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A question for the book readers?

posted 7 years ago by Hans-Wilhelm (1320)
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There have been a lot of Star Wars novels over the years, for those that have read the ones that deal with Luke, Leia and the other original characters I have a question about Leia. She is Vader's daughter and Luke's sister after Jedi, once she realizes her family lineage and having Luke there to help train her what exactly is her standing in the force? Does she develop powers and if so which ones? Can she use a light saber and move objects with the force? What can she do or not do?

In Force Awakens they didn't show her doing anything so if she has any power it is unknown....other than just feeling other people (Luke at Bespin, Hans death, Luke not on the exploding Death Star)?

[–] lordbishop34 (1442) 7 years ago

In the books for years she puts most of the training on the back burner because she is involved in the creation and running of the New Republic and also with the children she has. IN time yes she can do those things but it happens over many years because its not her priority. Yes she should be able to do some of this in TFA. She is probably a less trained less powerful version of Luke.

[–] Hans-Wilhelm (1320) 7 years ago

Possible spoiler question. I am aware in the books she has twins....is that comparable with the film....did she have a boy named Ben, did the other child die? Did the other twin live in the books and if so was it a boy, girl? What becomes of the twins in the books?

[–] lordbishop34 (1442) 7 years ago

*spoilers* Well this is no longer canon, but she has three children, twins Jacen and Jaina, the youngest was named Anakin, who was the most powerful of the three. Anakin died as a young man during I believe the New Jedi Order series of books (25-39 Years after ANH). Years later Jacen would fall to the dark side during the Legacy of the Jedi series and would have to be killed by his twin sister in the climax of that series (40+ years after ANH). Jaina was about 36 yo when the last of the legends books came out and was a jedi master by that time. Ben is actually Ben Skywalker, son of Luke and Mara Jade, I think still a teenager at the end of the legends books.