Yeah, my LJ is locked, and is also moribund since Dreamwidth happened and especially since the string of Issues that LJ has had (I'm almost to the point of deleting all my posts on LJ, really.) But anyway, enjoy the meta--- I look forward to any thoughts you might have! :)

Yes to all of the Luke thoughts, especially about that balance: owning all of who he is, good and bad. (I had something in mind about Padme as almost the elephant in the room, conceptually, for both twins, in different ways--- Vader/Anakin is such a huge legacy on so many levels, but they also have to come to terms with Padme? And not make various of her mistakes in an effort to avoid Anakin's? Because Padme had that depersonalized/selfless passivity thing going on--- there are levels at which she would have made almost a better follower-of-the-Jedi-Order than Anakin did; someone somewhere, probably either you or irnan said something about how Padme lives for her husband and her persona as a "selfless pacifist politician" and that would almost fit better with the culture of the Jedi Order than Anakin did, for all he's the one who's strong in the Force.)