Forum:KB:Can anyone explain me why Leia Organa and Mara Jade kept their own surnames along with taking their husbands'?

While I understand the whole "strong, independent woman who doesn't take her husband's surname" thing, I kinda doubt it was brought into the SW universe, after all, they did take their husbands' surnames, so what gives? And where's this originally stipulated?--Shioroi (talk) 14:32, December 11, 2013 (UTC)