Kenobi - S1E5 (Spoilers)

"Screerider;c-2368168" wrote:
Character choices are not plot holes. She could be minimizing her connection to Ben to remove a potential weakness that could be exploited by Vader.

That doesnt work. She knows shes being captured and vader knows she was kidnapped 9 years earlier by his inquisitors to draw out kenobi.

Lets look at the original subtext of the scene. Leia is seeking a jedi master who helped her father, shes about to be captured by vader and knows it... and she has the death star plans and needs them to get to the rebels via alderaan.

That doesnt change because of the kenobi show. R2 still knows kenobi is on tatooine. He still has a message that confirms alderaan is a rebel supporting planet and his capture will tip vader off to those things... literally none of that changes..... and vader already knew leia was a traitor and tells her so.

What does change is exactly what LordDirt said, her message shows she has no connection to him when infact she does and its a pretty special one. Again, Kenobi show already established Vader knows kenobi is alive and that the inquistors kidnapped bales daughter to flush him out. Everything else thats relevant is in the original message and capturing R2 still gives him all the same information as the original scene. Likewise with the new show, vader goes into the scene already knowing leia and kenobi have a history... he just doesnt know the real reason Bale called Kenobi.

Making the message more personal doesnt change whats at stake, shes not hiding anyting from vader by not acknowledging the earlier misadventure. Vader doesnt gain leverage that he wouldnt already have if he found R2 with the jawas before owen bought him.... and it makes no sense for her to speak in such a way. Nor is it explained in New Hope that she was trying to trick anyone.

Having a personal touch doesnt take away from the stakes and makes a lot more sense given that the last interaction kenobi had with the Organa family is now not 19 years ago, but instead was 9 years ago