{"id":1798,"date":"2012-10-02T14:46:43","date_gmt":"2012-10-02T19:46:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/?p=1798"},"modified":"2026-05-28T13:21:01","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T18:21:01","slug":"special-deliveries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/special-deliveries\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Deliveries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s talk about delivering the twins. Padm\u00e9 delivered Luke and Leia on Polis Massa, and then Obi-Wan delivered baby Luke to the Lars family on Tatooine while Leia went to Alderaan with the Organas.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>POLIS MASSA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are some extra lines of dialogue in the published screenplay that take place during the twins&#8217; delivery by various characters. These are all, for the most part, three scenes intercut with Vader&#8217;s reconstruction happening on Coruscant.\u00a0Yoda mentions a &#8220;last hope,&#8221; C-3PO discusses human reproduction, Obi-Wan coaches as best he can, and Padm\u00e9 gives Obi-Wan her japor snippet (from <em>Episode I<\/em>) which only confuses the poor Jedi. Here are the relevant excerpts from the published screenplay:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"center\">MEDICAL DROID<br \/>\nShe&#8217;s carrying twins.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">YODA<br \/>\nSave them, we must.<br \/>\nThey are our last hope.<\/p>\n<p><em>The MEDICAL DROID rushes back to the operating room. ARTOO and THREEPIO watch, greatly puzzled. ARTOO BEEPS.<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">C-3PO<br \/>\nIt s some kind of reproductive<br \/>\nprocess, I think.<\/p>\n<hr size=\"1\" \/>\n<p><strong>228 INT. POLIS MASSA-MEDICAL CENTER-NIGHT <\/strong><br \/>\n<em>The TWINS are being delivered as BAIL ORGANA, YODA, ARTOO, and THREEPIO watch. OBI-WAN is in the operating theater with PADME. He takes her hand.<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">OBI-WAN<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t give up, Padm\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p><em>PADME winces from the pain. The MEDICAL DROID is holding the BABY.<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">MEDICAL DROID<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s a boy.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">PADME<br \/>\nLuke&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><em>PADME can only offer up a faint smile. She struggles to touch the baby on the forehead.<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">MEDICAL DROID<br \/>\n&#8230; and a girl.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">PADME<br \/>\n&#8230; Leia.<\/p>\n<p><em>R2-D2, THREEPIO and BAIL ORGANA watch from an adjoining space.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr size=\"1\" \/>\n<p><strong>230 INT. POLIS MASSA-MEDICAL CENTER-NIGHT<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>OBI WAN leans over PADME and softly speaks to her. <\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">OBI-WAN<br \/>\nYou have twins, Padm\u00e9<br \/>\nThey need you&#8230; hang on.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">PADME<br \/>\nI can&#8217;t&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><em>PADME winces again and takes OBI-WAN&#8217;s hand. She is holding Anakin&#8217;s japor snippet.<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">OBI-WAN<br \/>\nSave your energy.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">PADME<br \/>\nObi-Wan&#8230; there&#8230;<br \/>\nis good in him. I know<br \/>\nthere is&#8230; still&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><em>A last gasp, and she dies. Obi-Wan studies the necklace.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It seems like some of these shots were used for the dream sequences that take place earlier in the film. I also remember reading that Padm\u00e9&#8217;s big leg coverings were added in post-production.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/710.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1198\" title=\"710\" src=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/710-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/710-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/710-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/710-45x45.jpg 45w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/710-230x230.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/711.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1199\" title=\"711\" src=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/711-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/711-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/711-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/711-350x353.jpg 350w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/711-45x45.jpg 45w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/711-230x230.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>TATOOINE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When George Lucas was shooting <em>Episode II<\/em> in Tunisia, there was much ado over George Lucas&#8217; admission that he was shooting a scene for <em>Episode III<\/em> while he was out there so they wouldn&#8217;t have to come back in a few years for one shot. Of course, fans put two and two together and figured this was the moment when baby Luke was handed over, but no one could ever confirm it.\u00a0As it turns out, there are two images at the beginning of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ISBN=0345431391\/tbonefendersstar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Making of Revenge of the Sith<\/em><\/a> that show Obi-Wan handing the baby over to Owen Lars from that day of filming on the <em>Episode II<\/em> set. Back then, Lucas hadn&#8217;t written the screenplay so he just used Owen alone. In the end, however, we know that Owen isn&#8217;t the one who takes the baby from Obi-Wan; it&#8217;s Beru. The scene was re-shot on a greenscreen set for <em>Episode III<\/em> that was designed to mimic the Lars homestead.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/709.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1197\" title=\"709\" src=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/709-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/709-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/709-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/709-45x45.jpg 45w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/709-230x230.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/712.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1200\" title=\"712\" src=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/712-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/712-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/712-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/712-45x45.jpg 45w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/712-230x230.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s talk about delivering the twins. Padm\u00e9 delivered Luke and Leia on Polis Massa, and then Obi-Wan delivered baby Luke to the Lars family on Tatooine while Leia went to Alderaan with the Organas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1001004,"featured_media":4532,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,27],"tags":[263,347,74,28,29,288,345,344,341,45,261,133,335,53,57,346,181],"class_list":["post-1798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cutscenes","category-cutscenes-rots","tag-beru-lars","tag-birth","tag-c-3po","tag-cut","tag-deleted","tag-episode-iii","tag-leia","tag-luke-skywalker","tag-medical-droid","tag-obi-wan-kenobi","tag-owen-lars","tag-padme","tag-polis-massa","tag-queen-amidala","tag-tatooine","tag-twins","tag-yoda"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1001004"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1798"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1798\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4531,"href":"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1798\/revisions\/4531"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}