21 years later, Star Wars fans spot an emotional parallel between Return of the Jedi and Revenge of the Sith

21 years after the release of Revenge of the Sith, Star Wars fans have spotted an emotional parallel with Return of the Jedi.

One viewer took to Reddit to point out a similarity between Padmé Amidala and her son Luke Skywalker, specifically in conversations Obi-Wan Kenobi has with both characters.

"I just know this whole exchange must have strongly reminded Obi-Wan of Padmé and Luke's resemblance to her," the fan wrote.

In the first conversation with Padmé, Obi-Wan is trying to find Anakin Skywalker's whereabouts after he has turned to the dark side. Padmé, knowing Obi-Wan will kill her husband, can't bring herself to tell him. In the conversation in Return of the Jedi, Luke says he can't kill his own father, and insists there is "still good in him" – unknowingly echoing Padmé at the end of Revenge of the Sith.

"Interesting symmetry, I hadn't realized this one," says one fan. "Alec Guinness was such a good actor that he was calling back to things that hadn't happened yet," says someone else.

"I've always thought that Luke was far more like Padme than he was like his father. He was a strong Jedi, true, but he was much more in tune with his emotions than Anakin was, and had an unwavering conviction in his ideals, like Padme did," is another person's analysis. "Both Padme and Luke appealed to Anakin's heart the same way; reminding him of the good he was capable of and pulling him back from the darkness. Leia on the other hand was much more like Anakin, despite being a politician like her mother. She was often headstrong and stubborn, finding unconventional solutions in a wartime environment, like Anakin as a general in the Clone Wars"

"For me, it's more sad that Obi-Wan just completely gave up on Anakin, just accepted that he was evil and that was it," is another fan's take. "I understand it, of course, but it's just sad considering he basically raised him"

"There is a reason it is Luke that Obi-Wan was holding as Padme told him 'there is good in him,' because Luke is the one who keeps his mother’s belief that Anakin can be saved. George [Lucas] knew what he was doing," says another fan.

"And both of them [Luke and Padme] were ultimately right. Not that Obi-Wan could have actually drawn Anakin from the darkness however, so it wasn’t really an option for him sadly," says someone else.

Hayden Christensen's Anakin will soon return in Ahsoka season 2, which arrives on Disney Plus next January 30.

In the meantime, check out our guide to all the upcoming Star Wars movies and TV shows for everything else that's on the way.