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The reference:

Winter soldier Anakin au

AND I'LL BEAT THAT DEAD HORSE AGAIN BECAUSE IT'S 1. HOT AND 2. NARRATIVELY GREAT

- so mon mothma (based on the ep3 deleted scenes) knew Padme pretty well. and consequently TOTALLY clocked that she was pregnant. she knew. a bunch of senators knew. they never said anything because they respected her privacy.

- however padme was good at keeping her Secret Affairs under wraps so mon mothma had no idea who the father was. she never guessed it might be anakin bcos everyone knows Jedi don’t do stuff like that.

- padme dies suddenly & mysteriously. shortly thereafter bail organa and his wife announce that they’ve adopted a baby girl. 

- at the time mon mothma does not think much of this BUT later as leia gets older she begins to resemble padme more and more in both looks & personality and mon mothma is like. hmmm.

- so she draws the natural conclusion.

- padme was having an affair with bail organa! and when she died in childbirth bail quietly ‘adopted’ the baby to avoid the scandal.

- mon mothma elects not to say anything about this because it’s not really her business and also the past is the past and padme has been. dead for several years at this point and she doesn’t feel like opening that wound back up.

- instead she just, takes leia under her wing.

- anyway! later when a kid w the last name Skywalker who says his dad was a jedi shows up to join the rebellion she’s like. hm.

- she didn’t know anakin well but at the very least she knew OF him and they like, probably met

- so she figures anakin must have fathered a child while he was travelling the galaxy during the clone wars. she never really liked anakin so she’s just like ‘hm guess he was a deadbeat dad. can’t say I’m surprised.’

- she is not aware however that Anakin became Darth Vader so she doesn’t really feel the need to say anything to luke about this. as far as she’s aware luke already knows the truth about his parentage. at most she might be like ‘hey I knew your dad a bit, he was a good jedi & a war hero’.

- so as far as mon mothma is concerned, anakin skywalker’s son and padme amidala’s daughter are both fighting for the rebellion. the fact that they’re the same age is just kind of a coincidence. tatooine uses a different calendar from most planets so she never notices that they literally have the same birthday.

- anyway later Leia is like ‘so guess what! luke is my long-lost brother. isn’t that wild?’

- and mon mothma is like

………………….’PADME WAS BANGING ANAKIN SKYWALKER????’

Leia: he was Darth Vader.

Mon Mothma: ……….

Mon Mothma: MOTHERFUCKER-

ANAKIN SKYWALKER & PADMÉ AMIDALA Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)

Many believed Lord Vader to be a cold-hearted and ruthless man who concerned himself only with the Empire's strength; thus, it was a great surprise, and a pleasant one, to witness his blatant affection for the prince and princess. He invested vast sums of credits into artistic renditions of his children, which decorate the Imperial Palace and many other important buildings to this day, and so brought a resurgence of art to Coruscant in their honour.

He also took great pleasure in seeing the twins' mutual affection. It was proof of their unshakable bond, wrought deep in the so-called Force, an ancient religion that he himself took part in. It is worth noting that the Empire’s citizens were also overjoyed in seeing their lord's happiness, not least because their livelihoods depended on his good mood.

To this day, the shared love of the Imperial family remains a symbol of the Empire's unbreakable core.

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