I hate how the prequels have screwed up certain elements of the original trilogy. One MAJOR issue that arises due to the changes is Leia's memory of her mother......her REAL mother. Once again, the writers from 78 Reasons To Hate Star Wars Episode 1 have said it better than I ever could. (I apologize for the red "copyright" sign in the middle of the screen. It's the copyright for the software. I created this clip myself, and have no idea how to get rid of it!)
Leia's Award-Winning Memory
One of the most obvious questions that comes up regarding the prequels and how they relate to the original movies is Leia's memory of her mother. In Return of the Jedi, Leia tells Luke that she only remembers images of her mother, that she was "very beautiful, but sad." The major question is this: how does Leia remember her mother if she was only alive together with her mother for a total of one minute? The answer to this may be: "Well, Leia is talking about her adoptive mother, so there!" The answer to that is, of course, that Luke says, "Tell me about your mother, your real mother."
Another shoddy apologist answer would be: "Well, Leia was an exceptional baby and because of the Force she remembered her mother." This is an even worse explanation, seeing that Luke was there at the time and was actually born first. Being born even a mere twenty seconds earlier than Leia means that he spent a considerable percentage more of his life with his mother than Leia did.
At this point, we can only assume that Princess Leia is just really, really stupid and is actually referring to photographs of her mother that Bail Organa showed her while they cruised around in his Ford convertible.
Once again, thanks George Lucas for screwing up perfection when you made the "special editions" of episodes 4 - 6, and for just about killing the franchise when you made episodes 1 - 3.
