Princess Leia
Princess Leia Organa is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise created by George Lucas. Introduced in the original Star Wars film[z] in 1977, Leia is a princess of the planet Alderaan, a member of the Imperial Senate and an agent of the Rebel Alliance. She thwarts the Sith Lord Darth Vader and helps bring about the destruction of the Empire's superweapon, the Death Star. In The Empire Strikes Back (1980), Leia commands a Rebel base and evades Vader as she falls in love with the smuggler Han Solo. In Return of the Jedi (1983), she helps 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. Leia is portrayed by Carrie Fisher in the original film trilogy and the sequel trilogy.
"Leia" redirects here. For other uses, see Leia (disambiguation).Princess Leia
Star Wars (1977)
- Carrie Fisher [b]
- Vivien Lyra Blair [c]
- Aidan Barton [d]
- Ingvild Deila [e]
- Billie Lourd [f]
- Carrie Fisher [g]
- Grey DeLisle [h]
- Heather Doerksen [i]
- Julie Dolan [j]
- Lisa Fuson [k]
- Anna Graves [l]
- Carolyn Hennesy [m]
- Joyce Kurtz [n]
- Misty Lee [o]
- Patricia Parris [p]
- Ann Sachs [q]
- Catherine Taber [r]
- April Winchell [s]
- Shelby Young [t]
Leia Organa [u]
- Princess of Alderaan
- Imperial Senator
- General of the Resistance
- Others in Legends [v]
- Anakin Skywalker (father)
- Padmé Amidala (mother)
- Luke Skywalker (brother)
- Bail Organa [w]
- Breha Organa [x]
The 2005 prequel film Revenge of the Sith reveals that Leia's mother is Senator Padmé Amidala of Naboo, who dies after childbirth. Her father is Anakin Skywalker, a Jedi who falls to the dark side of the Force and becomes Darth Vader. After her mother's death, Leia is adopted by Senator Bail Organa of Alderaan and his wife, Queen Breha. In the sequel trilogy, Leia is a founder and General of the Resistance, which fights against the First Order. She and Han have a son named Ben Solo, who turned to the dark side and became the First Order warlord Kylo Ren. In The Rise of Skywalker (2019), it is revealed that Leia was trained as a Jedi by Luke sometime after the events of Return of the Jedi. Leia is now the mentor of Rey, the last remaining Jedi. Leia dies towards the end of the film but returns as a Force spirit alongside Luke.
One of the more popular Star Wars characters, Leia has been called a 1980s icon, a feminist hero and model for other adventure heroines. She has appeared in many derivative works and merchandising, including the now-noncanonical Star Wars Expanded Universe, and has been referenced or parodied in several TV shows and films. Her "cinnamon bun" hairstyle from Star Wars (1977) and metal bikini from Return of the Jedi have become cultural icons. Fisher was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Actress for Star Wars and Return of the Jedi. She also received Saturn Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress for The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi, the latter being a posthumous nomination.