Shit, if only there was a movie quote I could steal to make a joke about this situation...oh well, back at it tomorrow.

Interesting take. When I saw that scene 30+ years ago, I had a very different impression. Everyone was writing-off Luke as too old to ever become a Jedi. I thought of the Emperor and possibly Vader as effectively immortal, and they were worried that Luke would one day have a son. And this unborn child was the true…