Continuing in my âwhat if Obi-wan survived the Death Starâ scenarios: imagine old Ben when he figures out that Han and Leia are completely in love with each other.
Like, picture him on a mission with Han and Leia two weeks after the Death Star is destroyed, and at this point, he hasnât interacted with both of them together very much, and almost immediately after the Falcon takes off, Han and Leia start bickering over how the Falcon isnât very clean or something small, and at first, heâs just thinking, âwell, she was raised as a princess and is probably used to things being neater than this smuggler ship, and heâs got professional pride as a smuggler, and an egocentric one at that, so itâs only natural that this would be an area of contention for them,â and doesnât think anything of it until Chewie gets up and heads to the hold. Ben goes after to see if Chewieâs alright, having sensed some discomfort in the Wookiee.
When Ben finds Chewie, he basically just says, âyeah, Iâm fine, I just need a break from those two and their endless arguments,â and Ben is confused and asks if they argue a lot, causing Chewie to laugh and explain that roughly 68.561% of their interaction is just bickering (Chewie actually got the number from C-3PO, who actually did the math as a point of curiosity). And Obi wan chuckles and says something like, âwow, they bicker like two people completely in love and incapable of showing it,â and then it hits him.
And Ben. Is. Just. Floored. Like, he is completely unsure of what to do. On one hand, he cares about Leia and her happiness and he actually kind of likes Han, and plus, once he starts thinking about him, he realizes that Anakin would probably have liked Han as well. But on the other hand, there is Bail Organa To consider. Bail is of course dead at this point, but Obi-Wan knows that Bail probably would not have approved of his adopted daughter running around with a former pirate and Ben feels that he owes it to his friends memory to at least consider thatïżŒ. Plus, Ben knows from Force Skype that Yoda wanted LeiaïżŒ trained as well or instead of Luke, and while Ben doesnât think that a romanceïżŒ would necessarily endanger that, Yoda would definitely disagree.ïżŒ
In the end, Obi wan decided not to act and just let things play out on their own, A decision he ultimately regrets when he finds out firsthand exactly how much these to Baker. It gets to the point where he debates breaking the ice with both of them just to see if it would cause them to argue less. At one point, while the Falcon is being pursued by a star destroyer, Han and Leia are arguing about whoâs fault it is, the only thing that stops him from spilling the beans is the knowledge that these two would freeze and start making googly eyes at each other which would probably get them all killed if he did so.
Ben gets so frustrated that at one point, he starts venting to Luke about how irritating these two are and how he wishes they would just fess up to their feelings, at which point, sweet, oblivious Luke just goes, âïżŒïżŒwait, Leia and Han are in love with each other? But theyâre always fighting,â and Ben realizes that Luke has a whole lot to learn about more than just being a Jedi. âYes, Luke, theyâre always fighting because they canât admit it to each other. Theyâre too proud.â Ben says.
Two days later, Luke asks Ben why canât they tell Leia and Han that their feelings are both mutual, and Ben explains that it could cause issues if they donât figure it out for themselves. At which point, R2 whistles something smug sounding, causing 3PO to comment, âIâm sorry, General Kenobi, but R2 is insistently and rather rudely asking about someone called Satine,â which causes Obi-Wan to threaten R2 with a memory wipe and to angrily say, âtheir father was bad enough about that, I donât need you to start it up again,â just as Han and Leia walk in, who note Obi-Wanâs use of the word âthey,â and long story short, that is the day that Luke and Leia learn that they are twins, and that R2 used to belong to Anakin. Itâs also the day that Han gleefully learns that he can irritate Obi-Wan by asking about Satine in response to any and all pointed comments about the Falcon.
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