...now I am completely sold on the idea that Leia Organa completely gaslit the entire GFFA about her offspring's existence for, like, the first two years of Ben's life, out of a combination of fear that various enemies would try to attack him and fear that, like the LW, people would think she was insufficiently serious about rebuilding the Republic because she had a kid. And that this contributed to Ben's later vulnerability to Snoke's blandishments (Ben: Mama didn't want to admit I even existed! I must be an embarrassment/there must be something wrong with me! Snoke: *rubs hands together in malevolent glee* Yessssss, no one loves you but meeeeee....). Thank you for this.