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Leia had a dad and it wasn't Anakin Skywalker


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Anakin may've been her biological father, but to her all he'd really be is the scourge of the galaxy who mass murdered in the cause of a fascist empire. Vader was the guy who personally tortured her to get information about the Rebellion she dedicated her life to&then was complicit in the extinction of every living thing on the planet that was the only home she'd every known.

I don't care how close she got to Luke, I can't see her ever having the warm&fuzzies for Anakin/Vader even if the Force decided he was redeemed. If she wasn't outright horrified or ashamed of Anakin being her father, I feel like she'd at best tolerate Luke's veneration of him even as it made her a little queasy.

Cuz she didn't grow up without parents like Luke (though Luke has always kind of short changed Owen&Beru. They did their best.) Leia had a loving home and family that raised her to be the feisty, revolutionary princess she was. She might have had Anakin's midichlorian nature in there but the nurture she got on Alderaan made her who she was.

Vader was her father, but he never even did the minimal amount of doing right by her that he gave Luke. He didn't raise her, teach her, or any of that.

One man did.

Leia's actual dad, unsung hero of the series, Bail Organa.

That man deserves more respect.

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Leia released a rap song with the lyrics
"Bail is my father cuz biological didn't bother. Word."

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😎👍

Yo, this is my story;
Of how I ended up on 'Maury';
My mama was forced-choked;
By some meanie Jedi/Sith bloke;
His name was Anakin;
Not that I'm panicking;
Like Princess Peach from 'Mario';
I'm not very sorry, oh;
I got rescued;
By 3 random dudes and a 'Big Chew';
They're fly-boys, I tell you;
I do what I got to do;
Save what's left of my sweet Alderaan crew;
On the outside, I'm Leia;
On the inside, I'm a Hellion;
Now I lead the Rebellion;
This one's for you, "Daddy"!

~~/o/

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Even though Darth Daddy is her father, and always will be because of their shared biology, he never was a parent to her. Between the two, it's much harder to be the latter than the former.

~~/o/

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Are we seeing a hidden racist message from George Lucas? Darth Vader is all black, and he doesn't end up raising his kids. If Vader's outfit was brilliant white, would this have been the case? Why he gotta perpetuate stereotypes? You ain't fooling me, Grand Dragon Lucas!

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