too. Anyway, something hit me. So, Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa are twins fathered by one of the most powerful men in the galaxy, who's sense of darkness and evil is only shadowed by his master, Emperor Palpatine. So, in an attempt to keep hope alive that order will one day be returned to the force, Obi-Wan and Yoda decide to seperate the twins and hide them from their evil father, Anakin Skywalker better known as Darth Vader. Okay. Good idea. However, wouldn't you think to at least CHANGE the name of the kid you're trying to hide? Leia's name was changed to Organa, for she went to live with Bail Organa on Alderaan. But you're gonna keep Luke named SKYWALKER? I mean seriously. Unless Skywalker is the Smith of the Star Wars universe, wouldn't you wanna do a better job of hiding him than that? Especially since he was living with Ben and Beru LARS. Why wouldn't you change his name to match theirs, instead of keeping the name of the most powerful juggernaught the galaxy had seen in an eon? Seems to me that would just make him a tad easier to find is all.
"HEY, you have the same name as that guy that killed all the jedi." Oh well. Just a thought.
