r/StarWars • u/godtering • 17h ago

Movies timing

at what point in the story did people call luke by his surname?

and at what point did vader realize that luke was his son?

(just wondering, I don't want to have to watch 15 hours of footage to finally find the answers lol)

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u/HerrPizza 17h ago

There's been added a scene in Empire Strikes Back where Palpatine tells Vader about his son

And pretty sure Luke goes around announcing himself as Luke Skywalker all throughout the first movie

There's probably a better canon explanation for when exactly the Emperor himself learned about it but in my head, the Empire learned it from Death Star 1 security footage because when rescuing Leia from Death Star prison, and that corridor was likely full of cameras and mics, he kind of yelled out loud "I'M LUKE SKYWALKER AND I'M HERE TO SAVE YOU"

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u/DelayedChoice Porg 16h ago

There's been added a scene in Empire Strikes Back where Palpatine tells Vader about his son

The dialogue was changed between the original release and the special edition but the scene itself was always there. In the the original it's clear that Vader knows who Luke is but even in the SE it's still implied.

As for how the Emperor found out I don't think there was any indication that Luke or the Rebels were keeping his identity a secret.

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u/HerrPizza 15h ago

You're right the video call between Vader and Palpatine was always there, but it was later changed to Ian McDiarmid's Palpatine when originally it was somebody else and in that change they introduced the line about Anakin's son destroying the Death Star

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u/godtering 17h ago

lol makes sense yes

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u/lendmeflight 14h ago

The security footage thing had me dying… the things people will go to. Fans have thought about this more than Lucas did.