To be extra cynical about that, though… She wouldn’t be the first woman in history to claim that as an easy hand wave (in order to avoid tricky questions), lol…
Do I think Lucas probably meant it sincerely? Sure. But in the real world, women do say that sort of thing not uncommonly…
Anakin's mother is the one who said that there was no father.
To be extra cynical about that, though… She wouldn’t be the first woman in history to claim that as an easy hand wave (in order to avoid tricky questions), lol…
Do I think Lucas probably meant it sincerely? Sure. But in the real world, women do say that sort of thing not uncommonly…
Nothing in the depiction of the character supports her doing anything but telling the truth about this.
Women have been pulling that trick for thousands of years.
A self destructive child of a single mom? Never seen that before.
I think he was referring to the Darth Plageus life manipulation story.