Leia Organa Solo

"That boy is our last hope." "No. There is another."

- Obi-Wan Kenobi and Yoda referring to Luke and Leia

Princess Leia Organa Solo of Alderaan (born Leia Amidala Skywalker) was the daughter of Anakin Skywalker and Padmé Amidala, adopted daughter of Bail Organa and Queen Breha of Alderaan, and younger twin sister of Luke Skywalker. Later she married Han Solo and became the mother of their three children, Jaina, Jacen and Anakin Solo.

One of the most important figures in the Galactic Civil War and the New Republic, she could have been simply another galactic denizen like her brother had she not been adopted by Bail Organa. Politician, fighter, and spy was the fate that awaited her instead. She had a forceful personality and bright intellect, having accomplished much in her youth: she was a strong proponent for the Rebel Alliance, the youngest Senator ever of the Galactic Empire at eighteen standard years of age, and a member of the Royal Family of Alderaan. Years later, she would be elected Chief of State of the New Republic and serve twice in that office.

Though raised in the privileged surroundings of a peaceful planet that had banished weapons from its culture, the times were dark and this fiery diplomat received martial training in order to defend herself, both with a blaster and just her bare hands. This training would serve her well in the Yuuzhan Vong War that shook the Galaxy.

Due to her powerful Force heritage, Leia, following her family's legacy, became a Jedi Knight in the New Jedi Order.

Early life (19 BBY to 1 BBY)
"It's a girl." "Leia!"

- Obi-Wan Kenobi and Padmé Amidala



Born Leia Amidala Skywalker to Padmé Amidala and Anakin Skywalker in 19 BBY, she is the younger twin sister of Luke Skywalker. Her real mother died shortly after her birth. Leia gained a faint memory of her during this time. 23 years later Leia recalled her real mother from infancy to her unknown twin brother. Leia told him "She was very beautiful, kind but sad." Leia also told him that her birth mother died when she was still very young. Ironically enough, one of Leia's trademark symbols&mdash;her signature "bun" coiffure&mdash;was inherited from her mother's homeworld of Naboo, although she would never know it. The orphaned Leia was adopted and raised by Senator Bail Organa of Alderaan and his wife, Queen Breha Organa, with assistance from Silya Shessaun.

Unlike her brother, Leia was raised in a life of privilege, being Organa's adopted daughter. Growing up alonside her friend Winter, Leia attended the best schools on Alderaan, studying politics, history and art. She attended the Alderaan Select Academy for Young Ladies. Because of her interest in history and art Leia joined the rebellion and devoted herself to bringing peace in the galaxy.

Around 2 BBY, Bail Organa began preparing to hand his Senate seat over to Leia. Leia accompanied him to Coruscant and he allowed her to go off into the city with two guards. Seeing Coruscant for the first time, Leia was entranced by the sight of the city, but when she witnessed a Caamasi being arrested by two stormtroopers for simply trying to buy a drink at a cafe, she intervened on his behalf.

Back at the apartment, Leia told Bail about the incident and that she would meet with Palpatine on the matter. However, Bail didn't agree and tried to dissuade her, saying that doing so now would jeopardize Alderaan when, once she bacame a senator, she would have the ability and power to try to make changes&mdash;but Leia refused to be deterred.

At the Imperial Palace, Leia was appalled at how deferential and pandering everyone was to the Emperor, which hardened her resolve to bring up the issue to him. However, when Leia met Palpatine she became firghtened by the pure evil radiating from him, and was unable to do anything more than mumble thanks to his compliments as Darth Vader watched.

Following the reception, Bail assured her that there was nothing to be ashamed of, as it was a common reaction to seeing Palpatine, especially for the first time, and that to make changes, one must be subtle. Organa then told her how proud he was of her, and related a piece of good news&mdash;he had arranged for the Caamasi she saw arrested to be released. Happy, Leia went to meet the Caamasi, who introduced himself as Eg'Ros Akala.



Leia followed in the footsteps of her adoptive father and her late birth mother (who was, of course, unknown to her) into the office of Senator, a position which she held until the dissolution of the Senate in 0 BBY. At the age of 18, she was the youngest member of that body. During her time in the Senate, Organa worked with Pooja Naberrie of Naboo, her maternal cousin, although the two were never informed of their biological relationship.

Prior to the Battle of Yavin 4 Leia went on a diplomatic mission to Ralltiir, a world subjugated by the Empire. It was here that she discovered a wounded Rebel with information stored in his brain through hypnotic imprint and the Moff of Ralltiir, Lord Tion. From the Rebel Leia learned of the first death Star. After getting the information, Leia rescued him. Later, Leia killed Tion in self-defense, making her an enemy of the Empire.

Early Galactic Civil War (0 BBY to 4 ABY)
"General Kenobi, years ago you served my father in the Clone Wars. Now he begs you to help him in his struggle against the Empire. I regret that I am unable to present my father's request to you in person, but my ship has fallen under attack and I'm afraid my mission to bring you to Alderaan has failed. I have placed information vital to the survival of the Rebellion into the memory systems of this R2 unit. My father will know how to retrieve it. You must see this droid safely delivered to him on Alderaan. This is our most desperate hour. Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi, you're my only hope."

- Leia Organa



In 0 BBY, Organa was captured along with her ship, the Tantive IV, by Darth Vader. The Sith lord sought to recover the plans for the Death Star I, which Imperial Intelligence suggested had been stolen by Rebel spy Kyle Katarn.

Unknown to Vader, the young senator had hidden the plans inside an R2 unit, R2-D2, and sent the droid to find the legendary Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi on the planet of Tatooine.

Vader brought her to the Death Star I, where he personally interrogated and tortured her, seeking the location of the plans and the hidden Rebel base from which the Empire suspected the Alliance was striking. Remarkably, she managed to keep silent, despite Vader's Sith powers and the use of an interrogation droid.

Grand Moff Tarkin threatened Organa with the destruction of her homeworld, Alderaan, if she did not reveal the location of the Rebel base. She lied, giving them instead the location of a long-since abandoned base on Dantooine. Tarkin proceeded with the destruction of Alderaan regardless, one of the most infamous acts of the Empire and a shocking example of the Tarkin doctrine of rule by terror. Leia was then placed in a holding cell and scheduled to be executed, while the Imperial Navy deployed scout craft to investigate Dantooine.

Princess Organa's message had reached Obi-Wan Kenobi by this time, and he set out from Tatooine with Luke Skywalker, intending to bring R2-D2 to Leia on Alderaan. Kenobi had hired Han Solo as a pilot. Arriving in the Alderaan system shortly after the world's destruction, the Millennium Falcon was captured by the Death Star's tractor beam.



Surprisingly, this small group managed to avoid immediate capture. Finding that Organa was on the station, they set out to rescue her. Tarkin had by this point discovered that Dantooine was indeed abandoned. In order to find the true location of the hidden base, he ordered his soldiers to allow the small band to escape with Leia, after planting a tracking device on the Falcon. Darth Vader, meanwhile, set out to find Obi-Wan Kenobi, whom he later killed in a duel.

Organa realized that her escape must have been deliberately permitted by the Empire, and surmised that the ship was being tracked. However, she nonetheless decided to return to the base on Yavin 4.

Presumably, she would have been arrested immediately had she tried to land on any inhabited Imperial world, and finding another place to trade ships would have been complicated and dangerous. (Locating the tracking device would have been virtually impossible, given how small such a device could be.) This was a risk, of course: if no weakness could be found, or if the discovered weakness could only be exploited by, for instance, a saboteur on board the Death Star, it would be necessary to stage a massive evacuation.

Returning to Yavin IV, Princess Organa found that her gamble had paid off, as the plans did in fact reveal a weakness that starfighters could potentially exploit. At the Battle of Yavin, the Death Star was destroyed by Organa's brother, Luke Skywalker (who she didn't know was her brother at the time). This marked a turning point for the Rebellion.

Following the Rebel victory at the Battle of Yavin, Leia held a public ceremony, awarding Luke Skywalker and Han Solo for their accomplishments and heroism during the battle.

Hero of the Rebellion
"You are part of the Rebel Alliance and a traitor!"

- Darth Vader



Several days after the Battle of Yavin, Leia recieved reports that Han Solo was stealing Sith treasure from the ancient temples on the forest moon. She, along with Luke, raced out to catch him, but he rocketed away in the Millennium Falcon just as they got to the temple. Furious, she denounced Solo, despite his efforts at the major battle, and issued a warrant for his arrest, should he return to Yavin IV. When he did return, she found out that the treasure was sold to finance the Alliance, and she forgave him. Subsequently, she went with him on a mission to the Incom Factory to negotiate the purchase of new X-Wings with Vors Voorhorian.

With Organa now exposed as a Rebel, she took over the Alliance's diplomatic efforts. At the Conference of Uncommitted Worlds on Kabal, she won the Alliance the support of Silver Fyre and her Aquaris Freeholders. She also encouraged sedition on any number of worlds to the planets of the distant Minos Cluster.

A week after the Battle of Yavin, Leia, R2-D2, and Luke traveled to Rebel base of Akuria to insure against a sudden Imperial counter-attack on Yavin. But because Artoo wasn't properly repaired the ship went off course. After a near-miss with an Imperial fleet, Organa and Skywalker encountered four android children, who had the power to control the elements, and a computerized "Keeper" on a formerly war-torn world who helped them escape the Imperials.

In 1 ABY Organa traveled to Metalorn on a mission to spread the message of hope to its residents. Metalorn, a factory planet, had been controlled by the Empire, under the direction of Governor Corwyth with no information of the Rebellion reaching its citizens. Leia managed to evade Imperial stormtroopers long enough to contact her former instructor Arn Horada in order for him to spread the word that the Rebel Alliance actively opposed the Empire's tyranny. Soon after Organa was confronted by Baron Orman Tagge before she was able to establish any details, but managed to escape with the help of a youngster named Tammi.

Sometime after the Battle of Yavin 4, Leia, accompanied by Luke, crash-landed on Mimban during one of her diplomatic missions. While there, they pursued the Kaiburr Crystal, a powerful Force relic, and in the process, encountered Darth Vader. Darth Vader managed to injure Skywalker and would have killed him if it weren't for Leia. Using Luke's lightsaber, Leia briefly dueled the Dark Lord but was quickly defeated due to her inexperience with a lightsaber. Luke was able to heal her wounds with the Kaibuur Crystal and defeated Vader, with the help of Obi-Wan Kenobi. Leia subsequently secured funding from the Circarpous IV business underground after revealing an illegal Imperial mine on Mimban.

As the war continued Leia, C-3PO, R2-D2 and Rebellion finance minister Viscount Tardi traveled to the banking world of Aargau to complete the financing of a sale of X-wing fighters to the Rebellion. However they were unware of Darth Vader and his entourage of paid assassins where also on the planet.



Vader's assassins made several attempts on Tardi's life, but Leia's quick wit not only saved the Viscount, but destroyed the assassins as well. Ultimately Vader was forced to play his hand and cut Tardi down with his lightsaber, only to discover that Viscount Tardi was actually just a droid made in his image and the real Tardi had died months ago. Leia had R2 record video images of the "murder" and transmitted them to C-3PO who was at police headquarters in order to prevent Vader from exposing their ruse to the authorities. Leia needed the fake Viscount to secure the loan, and used the Crown Jewels of Alderaan as indisputable collateral. As a precaution Leia had to manipulate Vader into destroying the duplicate droid of Tardi.

Unbeknowst to Organa, Darth Vader had manipulated her as he really had no interest in preventing her financial deal for the starfighters, he only wanted to take possession of the priceless Aldeeranian jewels. He bribed an officer at the local customs station, and aquired the treasure, and had only played along with Leia's plan to ensure he could leave the planet without the jewels being missed by the authorities. Nonetheless Leia secured the funding for the stafighters.

Shortly before the Battle of Hoth, Princess Leia and Captain Chedaki went to investigate Imperial activity in the Shiva system, but as the two are entered a shuttle to go down to the planet Shiva IV, the ship was damaged by a space mine that caused an explosion that killed Chedaki. Leia was forced to launch the damaged shuttle in order to protect the ship and the rest of the crew from harm. The shuttle crashed on Shiva IV, soon after Leia was immediately attacked by a savage raiding party. A group of natives led by Aron Peacebringer and Kéral Longknife repelled the raiders and rescue dthe princess. After her encounter with the raiding party Leia returned to the capital Illÿriaqum with Aron, and tried to warn him of the danger that the Galactic Empire posed, but the warlord was not convinced that such an empire existed. But during a gala of Calian nobility, Aron and Leia were both secretly captured by Imperial stormtroopers and brought before General Sk'ar as prisoners, however Leia and Aron escaped.



In 3 ABY, Leia moved the Rebel base to Hoth after their base on Yavin 4 was discovered. Soon after Luke went missing, worried, Organa sent Han to look for him. Fortunately Han returned with an unconcious and badly injured Skywalker in tow. Luke was immediately put into a bacta tank and recovered from his encounter with a wampa. When Han confronted Leia on the issue of their relationship, an incensed Organa kissed Luke, causing a love triangle between the three friends.

When Darth Vader and the Empire discovered the base, Organa helped coordinate the evacuation of the rebel base on Hoth, an icy-rock planet. Despite the ongoing battle, she remained vigilant and issued commands from the crumbling base. Luckily, she was able to escape any danger and flee with C-3PO, Han Solo and Chewbacca on the Millennium Falcon. Pursued by Imperial fighters, and hobbled by a non-functional hyperdrive, they escaped by flying into an asteroid field.

Crisis at Cloud City
"You truly belong here with us among the clouds."

- Lando Calrissian

Princess Organa's initially adversarial relationship with Han Solo around this time evolved into a love affair. Not long after their escape from Hoth, Leia, Han, Chewbacca, and Threepio went to Cloud City, then owned by Han's friend, Lando Calrissian, to get help with the Falcon. Soon after they landed, C-3PO went missing, and worst of all, Lando betrayed them by bringing them to Darth Vader. Han was soon tortured and Leia and the Wookiee were thrown in the dungeon. Moments later Lando came to dungeon telling the group that he did what he needed to and informed them of Vader's trap for Luke Skywalker.



Solo was then used as a test subject for the carbonite-freezing process which Darth Vader intended for Luke Skywalker (Solo survived the freezing process, and was taken to Jabba the Hutt by Boba Fett.) Before he was frozen, her parting words were "I love you," to which Solo responded "I know." After Han was frozen Leia unsuccessfully warned Luke of the incoming danger before being taken as Vader's prisoner. Fortunately Lando managed to rescue Leia, Chewbacca, and Threepio.

Leia displayed latent telepathy, despite having never been trained in the use of the Force, when she sensed Luke's distress as he hung from a weather vane after being defeated by Darth Vader. She led the Falcon back to rescue him, and together they departed for a secret rendezvous point where the Rebel fleet was hiding.

Rescue of Han Solo


In the months that followed, Leia divided her time between missions for the Alliance and the search for Han. At one point, she sought assistance from Prince Xizor of the Black Sun criminal syndicate. In order to get past Imperial security, Leia was disguised as bounty hunter Boushh, and Chewbacca took on the identity of the Wookiee bounty hunter Snoova. From there the two became guests of Black Sun's leader, the Falleen Prince Xizor. Xizor also became enamored of Leia, and attempted to seduce her. He used his pheromones upon her and for a while, Leia gave in. However, she quickly rebuffed his advances by kneeing him in the groin, leaving an enraged Xizor and locked her up. Leia was able to escape due to the efforts of Luke, Chewbacca, Lando Calrissian and Dash Rendar.



Organa participated in the rescue of Han by posing again as the bounty hunter Boushh, allowing herself and Chewbacca to infiltrate Jabba's Palace. She played her role well, for the urging of more money led th Hutt to belive "he" was his kind of scum. That night she freed Solo from carbonite but Solo and Leia were caught by Jabba. Han was thrown into a cell with Chewbacca, while Jabba had better plans for her. To Leia's discomfort, he licked her with his over exocentric tongue. She was then forced into replacing Oola as Jabba's favorite slave girl. During this time she was forced to wear a skimpy metal bikini costume of one of Jabba's slave girls and endure the shame and humiliation of being at the mercy of the Hutt's lust. Her spirits rose when Luke arrived to rescue everyone but were temporarily dashed when Jabba tried to kill Luke by putting him into the Rancor pit. To her liking, Luke killed the monster, only to be choked and hassled around by a furious Jabba. During the ride on Jabba's sail barge, she was made to drink a grotesque drink, which tricked down her through in discontent. After Luke escaped once again and as Jabba's Skiff guards fell into the Sarlacc, Leia made her move. She crushed the light that lit up the barge and turned it into a pitch black frenzy. As everyone was too preoccupied to help Jabba, Leia hopped over him and choked him with the very chain that held her captive. As Jabba lay dead on his pedestal, Leia escaped.

Endor and a shocking revelation
"You have a power that I don't understand and can never have." "You're wrong Leia, you have that power too. In time you will learn to use it as I have."

- Leia and Luke

She joined the gathered Rebel fleet near Sullust, and accompanied General Crix Madine's commando force to the forest moon of Endor where the Death Star II's shield generator was located. Soon after Leia accompanied Luke and Han to Endor. On Endor Leia and Luke confronted stormtroopers, in order to make sure their arrival was kept a secet Leia jumped on a speeder bike, with Luke in tow, and chased them throughout Endor's dense forests. Leia was able to shoot down one but was also shot down herself and collapsed. When she awoke Leia was confronted by a curious Ewok and be friended him. Soon after a stormtrooper attacked them, fortunately Leia and the Ewok was able to subdue him. To keep her safe the Ewok took her to his village.



Worried, Han, Luke, Chewbacca, R2-D2, and C-3PO searched the forest, only to be captured by Ewoks, however, the Ewoks saw Threepio as a god. Taken to the village as a fest to honor Threepio, Leia reunited with her friends and tried, unsuccessful, to convince them to let her friends go. Fortunately Threepio was able to persaude them to let Han, Luke, Chewbacca, and Artoo go, with the help of Skywalker. Later on, the Ewoks accepted them as part of their tribe.

The night before the battle, Organa received news that forever changed her life. Her long-time "friend," Luke Skywalker, revealed to her that they were brother and sister, and that the fallen Jedi, Darth Vader, was their father. After Luke revealed to her of their relationship, Leia told Luke that she had somehow knew that Luke was her brother. During the conversation, Leia revealed to have memories of her real mother, but they were only "images" and "feelings". She recalled her mother as being "very beautiful, kind, but sad". "&hellip;he's my brother"

- Leia to Han on Endor



When Luke told Leia that he had to confront Darth Vader, still stricken with shock, she tried to convince him to just "run far away" instead, but Luke had already made up his mind and left her deeply shocked.

Leia fought alongside Han in the battle that followed, though she was injured with a blaster wound to her upper arm during the fighting. Even with this injury, Leia was able to shoot dead two stormtroopers who attempted to capture her and Han at the shield bunker. The mission to Endor was eventually a success, and the Death Star II was destroyed in the epochal Battle of Endor when Lando Calrissian and Nien Nunb, piloting the Millennium Falcon, flew into the station's core and destroyed it from the inside. Following the battle, Leia informed Han of her familial relationship with Luke, and the two shared a kiss as the explosion of the Death Star lit the skies above.

Truce at Bakura


Immediately after the Battle of Endor, the Rebel Alliance answered a distress call from Bakura, which was under invasion by the Ssi-ruuk. Leia and Han Solo also struggle to find some time together and hash out their newly-formed relationship. Leia discovers that Bakura chafes under Imperial rule. The remaining Imperial forces also gathered at Bakura, and the result was a truce between the Imperials and the Rebels. It was during this time that the spirit of Anakin Skywalker appeared to Leia to beg for her forgiveness, which she would not or could not grant at that time since she had just learned of her parentage and the fact that he was Darth Vader.

The Glove of Darth Vader
Right after the founding of the New Republic, the false Prophet of the Dark Side known as Kadann foretold that the chosen heir to the Galactic Empire would present himself bearing the glove of Darth Vader. An Imperial Grand Moff, Bertroff Hissa, heard the prophecy and used it to proclaim Palpatine's son, Trioculus, as the new Galactic Emperor. Now Emperor, Triculus asked for Leia's hand in marriage.



As the Empire was crippled and the Alliance of Free Planets was founded, Leia embarked on several missions to secure the new order. On one such mission Organa encountered Lumiya and the two briefly fought before Leia escaped. Soon after Leia and her Rebel team came across a Nagai soldier Tai and nursed him back to full health. While hiding together from the Tof ground troops, Tai gained a new respect for the Alliance. However this respect was short-lived when Tai was forced to fight Organa becasue of Nagai customs. As a result Tai was killed by one of his own for failing to abide by those customs.

Princess Organa was a founding member of the New Republic, which was formally promulgated in 5 ABY. Her first New Republic position was Minister of State. She went on to succeed Mon Mothma as its Chief of State, and later filled other offices, such as Minister of Defense, and various diplomatic posts. Although most of her life was devoted to such matters of state, she engaged in limited study of the Jedi arts, with her twin brother Luke Skywalker as her teacher. Notably, she wielded a blue lightsaber that she built herself, and then Luke gave her a red (not Sith issue) lightsaber to complement the weapon she had constructed earlier.

Encounter with Zorba the Hutt
"I don't think I have the guts to confront this kind of scum."

- Leia



Sometime after 5 ABY, Zorba the Hutt was set free from his prison holding cell, after his prison on Kip was infiltrated. He found of his son 's death and vowed revenge on Leia, Han, Luke and the others responsible.. He had one of his hunters, Cobak, kidnap Princess Leia, who was vacationing at the Fun World. Zorba, finally face-to-face with Leia, introduced himself as Jabba the Hutt's father, and vowed to take her to the Great Pit of Carkoon, where he would feed her to the Sarlacc. On route to Tatooine, the Zorba's Express was captured by the Imperial Moffship, and both Leia and Zorba were captured. They dropped Zorba into the Pit, put was spit out, and Leia got a low priority bounty on her head in the years to come.

Soon after Leia was kidnapped by Kadann who planned to turn her to darkside and make her Queen of the Empire. Fortunately Leia was rescued and with her help, Luke and the others were able to find Palpatine's real son, Triclops, and subdue Triculus and Bertroff.

Disastrous courtship


Leia now busy with Minister of State duties while Han was away for a few months fighting Warload Zsinj caused a small rift between the two. During this time Leia was visted by the Hapes delegation. They presented Leia a Hapan gun of command, a plant resembling a bonsai which promotes longetivity and intelligence, and last, the hand of the Hapes cluster ruler Ta'a Chume's son, Prince Isolder, in holy matrimony, in which Leia nearly accepted. Jealous, Han kidnapped Leia and took her to Dathomir, a planet he had won in a high-stakes sabacc game. However they found out that the planet was owned by Zsinj. Soon afterwards a battle broke out, which resulted in the end of Zinsj and his army and the marriage of Leia and Han.



After the near-disastrous courtship, Organa married Han Solo in 8 ABY. At first, she did not want to have children, as she feared they would turn out like Darth Vader, however she would soon discover the truth. Right after the wedding Leia and Han wenton an important mission to Tatooine to retrieve Killik Twilight and the Shadowcast key hidden within it. It was here that Leia discovered her father's friend Kitster Banai in the Valley of the Spirits. With Kitster's help, Solo had discovered her grandmother Shmi's diary and the location of the moss painting. After speaking to her father's childhood friends Kitster and Wald and reading her grandmother's diary, Leia discovered her father hadn't been born or raised as the evil monster she had known, and decided that there was nothing inherently evil in the Skywalker bloodline. Soon afterwards, she became pregnant with twins.

Return of the Empire (9 ABY to 19 ABY)
"They're up to something, Han—I can feel it. Something big; something dangerous. But I can't figure out what it could be."

- Leia to Han Solo



A year later during the Thrawn Crisis, Grand Admiral Thrawn ordered Noghri commandos to kidnap the pregnant Organa Solo in exchange for Joruus C'baoth's help. C'boath had planned to turn Leia and her brother Luke to darkside and make them his apprentices. To avoid capture she hid on the planet Kashyyyk, but her would-be kidnappers tracked her. She later learned that Darth Vader once landed on the Noghri homeplanet Honoghr and tricked the Noghri into serving the Empire by promising to help their planet recover from the ecological disaster that it suffered during the  Clone Wars. Because of this, they were fiercely loyal to Vader. Organa Solo was able to use her biological relationship to Vader to go to Honoghr and convince the Noghri of the Empire’s deception. They left the service of the Empire and became allies of New Republic. Organa Solo was known as the Lady Vader among the Noghri and both she and her family became revered figures in their society. Also during the Thrawn Crisis, Organa Solo gave birth to the twins Jaina, named after Han's mother, and Jacen on Coruscant. After the twins were born, prior to the deaths of Thrawn and C'baoth, Imperial Intelligence agents staged one last unsuccessful attempt to apprehend Leia and the twins.

In 10 ABY, she discovered to her horror that Palpatine was alive and that her brother had turned to the dark side. Sometime after Leia went to Nar Shaddaa where she encountered Vima-Da-Boda, who told her the tale of her fall and bequeathed to Organa Solo a box containing a 10,000 year old lightsaber discovered on Ossus nearly 850 BBY. With her help, Luke managed to return to the light. Leia spectated at their duel, giving her energy to Luke through the use of Battle Meditation and together they were able to subdue Palpatine on his flagship Eclipse.



After the death of Palpatine's clone on Byss, Leia returned to Nar Shaddaa to remove Vima and extract from her knowledge of the Holocrons and the destroyed Jedi Order.After fleeing to Nespis VIII, her second son was born and was named Anakin after his grandfather (see House of Solo). Leia, who had been hesitant to tap into her Force potential, learned the ways of the Jedi from Vima, including how to shield the newly born Anakin. This skill allowed Organa Solo to save baby Anakin from being possessed by the spirit of Palpatine. With the reborn Palpatine's clone body rapidly deteriorating, she was forced to flee to Onderon to hide Anakin Solo from him. The Emperor did eventually find her, but he was shot in the back and a sacrifice from Empatojayos Brand, saved them from Palpatine's spirit.

"Mom and Dad never act that weird unless they're worried about us three little darlings." "That's for sure. They sure do worry." "Come on, Jacen. If you were our parents, wouldn't you worry?"

- Jaina and Jacen Solo talking about their parents

Leia loved all three of her children dearly but because of her position as Chief of State, Leia had barely enough time to devote to family. As a result of kidnapping attempts on her children's lives Leia, taking her brother's advice, sent the children to various safeworlds where they were put in the care of Leia's most trusted friend, Winter. Though they were safe the children, especially Jaina, missed her dearly. However Jaina would begin to notice her distance from her family, leading to a big rift between the two years later.

Although her sibling relationship to Luke Skywalker (and their relationship to Darth Vader) became public knowledge, she remained known as the heir to Bail Organa, and thus a member of the Royal House of Alderaan. She played an important role for those Alderaanians who still lived, having been offworld at the time of the planet's destruction. She founded New Alderaan, over which the Royal House of Alderaan, in the person of Leia Organa Solo and her children, continued to hold sovereignty. The government on New Alderaan also administered their former Alderaan system.

"You will be our leader, Leia."

- Mon Mothma

Mon Mothma's health began to decline in 11 ABY. No one could discover the source of her illness until Terpfen, Admiral Ackbar's chief mechanic, told her that the Caridan Ambassador Furgan had poisoned her. With that knowledge, the Jedi healer Cilghal healed her by removing the poison drop by drop. Organa Solo replaced Mon Mothma as Chief of State at this time.

Jedi Search


In 11 ABY, when her brother Luke was disabled by Kyp Durron and the spirit of an ancient Sith Lord named Exar Kun, Leia and the family went to visit the Jedi Praxeum on Yavin 4 and were baffled by his condition. During the dinner that followed, Leia, along with the twins and the students felt a great disturbance in the Force when the planet of Carida was destroyed by Kyp Durron. Leia helped the Jedi students make plans to deal with Exar Kun to save Luke.

The next year as Luke began the process of restoring the Jedi Order, Leia, Han, and Chewbacca set out on a mission of their own, vital to the survival of the fragile New Republic. They begin searching for the long-lost children of the Jedi. The quest takes them to the Jedi planet of Belsavis, a nearly forgotten frozen world. Having heard tales of a Jedi exodus from the dark crypts below the planet's surface and also hearing that since the time of the exodus no one entering the crypts has returned alive, Leia goes to Belsavis to start her search.

Planet of twilight


During the Death Seed plague crisis in 13 ABY Leia was kidnapped by Seti Ashgad and was taken to Nam Chorios, the home of Tsils and the strange alien lifeform, Droch. She was held captive by Beldorian, a Hutt Jedi. Beldorian told her stories of the ancient Jedi Masters such as Thon and Yoda, whose power he admired, if not their principles. Despite the fact that his Force abilities were greatly boosted by the planet, Beldorian was killed by Leia in a lightsaber duel. Leia managed to escape and was reunited with Han, Chewbacca, Luke Skywalker, and Lando Calrissian.

Sati Ashagad and Moff Getelles had planned to devastate the Meridian Sector through the use of the Death Seed. However their efforts were foiled by Leia and Luke. Soon afterwards Leia participated in the Battle of Nam Chorios. The battle ended when Luke managed to convice the Chorian crystal mind of the threat that Ashgad posed to the galaxy if his plans succeeded. As a result Ashgad was killed though Getelles still survived.

Abduction


During the Empire Reborn movement of 14 ABY, while on a diplomatic mission to the planet Munto Codru, Jaina, Jacen and Anakin were kidnapped by Lord Hethrir, the Imperial Procurator of Justice, in a fiendish plot to take advantage of their Force powers and sacrifice young Anakin to the creature Waru. To get them back, Leia disguised herself as a pirate, Lelila. Along with Chewbacca and Artoo, she follows the kidnappers' trail to a disabled refugee ship, from which children are also missing. It is here that she learned of Hethrir's twisted plan to restore the Empire.

As she followed the path of her children across space, Luke and Han arrive on Crseih Station in order to discover tha secret of Waru's sinister cult. While in th process of rescuing her children, Leia freed Hethrir's mate Rillao, whom she and her son Tigris helped her children escaped. She arrived on her yacht Alderaan and rescued the twins and then loaded all the other children aboard the ship before leaving for Crseih Station to rescue Anakin. In the end, Waru destroyed Hethrir before vanishing from the known galaxy following a confrontation with Leia, Han and Luke.

Black Fleet Crisis
Chief of State Organa Solo guided the New Republic through a number of dangerous external crises from post-Imperial warlords. As the threat of Imperial warlords shrank and the New Republic's growth accelerated rapidly, she also faced a number of internal political conflicts in the Third Electoral.

During the Black Fleet Crisis in 16 ABY, Leia faced a ruthless leader of the Duskhan League, an arrogant Yevetha who seems bent on a genocidal war that could shatter the fragile unity of the New Republic. To end this threat Leia calls upon the Senate to take a stand and eliminate the Yevetha threat even at the cost of Han's life.



Using the New Republic's lack of intelligence on the Dushkan League and Senatorial political infighting to his advantage, Nil Spaar extended his negotiations with Chief of State Solo over a period of weeks. Pressured by military and intelligence advisors who sought answers, and potentially an ally against the Core Imperial strongholds, Organa Solo entered the discussions, only to find herself on the receiving end of a political plot to throw the New Republic into confusion. These two forces came to a head, Leia had no choice but to invoke the Article Five of the Common Charter to forestall a recall vote against her office and declare war against the Yevetha. Cracks in the widespread popularity of Organa Solo began to show during this period, cracks that would accelerate with the political ascendance of Borsk Fey'lya.

However these "cracks" would soon resurface in the Almanian Uprising. Leia Organa Solo, Chief of State of the New Republic and President of the Senate, had been under intense pressure from the Black Fleet Crisis political situation. As a result there were many attempts on her life. Organa Solo, however, was determined to put it behind her. Her new term of the Senate added several new ex-Imperial Senators and ex-Imperial worlds, such as the Senator for Exodeen. Despite reassurance from Mon Mothma, she was unsure of the situation. As Organa Solo took the podium and started into an inspired speech, powerful bombs rocked the Imperial Palace Senate chamber. Leia was knocked off her feet, over a hundred Senators were dead or wounded and Leia herself had lost her hearing. Fortunately, the uprising was stopped by Luke and the attempts on her life ended.

First Corellian Insurrection
In 18 ABY Organa Solo and family took a vacation to Han Solo's home planet of Corellia. While the dust of the defeated Empire settled, Chief of State Leia Organa Solo announced a major trade conference on Corellia, the President of the Senate determined to bring Corellia back to its previous state. Once there they learned of the Human League, headed by Han's cousin Thrackan Sal-Solo and the Sacorrian Triad. The Human League and the Sacorrian Triad joined forces causing the First Corellian Insurrection.

Thracken managed to imprision Leia and Han while he kidnapped their children. During her imprisionment, Leia met with Mara Jade and the two plotted their escape to the Coronet House. With the help of Jade's ship, Jade's Fire and their own ingenius plan, the two successfully decided to retreat to Selonia, hoping her children were safe with Chewbacca.



On Selonia, with Leia, Mara and Han attempting to convince the Selonians to change their mind—and they too were imprisoned for a short time. Sinisterly, Thrackan dropped the jamming field long enough to show Organa Solo a hologram of him with her children in custody—to the immense outrage of the Selonians. The Overden immediately released the three just as Luke arrived and began planning a course of action. Meanwhile while all of this was going on Leia's youngest son, Anakin, managed to stop the destruction the Centerpoint Station was causing.

Despite Organa Solo's brave actions throughout the crisis, the Senate entered a new phase of criticism for her letting the Insurrection get as far as it did, many seeking to oust her from her position.

Caamas Document Crisis
Later she would take a leave of absence from her Chief of State duties to spend more time on her Jedi training. She served as a Counselor on the New Republic's High Counsel during the leave. During this time she became involved in the Caamas Document crisis in 19 ABY, in which Thrawn came back from the dead. After receiving the Caamas Document, Organa Solo began talks with Admiral Pellaeon that led to Pellaeon-Gavrisom Treaty and an end to the Galactic Civil War. Soon after the incident, Leia and the family attended the wedding of Luke And Mara Jade.

All three of her children were trained as Jedi at Luke Skywalker's Jedi Praxeum from 22 ABY, and would defend the galaxy from the Yuuzhan Vong War as part of the New Jedi Order. In 24 ABY Leia and her children, Jaina and Jacen, were able to stop the Diversity Alliance, a non-human organization, from wrecking havoc. Unfortunately, Leia's role as Chief of State came to an end when Borsk Fey'lya succeded her as the leader of the New Republic.

The Yuuzhan Vong War (25 ABY to 30 ABY)
"The New Republic? Are you blind? There is no New Republic! It died before the Yuuzhan Vong came."

- Leia Organa Solo

After serving a second term, Leia resigned as Chief of State, and was replaced by Borsk Fey'lya. After the death of Chewbacca on Sernpidal in 25 ABY, Leia went before the Senate to bring attention to the fact that the approaching Yuuzhan Vong were a threat to the galaxy. Her pleas went unheeded, and the invasion continued full force. Leia contributed to the war effort by aiding in the evactuations of Dubrillion and Dantooine, finally getting help from the Advisory Council via Admiral Traest Kre'fey's threat to place her into power via launching a military coup d'etat. Soon after she joined SELCORE, a movement that aided refugees.

Organa Solo and her husband suffered a brief period of estrangement some months after the death of Chewbacca; her husband was still struggling with his grief and rage over the death of his longtime friend. Leia buried herself in her work with Selcore, hoping that her husband would one day come back and mend the severed ties with their family. They patched things up after Leia was gravely wounded by Tsavong Lah at the Battle of Duro.



The Solo family enjoyed small blessings early during the war, beginning with the reconciliation of Han and Anakin, who Han originally had blamed in no small part for Chewbacca's death. Shortly afterwards, Organa Solo's nephew Ben Skywalker was born, whom she adored and called "Skycrawler". Perhaps the greatest tragedy the Solos would face during the war came shortly afterwards, when on a doomed mission to Myrkr, Anakin died while leading a Jedi team tasked with the destruction of the Jedi-hunting Vong creations, the voxyn. Almost concurrently, the Yuuzhan Vong launched a massive attack that overwhelmed Coruscant. Still struggling with the overwhelming grief of her son's death, Organa Solo -- at the urging of Fey'lya -- managed to make a passioned plea to all New Republic forces to fight and and resist at all costs.

Meanwhile, Leia and Han gained temporary custody of their nephew as his parents were busy fighting the war. She enjoyed Ben's company but in some ways, she was reminded of her the son she had just lost. During the Fall of Coruscant, Leia was forced to trun Ben over to C-3PO as Viqi Shesh was planning to kidnap the infant. Fortunately, Lando was able to save both Threepio and baby Ben from harm's way. After Coruscant's fall, Han and Leia went to Hapes for Anakin's funeral, then went on several missions to restore HoloNet communications to the Unknown Regions, and foiled a second attempt of the Ssi-ruuk to invade Bakura in the process.

When Zonama Sekot made its existence known near Coruscant in 30 ABY, Han and Leia traveled there to be reunited with the rest of their family. While there, they met Harrar, a Yuuzhan Vong priest. Leia and Han worked with Harrar to get inside the Well of the World Brain on Coruscant.

After the destruction of Shimrra and Onimi, Leia was among those gathered on Zonama Sekot. She had forsaken politics to become Han's copilot, a position she would hold for 5 years.

The Dark Nest Crisis (35 ABY to 36 ABY)
"You're too old to start being a real Jedi now." "I think I need to teach you some manners."

- Alema Rar and Leia Organa Solo

In 35 ABY, Han and Leia followed several Jedi including Luke and Mara into the Unknown Regions and discovered that Raynar Thul was alive, and had been taken in by a nest of Killiks. During the Mission to Myrkr, Jedi Knight Raynar Thul was incapacitated by Nightsister Lomi Plo and the Dark Jedi Welk. They took him and escaped on the Tachyon Flier, which was under fire during Myrkr outbound, where all three were presumed lost. In truth, the Tachyon Flier had crashed onto the planet Yoggoy, a Killik nest, and made all three Force-users into Joiners. Raynar Thul was integrated into the Yoggoy nest while Lomi Plo and Welk were integrated into the Gorog nest. All became leaders of their respective nests, Raynar even created a new lead nest named Unu and became the Prime Unu, now reborn as UnuThul. The Killik nests took on the persona of the people they integrated, or Joined into their nests. The Yoggoy nests, and each other nest, except for Gorog, gained Raynar's sense of compassion and value for life, whereas the Gorog nest retreated into secrecy, due to the want of Lomi Plo and Welk to hide. The Gorog became the Dark Nest, and secretly controlled the other nests, without their even knowing.

UnuThul greeted the Solos in Yoggoy hangar with a masterful display of his current Force power. In the Prime Chamber, UnuThul used "we" to address himself, stating Raynar Thul no longer existed and "they" were now UnuThul. Luke insisted that he sensed Raynar's presence in UnuThul, and guessed Raynar might be in hiding. Raynar then guided the Jedi to read the Chronicle on the wall, explaining the transformation of Rayanr Thul to UnuThul, and the rise of the Unu nest. UnuThul explained the Unu nest as "the nest of the nests".

In the following interview Luke sensed the Raynar presence rose repeatedly to the surface but was swallowed by the presence of the hive mind. UnuThul claimed that the Crash was remembered, but not the Dark Jedi, and concluded that they must be dead. When Luke tried to probe UnuThul again, the hive mind was able to powerfully push Luke out. When Mara demanded the location of the missing Jedi, UnuThul suddenly Force probed Luke with such a power that required the combined strength of Luke, Mara, Saba and Leia to stop him.

Still refusing to surrender the location of Qoribu, UnuThul stated that anyone could leave whenever they wanted, and decided to assign a Yoggoy guide to escort the Jedi back to Lizil. The Jedi soon realized that such a collective mind allowed UnuThul to spy on them almost anytime and anywhere on Yoggoy. They visited the crash site, and Leia received Jacen's flow-walking message about Qoribu which was in the Gyuel system. Insects dark blue in color then attempted to assassinate the Jedi Masters at the crash site, which the Jedi barely escaped with Nanna killing several blue insects in the process. However, the Yoggoy guide that accompanied the Jedi denied ever seeing any blue insects before its death. When they traveled back to the hangar, Han and UnuThul exchanged harsh words on the matter of attempted assassination. As the debate became a stalemate, Luke proposed that it was another party who attempted to assassinate the Jedi, but UnuThul insisted that even if someone else attacked the Jedi, the hive mind would also be aware.

To avoid a war with the Chiss, Leia suggested to UnuThul (as Raynar was now known) that the Killik nest be moved to a new planet, but made him think it was his idea. Afterwards, Leia decided to begin formal training as a Jedi Knight, and asked Saba Sebatyne to train her. Leia stated that Saba could challenge her in "new and unexpected ways." Amongst the ways she was tested was to rely more on the Force than on technology, and also to learn to appreciate the authority of the Masters' Council (more uncomfortable for the Masters than Leia, since a few had spent their adult lives taking orders from her).

Swarm War


Just prior to the Swarm War, Luke and Han had been taken prisoner by the Killiks in order to gain help for stopping the Fizz. Upon returning from Ossus with Master Saba, as well as Mara Jade Skywalker and a team of Jedi in Stealth X's, Leia was captured by Admiral Bwau'tu, commander of the 5th Fleet, stationed in the Utegetu Nebula to prevent the Killiks from leaving their homeworlds. While arguing with the Admiral aboard the Admiral Ackbar, the Killiks attacked the ship. Led by Alema Rar, the Killiks managed to take over the ship, with Leia fighting Rar to a standstill before escaping, just as Han and Luke returned from Utegetu.

Around this same time, R2-D2 had a malfunction where he had shown Luke a holoclip of the mother he had never known. Before Luke could get more out info out of Artoo, Artoo had a meltdown, claiming he was protecting Luke. Frustrated, Luke contacted master slicer Zakarisz Ghent, who managed to recover one other holo featuring Padmé and Anakin Skywalker, which was displayed to both Luke and Leia.

Leia did not approve when Luke took complete control of the Jedi Order. During the Jedi convocation at Ossus, she and Han discovered that Tenel Ka had recently given birth to a daughter Allana, whom she did not know was her granddaughter through her son Jacen, though she did suspect Jacen knew the father. She later went off with Han to search for their daughter Jaina in the Unknown Regions. They were detained many times, but eventually got to their destination.

On Tenupe, during the Swarm War, Leia dueled for the third time with Dark Jedi Alema Rar. Saba spectated at this duel, and was very approving when Leia finally defeated Alema. In truth, the Dark Jedi was dragged off by a huge creature, one that Leia soon knocked off a cliff. The Chiss were less than happy with this explanation, however.

Leia then had her lightsaber taken by Saba, who told her that it didn't reflect her skills anymore (she had built this one 20 years before), and that it was time that she build a new lightsaber, a saber fit for a fully-fledged Jedi Knight.

Second Corellian Crisis
"When did a nice girl like you learn to do things like that?"

- Han on Leia

In 40 ABY, when tensions with Corellia rose, she remained officially a member of the Alliance. However, she was secretly aiding the Corellian independence movement. She was present at the Battle of Tralus; although she was a member of the Alliance fleet, she helped the Corellians win their victory. However, after the battle, Leia didn't realize that her son, Jacen, had turned to the dark side (ironically, this is the reason she didn't want to have children in the first place, as she believed that any children she bore would turn to the dark side as her father did).

As the war raged on Leia and Han find themselves banned from Corelllia after Thracken Sal-Solo placed a bounty on the entire Solo family. In order to avoid danger Han and Leia hid on Corellia, splitting up and meeting in Coronet. Getting useful information from Dur Gejjen, Han decided that Thrackan was too dangerous to be left alive and decided that Thrakan should die, though he had doubts about killing in cold blood. While on Corellia Han and Leia learned of a terrorist attack on a hotel in Coruscant leading to the deaths of thousands. They didn't approve when they learned that Jacen and Ben were leading GAG raids on the Corellian parts of Coruscant. After hearing the news Leia and Han decided it was time to face their son and left for Coruscant.

During their return to Coruscant, Leia and Jacen performed a force meld in order to keep the aged ship intact. Soon after Han, with the help of Boba Fett and Mirta Gev, killed Thrackan, thus ending his reign of terror. Meanwhile Leia noticed that Jacen has become distant and was slowly becoming a stranger to the whole family. When Leia and Han discovered that Jacen killed Ailyn Vel, Han disowned Jacen while Leia was stricken with shock.

Leia later openly sided with the Corellians, infuriating the rest of the Solo-Skywalker family. Han and Leia entered into the Corellian military, where they fought in a space battle and were accused by the Alliance of being assassins. Jacen led the Galactic Alliance Guard in an attempt to track them down and arrest them.

However, she and Han broke with the Corellians after they learned that the Corellians had marked Tenel Ka and Allana for death.

Personality
"Wonderful girl! Either I'm going to kill her or I'm beginning to like her."

- Han Solo

In her youth Leia had a fiery attitude and was headstrong, though not as much as her brother and father. Leia also had a strong personality and a bright intellect. Unlike her brother, Luke Skywalker, and her father, Anakin, Leia never looked for adventure or rushed into things without thinking. Like her mother, Leia avoided the corruption of politics, and instead concentrated on helping others.

Despite growing up on the peaceful world of Alderaan, Leia never became soft. Throughout the Galactic Civil War, Leia proved to be the leader that everyone was willing to follow. Her fierceness and determination to restore freedom to the galaxy helped the Rebel Alliance get through even the toughest of battles. Leia had always put duty before her own personal needs, making her the perfect leader for the New Republic.

Leia was known for having compassion for her friends, and would go to great lengths to help them, whenever she could. This was why she had a strong bond with her son, Jacen, who shared her view.

Talents
"Somebody has to save our skins!"

- Leia Organa

Leia possessed many talents, both Force-related and in combat. During her childhood on Alderaan, Leia was taught self-defense and combat skills from Giles Durane, a weapons master and friend of Bail Organa.

Though hesitant about her Jedi training, Leia was later taught various Force techinques, becoming one of the Order's most powerful Jedi. In 10 ABY, Leia helped her brother defeat Palpatine through the use of Battle meditation, and in that very same year, she shielded her baby son Anakin from Palpatine's disembodied spirit. Aside from those, Leia was also skilled in telepathy, telekinesis, and Force meld.

In 40 ABY, Leia was able to land the Millennium Falcon using Force telekinesis and a Force Meld with Jacen, a similar achievement done by her father almost sixty years earlier.

Romances


"You like me because I'm a scoundrel. There aren't enough scoundrels in your life." "I happen to like nice men."

- Han Solo and Leia

Luke Skywalker
During the Galactic Civil War the two were caught in love triangle as Luke and Han both harbored feelings for her, feelings in which she returned. However after Luke dicovered that Leia was his sister, Leia's relationship with Luke evolved into that a brother and sister one.

It is possible that Luke and Leia's attraction to each other, who did not know they were related at the time, is actually a common phenomenon known as genetic sexual attraction.

Fenn Shysa
When Han was frozen in carbonite, Leia spent most of her time looking for his whereabouts. During her search she came across Mandalore Fenn Shysa, who had planned to assassainate her as he thought that Leia was her deceased mother, Padmé Amidala. Eventually Shysa joined Organa in her search for Han and as a result the two developed a relationship. However, the relationship did not last.

Prince Xizor
Then there was Prince Xizor, who was the leader of the Black Sun criminal organization. However this relationship was one of seduction and not love. Xizor was a member of the Falleen species, who were known for their special ability to attract members of the opposite sex by using their phermones, he used this to advantage and seduced Organa. This relationship was short-lived when Leia was able to overcome his seduction with the help of Chewbacca.

Prince Isolder
In 8 ABY Prince Isolder of Hapes asked for Leia's hand in holy matrimony. At a formal reception he presented many gifts in which Leia accepted, nearly saying yes to his proposal. However Han intervened and during a trip to Dathomir Isolder fell in love with the Dathomiri witch Teneniel Djo.

Han Solo
"I love you!" "I know."

- Leia Organa and Han Solo

When they first met the two got off to a rocky start however as they worked together during the Galactic Civil War, Leia and Han's relationship developed that would last throughout the war. Though Leia did not admit at first, she had feelings for Han but she also had feelings for Luke. However when Han became frozen in carbonite Leia realized that she loved him.

In 8 ABY the two were married and had three children, Jaina, Jacen, and Anakin Solo in the next two years. Even with the death of their youngest child Anakin, their relationship grew stronger that even the war would not tear them apart.

Portrayal
Leia was played most notably by actress Carrie Fisher in the Original Trilogy and The Star Wars Holiday Special. All subsequent images of her likeness were based off Fisher's appearance. She was also played by Aiden Barton as an infant in Revenge of the Sith. Leia's voice has been portrayed by Ann Sachs in the Star Wars radio drama and in Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds, Star Wars: Masters of Teräs Käsi, Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire by Lisa Fuson.

Name

 * The name "Leia" has a number of potential origins. It may have been derived from "Leah" which in Hebrew means "weary". Alternatively it might mean "mistress" or "ruler" in Assyrian. Additionally, a Talmudic source cites "Leila" as the "Angel of Night". A third origin could be the Greek word "basileia", meaning "reign". It could also have been adopted from the Hawaiian "Leia", which means "child of heaven".
 * In the Italian version of the films, "Leia Organa" was renamed to "Leila Organa".
 * In June 2005, Princess Märtha Louise of Norway admitted in an interview that the first name of her youngest daughter, Leah Isadora Behn, was inspired by Princess Leia.

Costumes
The costume designer for the films had a "no lingerie in space" policy, which prevented Fisher from wearing a brassiere. To maintain decorum, adhesive tape was used in place of the banned garment. Despite the ban on some undergarments, Leia's metallic bikini scenes were voted by Empire magazine as among the most memorable in movie history.

Her real mother
George Lucas stated that he wanted one of the Skywalker twins to recall their mother, hence Leia describing her as "very beautiful, kind but sad".

When Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith came out, many people didn't understand how it was possible that Leia claims to remember her real mother although she had known her for barely a minute.

There has been some debate since about if Leia was discussing her real mother, Padmé Amidala, or her foster mother. However, the official Star Wars website in its "Q & A" section explicitly states that Leia is remembering Padmé.

Princess Leia's Theme


Princess Leia's Theme is the musical leitmotif in the Star Wars saga that represents Princess Leia Organa.

It is first heard in A New Hope, when Princess Leia is captured by Darth Vader. Later, it is heard as R2-D2 plays Leia's holographic message to Obi-Wan Kenobi. It is also heard very fully as Leia nostalgically remembers the innocent past. Oddly, the theme plays when Obi-Wan Kenobi is killed by Darth Vader, even though Leia has no direct involvement in this event. Finally, it plays in the end credits of A New Hope.

In The Empire Strikes Back the theme is again present and is also developed in the new theme Han Solo and the Princess, which acted as the film's love theme. Princess Leia's Theme plays as Han Solo tells Leia that he must leave to settle his debt with Jabba the Hutt. The only other time it plays is at the end of the movie, when Leia and Lando Calrissian rescue Luke Skywalker from Cloud City on Bespin.

In Return of the Jedi, the theme is only heard as Leia shoots a stormtrooper on the moon Endor.

The theme was revived for the "prequel" trilogy. Its first occurrence in a sequential viewing of George Lucas's revised Star Wars saga is in Revenge of the Sith, when during the final montage of shots at the end of the film, her adoptive parents, Bail Organa and his wife, hold the newborn Leia. It reappears soon after during the end credits of the movie.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
 * Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
 * Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
 * Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi