The Mandalorian

Mysterious man with a lightsaber casually defeats an entire platoon of Dark Troopers that Mando struggled with 1v1 using invisible powers that crush them, pulls them to him, or crushes them by flinging giant crates across a room.

Door opens

Mando: Are you......a Jedi?

NOPE NOT AT ALL

so did anyone but Moff Gideon actually know that was Luke Fucking Skywalker?

Chukzombi said:

so did anyone but Moff Gideon actually know that was Luke Fucking Skywalker?

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Grogu

wouldn't Cara Dune know who Luke was, being from Alderaan

"hey yo fuck your dad for blowing up my planet, but also big ups to your sister for settling my familys sewage zoning issue... before THEY BLEW UP ALDERAAN"

Furry said:

My assumption always was that it wasn't common knowledge who luke was, that there was a jedi even, or vader's relation to him. To the common people I always assumed it'd be a big "HUH?"

She might know who leia was, but that'd be like naming pelosi's kids or something. I'm sure there are some but don't know who they are.

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Leia has a dubious backstory. Princess? Howd an orphan become heir to a throne? Who was that lady she remembers as her mom?

I mean leia was a princess... The common rabble knew who she was, at the very least by name. I mean I'm not from England but I know who prince Harry is. But I'm pretty sure no one knew who luke was, his relationship to Leia or his involvement in the fall of the empire. The people who would know about luke (outside of people directly involved) wouldn't know him as anything other than a hot shot pilot.

If he said who he was, cara's response would probably confirm that. "wait, I thought Luke was a pilot... Maybe that was a different luke Skywalker."

"Yeah that was Luke SIMON Skywalker. I'm luke JAMES Skywalker."

Was she a princess? Her dad was born a slave and her mom was a geisha from Naboo. The alderaaneans wouldnt know she was a princess. She has a false memory of her mom and it wasnt until the end of RoJ that she found out Vader is her dad.

Princess just sounds better.

I think common people would know who Luke Skywalker was after he destroyed the Death Star.

While we are having this nerd discussion, how did Vader know Luke was his son? Was it the name skywalker? Is the name that uncommon? Why didnt Vader ever google it and come up with a tattooine social media account?

I don't know the lore, but it wasn't uncommon long ago for rulers to basically adopt someone to serve as their heir in the event they either had no natural heirs, or they thought their heirs were garbage.

It could have easily been a case where the ruling couple couldn't have children and Leia was basically adopted and raised as their heir.

Cybsled said:

I don't know the lore, but it wasn't uncommon long ago for rulers to basically adopt someone to serve as their heir in the event they either had no natural heirs, or they thought their heirs were garbage.

It could have easily been a case where the ruling couple couldn't have children and Leia was basically adopted and raised as their heir.

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Alderaan sounds like clown world. No wonder Tarkin blew that shit up.

Furry said:

Leia in the original says they are pacifists and have no weapons. Is it really so hard to believe that a planet of faggot pacifists would adopt some orphan baby to be their next queen?

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it does explain why Cara wasnt on Alderaan when it got blown up. she would have noped the fuck out of there, long ago. probably called them a bunch of slack jawed faggots as she was leaving.

Chukzombi said:

While we are having this nerd discussion, how did Vader know Luke was his son? Was it the name skywalker? Is the name that uncommon? Why didnt Vader ever google it and come up with a tattooine social media account?

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I think they will eventually do away with the sequel trilogy as an alternate timeline of events, but they will slow roll it out and won't acknowledge that's part of the plan for at least a few years. Do a good job with Luke, Grogu, and the fledgling Jedi academy, and in 5 years even people that like 7-9 would begrudgingly accept a new continuity that avoids the grim end to the Jedi Temple we learned of in TFA.