The Star Wars Galaxy first lady Princess Leia Organa will shed the ‘princess’ in her title for a new moniker. Befitting of the feisty and snarky personality that we fell in love with in the original trilogy, the battle harden war veteran seems to have earned her stripes, ladies and gentlemen, meet General Leia Organa.
Star Wars Director JJ. Abrams told Entertainment Weekly “She’s referred to as General, but … there’s a moment in the movie where a character sort of slips and calls her ‘Princess.’ It would appear that General Leia takes the lead in the latest war against The Empire or The New Order as they are known now. No stranger to conflict, the brash Leia would often order around Luke Skywalker and Han Solo, uttering the famous line ‘Outta my way, you scruffy-looking Nerf-herder!’
Abrams also revealed: ‘The stakes are pretty high in the story for her, so there’s not much goofing around where Leia’s concerned. But it felt historic to have her, especially with Harrison, back in scenes together. I can only imagine the baggage that they bring to it, I’m just a fan who loves this stuff, but they’ve been living with it — and living in it — since ’77.’
In the same issue, actress Carrie Fisher discuss the emotions of stepping back into the twin-bund role that made her a household name and reuniting with old friends: ‘I think we’re pretty sick of each other by now, so we pretend to be interested in each other between takes. And we fail. I’m mostly interested in how [Ford] stays in such good shape. I can talk to him about that for a long time.’
Fisher also revealed that Leia is “under a lot of pressure” this time around, teasing a ‘heavier’ storyline for The Force Awakens. The actress quips that she is ‘committed as ever to her cause’, despite ‘feeling somewhat defeated, tired, and pissed.’
As we should come to expect, that the characters we knew have evolved over time, so while we know that Leia is in charge of The Resistance army what about Luke and Han? With so many questions left unanswered, Star Wars The Force Awakens couldn’t be closer yet so far away.
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