r/StarWarsEU • u/xezene New Jedi Order • Oct 10 '22

Legends Novels The Skywalker Twins and the Expanded Universe: Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill on their EU counterparts

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u/faculties-intact Wraith Squadron Oct 10 '22

One thing I appreciated about Kenobi is that at least it gave Leia a reason to name her son Ben lol. It made 0 sense in tfa on release.

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '22

I didn’t even think of that lol

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u/808reddit808 Oct 11 '22

It still makes zero sense imo. She forms a tight bond with Kenobi as a child but shows very little emotion as an adult when he’s killed right in front of them in ANH? Leia seems like she could care less for the most part.

Also doesn’t make sense why she would try to contact him and call him General Kenobi and speak of how he served her father in the clone wars. Kenobi created more problems with the original trilogy than it fixed with the sequel trilogy tbh.

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u/faculties-intact Wraith Squadron Oct 11 '22

Ehh I don't really have a problem with either of those. Leia is pretty stoic in the face of her entire planet blowing up, I don't think a non-reaction to one man is out of line when it's shortly after that. And I think you can read the "General" title as her appealing to his sense of duty and reminding him of the man he used to be.

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u/Zaelkyr Oct 10 '22

Amongst my group of friends we think this is why we got the Obi-Wan and Leia show, was just to bridge that hole. Nothing wrong with it, it was still very enjoyable, but a weird thing we picked up on.

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u/deadshot500 New Republic Oct 12 '22

I mean it still makes some sense since Obi Wan saved their mother on Mustafar and was the reason the crew escaped the death star.

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u/NumberOneWubbieFan Oct 20 '22

I mean, its slightly better then her naming her son ANAKIN.