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From: john@hp-pcd.UUCP (John Eaton)
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Subject: Re: SW goof - (nf)
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hp-pcd!john    Aug  4 12:33:00 1983

Princess Leia's message to Obi Wan indicated that she was soon to be captured
so it is unlikely that he thought that she would have been on Aldeeran when it
blew. He was probably more concerned that Darth Vader might discover who she 
really was and then turn her on to the dark side. Perhaps after locating the
tractor beam he instructed R2-D2 to search for any reference to her in the 
inmperial computers to find out if she were still alive.

One must wonder what would have happened if Obi Wan had found out that she was
on the Death Star. Leaving her to be killed as a rebel spy would be preferable
to having Darth finding out that she was his daughter. The odds against him
getting Luke and the Droids out of there were great enough without having to 
also pull someone out of a maximum security prison. If he tried and failed then
that might tip off Darth that she was not your average run of the mill rebel 
spy. Obi Wan just may have decided to leave her to her fate.  



John Eaton