Both thou and she were hidden safely fromThe Emperor just after ye were born.For he did know, as I do, that the kinOf Anakin would be a pow’rful threatUnto his reign of madness, might, and murder.At birth, the two were separated: thouUnto thine uncle Owen and thine auntBeru, on Tatooine, where I did watchO’er thee as thou didst grow into a man;Thy sister to a senator did go,Apart from thee and thy dread father’s wrath.There she did grow into a woman fine,And has, since then, remain’d anonymous.Luke[ aside:] O wondrous revelation to my soul!A sister, and before me comes her face:For surely Leia is my sister, elseMy instincts have no truth in them. What news!I know not whether to respond with shoutsOf greatest joy, or to shrink back in fearAnd paralyzing shock at what we’ve done.Three times hath she kiss’d me in friendship’s name,The last of these more passionate than e’erA sister should upon her sib bestow.There is an ancient tale of Tatooine,That tells of Tusken Raider who, through FateAnd circumstance, join’d with his mother inA bond most strange and quite unnatural.They liv’d in blissful ignorance of theirRelation until they discover’d itBy chance. And O, what awful times befell!The Tusken Raider’s mother hang’d herselfUpon a bantha’s horn. The Tusken, inHis agony and grief, pull’d off his maskAnd claw’d at his own eyes until they bled,Then came dislodg’d, and finally pluck’d out.He fell unto his knees and cried with pain—Not merely pain to have his eyes remov’d,But deeper pain that sear’d his very heart.’Tis said that though he then could see no more,He saw more clearly than he ever had.At night, upon the sands of Tatooine,His howl may still be heard, a warning toThose who would break the sacred fam’ly bondThrough passions of the body. Shall this beMy fate, for crossing o’er the boundaryThat none should cross, e’en once? I’ll warrant: nay.Not only have I superstitions none,But our brief moments of affection wereA trifle none could call a love affair.I now see clearly but still have my eyes,And may my sister know sans tragedy.Thus, I do make a solemn, earnest vow:I shall embrace my royal sister asA pow’rful ally, and shall show to herThe path that surely leads unto the Force.[ To Obi-Wan:] ’Tis Leia, aye? My soul doth know ’tis she.Obi-WanThine instincts serve thee well, Luke. Bury nowThese feelings, for they do thee credit butMay be manipulated and abus’dIf e’er the Emperor should learn of them.Luke