Leia Amidala Skywalker Organa Solo (née Leia Amidala Skywalker) is a major character within the Star Wars Legends, being an influential character in the expanded universe, including the books The Thrawn Trilogy, Splinter of the Mind's Eye, Dark Empire, and the New Jedi Order series. She was also the central protagonist of Tatooine's Ghost and The Princess Leia Diaries.
She is the twin sister of Luke Skywalker, the biological daughter of Padmé Amidala and Anakin Skywalker, the twin sister of Jedi Grandmaster Luke Skywalker, mother of Jaina Solo Fel, Darth Caedus and Anakin Solo and the wife of Han Solo. Raised by Bail Organa and his wife, Leia became the leader of the Rebel Alliance and was reunited with her brother Luke, with whom she was separated at birth.In the Legends, like her father and brother, Leia becomes a member of the New Jedi Order and married Han as she did in the new Canon timeline.
After her son Jacen fell to the Dark Side, Tenel Ka left her daughter, Allana in their care.
History[]
Overview[]
The only daughter of Anakin Skywalker and Padmé Amidala, Leia, like her mainstream counterpart, was adopted and raised by Bail Organa, became the princess of Alderaan.
Unlike Canon Leia, this version was raised with an adoptive sister, Winter Celchu. She became a leader of the Rebel Alliance, where she would discover that her friend Luke Skywalker was her twin brother separated at birth. After the war with the Galactic Empire, Leia go on to marry her longtime sweetheart Han Solo, and have three children with him: a pair of twins, Jaina and Jacen.
Episode III: Revenge of the Sith[]
Padmé and Anakin, Luke and Leia's Biological parents
Shortly before the end of the Clone Wars, Padme announced her pregnancy to her husband, Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker, who felt overjoyed they would be parents. However, Anakin started having nightmares of Padmé dying in childbirth and Obi-Wan comforting her. In the middle of the night, Anakin told Padmé what he dreamed about. He also compared his vision concerning his mother's death and feared losing Padmé. She asked about the fate of the baby but Anakin is unsure if their child survived.
Palpatine was aware of these visions that plagued Anakin. He revealed his identity as a Sith Lord to Skywalker. Anakin revealed Palpatine's identity as a Sith Lord to the Council. After Anakin inadvertently assisted Sidious in stopping Mace Windu, Palpatine promised him with power that would save Padmé and the baby if Anakin became his new apprentice.
Desperate to save his family, Anakin was seduced by Sidious to finally submitting to the dark side of the Force and became Darth Vader. Afterwards, Obi-Wan seeks out Padmé to discover Vader's whereabouts and reveals his treachery. Padmé travels to Mustafar—unaware that Obi-Wan has stowed aboard her ship—and pleads with Vader to abandon the dark side. When Obi-Wan emerges, Vader believes Padmé has betrayed him and force-chokes her into unconsciousness. The two engage in a lightsaber duel, which ends with Obi-Wan severing Vader's left arm and both legs. Vader is then burned alive by a nearby lava flow as Obi-Wan retrieves Vader's lightsaber and leaves him for dead.
Obi-Wan took a weakened Padmé to the asteroid, Polis Massa, where she went into labor. However the medical droids revealed that they were losing her because she lost the will to live since her husband fell in childbirth. They also revealed that Padmé was carrying twins.
At that moment, Padmé gives birth to twins, whom she names Luke and Leia. She dies soon after, still believing there is good in Anakin.
Yoda, Bail Organa, and Obi-Wan Kenobi made the decision to protect the Skywalker children from their father and Sidious. While Leia was adopted by Bail and taken to Alderaan, she was instantly adored by her adoptive mother. Meanwhile, Obi-Wan entrusted Luke to Anakin's step-brother, Owen, and his newly married wife, Beru Whitesun, on Tatooine.
Razor's Edge[]
Honor Among Thieves[]
Rebel Mission to Ord Mantell[]
Shadows of The Empire[]
Tatooine's Ghost[]
The Thrawn Trilogy[]
New Jedi Order[]
Dark Nest Trilogy[]
Powers and abilities[]
The Force: As the daughter of the Chosen One, Leia was strong in the Force. However, her father couldn't ever sense she was Force sensitive.
- Telepathy:
- Resistance: Due to her strong connection to the light side of the Force, Leia was able to resist the harsh interrogation from the probe droids and Darth Vader's mind probing.
- Force sense: Leia can sense whenever there is danger in the Force. In Return of the Jedi, she claimed that she always sensed a familial connection between her and Luke until he revealed that they were in fact when siblings separated at birth prior to the Battle of Endor. She could also sense that her birth mother, Padmé was "beautiful and kind but sad." However due to her hatred toward Vader, she never knew that he was her father.
Abilities[]
- Lightsaber Combat: In Splinter of the Mind's Eye, Leia briefly picked up her brother's lightsaber and fought off Darth Vader. Unknown to her at the time, this was one of the first times she had displayed an affinity with lightsaber combat. After becoming a Jedi, Leia became a master lightsaber duelist.
Relationships[]
Luke Skywalker[]
Luke is Leia's elder twin brother, fellow Jedi and former Jedi master. The twins were born on Polis Massa, two days after the founding of the Galactic Empire and the start of the Jedi purge. However, sure to the rise of Darth Sidious and Darth Vader, their father, Yoda, Bail and Obi-Wan thought it was best of the twins were separated. Luke was raised by their aunt and uncle on Tatooine while Leia was raised as the pruncess of Alderaan.
The siblings were reunited for the first time in nineteen years on the Death Star when Leia mistook a disguised Luke Skywalker for a Stormtrooper. However, Luke and Leia were completely unaware of their facial relationship. The two formed an immediate friendship with each other; whether it was because Luke saved her or their hidden sibling bond. During their time together, Leia felt there was a familiar connection with Luke since the day he saved her on the Death Star. However, Leia had some form of attraction to Luke, as she kissed him on the cheek in the first film.
In The Empire Strikes Back, Leia was very concerned with Luke and Han being out in the cold climate of Hoth. However, the boys were rescued by Rouge Squadron forces the next morning and quickly taken back to Hoth for treatment. Shortly afterward, Leia and Han had another fight in front of their friends, causing Leia to retaliate and kiss Luke on the mouth to make Han jealous.. Luke disliked the way Leia handled the situation. Shortly after the Battle of Hoth, Luke left the rebellion to temporarily train wit the Jedi master, Yoda while Leia and their friends were chased by imperial forces.
Padmé Amidala[]
Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader[]
Anakin Solo[]
Jaina Solo[]
Jacen Solo[]
The moment Jacen turned to the Dark Side of the Force and became Darth Caedus, Leia and Han were horrified to see the man their son had become. They found it hard to forgive him given that he also killed his own aunt Mara Jade and all the atrocities he endured. Thus, Leia and Han's fears he would become like Darth Vader weren't unfounded.
Teachers[]
- Luke Skywalker (brother, leader and former Jedi master)
- Vima-Da-Boda (former Jedi master)
- Saba Sebatyne (former Jedi master
Romances[]
Han Solo[]
Isolder[]
Price Xizor[]
Fenn Shysa[]
Relationships[]
Friends[]
- Luke Skywalker (brother and leader)
- Chewbacca † (close friend)
- Lando Calrissian (close friend)
- C-3PO (Droid companion)
- R2-D2 (Droid companion
- Mara Jade Skywalker (sister-in-law and best friend)
- Winter Celchu (foster sister and best friend)
- Admiral Ackbar
- Gilad Pellaeon (former enemy)
- Noghri - Allies
- Mon Mothma
- Lowbacca
- Zekk
- Noghri
Enemies[]
- Grand Moff Tarkin
- Sheev Palpatine/Darth Sidious
- Stormtroopers
- Grand Admiral Thrawn
- Gilad Pellaeon(formerly)
- Jabba the Hutt - former enslaver and victim
- Darth Caedus - son, disowned
- Sith
- Lumiya - Hated Enemy
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- In the new timeline, Leia had one son, also named Ben (named after Obi-Wan Kenobi like Ben Skywalker.
- In the original version, Leia forgave Anakin after reading her grandmother's diaries. In the new timeline, Leia didn't forgive her father until moments after she became one with the Force in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.
- She was also close friends with her maternal cousin. Leia revealed their relationship to Pooja at least 37 years after the Battle of Endor.
