[Travis Mays]

I was just thinking today, why even reveal the twins' names at the end of ROTS and where they end up before episode IV? We know they're Luke and Leia, but if Lucas really intends the trilogy to be watched in order 1-6, then those who haven't seen 4-6 will already know Leia is Luke's sister and ruin the reveal. If nothing had been said we'd only know about Luke and would wonder what ever happened to Luke's twin, and then aha, a big reveal in ROTJ. But now there's no surprise.

[Darth Player]

Good point, but if your reasoning were extended, Lucas couldn't write the whole of the PT due to pitdalls like this, which may not have been a bad thing considering what we got. The big assumption by him and pretty much everyone is that nearly everyone who had the ability to do so saw the OT or had ample chance to do so before the first of the PT movies was released. What was presented in the PT was supposed to make us see the events in the OT in a whole new light, but it didn't i9n my opinion. We know even less about Anakin/Vader, Yoda, and Obi Wan then when we saw them for the "last" time at the end of ROTJ, other than the fact that they're presented as complete doofuses by the last frame of the PT.

[Storm]

You forgot to mention that we also know that Darth Vader is Luke's father. Not much of a mystery anymore.

[jariten]

come on. Even without the naming scene it would be perfectly obvious who was who to an audience who hadnt seen 4, 5 and 6 first.

[Sailor Abbey]

It’d have been cooler if we found out she had triplets. At least we would be treated to a scene we didn’t already see coming.

[Despondent]

Or if the babies had died at birth like their mother. Something else for Ben to explain in Episode 6....

And the Emp's ESB dialogue would be made more accurate.