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Princess Leia
Sign in to saveAlso known as Princess Leia Organa of Alderaan, General Organa, Leia Organa Solo, Princess Leia Organa, Leia Organa
fictional character from Star Wars
Princess Leia is a main character in the Star Wars movies who plays a central role as a leader of the rebellion against an oppressive galactic empire. She is one of the most iconic female characters in science fiction cinema and has become culturally significant as a symbol of strength and heroism for audiences since her debut in 1977.
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Wikidata facts
- Given name
- Leia
- Gender
- female
- Place of birth
- Polis Massa
- Spouse
- Han Solo
- Child
- Kylo Ren
- Father
- Anakin Skywalker
- Mother
- Padmé Amidala
- Sibling
- Luke Skywalker
- Occupation
- princess
- Position held
- senator
- Languages spoken
- languages in Star Wars
- Family
- Skywalker family
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Hair colour
- brown hair
- Creator
- George Lucas
- Mass
- 49
- Military rank
- general
- Image
- Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia Organa with Jabba the Hutt and Salacious B. Crumb (33726767023).jpg
- Height
- 1.5
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- present in work
- Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi
- Commons category
- Leia Organa
- member of
- Resistance
- home world
- Naboo
- owner of
- Princess Leia's bikini
- unmarried partner
- Han Solo
- first appearance
- Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope
- relative
- Cliegg Lars
- name in native language
- Leia Organa
- media franchise
- Star Wars
- last words
- Ben
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Encyclopedic overview
Princess Leia Organa (/ˈleɪ.ə/ or /ˈliːə/) is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise. Introduced in the original Star Wars film (1977) and its novelization (1976), 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 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.
The 2005 prequel film Revenge of the Sith reveals that Leia's mother is Senator Padmé Amidala of Naboo, who dies after childbirth. Leia's 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 dies towards the end of the film but returns as a Force spirit alongside Luke.
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