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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 7691165" data-attributes="member: 177">None of these events are directly referenced after they happened.  The kiss happens, and is never mentioned again.  Lars and Beru die, and once that scene is over, as far as I recall they are never mentioned again in the trilogy.  Luke should be in mourning for months afterwards - for all intents and purposes, he saw the burned corpses of his *parents* lying on the ground, for cryin' out loud!  Obi-Wan should be directly referencing this event as he trains Luke, as Luke should be *filled* with anger and pain, and a ripe target for the Dark Side at that moment, but... nope.  Not a peep - five minutes later it is like nothing major has happened, and we never hear about them again.  Alderaan dies, and there are some gasps and a Jedi senses badness, and it is never referenced again in the film.  You'd imagine that some pilot going at the Death Star would shout "For Alderaan!" or something.  But, as I recall it, *nothing* is said.None of which we actually have a problem with.  And I'm okay with us not having a problem with them.  We are okay glossing over these things, and that's fine.  There's some extended canon that deal with Alderaan, at least, but I've never read it and I'm fine with that.The kiss was innocent enough at the time, given what the people knew.  They find out they are siblings *a year later*, while they are rather busy trying to deal with war with the Empire, another dead mentor, a new megaweapon, and Luke is trying to redeem Vader, and you think it is notable issue that they don't go back and deal with a kiss that is only awkward in retrospect?It seems to me that, in terms of glossing over things that should have major emotional impact, but don't, the kiss is the *least* offender.  I'm sorry, but it seems less like valid critique, and more like cherrypicking, to call this out separately as an issue.</blockquote>

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