
It's been three years since the release of AotC and no mention of these lost relatives have been seen in the most recent of the
New Jedi Order series. These people are none other than the Naberrie family. Luke and Leia have grandparents... an aunt and (an unseen) uncle... and cousins! The Naberrie family holds many secrets for our heros Luke and Leia. After 30 some odd years the twins still do not know who their mother was, nor how she died. Their children have great grandparents and they are no where to be seen? What happened to them?
It is possible that they were all killed by the Empire, more like the Emperor. Darth Vader did not have enough evil to butcher a family, especially those akin to he and his lost love. The Emperor may have killed the Naberries in an attempt to hide something. Palpatine was close to Padme and her family, he knew the Naberries were a powerful family and if they knew the cause of their daughter's death was due to Vader and the new Empire, they could have been a poltical threat.
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The family knew of Skywalker's turn to the Dark Side and chose to keep quiet and away from their grandchildren. The Naberries would have obviously known that Luke was their grandson, the only "head" Jedi Master is not easy to hide, nor having a granddaughter as a Chief of State.
We know that Naboo still exsists because in the maps that came with the NJO the planet is still there. Unless Lucas is holding something back from us, I feel this is a mystery that would bring questions to our heros that they have had a long time to dwell upon. Though I am a knowledgeable SW fan and an aspiring writer, I do not possess the reputation to write my own SW book that would finally bring some piece of mind to our heros. With the upcoming release of the
Dark Nest trilogy, due this month, and the large untitled series to come out later, we have to wait and see if anyone will answer my call.
Besides, it would make for an interesting read, to see the Skywalkers return to Naboo, and a nice tie in of the PT to the EU.