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I'm fond of ROTJ Han/Leia, and it's difficult to miss the chemistry in ANH and ESB, but it's still weird to me when 21st-cent fandom tries to argue that Han/Leia as written in ANH and ESB is some pure unproblematic thing.
The thing is, SW official "canon" has shifted about a LOT over the years, not just w/ the Disney acquisition or whatever. While Han's treatment of Leia (esp his rejection of her clearly stated boundaries) is bad anyway until he gets over himself in ROTJ, the timeline has evolved with the various retcons. The most important of those retcons for this is making Luke and Leia twins, which makes her Luke's age. Luke comes across as pretty damn young in ANH, but was originally still a couple years older than Leia.
Specifically, Luke is 18 in the ANH script. Han is 30ish. Leia is "about sixteen."
Sixteen. When Lucas wrote Han talking about "a princess and a guy like me," he was imagining him thinking about a sixteen-year-old girl.
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The thing is, SW official "canon" has shifted about a LOT over the years, not just w/ the Disney acquisition or whatever. While Han's treatment of Leia (esp his rejection of her clearly stated boundaries) is bad anyway until he gets over himself in ROTJ, the timeline has evolved with the various retcons. The most important of those retcons for this is making Luke and Leia twins, which makes her Luke's age. Luke comes across as pretty damn young in ANH, but was originally still a couple years older than Leia.
Specifically, Luke is 18 in the ANH script. Han is 30ish. Leia is "about sixteen."
Sixteen. When Lucas wrote Han talking about "a princess and a guy like me," he was imagining him thinking about a sixteen-year-old girl.
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