did luke and leia ever figure out who their mother was? i only remember them talking about anakin :( Yes, they did. Eventually, Leia contact her good friend Pooja Naberrie to discuss her mother so they definitely knew about Padmé Amidala and the fact she was their biological mother.
The reason Leia likely remembers Padmé is that she could sense her mother's emotions at the time of the senator's passing. Luke didn't possess the same ability as his sister and inherited their father's Force potential. This links with Luke's desire to follow Anakin's Jedi path.
Given that she's the child of Anakin Skywalker, who's prophesied to be the Chosen One, the Skywalker bloodline holds a tremendous amount of power. With Leia's strong connection to the Force, it seems like the most likely solution to this inconsistency is that she's caught glimpses of her mother through Force visions.
Alderaan's princess knew she had been adopted by Bail and Breha Organa after the Clone Wars, but she had no idea who her parents were. That was until Luke Skywalker told her the truth - that he was the son of Darth Vader, and that she was his sister.
Darth Vader didn't learn he had a daughter until Return of the Jedi, when he stood before Emperor Palpatine. The Emperor's power probed Luke's mind, attempting to goad him to fall to the dark side, and he discovered Leia's existence. "Sister," the Emperor taunted.
However, Leia's strong-mindedness during Vader's probe denied him the opportunity to discover she was his daughter. That serves to justify Vader's lack of awareness of his connection to Leia, although, perhaps, not as satisfyingly as if Lucas had planned for the relationship from the beginning.
Even as a newborn, her instinctual connection to the Force could have helped her form a bond with Padmé. It's also possible that Leia gleaned images and impressions of her mother through the Force even after Padmé's death.
Every time she speaks, he remembers Padmé. Fighting alongside Sabé reminds him of fighting alongside his wife. While that is certainly painful enough, it's also reminds Vader of the man he used to be, a past he had long ago attempted to kill and bury. However, the memory of Padmé via Sabé won't let his past stay there.
Padmé was just a friend. It's only the way he talks about her around Leia that could make one wonder if he harbored feelings for the Queen and Senator from Naboo.
Yoda spilled the beans about Luke having a lost relative before he died. Obi-Wan's ghost would later confirm it as Luke's twin sister. Luke himself quickly realize it's Leia after the subtle clues Obi-Wan mentions to him.
In Legends, Luke and Leia do eventually discover their mother's identity during the Swarm War Trilogy.
"I don't care." "He was good," Luke insisted. "There was still good in him, after all..." My father was good, Leia thought, but in her mind she pictured Bail Organa, not Darth Vader.
Palpatine lied to Anakin that he had killed her out of anger, which meant that Vader never knew whether or not Padmé gave birth. And he also didn't know that she gave birth to twins.
Does Darth Vader know Leia is his daughter? Vader learned that Leia was his daughter by sensing it from Luke in Return of the Jedi. Vader learned about Luke after he sent Boba to capture Luke alive, but he escaped and Boba only managed to learn his name: Skywalker.
Yes. In the book 'Tatooine Ghost', Leia learns of Anakin's life prior to his evolution into the Darth Vader personae. This revelation leads her to forgive him. She even named her third child in memory of her father.
It's not shown, but it is clearly insinuated that Anakin killed the younglings. This is confirmed later in the movie when Obi-Wan informs Padme that Anakin killed them. Both are torn apart with hurt and confusion, trying to make sense of something so terrible. How could Anakin do such a thing?
Yes, his entire character since then was a self loathing tragic monster who has little reason to care about anything. Betraying Mace Windu instantly made him regret his act of impulse, Padme's death and rejection of his actions later on made it stick.
Yes, he remembers everything about his past (just not based on reality), but he probably doesn't spend a lot of time thinking about it, and when he does, his memory of things is clouded and twisted by the lies of the sith, the dark side, and his own flawed thinking and character.
In-universe, we can say that Vader sensed no deception on the part of The Emperor, and therefore assumed he was telling the truth about Padme's death. The death of the child (Vader knew she had been pregnant, just not with twins), on the other hand, was never mentioned.
The reason may seem obvious to some: of course, during Revenge of the Sith, Padme dies after giving birth to Luke and Leia. And hence, there seems like there would be no reason for her to appear in the Obi-Wan series if her character passed 10 years ago. But, there's always the possibility of flashbacks.
She also knows Obi-Wan, and she knows him well. Her holographic plea for help, already iconic, will never be the same. She knows Obi-Wan's real name as well as his alias of “Ben.” When Luke comes barging into her cell and says, “I'm here with Ben Kenobi,” Leia jumps off the bunk in an instant.
This is not because the Third Sister knows that Leia is Anakin Skywalker's child; it is because the Third Sister found a link between Obi-Wan and Bail Organa and she believed Obi-Wan would do anything to save Bail's daughter.
Vader doesn't know he has children in 'A New Hope. ' When Vader and Leia interact in A New Hope, Vader doesn't yet know he is her father. In fact, at this point in the story, Vader doesn't even know his children are alive at all.