Skywalkers

I can remember when I first saw TESB in a movie theater in NYC, and how crushed I was when I saw Leia and Han get together! Even though the movie is not my favorite as far as SW films go anyway, I can recall to this day how the enjoyment of the film was knocked down by 50% when I saw those two get together. It was as if the chemistry between Luke and Leia from the first film never happened. I don't know if you've ever watched a soap opera, where the storyline is going in one direction and then, out of nowhere, the story changes in a way that really hits you sideways-that was how I felt when Leia and Han became a couple.

To this day, I don't see the appeal. I don't even think Leia and Han looked good together the way that Luke and Leia did.

How did you feel when you saw Leia and Han get together romantically?

My brother feels the same way, BTW.

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I was absolutely confused. Like, genuinely baffled. The scene where they kiss for the first time and she keeps pushing him away and he keeps creepily hitting on her? I honest-to-god expected her to slap him when he kissed her finally. I was bewildered and confused when she didn't. I was even more baffled when, after that kiss, they were just like... a couple? I guess? As far as I'm concerned, they had zero chemistry prior to that moment. Leia had, in fact, spent the entire movie telling him to leave her alone, going so far as to kiss Luke to try to get Han to take the hint that she wasn't interested.

I guess for some people that was somehow flirting or chemistry or something. But for me it was a creepy dude not taking no for an answer (over and over and over again) and then finally getting the girl after wearing her down. I thought then it sent a really gross signal ("she doesn't really mean no!"), and I think now it sends an even grosser signal.

I also remember thinking that it was "okay" because "it's a movie so they're gonna make a stupid love triangle, but obviously she'll eventually pick Luke because he's obviously the better man." I even remember after the twin reveal thinking, "Well, so what if they're twins, why does that mean they can't be together???" I was so mad that Luke wasn't (apparently) given a fighting chance after that. He wasn't even allowed to compete anymore, they just made him her brother and that was that, as if none of the chemistry and romance building between them hadn't happened.