I thought there was some mention of her adoptive family being some type of royalty. But I'm not sure--I was passing popcorn to the kids at the time.
Why didn't Vader go to his wife's funeral? I didn't see him there. Can't be because he was afraid of anyone there.
And how does Vader eventually learn that Luke is his son? No one tells him about the babies. Does he just sense that through the Force?
yes I agree. These are indeed INCONSISTENCIES...
perhaps warranting an Epsiode 3 1/2?
I just remember in one of the original movies when luke is facing down vader and vader reveals he knows about leah when he says to luke,..."ah yes...sistaaah..."
That would make sense, although he didn't know about Leia. Remember when he said to Luke in Return of the Jedi about "sister." And then he said "your feelings have betrayed her. Your mother was wise to hide her from me." Makes me wonder if he didn't know there was one baby, and perhaps had some knowledge of where he was all along, but he never knew of the second one until the showdown on the moon of Endor.
Remember that in "The Empire Strikes Back," the emperor tells Vader "There is a new threat. Luke Skywalker." And Vader says he felt it as well. Then the Emperor says "The son of Skywalker cannot be allowed to become a Jedi."