[88] Defeating him, Han and Leia marry. In the two Hand of Thrawn novels by Timothy Zahn (1997's Specter of the Past and 1998's Vision of the Future), Leia tries to hold the New Republic together as Moff Disra conspires for its volatile factions to destroy each other. At 18, Leia became the youngest Imperial Senator ever elected. Razor's Edge (2013) by Martha Wells and Honor Among Thieves (2014) by James S. A. Corey take place in the same time period and also chronicle the adventures of Leia and Han. But I really debated whether or not Leia should remember her.[35]. She demonstrated resourcefulness, compassion, and honor, all traits necessary for a good hero. " I had a lot of fun killing Jabba the Hutt. Before Han was frozen in carbonite, she confessed, "I love you," to which Han only replied, "I know." They destroy system after system and defeat both the Jedi and the New Republic forces in countless battles. Trioculus is revived and seizes Leia before Zorba can kill her. She has no friends, no family; her planet was blown up in seconds ... so all she has is a cause. And when that moment comes, the bikini doesn't condemn Leia to passivity. Sacrifice (2007) by Karen Traviss finds Leia and Han on the run, hunted by Jacen as traitors to the Galactic Alliance. Leia’s character underwent many different versions as Lucas wrote and rewrote draft after draft of Star Wars. The nine-volume Fate of the Jedi series (2009–12) by Aaron Allston, Troy Denning and Christie Golden finds Han and Leia become caught up in the intensifying conflict between the Galactic Alliance and the Jedi. Leia is adopted by Senator Bail and Queen Breha Organa of Alderaan. [121] Funko has since produced several versions of Leia (at least one for each film) in their POP! [63], Leia appears in the animated series Star Wars Forces of Destiny, voiced by Shelby Young. "[33] In her 2007 article "Feminism and the Force: Empowerment and Disillusionment in a Galaxy Far, Far Away", Diana Dominguez cited Leia as a welcome change from the previous portrayals of women in film and TV. She and Han then helped raise their young grandchild. Credited to Lucas but ghostwritten by Alan Dean Foster, the novel was based on Lucas' screenplay. She provides the location of an old, abandoned base on the planet Dantooine, but Tarkin orders Alderaan to be destroyed anyway. Leia appears periodically in the Young Jedi Knights series (1995–98) by Kevin J. Anderson and Rebecca Moesta. Leia is now chained to Jabba as his slave, outfitted in a metal bikini. I’m a total PRINCESS!! [46][47][48] Lucasfilm announced in January 2017 that they had "no plans to digitally recreate Carrie Fisher's performance as Princess or General Leia Organa". Princess Leia became one of the first strong female characters in film, and she displayed heroic traits along the way that prove that she is a worthy hero for anyone. She was the younger daughter of Ruwee and Jobal Naberrie and the sister of Sola Naberrie. Lando (disguised as a guard) helps them overpower their captors, and Leia seizes the moment to strangle Jabba with her chain. She wasn't some shrinking violet that needed a guy to come rescue her. Vader arrests Leia and has her tortured, but she resists revealing anything. Brother and sister then fight Palpatine with the light side of the Force, turning his own Force-generated storm against him and destroying Palpatine and his Star Destroyer. Multiple novels in the series made the New York Times Best Seller list.[91][92][93][94][95]. 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Like many Star Wars characters, Princess Leia has evolved considerably from early ideas George Lucas had for the films. line of 4.5-inch vinyl figures in the Japanese super deformed style. The "petite, fair-skinned human female" is known perhaps as the most beautiful and remembered woman in the Star Wars universe. "[32] David Bushman, television curator at the Paley Center for Media, said in 2012, "From the male perspective ... Princess Leia was a very creditable character for her time—not perfect, but certainly defiant, assertive, and strong. And I wasn't some babe running through the galaxy with my tits bouncing around. [41], Fisher was nominated for a 2016 Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal. Luke and Leia swing to safety, blowing up Jabba's barge behind them. It was confirmed that she had completed filming her role in the film shortly before her death.[45]. Leia dies towards the end of the film, but returns in the epilogue scene as a Force ghost alongside Luke. Catherine Taber, who voices Leia in the recent Star Wars video game, also voices Padmé Amidala in The Clone Wars. To date, we’ve donated over 1.5 MILLION pairs of glasses worldwide — and that’s just the beginning of it. Leia has also been used in a wide range of Star Wars merchandise,[114] including statuettes, action figures and other toys, household items and clothing,[115] office supplies, food products,[116] and bubble bath and shampoo in Leia-shaped bottles with her head as the cap. Sadly, her run ended on Tuesday when Fisher died at the… Fisher was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Actress twice for A New Hope and Return of the Jedi. [134] She added, "I like Princess Leia. [123][131], Rosenberg writes that, though at first Luke is an apolitical innocent in search of adventure and Han is a detached opportunist in search of money, both are "influenced by Leia's passion [and] take their places as full participants in the Rebellion". In the film, Leia says that she has vague memories of her real mother, who she describes as "kind... but sad". In The Rise of Skywalker (2019), it is revealed that Leia was briefly trained as a Jedi by her brother sometime after Return of the Jedi. [101] In the parody film Thumb Wars, the role of Leia was filled by a character named Princess Bunhead, who has two cinnamon rolls for hair. Over the course of the Star Wars franchise, he becomes a chief figure in the Alliance and succeeding galactic governments. [79], The bestselling Thrawn trilogy (1991–93) by Timothy Zahn begins five years after the events of Return of the Jedi. In the wake of Darth Cadeus' death, the now-peaceful Galactic Alliance harbors a growing mistrust toward the Jedi, and the situation is worsened by a Force-induced psychosis that begins afflicting individual Jedi, sending them on violent rampages. In Return of the Jedi (1983), Leia helps in the operation to rescue Han from the crime lord Jabba the Hutt, and is revealed to be Vader's daughter and the twin sister of Luke Skywalker. Anakin and Padmé are discussing a dream of Anakin's in which Padmé dies in childbirth; later, Luke and Leia watch a clip in which Padmé is talking to Obi-Wan Kenobi about Anakin. The characteristics that make the difference between living and non-living things is that living things have systems that let them live by themselves. The character is one of the main protagonists of the original Star Wars trilogy, the romantic interest of Han Solo, a leader in the Rebellion Alliance and later New Republic. [97], Science fiction filmmaker Letia Clouston concurs, saying "Sci-fi has had a long history of strong female characters. 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After getting separated from the group, she encountered a tribe of Ewoks, small, bear-like aliens, who later became the Rebels' allies and helped bring down the shield. And while she grieves when her home planet, Alderaan, is destroyed by the Death Star, Leia's not paralyzed: when her unexpected rescuers show up, she’s ready to go, and to gripe about their operational sloppiness. [74] Princess Leia reveals Leia to have had royal training in martial arts and explores her reaction to the destruction of Alderaan, while Shattered Empire portrays her as a skilled pilot who undertakes a dangerous mission alongside Poe Dameron's mother. Matthew Stover's 2008 standalone novel Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor picks up the story soon after, as Luke, Leia and the Rebels fight the Sith Lord Shadowspawn. The character was created by George Lucas and numerous actors have portrayed him. I like how she was feisty. The six-volume Jedi Prince series (1992–93) by Paul Davids and Hollace Davids, later contradicted by other novels, is set within a year after Return of the Jedi. There was also the story of two brothers where I transformed one of them into a sister. Some form of radar torture was done to me and I was in a beam, bruised and beaten up, suspended in midair. Understanding How It's Possible for Princess Leia to Remember Her Mom, Biography of the R2-D2 Droid Character in Star Wars, Master and Apprentice Relationships in the Star Wars Universe, What Happens Between 'Return of the Jedi' and 'The Force Awakens', 3 Famous Star Wars Quotes (That Were Never Said). [102] Fisher appeared in the Leia metal bikini on the cover of the Summer 1983 issue of Rolling Stone,[62][103] and a painting of Leia and other characters surrounding Lucas appeared on the cover of the May 25, 1983 issue of Time announcing Return of the Jedi. After defeating the Empire at the Battle of Endor, the Rebels went on to found a New Republic. Characteristics Princess Leia Organa is characterized as a driven, dedicated woman with a forceful personality. She is bewitched by the crime lord Prince Xizor using pheromones, but Chewbacca helps her elude the seduction.[90]. [20] In 2015, Mental Floss cited research suggesting that while female Mexican revolutionaries did not have such elaborate hairstyles, young marriageable Hopi women did, and their "squash blossom whorls" superficially resemble Leia's hair buns. Note that a single character can play more than one role in relation to the hero and thus conform to multiple archetypes. Princess Leia. A teenage version of Princess Leia, voiced by Julie Dolan, appears in a 2016 episode of the animated series Star Wars Rebels, which is set between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope. In Millennium Falcon (2008) by James Luceno, set between Legacy of the Force and Fate of the Jedi, a mysterious device hidden inside the eponymous spacecraft sends Han, Leia and Allana on an adventure to investigate the ship's past before it came into Han's possession. Princess Leia is captured and held hostage by the evil Imperial forces in their effort to take over the galactic Empire. Princess Leia Organa is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise, portrayed in films by Carrie Fisher. In April 2014 (with the sequel film The Force Awakens in production), Lucasfilm excluded the Star Wars Expanded Universe from official Star Wars canon, rebranding it as Star Wars Legends.[78]. From fighting and conquering evil villains to singing about love and happiness, all of the princesses seem to find their way through adversity, and they do so using their own unique characteristics. 3, wears earmuffs in every scene as an homage to Fisher's iconic Leia hairstyle. Leia is slightly injured, but the Rebels, with help from the Ewoks, ultimately defeat the forces of the Empire, with the Death Star destroyed once more. [58][59], Leia appears briefly in 1978's Star Wars Holiday Special television film as a leader and administrator of the new Rebel Alliance base. [80] In Dark Force Rising (1992), Leia realizes that Darth Vader and the Empire deceived the Noghri to secure their allegiance, and by revealing the truth she turns the alien race to the side of the New Republic. Princess Leia has been called a 1980s icon,[96] a feminist hero[97] and "an exemplary personification of female empowerment". On the bright side though, General Leia could become a new Disney Princess of intergalactic awesomeness. [33], In their 2012 essay "Lightsabers, Political Arenas, and Marriages", Ray Merlock and Kathy Merlock Jackson cite Leia as the successor of earlier science fiction heroines Wilma Deering of Buck Rogers and Dale Arden of Flash Gordon, and the embodiment of "a new stage in the ongoing presentation of the fairy-tale princess in jeopardy". The second version involved a father, his son, and his daughter; the daughter was the heroine of the film. [33] She notes, "Everyone else eventually comes around to Leia's view of the world. In it, she develops her disdain for the Empire, as well as a conflict with Tarkin. In the film, Leia is among those on the bridge of her flagship, the Raddus, who are expelled into space when the ship is attacked by the First Order. [83], Leia, now the Chief of State of the New Republic, is a minor character in the Jedi Academy trilogy (1994) by Kevin J. Anderson, set after the Thrawn trilogy. [77], The original three Star Wars films have spawned a large franchise of works that include novels, comic books, and video games. [89] The 2003 novels A Forest Apart and Tatooine Ghost by Troy Denning are set immediately after The Courtship of Princess Leia. [58] To achieve that effect, a computer-generated image of a young Carrie Fisher was superimposed over Norwegian actress Ingvild Deila's face; archival audio of Fisher saying "Hope" was used to voice the character. [66] Leia later appeared in the novelizations The Empire Strikes Back (1980) by Donald F. Glut and Return of the Jedi (1983) by James Kahn. Entranced by Leia's beauty in The Lost City of the Jedi (1992), Trioculus vows to make her his queen. Instead, she's biding her time for the moment when she can put that fury into action, carrying out a carefully laid plan to rescue her lover. In A New Hope and (as well as the early Expanded Universe novel Splinter of the Mind's Eye), we see the beginnings of a love triangle between Leia, Luke, and Han; although nothing came of this, Han worried in Return of the Jedi that Leia would choose Luke over him. In Shadows of the Empire (1996) by Steve Perry, the only Star Wars novel set between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, Leia is searching for Boba Fett to find a captive Han. Every pair of DIFF glasses sold helps to provide the gift of sight to someone in need through eye exams, glasses, medicine, and surgery. Leia was created by Star Wars creator George Lucas, who in 1999 explained his early development of the main characters: The first [version] talked about a princess and an old general. Composer John Williams created a musical leitmotif for Leia which recurs throughout the Star Wars saga. Leia sees Rey, Chewbacca, and R2-D2 off when they depart to locate Luke, saying, "may the Force be with you". She isn't a flirty sex-pot, tossing her hair around seductively to distract the enemy ... She doesn't play the role of "Maternal caretaker", although she does display caring and compassion, or "the sweet innocent damsel" who stands passively by while the men do all the work, but does step aside to let them do what they're good at when it is wise to do so ... Leia is a hero without losing her gendered status; she does not have to play the cute, helpless sex kitten or become sexless and androgynous to get what she wants. Now the daughter has become Luke, Mark Hamill's character. At Tenel Ka's request, Leia and Han adopt Allana, disguised with the name "Amelia" to protect her from any future vengeance against Cadeus or the Hapes Consortium. Luke pursues her, and Leia manages to turn him back. Leia has secretly hidden the blueprints for the Death Star, the Empire's moon-sized battle station, inside the astromech droid R2-D2 (Kenny Baker) and has sent it to find one of the last remaining Jedi, Obi-Wan Kenobi (Alec Guinness), on the nearby planet of Tatooine. [69] She is the lead character in the young adult novel Moving Target: A Princess Leia Adventure (2015) by Cecil Castellucci and Jason Fry, which is set between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi,[70][71] and Claudia Gray's novels Star Wars: Bloodline (2016)[72][73] and Leia: Princess of Alderaan (2017). The Corellian trilogy (1995) by Roger MacBride Allen finds Han and Leia swept up in a civil war while visiting his homeworld of Corellia with their children. They reunite after Leia is gravely wounded at the Battle of Duro in Kathy Tyers' Balance Point (2000). No one could have known the extent of the franchise. "[37], In March 2013, Fisher confirmed that she would reprise her role as Leia in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Obi-Wan helped Luke Skywalker and Han Solo rescue Leia but died in the process. Leia uses the Force to pull herself back to the ship. She rises, and uses the very chains that bind her to strangle the creature who tried to take away her power by turning her into a sex object. [123] She wrote: Here was a woman who could play like and with the boys, but who didn't have to become one of the boys and who could, if and when she wanted to, show she liked the boys, a woman who is outspoken, unashamed, and, most importantly, unpunished for being so. Her character has gone through many stages in the Star Wars films and Expanded Universe. She is captured by Darth Vader (portrayed by David Prowse, voiced by James Earl Jones) on board the ship Tantive IV, where she is acting as a spy for the Rebel Alliance. From Leia’s sleek computer engineered 21-chamber design to her sexy airfoil and Vectran 400 lines, she is not just the world’s ultimate ZP canopy.She is … I have two furry sisters, Spanky and ZuZu, and four humans to love me every day! [104][105] In 2013, cartoonist Jeffrey Brown published the bestselling Star Wars: Vader's Little Princess, a comic strip-style book featuring Darth Vader and a young Leia in humorous father-daughter situations. A Human female, Leia was born on the asteroid colony of Polis Massa in 19 BBY, shortly after the start of the Great Jedi Purge and the formation of Palpatine's Galactic Empire. Mark Edlitz wrote for The Huffington Post in 2010 that "Leia is an exemplary personification of female empowerment. There, Luke reveals to Leia that she is his twin sister and that Vader is their father. Amy Irving and Jodie. Her 'cinnamon bun' hairstyle from Star Wars (1977) and metal bikini from Return of the Jedi have become cultural icons. Romance blossoms between Leia and Han during their flight from the Empire; while hiding in the stomach of a space slug, they finally share a kiss. "[138] Acknowledging the opinion of some that the "Slave Leia" iconography tarnishes the character's position as "feminist hero",[97] Rosenberg argues: Leia may be captive in these scenes, but she's not exactly a compliant fantasy. [16] Asked about Streep in 2015, Fisher said, "I've never heard that one. They also have things that let them survive, like ways of moving if needed an specific ways of feeding themselves. She is portrayed by actress Carrie Fisher in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, and The Star Wars Holiday Special. When I first read the script I thought that's the part to be, always wry and sardonic. Fisher said of Leia, "She bossed them around. Lando helps Leia, Chewbacca and the two droids escape. The reason it was cut from the film was because I was unconscious and the Wookiee would have had to carry me for, like, the next fifteen minutes."[34]. Rey heals Ren's wound using the Force. This page summarizes crowd sourced ratings … Leia freed Han while disguised as the bounty hunter Boushh, but was herself captured. Luke taught her basic lightsaber defense and Force techniques, but it was not until nearly 40 ABY, years after she had left the political realm, that Leia became a fully-fledged Jedi Knight. Leia is not a canopy built to the standards of a mere workhorse, but to the impossibly high standards of a modern competition canopy. Rosenberg noted that "the costume has become culturally iconic in a way that has slipped loose from the context of the scenes in which Leia wore it and the things she does after she is forced into the outfit. [b] Leia is adopted by Senator Bail Organa (Jimmy Smits) and his wife Queen Breha (Rebecca Jackson Mendoza) of Alderaan. According to an official character encyclopedia, Leia's full birth name is Leia Amidala Skywalker. [31] In November 2015, director J.J. Abrams said of Leia, "She's referred to as General but ... there's a moment in the movie where a character sort of slips and calls her 'Princess. Jacen realizes in Bloodlines (2006) by Karen Traviss that the Sith discipline will require him to kill one of his loved ones, which he decides is an acceptable sacrifice to save the galaxy. [38] Set 30 years after Return of the Jedi, The Force Awakens reintroduces a Leia who is "a little more battle weary, a little more broken hearted". Leia, now engaged to Han, is captured by Zorba in Queen of the Empire (1993). She is portrayed by actress Carrie Fisher in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, and The Star Wars Holiday Special. Venturesome Luke Skywalker and dashing captain Han Solo team together with the loveable robot duo R2-D2 and C-3PO to rescue the beautiful princess and restore peace and … [122], Leia's unique hairdo in 1977's A New Hope has come to be known as the "doughnut" or "cinnamon buns" hairstyle,[123] and is iconic of the character and series. Many years later, she sets aside her political career to become a Jedi Knight, just like her father, brother, and children. She was one of the first characters I encountered whose power came from her political conviction and acumen. Anakin Skywalker (also known by his Sith name Darth Vader) is a major character in the Star Wars saga, appearing as the central antagonist in the original trilogy and as the main protagonist in the prequel trilogy. Leia was first written as a spoiled, proper princess. [40] Leia senses Han's death through the Force, and later shares a moment of grief with Rey, who had thought of Han as a mentor and father figure. [117][118][119] In her one-woman show Wishful Drinking, Fisher called the Princess Leia Pez dispenser one of the "merchandising horrors" of the series. Her father, Ruwee Naberrie, was a friend of Senator Onaconda Farr, who represented the solar system of Rodia in the Senate of the Galactic Republic. In the sequel trilogy, Leia is the founder and General of the Resistance against the First Order. [132] "I think I am Princess Leia, and Princess Leia is me. "[18] Lucas later noted that Leia's mother, Padmé Amidala, wears a similar-looking Hopi hairstyle in Revenge of the Sith. The damsel-in-distress, persecuted maiden, or princess in jeopardy is a classic theme in world literature, art, film and video games, most notably in the more action-packed. The older brother was imprisoned, and the young sister had to rescue him and bring him back to their dad. [21][22][23][24] Leia's hairstyle may have also been inspired by that of Queen Fria in the 1939 Flash Gordon comic strip "The Ice Kingdom of Mongo", and scientist Barnes Wallis' wife Molly (played by Ursula Jeans) in the 1955 war film The Dam Busters. [63] Executive producer Dave Filoni said of the appearance: We thought we had an opportunity to show her learning to be a leader, experimenting with the personality that becomes the stronger more resolute character you see in A New Hope. In The Empire Strikes Back (1980), Leia commands a Rebel base and evades Vader as she falls in love with the smuggler Originally, she was not meant to be Luke's twin sister, a plot point that feels awkwardly shoehorned into Return of the Jedi. Foster's 1978 novel Splinter of the Mind's Eye was commissioned by Lucas as the basis for a potential low-budget sequel to Star Wars should the film prove unsuccessful. 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