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Luke/Leia
| Pairing | |
|---|---|
| Pairing: | Luke Skywalker/Leia Organa |
| Alternative name(s): | L/L |
| Gender category: | Het, Incest, Twincest |
| Fandom: | Star Wars |
| Canonical?: | No |
| Prevalence: | Proportionally low |
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Luke/Leia is the pairing of Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa from the Star Wars films.
It became twincest in 1983 after the movie The Return of the Jedi revealed that Luke and Leia were brother and sister.
This means that fanworks before this 1983 reveal were not created as incestuous ones.
Even after 1983, the pairing did not have a lot of traction. A fan in 2010 said:
"Yeah, there's very little L/L fic out there. I dunno if people are grossed out, censoring themselves (which I clearly never do), or are just not into it. I hardly ever find any."
A Bit of Canon
The pro novel Splinter of the Mind's Eye was published in February 1978. Many fans consider the book poorly written and full of plot holes and terrible characterizations. Official Star Wars canon spokespersons have since downgraded the book to "secondary canon" due to its content and state of being jossed by numerous things, including a romantic relationship between Luke/Leia.
Pre-"Return of the Jedi" Fandom
Even before the revelation that Leia and Luke were related, there were few fanworks with this pairing. The main pairing for Leia was Han Solo, and Luke was paired (if he was paired at all) with original characters.
This lack of a love life for Luke Skywalker in the early days was just one of the many driving factors in the often very heated discussions regarding The Church of Ford/Cathedral of Luke.
Pre-"Return of the Jedi" Comments
Glad "The Continuator" is continuating. I came into this series late, too, but think it's in the top five best SW series ever done. Martynn's illos are bee-you-tiful, as always. My only gripe is that having Leia naked in bed is a bit gratuitous. Considering that nothing happened, I don't think it was necessary to the story and could have been left out. Luke could have gotten just as excited seeing her in a soft lacy gown, something incongruously feminine for her. [2]
[I've noticed]... the unfortunate tendency in SW fiction to have everyone you ever heard of related in some way. This goes neatly with the "Sociological Implications" story that follows. So far we've had Obi-Wan as Luke's grandfather/uncle/great-uncle, Vader as Luke's father/mother/brother, Han as the son of the Pretender of the Throne of the Old Republic, Obi-Wan as Vader's uncle, ad infinitum. What next? Yoda as Vader's grand-niece and Luke and Leia as long lost brother and sister? Come on, folks, it's a big galaxy. Perhaps St. George will prove me wrong and everybody will end up related to everybody else, but somehow I doubt it. [3]
Pre-"Return of the Jedi" Fanfiction
- Kinmeet by Susan Matthews (Luke and Leia are coupled up, Han and Luke become adopted brothers.) (1979)
Pre-"Return of the Jedi" Fanart
from Skywalker #2, artist is Gee Moaven (1978)
from Skywalker #2, artist is Gee Moaven (1978)
from Skywalker #2, artist is Pam Kowalski (1978)
from Skywalker #2, artist is Caroline Carrock (1978)
from "I Will Wait for You" by Pat Gonzales, the artist is Larry Blake, from Pegasus (1979)
from Skywalker #3, artist is Stephanie Hawks (1979)
from Skywalker #4, artist is Gee Moaven (1980)
from Syndizine #2, artist is Joni Wagner (1981)
from Organia, artist is Bev Swan (1981)
from Skywalker #5, artist is Nancy Stasulis (1983)
from Skywalker #5, artist is Jay Mullins (1983)
Fandom After "Return of the Jedi"
The Incest Topic
Since Luke and Leia are twins, the ship is subject to same general controversy that all incestuous ships are. The two main viewpoints are:
- Yeah it's incest, and I'm down with that.
- They didn't grow up together, they were into each other before they knew they were related, so it doesn't really count.
Post-"Return of the Jedi" Fanworks
- Revenge of the Jedi (Star Wars zine) by Tony Chong (1986)
- The Shadows Suit Me by Luke1/ruckuskitten (Events take unfortunate turns, and we are left with a Luke with no light left in him living in the underworld of Coruscant. But love, and the past, won't leave him be.) (2004)
- And You Belong to Me by jedinemo ("Leia finds that sometimes life changes faster than her feelings.") (2008)
- The Meeting with the Goddess by azephirin ("She...is the life of everything that lives. She is also the death of everything that dies.") (2010)
Sequel Trilogy Era
- for now we are young (let us lay in the sun) by outruntheavalanche ("After they are reunited post-The Force Awakens, Luke and Leia have comfort sex. It's Luke's first time.") (January 20, 2016)
- bring your heart back (to my island) by Roane (unrequited love, "No matter how long he stays away, there's one attachment Luke can't rid himself of.") (March 18, 2016)
Meta
- Luke and Leia Had Sex by Noah Brand, The Good Men Project. (December 18, 2012)
- Looking for Love in Alderaan Places: Luke/Leia Before and After Return of the Jedi by Claire McBride (September 14, 2017)
- Mark Hamill has mentioned a couple of times that it must have been pretty traumatic for Luke to find out that Leia, the woman he’s got all sorts of feelings for, is his sister, and it always gets a laugh, but I don’t think he’s joking., Archived version
Archives & Fannish Links
- Luke/Leia works tagged at AO3
- Luke/Leia works at FFN
- Shipcestuous "leia and luke" tags: images, commentary, parallels, quotes, funny, cast, fanart, AU and fanmixes
- a boy, a girl and a universe tags Luke x Leia (while the blog is mostly Luke & Leia focused, it also focuses on the Skywalker family)
References
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- ^ Luke/Leia Please?. December 30 2011. (Accessed on June 19, 2016.)
- ^ from Warped Space Supplement, LOCs for #46-#47, written in 1981-82, not published until 1983
- ^ from Warped Space Supplement, LOCs for #46-#47, written in 1981-82, not published until 1983