Carrie Fisher on set – The Last Jedi
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“The story is ultimately about Princess Leia. If Luke had stayed on Tatooine, he wouldn’t even know the Death Star existed. She is the key; it’s her battle against Darth Vader and the Empire. The boys tag along on her adventure.” – George Lucas
She dreams of herself on a table, dying as her child—no, children—are born.
Leia, dreaming of herself as her mother during Padmé’s death/her own birth 23 years after the fact in “Life Debt” by Chuck Wendig
This one line kills me? Just… damn. Because I was like “Leia isn’t having twins in the new canon I don’t und—oh. Oh.” Leia is so psychically linked to Padmé still, after all these years. “Do you remember your mother?” Luke asked. To which she might have replied, I dream of us still.
(via irhinoceri)
Both Carrie Fisher and director Richard Marquand were concerned about the development of Princess Leia’s character after the first two films. ‘In [Empire], the princess became such a bitch,” Marquand said. “I felt there was a lot more depth that we could use. Turn her into more of a woman.’
This explains rather a lot [x]