[ Luke took a deep breath, letting it out slow. He could feel the distrust and the hurt coming from the other side of the line, and it hurt him too. At the same time, he couldn't blame his father for mistrusting him after keeping a secret like this. ]

I promise, I kept this to myself out of the best of intentions.

[ He took a deep breath, ready for a very unhappy conversation. ]

To protect us from the Emperor, Leia and I were separated when we were born. While I was farming, Leia was fighting as a politician. She... doesn't exactly have the best history with 'Darth Vader.'

[ Understatement of the decade. ]

I had only just learned that we were related, and told her as much a day before I ended up here. If she ended up here from around the same point in time as I did, it wouldn't be fair to her that everyone knew something she barely had a chance to process herself.