Wow. I don't know how you packed the emotion and established meaninful connections in such a short story, but you did it!

...of course, now I want a sequel. ^^

My my, this was really good. I loved this fic! It' be great if it ever continued. I love fics like these, where Vader discovers his children early. This was really good.

Gah, that was beautiful and intense!

a story like this needs filling out...prequels...sequels...how do people take their senator's parentage? how did luke go blind? ai! come on, you could really run with this xD

keep writing!

Loved it!

İt was so sweet ! Than stay ! I trully adore Anakin anyway but your fic made me adore even more- how can this be possible ?- I never believed Darth Vader was evil - I was only four when I reilazed that he was ANAKİN !!- Dont look at me that was I only had watched New Hope when I watched Phantom Menace and with this fic I was able to see thAT little boy behind that mask all thoose years later..

Nice one. I liked the part between Luke and Leia when Leia was unaware Luke was 'Luke Vader'. It's always fun when the reader knows but the protagonist doesn't. You could really feel the beginning of their brother-sister relationship. Vader's 'fond exasperation' for Luke was a nice touch :) It was fun seeing Vader and Luke through Leia's eyes for a change.

So touching. Very GOOD.

Beautiful story...I really like the new point of view for Leia, and the twist of Bail telling her. Really, just wow.

WOW i loved this!
i hope you write a sequel of some sort :P

Awesome, poignant and powerful. I do, owever, love the stories that show how the relationship between Vader and Leia evolves - any chance continuing this here? After all, Leia is in a way between two worlds, her old - Senate, friends and all - and the new - Vader and Luke, how will she reconcile these? I don't think she can stop being Princess of Alderaan just like that.

Whoo! This is wonderful, I'm a big sucker for Luke, Leia, and Vader fics, and this one was pulled off in a believable manner. There aren't any crits I could give for this, other then the fact that I selfishly wish this would be a longer, multi chaptered story instead of a one shot... but I think it works better as a one shot in this case, since it ends on a (mostly) good note. Great job!

Very nice! I'd love to see the backstory for this one written sometime, but it stands alone fairly well.

I love that shouting Padme's name can have such an effect on Vader. :)

Phantom Jedi

Wow! Powerful - and definitely interesting! Yes, there's always that question about exactly what happens next in those stories. I do like what you've done with it. (Especially the bit about Vader restoring the Republic! And Leia's reactions...)

I really love this, so much, and to be completely honest, I didn't think that I would. I was a little iffy about the AU premise at first, but not only did you pull it off believably, you pulled if off beautifully. Leia, Luke, and Vader were all very much in character, which is a difficult feat to achieve in an AU like this. And the Bail/Leia relationship was just gorgeous. I'd love to know what Bail would have told Leia about Vader had he ever gotten the chance, and "Don't go to him, Leia. Please - don't go to him. In case he learns to love you, too," is just perfect.

Fantastic piece. A new favorite. Kudos to you.