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Leia Hugs Rey
Not long after she asks
Han to bring back their son,
she realizes she has lost him
forever. As she senses his death
through her connection to the
Force, she is left in the darkest
place she has been since the
destruction of Alderaan, all those
years ago. Leia hasn’t simply lost
a husband; the fact he is slain
by Kylo Ren means she is losing
her son all over again. When the
Millennium Falcon returns to the
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GENERAL SLAYER
Carrie Fisher could slay anyone with
her wit, and she brought that sharp
tongue to her portrayal of Princess
Leia as well. Here are just some of
Leia’s best and funniest lines.
“Governor Tarkin, I should have
expected to fi nd you holding
Vader’s leash. I recognized your
foul stench when I was brought on
board.” (A New Hope)
“Aren’t you a little short for a
stormtrooper?” (On fi rst meeting
the disguised Luke Skywalker in
A New Hope)
“You came in that thing? You’re
braver than I thought.” (On fi rst
seeing the Millennium Falcon in
A New Hope)
“Will somebody get this big walking
carpet out of my way?”
(On Chewbacca in A New Hope)
eyes with Rey, who witnessed “Why you stuck up, half-witted,
Resistance base, Leia locks
scruffy-looking, nerf-herder!” (To
Han’s death and Kylo Ren’s rage
Han after he brags about her to
on Starkiller Base. Heavy with her
Luke and Chewie in The Empire
Strikes Back)
loss, Leia holds Rey, and the pair
seem to support each other. But
this is not the act of a widow “I don’t know where you get your
delusions, laser brain.” (To Han in
seeking solace; it is the work of a The Empire Strikes Back)
tireless empath, giving comfort to “Would it help if I got out and
relieve another’s pain.
pushed?” (To Han when the
Decades earlier, Leia embraced Millennium Falcon stalls on Hoth
her new friend Luke as he mourned in The Empire Strikes Back)
the loss of his mentor, Ben Kenobi. “You have your moments. Not many
Now Luke is missing, and a new of them, but you do have them.”
young friend needs her help to (To Han, with a peck on the cheek,
after he hides the Falcon amid
come to terms with the loss of her
an Imperial Star Destroyer’s trash
own mentor—Han. It is a moment release in The Empire Strikes Back)
of beautiful symmetry, but also
“Oh, it’s not like that at all. He’s my
of circularity, as it is Rey who will
brother.” (To Han when he asks if
finally track down Luke, and seek she loves Luke in Return of the Jedi)
to cast him in the role of mentor,
“When did that ever help? And
too. Luke is the start and end point
don’t say the Death Star.” (To Han,
of the circle, but Leia is the thread when he says he is trying to be
that gives it shape. helpful in The Force Awakens)
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