If Darth Vader can sense Luke on passing shuttle because of The Force

[NewJeffCT]

how come he couldn't sense The Force in Leia when they were face to face in "A New Hope"?

[Fire Walk With Me]

1. Slave girl costumes can cloak teh force.

[NewJeffCT]

2. I thought maybe her ear muff hairstyle

or something like that.

[HopeHoops]

3. Because he still had the hots for her at that point.

[Bucky]

16. Ew

Meh. Like father like son liking daughter. Lucas is a sick fuck.

[tigereye]

4. because he didn't know he was the father of twins?

:shrug: We need an Ask George Lucas forum, obviously.

[Beetwasher]

5. He Had Not Met Her Yet And Was Not Familiar With Her Force Presence

How's that?

[jobycom]

6. He was distracted by her cute little nose and the shape of her lithe thighs through her gauzy gown.

He probably couldn't even tell you what color her eyes were. Guys. You know.

[gmoney]

7. all the booze and drugs in her system killed the Midi-Chlorians?

It WAS Carrie Fisher, after all...

Anakin: “Master, Sir... I heard Yoda talking about midi-chlorians. I’ve been wondering: What are midi-chlorians?”
Qui-Gon Jinn: “Midi-chlorians are a microscopic life form that resides within all living cells”.
Anakin: “They live inside me?”
Qui-Gon Jinn: “Inside your cells, yes. And we are symbionts with them.”
Anakin: “Symbionts?”
Qui-Gon Jinn: “Life forms living together for mutual advantage. Without midi-chlorians, life could not exist and we would have no knowledge of the Force. They continually speak to us, telling us the will of the Force. When you learn to quiet your mind, you’ll hear them speaking to you.”

http://www.sagajournal.com/smidichlorians.html

[Ikonoklast]

14. Sounds like Qui-Gon Jinn did lots of illicit substances.

"Hey, man, like that lamp, it just talked to to me, man! Far out!"

[Dr. Strange]

8. She hadn't done a lick of training in the Force.

Jedi were being hunted down and killed, so Jimmy Smits made damn sure that she did nothing to develop her latent Force powers.

[NewJeffCT]

10. That is a good explanation

too bad he got blown up when Alderaan got destroyed by the Death Star.

[mcollins]

9. Because Geo Lucas was a dumbass.

I truely think he had one movie story in mind and just winged the rest.

[Swede]

11. I find your lack of faith disturbing.

[flvegan]

12. This should have been posted in ATA.

:popcorn:

[ornotna]

13. There was no force with Leia

She was a tramp

[Fire Walk With Me]

21. Take your stinking paws off her, you damn dirty ape!

Oops, wrong movie. Maybe Leia likes hairy backs or sompin?

[Fire Walk With Me]

22. Take your stinking paws off her, you damn dirty ape!

So good teh internet made so it posted twice!

[WilmywoodNCparalegal]

15. They had not release the results of the paternity test

on Maury Povich. Darth Vader, you ARE the father!

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[Dr. Strange]

18. The real distraction:

[NewJeffCT]

19. weird picture

maybe out of Anakin's bizarre fantasies post her tragic death and his tragic near death experience.

[DerekG]

20. Hey, Padme got her figure back!

Must take a little while to lose weight after cranking two kids.

Way to go, Lady Vader.

[edbermac]

23. She hadn't had her period yet.

Like in the movie Carrie, Sissy Spacek only gets her telekinetic powers after she menstruates.