Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5111452-20140213032447/@comment-20644-20140215204134

The romance was there because Luke and Leia had to come from somewhere. The prequels didn't have to have some sweeping romantic love story&mdash;a love story that completely failed at being compelling or believable&mdash;but it did need to have some element of romance in order for Luke and Leia to be born.