Within the scene the place Luke and Leia first meet, the background music suggests loads of romantic intrigue. The dialogue between the 2 (to not point out Leia’s pose when Luke walks in) actually leans into the trope of the hero saving his stunning damsel love curiosity. Shortly afterward, there is a (now-erased) second the place Leia offers Luke a kiss on the cheek for “good luck,” in addition to an change between Luke and Han the place Luke exhibits jealousy on the thought of Han and Leia getting collectively. So far as the incest vibes go, the blame clearly goes to Lucas first, Williams second.
Williams additionally instructed Selection about how he bought to redeem himself a bit within the second film, by writing for Leia “a brand new, non-incestuous theme for ‘The Empire Strikes Again.'” This was a very smart alternative on Williams’ half, as a result of it is nonetheless not clear if the sibling twist was deliberate by the point “Empire” was being made. Positive, this movie leaned a lot more durable on the Han/Leia romance on the expense of any Luke/Leia shippers, nevertheless it nonetheless included that notorious second of Leia kissing Luke. (All whereas that pervert R2 sits there and watches, letting it occur.) Positive, she’s solely doing it to piss off Han, however by some means we do not assume she would’ve gone that far if the writers had already recognized Luke was her brother.
Fortuitously, because the success of “Recreation of Thrones” (and “Rick and Morty”) have made clear, audiences are far more forgiving of incest of their sci-fi/fantasy tales than you’d most likely assume. Williams might have unintentionally thrown in some further twincest vibes to an in any other case healthful story, however the spectacular legacy of the unique “Star Wars” trilogy continues to be in tact.
