Why couldnt Vader sense Leia?

Leia was not using the Force or was currently Force-sensitive during her confrontation with Vader. She began training as a Jedi years later. All these reasons prove my point: Vader didn't know Leia was his daughter, and felt no presence of the Force in her, as she was not currently strong with the Force.
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Did Leia know Vader was her father?

Yes, Luke tells her in The Return of the Jedi, on a footbridge in the Ewoks village. First, he tell her that Vader is his father: LEIA Luke, tell me.
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Why does Vader not recognize c3po?

Perhaps, Darth Vader just figures that this is another protocol droid and not C-3PO. Obviously, C-3PO does not recognize Vader because his memory was wiped at the end of Revenge of the Sith. What are your possible explanations for this hole in the Star Wars plot?
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Why could Vader not use Force lightning?

Force lightning required a living conduit for the energy to be channeled; thus Darth Vader, despite being an immensely powerful Sith Lord, was never able to properly employ this ability, as any attempt to generate it carried the risk of shorting out his life support systems.
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Why is Leia not Force-sensitive?

Even though Leia was rather advanced for her age, having learned to speak and walk before the age of one, she did not show any signs of Force potential—much to the relief of her adoptive father, who knew that being a Force-sensitive in Palpatine's Empire would be a heavy burden.
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Is Luke stronger than Leia?

In the Disney canon, Leia is said to have used the Dark Side to muster the strength to choke Jabba to death. So to sum it all up, Leia would have been a powerful Jedi, as powerful as Luke, but she would have used it differently and come into her own with it differently as well.
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Is Padme Force sensitive?

Padmé Amidala had precognitive Force abilities, which allowed her to escape deadly situations during Star Wars: The Clone Wars.
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Why couldnt Vader heal himself?

He didn't heal him either because, even though he probably could with the darkside powers and abilities, he wanted him to miserable in the suit so he could be a more better Sith Lord. Probably he feared his sith apprentice rising up against him and betraying him, so he decided to make him less powerful.
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Can Jedi use red lightsabers?

In both canon and Legends, Jedi will sometimes use red-bladed lightsabers in emergencies where they're missing their lightsabers and a Sith weapon is the only one available. Some Jedi are explicitly shown using red lightsabers in Legends, however.
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Why does Kylo Ren not use Force lightning?

"The Force Awakens" shows us a Kylo Ren who is obsessed with following in his grandfather's footsteps, therefore making it possible that he could have used Force lightning but chose not to in an effort to be more like his grandfather.
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Did R2-D2 know Anakin was Vader?

R2-D2 was present when Padmé gave birth to Leia and Luke, so he knew Luke was Anakin's son – but what he didn't know was that Anakin became Darth Vader. In addition to that, Anakin's fall was surely a painful event in R2-D2's life, one that he definitely wouldn't like to remember or even talk about.
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Did Darth Vader ever visit Padmé's grave?

On either side of the sarcophagus, a stone pot filled with red flowers stood on a column. At some point after his transformation into the armored Darth Vader, Amidala's husband, the fallen Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker came to visit the mausoleum, stricken by grief and remorse for his part in her death.
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Why did Obi-Wan not recognize R2-D2?

R2-D2 was always assigned to Anakin, not Obi-Wan. If Obi-Wan did recognize R2-D2 but did not want Luke to know, this would explain why Obi-Wan called R2-D2 his “little friend” while Luke was still unconscious.
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Who did Luke Skywalker have a kid with?

In 19 ABY, Luke married Mara Jade. Their son, Ben, who was named after Luke's first mentor Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi, was born in 26.5 ABY. Ben would later become the ancestor of brothers Nat and Kol Skywalker, as well as Kol's son Cade.
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Is Rey the chosen one?

In The Art of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, art director Rick Carter expressed his opinion that Rey was the one who fulfilled the prophecy rather than Anakin, stating that while that one would be a Skywalker, it didn't necessarily need to be one by blood.
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How many GREY Jedi are there?

14 Gray Jedi in the Star Wars Universe.
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Can Luke use force lightning?

Luke was the only other Jedi aside from Yoda, that was able to repulse force lightning. Until that time, it was considerd to be impossible for any light side user to deflect force lightning using just the force itself. THis also shows Lukes power level.
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Why does Anakin have yellow eyes?

Later in the film, Anakin receives a mission to go to Mustafar and murder the Separatist leaders assembled there. As Anakin kills them, there's a shot where he turns towards the camera and his eyes are burning yellow.
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Can Darth Vader take off his suit?

Despite how integrated the suit appeared to be with regard to Vader's cybernetics, virtually all of the external components of the suit could be removed in their entirety, as Vader was known to routinely remove both the suit and his prosthetic limbs during maintenance sessions.
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Can Palpatine heal Vader?

Palpatine was able to heal Vader extensively after Obi-Wan chopped him in half using a similar technique. There is no reason Vader could not have healed his lungs completely - he's obviously not regrowing his legs, even Sith powers have limits - had he maintained his anger.
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What was Yoda's Midichlorian count?

From simple google searches you can find that Yoda's midi count was 18,000 per cell, Obi-wan's was 15,000, Palpatine's is said to be higher that Yoda's around 18,500-19,000, and the highest known was Anakin Skywalker's at 20,000 midis per cell.
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How much older is Anakin than Padmé?

She had always behaved older than her age and had recently become the youngest Queen of Naboo, but she too was still fairly young in years. Padmé was born in the year 46 BBY on Naboo, and Anakin was born five years later, in the year 41 BBY. That makes Padmé five years older than Anakin.
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