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My impression was always she was on the run and went to Tatooine specifically to get Obi-Wan. She had no idea about Luke or why Obi-Wan was on that planet, just that he was a hero and she needed help getting those plans back to Alderan. She likely knew Vader was pursuing her and that's why Kenobi became her objective. That changed slightly when she knew she would be captured but still needed Kenobi to get those plans home.
Leia's lack of reaction to Kenobi's death can be explained because, first off, she's probably emotionally numb and on full snark mode at that point after losing her entire planet. Fac, you brought this up in another thread. But also, that scene is really about Luke's reaction to the death, and how he is now completely alone and stranded. Of course, if George had planned for Kenobi to have saved Leia a decade prior, he may have written the scene differently, but oh well. And doesn't really negate things. Leia is obviously massively adept at compartmentalizing.
As far as what she says in the message stored in R2, could she have been speaking kinda vaguely in case the droid was intercepted and that would maintain the secret that it was Kenobi who saved her as a child? Not sure that entirely tracks but just an idea.
I had known about Leia being in the shwo somehow, so that was leaked, but still very excited for it. I'd actually been under the impression she would be in the show far more than Luke. It's gonna be awkward, for me, when they put out a figure of her that I can put on the shelf next to Solo from the same time period, and how much older he is. (Not like he knew her as a child then got with her, which is definitely creepy.)
With Vader, I remember some novel from before Disney where they showed Kenobi figuring out THAT was Anakin now. He'd believed Anakin had died on Mustafar and had no idea he became this cyborg monster. Since very few in the galaxy were aware Anakin = Vader, it's believable everyone, including Obi-Wan, would believe he was dead. I assume it won't take long for him to figure out who Vader is once they're near each other but it's not surprising he hasn't figured out the truth yet.
Leia's lack of reaction to Kenobi's death can be explained because, first off, she's probably emotionally numb and on full snark mode at that point after losing her entire planet. Fac, you brought this up in another thread. But also, that scene is really about Luke's reaction to the death, and how he is now completely alone and stranded. Of course, if George had planned for Kenobi to have saved Leia a decade prior, he may have written the scene differently, but oh well. And doesn't really negate things. Leia is obviously massively adept at compartmentalizing.
As far as what she says in the message stored in R2, could she have been speaking kinda vaguely in case the droid was intercepted and that would maintain the secret that it was Kenobi who saved her as a child? Not sure that entirely tracks but just an idea.
I had known about Leia being in the shwo somehow, so that was leaked, but still very excited for it. I'd actually been under the impression she would be in the show far more than Luke. It's gonna be awkward, for me, when they put out a figure of her that I can put on the shelf next to Solo from the same time period, and how much older he is. (Not like he knew her as a child then got with her, which is definitely creepy.)
With Vader, I remember some novel from before Disney where they showed Kenobi figuring out THAT was Anakin now. He'd believed Anakin had died on Mustafar and had no idea he became this cyborg monster. Since very few in the galaxy were aware Anakin = Vader, it's believable everyone, including Obi-Wan, would believe he was dead. I assume it won't take long for him to figure out who Vader is once they're near each other but it's not surprising he hasn't figured out the truth yet.
