This article is about Leia Organa from the Canon timeline. For her Legends counterpart, see Leia Organa (Legends).
Leia Organa Solo (born Leia Amidala Skywalker) is a major protagonist in the Star Wars universe. She is the deuteragonist of the Original Trilogy, a minor protagonist in Rogue one and Star Wars Rebels and one of the major protagonists of the Sequel Trilogy. She is the daughter of Anakin Skywalker and Padmé Amidala, the twin sister of Luke Skywalker, wife of Han Solo and the mother of Ben Solo/Kylo Ren.
In the original trilogy, Leia meets Luke Skywalker and Han Solo after they rescue her from Imperial Imprisonment on the Death Star while eventually becoming one of the greatest leaders in the rebellion against the Empire.
During the events of The Rise of Skywalker, Leia became a Jedi Master to Rey, who honored Leia and the Skywalker family by adopting their last name and plays a role in the redemption of her son (at the cost of her life).
In the original and sequel trilogies, she was portrayed by the late Carrie Fisher. Aiden Barton appeared as an infant Leia in Revenge of the Sith. She was voiced by Julie Dolan in Star Wars Rebels. For Rogue One Leia was portrayed by Ingvild Deila, with Fisher's features digitally superimposed over Deila.
Background
Before her birth, Leia's and Luke's births were predicted by the Force Priestess Serenity, told Yoda there was another Skywalker and Yoda heard his voice from the future say so as well.
After her birth, Leia was adopted by Bail and Breha Organa while her brother Luke was sent to live with their aunt and uncle on Tatooine.
Personality
As a child, Leia was a tomboyish, outspoken young lady who disliked the title "Princess." As she grew older, Leia matured, becoming rebellious, kind and caring. She takes after both her parents, having her mother's cleverness and leadership skills. She is also fairly similar to her father, Anakin and her brother Luke, having hot-headed, headstrong, emotionally insecure, and impatient traits. Leia is not proud of the fact that she takes after Anakin more than Padme, where at their core, despite their differences, Leia was quite opinionated and hot-tempered as much as Anakin, up to the point where Leia questioned how her father felt before his fall to the Dark Side.
Leia was also a passionate supporter of democracy and freedom, especially speaking out against the Empire's oppression of innocent people. It was also her cover that she was actually a part of the Rebel Alliance, fighting against the Empire and acting like she doesn't want to overthrow Palpatine.
Leia also cared very deeply for her friends and family, especially her relationship with her brother Luke and her husband, Han Solo.
By the events of The Force Awakens, Leia has become quite wise and had for many years served as a senator for the New Republic. However, when Leia was revealed by the traitorous senator Carise Sindian to be Darth Vader's daughter, Leia was publicly humiliated. She was no longer as trusting as she once had been and only confided in a few close friends afterwards, such as Gial Ackbar. The loss of her son, Ben Solo, to Snoke also caused her great grief as did Han Solo leaving her when he was unable to cope with the loss. Thus, she became extremely dedicated in her fight against the First Order, and to finding her brother Luke, who had disappeared after Ben, now called Kylo Ren, massacred most of the New Jedi Order Luke had tried so hard to build. By finding Luke, Leia would attempt to bring hope back to the galaxy.
Appearances
Revenge of the Sith
Chronologically, Leia first appears in Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. At the beginning of the film, Padmé informed Anakin she was pregnant. One night, Anakin had a terrible dream where his wife and daughter died in childbirth. Palpatine used Anakin's fear of losing his wife and children against him and one of the factors that caused him to fall to the dark side of the Force. After becoming Darth Vader, Anakin Force-chokes Padmé when he believes she brought Obi-Wan to kill him, endangering both Padmé and their unborn children. Obi-Wan bested Anakin in combat and took the pregnant Padmé to Polis Massa. It was there that Leia was born, five minutes after her twin brother, Luke. She was adopted by Bail Organa of Alderaan in order to protect her from the Emperor and her biological father while her brother was sent to live with their aunt and uncle.
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Leia gains the Death Star plans that had been transmitted on the planet Scarif with the efforts of Jyn Erso and her group of renegades.
In this film, a digital face of Leia was placed on the actress playing her to when Carrie Fisher was younger
A New Hope
The Empire Strikes Back
Over the next three years, Leia was highly annoyed by Han Solo at first before she ultimately developed romantic feelings for him. Several days before the battle of Hoth, Leia became aware of Han's decision to leave the Rebel Alliance and pay for his debt to Jabba the Hutt because the group had a run-in with one of Jabba's bounty hunters. Han bade farewell to General Carlist Rieekan and Leia, but she denied her feelings. He was angered by Leia's lack of honesty about his leaving. Later that evening, when Luke was reported missing and Han went out to find him, Leia was evidently worried for her friends. Despite her fears, Leia was told by one of the officers they had to close the gates. However, the next morning, Han found Luke and brought him back to the base, where he was nursed back to health.
After Luke recovered, Leia was with her brother, Solo, Chewbacca, C-3PO and R2-D2. She grew infuriated with Han and kissed Luke in retaliation before departing. They left Luke to rest when General Rieekan called Leia and the remaining visitors of Luke into the command room, where the general informed Leia that the Empire had located their base. During the battle of Hoth, Leia was forced to evacuate the planet with Han on the Millennium Falcon. They were joined by R2, 3PO, and Chewie and made a clean get away just as Vader and the Stormtroopers infiltrated the now abandoned Rebel Base.
Managing to escape the Empire, the group hide in the inside of a comet unknowingly in a a space worm. It is here that Leia admits her feelings for Han and she ends up kissing him, thus beginning their romantic relationship.
Trivia
- It is hinted in the book, Star Wars Bloodline that Leia tapped to the Dark Side of the Force to give her extra strength to strangle Jabba to death with her chain.
- When Revenge of the Sith came out, many people did not understand how it was possible that Leia claims to remember her mother when she had known her for barely a minute. There has been some debate about whether Leia is discussing her biological mother, Padmé Amidala, or her foster mother.
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