Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT The reveal in Return of the Jedi that Luke and Leia were twins was truly a shock, and the revelation remains one of Star Wars' most confounding moments. Although Star Wars movies and TV shows are known for their plot twists, perhaps the most notable being Darth Vader telling Luke that he was his father in The Empire Strikes Back, this twist was quite a bit different.
Created By George Lucas Cast Mark Hamill , Grant Feely First Appearance Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope Alliance Jedi The trailers for both A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back heavily imply that a romance is brewing between Luke and Leia. In the trailer for A New Hope, Luke's comments about Leia's beauty and Leia's quick kiss before Luke attempts to swing them across a gap inside the Death Star make the cut.
Eventually, Williams, along with everyone else, realized the entirely accidental faux pas these romantic implications were. While making Luke and Leia twins has had incredible impacts on the Star Wars franchise, most of them positive, it nevertheless made the first two movies in Star Wars' original trilogy quite awkward. Indeed, Star Wars has retconned Luke and Leia's kiss to some degree, no doubt attempting to grapple with the uncomfortable implications of this choice.
Given that Star Wars has in some ways become synonymous with the Skywalker Saga, this retcon truly did have an immense impact on the franchise.