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Jedi Leia: A Missed Opportunity?

If the ages of actors is the same for character (roughly), that Leia got pregnate not long after Endor, so that might have cut down the chances of her being trained as a Jedi, as she was balancing being a leader with her soon to also be a mother.

Maybe she trained a little bit early on, but she specifically wanted Luke to be the teacher of her child, because of what happened to Anakin. That it still happened, well tough break for the galaxy I guess.
 
Remember, Luke, strong as he was in the force, did not feel the death of Alderaan at all. Ben did. Leia probably had some basic training, at least, to feel Hans death.
 
We saw her exhibit some Jedi mind powers when Han was killed, at least. She felt it the disturbance in the Force when it happened. We didn't really see her in battle, so we don't know what kind of warrior she is these days. My guess is that she got some lightsaber training but just didn't like the feel for it. She's much more comfortable with a blaster in her hands.

I was hoping to see her in more of a political role, at least for a while, to get a sense of what she had been doing before leading the Resistance.
 
The fencing was nice though. It counter-point the usual Kendo stylings we see in the OT.

I wonder how fancy Leia would be with a lightsaber? Did she get sword practice at a royal of Alderaan? Would she be more Asian style or European style. Or would she brute force it?
 
Can't anyone here consider the idea that perhaps she saw what the force did to her Father and say "I wan't nothing to do with that".... and pursued her career in politics and building a new republic, and then moved into working with the resistance in First Order occupied territory?

I don't think it is a stretch to write a story that basically says she didn't want to learn. Just because someone is "force sensitive' doesn't automatically mean they will want to pursue it. There isn't a group of Jedi going around pressuring kids and other people into joining because they are afraid the Sith will get to them first.

If I were writing, that is what it would be. she didn't to be open to any of the shit her father and brother have gone through and looked to help the galaxy in other ways.
 
Seeing this trailer, I had hope that Leia would've accomplished something in the ways of the Force, after 30 years.

[yt]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngElkyQ6Rhs[/yt]


But alas, nothing. Thinking about the Luke and Leia being siblings twist from ROTJ in retrospect, it seems it only exists to settle the love triangle between Luke, Han and Leia. Star Wars already had a great twist with Luke being the son of Darth Vader. Stacking another (albeit the same) twist on to another character (Leia), just seems like it was all for naught. Luke is carrying on the Skywalker legacy, while Leia S̶k̶y̶w̶a̶l̶k̶e̶r̶ Organa just stayed in her place as a rebel leader, against a disposed empire. Whoop-dee-doo.
 
M.A.C.O. said:
Leia S̶k̶y̶w̶a̶l̶k̶e̶r̶ Organa just stayed in her place as a rebel leader, against a disposed empire. Whoop-dee-doo.
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As if that's a nothing task? Based on what we see in the film, Leia has been rather invaluable to keeping the First Order at bay.

More so than Luke.
 
The storytelling problem with a Jedi-trained Leia is that 30+ years on, you'd expect she'd be every bit as capable as Luke, which would be stealing his thunder as the Jedi Master. It's interesting that the current films went the same route as the old EU and pretty much ditched that angle.
 
Leia was always strong. She just might not have the range of power Luke has. She uses what she has.
 
RoJoHen said:
All the midichlorians like to hang out on the Y chromosome.
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Luminara
Ahsoka Tano
Shaak-ti

Just to start, off the top of my head, and all still canon. So not so much. Unless maybe you mean in the Skywalker clan - but then, Rey may disprove that, too. Leia, also, for that matter. We don't really know.
 
The Old Building & Loan said:
The storytelling problem with a Jedi-trained Leia is that 30+ years on, you'd expect she'd be every bit as capable as Luke, which would be stealing his thunder as the Jedi Master. It's interesting that the current films went the same route as the old EU and pretty much ditched that angle.
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Are you justifying a glass ceiling?
 
If Leia was trained enough to train people herself, they wouldn't need to find Luke, nor would Ren or Snoke be much of a problem, as General Organa (Solo?) could ride in with her army and save the day like the Jedi of the Clone Wars with her newbie padawan. But than the story would be over. Plus Carrie Fischer would have had to have been acting more recently to pull that off. I'm sure she could do it, but it would take longer to get her back up to the speed needed for those kinds of shots. It would also be her movie.
 
Princesses are democratically elected.

Jedi was filth that tried to assassinate the beloved Emperor.

Present circumstances in the US aside, it's hard for Filth to win an election.

Hmm?

After the destruction of Aalderan, did the "surviving" Aalderanians keep having Princess Elections?

Unless her title lapsed, of it's own accord, and if there were no new elections, or she quietly ran unopposed, Leia was Princess for Life.
 
Leia's lack-of-Jediing: it's deliberate to the story (later development) or perhaps Fisher has no interest in exploring that aspect of the character.
 
Guy Gardener said:
Are you justifying a glass ceiling?
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No, just balancing character roles. Luke's always had his and Leia's had hers. Making Leia a Jedi Master in the current story context would make her role redundant with Luke's.

Rey, OTOH...she's clearly being set up to be Luke's successor.

Plus, you're suggesting that what Leia's doing isn't every bit as important within the setting. Somebody has to be the leader of the Resistance, and it's a more natural role for Leia to fill in the established narrative.

Behind the scenes...I don't think Fisher could pull it off. She was practically an animatronic double in this one.
 
FPAlpha said:
Leia just had other responsibilities and talents and did more good on a greater scale as a leader and politician than a simple Jedi could ever do.

I think it's ok for her not to be a trained Jedi in the movies but being the glue that holds everyone together. While she is Force Sensitive a Jedi's path is not for everyone even if it lets you do cool stuff, some people just may not be interested in it.
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I'm pretty much echoing this, and what others have said (like poetry, it rhymes). Not every character in SW needs to use a light saber, and the insistence that they do is one of the biggest faults of the prequels.

Leia can be a Jedi who doesn't use a light saber, just as Yoda was seemingly one, before Lucas decided fans wanted to see him twirling around with a little baby saber.
 
The Mighty Monkey of Mim said:
ancient said:
I mean, they could make Christopher Lee do forward air flips with the magic of technology
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In fairness, though, that looked terrible and ridiculous.
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I thought it looked kinda neat.

The Old Building & Loan said:
The storytelling problem with a Jedi-trained Leia is that 30+ years on, you'd expect she'd be every bit as capable as Luke, which would be stealing his thunder as the Jedi Master. It's interesting that the current films went the same route as the old EU and pretty much ditched that angle.
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While it would be somewhat redundant to have Luke & Leia to have essentially the same abilities, I always thought Han & Lando could've filled the military leader role.
 
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