Apr 18
When Luke firsts visits Padmé Amidala's mausoleum, he does not know that she is his mother.
It haunts him anyway.
He is 24, and Padmé is forever 28.
If she had lived, she would be 42.
Old enough to be Luke's mother.
Which Luke had discovered, months later, she was.
His parents had been married. Luke had been wanted. Loved.
For years, Luke had dreaded learning about his mother after learning the truth about his father.
It had crushed him. From grief, from sorrow.
They could have been a family.
But in this world, his mother and father are buried light years apart, and Luke stands alone.
He has Leia, Han, Chewbacca -
But he will never have his parents.
Luke Skywalker will never meet Padmé Amidala.
