Princess Leia Organa is one of the central figures in the Star Wars franchise. [97], Science fiction filmmaker Letia Clouston concurs, saying "Sci-fi has had a long history of strong female characters. [79], In a January 2014 interview, Fisher confirmed her involvement and the involvement of the original cast in the upcoming sequels by saying "as for the next Star Wars film, myself, Harrison Ford and Mark Hamill are expected to report to work in March or April. Committed as ever to her cause, but I would imagine feeling somewhat defeated, tired, and pissed."[39]. [50], In addition to acting and writing original works, Fisher was one of the top script doctors in Hollywood, working on the screenplays of other writers. [88] Defeating him, Han and Leia marry. He would tell me these horrible stories. Leia is rescued and replaced with a lookalike droid decoy, which kills Trioculus. The prequel film Revenge of the Sith (2005) establishes that the twins' mother is Senator (and former queen) Padmé Amidala of Naboo, who dies after childbirth, while their father is none other than former Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker, who would become Darth Vader. 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. [6], In the rough draft of Star Wars, Leia is the spoiled teenage daughter of King Kayos and Queen Breha of Aquilae, with two brothers, Biggs and Windy; Biggs returned to the fourth draft as a childhood friend of Luke. Mar 27, 2021 - Also known as Princess Leia and General Organa. Carrie Frances Fisher was born on October 21, 1956, in Burbank, California, to actress Debbie Reynolds and singer Eddie Fisher. [100], The character has been referenced or parodied in several TV shows and films,[101] and celebrated in cosplay. She is captured by Darth Vader (portrayed by David Prowse, voiced by James Earl Jones) on board the ship Tantive IV, where she is acting as a spy for the Rebel Alliance. She and Han have a son named Ben Solo, who adopted the name Kylo Ren after turning to the dark side of the Force and became the lead enforcer for the First Order. [40] She appeared on Broadway in Censored Scenes from King Kong in 1980. [123] She wrote: Here was a woman who could play like and with the boys, but who didn't have to become one of the boys and who could, if and when she wanted to, show she liked the boys, a woman who is outspoken, unashamed, and, most importantly, unpunished for being so. [119] This interview was followed by a similar appearance on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson on December 12, 2008, where she discussed her electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) treatments. [40] Leia senses Han's death through the Force, and later shares a moment of grief with Rey, who had thought of Han as a mentor and father figure. Distracted after sensing his mother's death, Ren is stabbed by Rey with his own lightsaber. A flashback reveals that Leia had abandoned her own training after she had a vision foretelling her son's death if she finished. She ultimately died of it. [121] In 2014, she said she was no longer receiving the treatment. Yes, it's slightly ridiculous ... that [Han] tries to pry a confession of affection out of her on Hoth, as Leia is trying to manage an evacuation with just an ion cannon for defense. She is targeted by a deadly Voxyn slayer in Troy Dennings' Star By Star (2001), and though she manages to evade death, her son Anakin is later killed during a mission to prevent more Voxyn from being cloned. [55] Fisher published a sequel to Postcards, The Best Awful There Is, in 2004. The Corellian trilogy (1995) by Roger MacBride Allen finds Han and Leia swept up in a civil war while visiting his homeworld of Corellia with their children. During an adventure on Tatooine in Tatooine Ghost, she discovers the diary of her grandmother Shmi Skywalker and meets some of young Anakin's childhood friends. Princess Leia Organa also known as Leia Skywalker, Leia Organa, Princess Leia or after marriage, Leia Organa Solo is a major character in Star Wars. Asked why Leia is not shown to be a Jedi in The Force Awakens (as she is in the Star Wars Expanded Universe works), Abrams told IGN, "It was a great question, and one that we talked about quite a bit, even with Carrie [Fisher]. Her other film credits include Shampoo (1975), The Blues Brothers (1980), Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), The 'Burbs (1989), When Harry Met Sally... (1989), Soapdish (1991), and The Women (2008). [153] The 2017 film Star Wars: The Last Jedi was dedicated to her memory. In the film, Leia continues to lead the Resistance while offering guidance and support to Rey as she continues her training to become a Jedi. Leia appears periodically in the Young Jedi Knights series (1995–98) by Kevin J. Anderson and Rebecca Moesta. Leia Organa McLean, Actor: Knock Knock. In 1960, her mother married Harry Karl, owner of a chain of shoe stores. [16] Asked about Streep in 2015, Fisher said, "I've never heard that one. The final autopsy report listed the cause of death as "cocaine and oxycodone use" but added chronic and apparently previously undiagnosed, heart disease as contributing factors. Amy Irving and Jodie. Leia Organa. In Denning's The Dark Nest trilogy (2005), Leia, Han, and several Jedi become involved in an escalating border dispute between the Chiss and the insidious insectoid Killiks, and Leia makes a bitter enemy in the Twi'lek warrior Alema Rar. On April 14, a special tribute to Fisher was held by Mark Hamill during the Star Wars Celebration in Orlando. Princess Leia Organa is a Rebel Alliance Hero in DICE's Star Wars Battlefront and Star Wars Battlefront II. Perhaps there was a sign within that moment. I know my Mom, she'd want her death to encourage people to be open about their struggles. [124][125] In the 1978 short film parody Hardware Wars, Princess Anne-Droid has actual cinnamon buns on the side of her head. The older brother was imprisoned, and the young sister had to rescue him and bring him back to their dad. In the New Jedi Order series (1999–2003), Leia resigns as Chief of State, and on the heels of her warnings before the Senate, the alien Yuuzhan Vong invade the galaxy. Carrie Frances Fisher (October 21, 1956 – December 27, 2016) was an American actress and writer. The only way they knew to make the character strong was to make her angry. [89] The 2003 novels A Forest Apart and Tatooine Ghost by Troy Denning are set immediately after The Courtship of Princess Leia. Leia is the lead character in the five-part comic limited series Star Wars: Princess Leia (2015), taking place immediately after Episode IV: A New Hope. Vader arrests Leia and has her tortured, but she resists revealing anything. While Rey and Ren duel on Kef Bir, a dying Leia uses all of her remaining strength to reach out to her son. [39] While Fisher was in Chicago filming the movie, she choked on a Brussels sprout; Dan Aykroyd performed the Heimlich maneuver and "saved my life". [51][52] She did uncredited polishes on movies in a 15-year stretch from 1991 to 2005. "[8] A later story synopsis establishes Leia as "Leia Antilles", the daughter of Bail Antilles from the peaceful world of Organa Major. Yet again. He kills Luke's wife Mara Jade as his final sacrifice to become Darth Caedus, the new ruler of the Sith. And when that moment comes, the bikini doesn't condemn Leia to passivity. I feel like a lot of the time Leia's either worried or pissed or, thank God, sort of snarky. In interviews, Fisher described Lourd as her second husband, but a 2004 profile revealed that she and Lourd were never legally married. And one of the answers was that it was simply a choice that she made, that her decision to run the Rebellion, and ultimately this Resistance, and consider herself a General, as opposed to a Jedi. Before the actor's death, Carrie Fisher's General Leia Organa was slated to become a Jedi in her own right in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Brother and sister then fight Palpatine with the light side of the Force, turning his own Force-generated storm against him and destroying Palpatine and his Star Destroyer. "[135], Leia's slave costume when she is held captive by Jabba the Hutt at the beginning of Return of the Jedi—made of brass and dubbed Leia's "Metal Bikini" or "Gold Bikini"—immediately made the character (and Fisher) a "generational sex symbol" celebrated by pin-up posters,[96][136] and later merchandising and cosplay. [98] During their marriage, she appeared in Simon's music video for the song "Rene and Georgette Magritte with Their Dog after the War". Now the daughter has become Luke, Mark Hamill's character. That's the best time I ever had as an actor. [133], Fisher herself described Leia as a "huge" feminist icon, dismissing the suggestion that the character was ever a "damsel in distress". Slave Leia Sits Regally on Jabba's Dais Masterjabba 24 3 Slave Leia: Jabba licks the enslaved Leia Masterjabba 30 1 Worst 3-Way Ever ... Leia was acting so motherly to the child. [8][9] Fisher appeared in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker through the use of unreleased footage from Star Wars: The Force Awakens. In the aftermath of the victory, Leia bestows medals on the heroes at the hidden Rebel base on Yavin 4. In a March 2013 interview following the announcement that a new trilogy of films would be produced, Fisher confirmed that she would reprise her role as Princess Leia in Episode VII of the Star Wars series. Fisher wrote several semi-autobiographical novels, including Postcards from the Edge and an autobiographical one-woman play, and its non-fiction book, Wishful Drinking, based on the play. She's in an intergalactic old folks' home [laughs]. [101] In the parody film Thumb Wars, the role of Leia was filled by a character named Princess Bunhead, who has two cinnamon rolls for hair. Leia was present on board the Tantive IV at the Battle of Scarif. Or My Mom Will Shoot. While working on his album Back to Bedlam in 2003, Blunt spent much of his time at Fisher's residence. Occasionally, maybe... when you aren't acting like a scoundrel. "[136], The day after Fisher's death, her mother Debbie Reynolds suffered a stroke at the home of son Todd, where the family was planning Fisher's burial arrangements. The second draft of the Return of the Jedi screenplay contained dialogue in which Obi-Wan tells Luke he has a twin sister. When I got to Jedi, I wanted one of the kids to have some kind of memory of her because she will be a key figure in the new episodes I'm writing. The young actor even played Leia herself in a flashback in The Rise of Skywalker. No! [121] Funko has since produced several versions of Leia (at least one for each film) in their POP! "[138] Acknowledging the opinion of some that the "Slave Leia" iconography tarnishes the character's position as "feminist hero",[97] Rosenberg argues: Leia may be captive in these scenes, but she's not exactly a compliant fantasy. They reunite after Leia is gravely wounded at the Battle of Duro in Kathy Tyers' Balance Point (2000). She is portrayed by Carrie Fisher . Romance blossoms between Leia and Han during their flight from the Empire; while hiding in the stomach of a space slug, they finally share a kiss. The report also stated that the investigation was unable to determine when she had taken the drugs, and whether they contributed to her death. In it, she develops her disdain for the Empire, as well as a conflict with Tarkin. [55][56] Fisher's daughter Billie Lourd, who portrayed Lieutenant Connix in all three sequel trilogy films, also stepped in as Leia for a brief flashback in the film in which her face was digitally replaced by Fisher's likeness, using imagery from Return of the Jedi.[57]. For other uses, see, Fictional character in the Star Wars franchise, Adopted mother of Leia Organa, as established in. One of the more popular Star Wars characters, Leia has been called a 1980s icon, a feminist hero and model for other adventure heroines. Han volunteers for a mission to infiltrate the First Order's Starkiller Base to disable its defensive shields. She and their mother were "sent to the protection of friends in a distant system. [56] Her show then played throughout 2008 at the Berkeley Repertory Theater,[57] San Jose, the Hartford Stage,[58] the Arena Stage[59] and Boston. [94], She will be featured in the film Wonderwell with Rita Ora, which was filmed in the summer of 2016 in Italy. The reason it was cut from the film was because I was unconscious and the Wookiee would have had to carry me for, like, the next fifteen minutes."[34]. When Vanity Fair's George Wayne asked Fisher if their relationship was sexual, she replied: "Absolutely not, but I did become his therapist. [66] Leia later appeared in the novelizations The Empire Strikes Back (1980) by Donald F. Glut and Return of the Jedi (1983) by James Kahn. Leia's birth is depicted in 2005's Revenge of the Sith, with Padme Amidala giving birth shortly before her heartbreaking death.In the aftermath, she's then hidden from the Empire. . [75][76] In Princess Leia and Shattered Empire, Leia senses the past while on Naboo (briefly envisioning her mother and Darth Maul, respectively),[75][76] and in Star Wars #12, she uses a lightsaber as a weapon for the first time, canonically. There, Luke reveals to Leia that she is his twin sister and that Vader is their father. She also foretold the recent, somewhat belated feminist turn in the Star Wars cycle itself".[132]. In, Marriages, romances, and close friendships, (Shared with Sheila Nevins, Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato). By Joshua Sykes … Actress Carrie Fisher's Princess Leia Organa character and actor Mark Hamill's Luke Skywalker character from "Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope" are... Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia, 1983 shot for Rolling Stone Magazine. Leia, now engaged to Han, is captured by Zorba in Queen of the Empire (1993). Star Wars actor Joonas Suotamo has opened up about the moment Chewbacca reacted to Leia's passing in The Rise of Skywalker, describing the day that the scene was shot as "very emotional." "[125], After finishing the European leg of her book tour (her last TV appearance was on an episode of 8 Out of 10 Cats broadcast December 21, 2016) Fisher was on a commercial flight on December 23, 2016, from London to Los Angeles when she suffered a medical emergency around fifteen minutes before the aircraft landed. Leia passes away, making Rey experience overwhelming guilt. Princess Leia. She frees Han from the carbonite, but they are recaptured by Jabba. [45] In 1986, she starred along with Barbara Hershey and Mia Farrow in Woody Allen's Hannah and Her Sisters. The bestselling Legacy of the Force series (2006–08) chronicles the crossover of Han and Leia's son Jacen to the dark side of the Force while the Jedi, Solos, and Skywalkers fight against his growing power. The same year, she reprised her role as Princess Leia in The Empire Strikes Back, and appeared with her Star Wars co-stars on the cover of the July 12, 1980, issue of Rolling Stone to promote the film. While representing Alderaan in the Imperial Senate, he worked secretly with allies such as Mon Mothma and Ahsoka Tano to assist rebel cells scattered across the galaxy, working towards the day that a unified Rebellion could emerge. She’s portrayed by Carrie Fisher in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, Star Wars VI: Return of the Jedi, Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens, Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi, and Star Wars IX: The Rise of Skywalker. Not that I don't think I’m cute or anything, but when I looked in the mirror, I didn't think I was signing away anything of value. So the other way they made her more female in this one was to have her take off her clothes. But I really debated whether or not Leia should remember her.[35]. [106][107][108] Princess Leia appears on a 2007 US postage stamp[109][110] and a 2015 UK stamp.[111][112][113]. Princess Leia Organa of Alderaan, later Leia Organa-Solo, is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe, portrayed by the actress Carrie Fisher. [38], Fisher appeared in the film The Blues Brothers as Jake's vengeful ex-lover; she is listed in the credits as "Mystery Woman". [29][30][31], Fisher made her film debut in 1975 as the precociously seductive character Lorna Karpf in the Columbia Pictures comedy Shampoo, filmed in mid-1974, when she was age 17. [11][12] In 2014, InkTank reported that the extended list of "more than two dozen actresses" who had auditioned for Leia included Glenn Close, Farrah Fawcett, Jessica Lange, Sissy Spacek, Sigourney Weaver, Cybill Shepherd, Jane Seymour, Anjelica Huston, Kim Basinger, Kathleen Turner, Geena Davis, Meryl Streep,[13][14][15] and Terri Nunn. "[97] Wired wrote in 2006, "There's no doubt that the sight of Carrie Fisher in the gold sci-fi swimsuit was burned into the sweaty subconscious of a generation of fanboys hitting puberty in the spring of 1983. Assassinengilde.jpg 198 KB. In 1987, Fisher published her first novel, Postcards from the Edge. [96], Fisher met musician Paul Simon while filming Star Wars and the pair dated from 1977 until 1983. Leia also appears in the Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens line of novels and comic books, introduced in conjunction with The Force Awakens to connect the film with previous installments. In Millennium Falcon (2008) by James Luceno, set between Legacy of the Force and Fate of the Jedi, a mysterious device hidden inside the eponymous spacecraft sends Han, Leia and Allana on an adventure to investigate the ship's past before it came into Han's possession. ―Leia Organa memorializes her father, Bail Prestor Organa. Leia Organa is easily one of the most iconic Star Wars characters. In The Joiner King (2005), Leia asks Saba Sebatyne to train her as a Jedi Knight. She was posthumously made a Disney Legend in 2017,[5] and in 2018 she was awarded a posthumous Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album. Asked why she did not take on the role of her story's protagonist, named Suzanne, in the film version, Fisher remarked, "I've already played Suzanne. [41], Fisher was nominated for a 2016 Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal. He's always that. Actress Carrie Fisher's Princess Leia Organa character and actor Mark Hamill's Luke Skywalker character from "Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope" are... Carrie Fisher on the beach Golden Gate National Recreation Area, California, USA. [21][22][23][24] Leia's hairstyle may have also been inspired by that of Queen Fria in the 1939 Flash Gordon comic strip "The Ice Kingdom of Mongo", and scientist Barnes Wallis' wife Molly (played by Ursula Jeans) in the 1955 war film The Dam Busters. The mother died shortly thereafter, and Luke's sister was adopted by Ben's friends, the governor of Alderaan and his wife. She is the princess of her planet Alderaan, the daughter of Anakin Skywalker and Padmé Amidala, the sister of Luke Skywalker, the wife of Han Solo, and the mother of Kylo Ren. [79], The bestselling Thrawn trilogy (1991–93) by Timothy Zahn begins five years after the events of Return of the Jedi. Lando (disguised as a guard) helps them overpower their captors, and Leia seizes the moment to strangle Jabba with her chain. [152] On March 25, 2017, a public memorial for mother and daughter was held at the Hall of Liberty theater in Forest Lawn Memorial Park. [118] "Drugs made me feel more normal", she explained to Psychology Today in 2001. She is force-sensitive, though her greatest talents lie in her leadership. [33], Rosenberg also notes that, though Han is almost immediately attracted to Leia, they conflict because she insists on asserting command and he automatically resists, even as she proves herself to be worthy of it. [1] A full report from June 19, 2017, stated that Fisher had cocaine in her system, as well as traces of heroin, other opiates, and MDMA. [67] She was among the featured performers at the Comedy Central Roast of Roseanne, which aired in August 2012. In Troy Denning's Tempest (2006), Han and Leia thwart the assassination of Tenel Ka and Allana but become caught up in a Corellian conspiracy. ", "The late Carrie Fisher will appear in final, "J.J. Abrams and the Secrets of 'Skywalker, "Carrie Fisher to Appear in 'Star Wars: Episode IX, "Billie Lourd played Leia Organa and other visual effects secrets from, "The new canon books to read before you see. Fisher reprised the role of Leia in the film's two sequels The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. [6] She earned praise for speaking publicly about her experiences with bipolar disorder and drug addiction. Composer John Williams created a musical leitmotif for Leia which recurs throughout the Star Wars saga. Princess Leia Organa of Alderaan (born Leia Amidala-Skywalker; later Leia-Organa Solo; and commonly referred to as simply Princess Leia) (born 19 BBY-dies 35 ABY) is a heroine in the Star Wars franchise. In the film, Leia is the leader of the Resistance, a group formed by the New Republic to fight a proxy war with the First Order (a group formed by the remnants of the Empire) and trying to find Luke, who disappeared years earlier. Fisher and her mother appear in Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds,[93] a 2016 documentary about their close relationship featuring interviews, photographs and home movies. Bail Prestor Organa was a human male Alderaanian politician, an influential voice for peace in the Galactic Senate during the last days of the Galactic Republic, and a founding member of the Alliance to Restore the Republic. [117][118][119] In her one-woman show Wishful Drinking, Fisher called the Princess Leia Pez dispenser one of the "merchandising horrors" of the series. [101] A February 1978 cover story for the British teen magazine Jackie included step-by-step instructions on how to replicate Leia's hair buns. Leia is now chained to Jabba as his slave, outfitted in a metal bikini. Byrne, James Patrick; Coleman, Philip; and Jason Francis King (2008). 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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. [67] At the time of her death, Fisher had been preparing a sequel to the one-woman play. The beloved Star Wars character Princess Leia was played by the late Carrie Fisher. In the film, Leia is the mentor of Rey, the last remaining Jedi. The 1991 New York Times bestselling novel Heir to the Empire by Timothy Zahn began what would become a large collection of works set before, between and especially after the original films. In the two Hand of Thrawn novels by Timothy Zahn (1997's Specter of the Past and 1998's Vision of the Future), Leia tries to hold the New Republic together as Moff Disra conspires for its volatile factions to destroy each other. [124] She was rushed to the hospital, creating the turn of events that led to much of the material in her novel and screenplay, Postcards from the Edge. The event was streamed live on Reynolds' website. Fisher also did uncredited script work for movies such as Lethal Weapon 3 (where she wrote some of Rene Russo's dialogue), Outbreak (also starring Russo), The Wedding Singer,[47] and Stop! Fisher was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Actress twice for A New Hope and Return of the Jedi. She provides the location of an old, abandoned base on the planet Dantooine, but Tarkin orders Alderaan to be destroyed anyway. Star Wars Princess Leia illustration, Leia Organa Chewbacca Han Solo Luke Skywalker, Princess Sophia, child, face, hand png Luke Skywalker Anakin Skywalker Han Solo Obi-Wan Kenobi Yoda, actor, star Wars, standing, skywalker Family png Fisher was taken by ambulance to the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, where she was placed on a ventilator. [33] She notes, "Everyone else eventually comes around to Leia's view of the world. 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