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Omeah's avatar
8 years ago

Jedi Leia ever possible?

YES I KNOW THAT'S NO LONGER CANON, but this game has non-canon characters
So, I'm all for Jedi Luke coming (ROTJ version ofc) who is already on his way. He'll be a great character no doubt, but that got me thinking: his twin sister is quite weak character (aside from Princess Zody), nowhere near meta. At least JKA is part of the Jedi team, but is there really any worthy Rebel comp which uses Princess Leia? I don't think she needs a rework, she's OK for a beginner and works in hAAT, so I'd rather have a different version (we have Farmerboy Luke, too). That version could be General Leia from ST, but how's this not better:
https://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/d/dc/LeiaOlder.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20100315200723
  • leia became a jedi knight in the later years of the old EU, she was apprenticed to saba sebatyne and eventually became a knight...
  • I would not bet on a Jedi version of Leia showing up in this game. Even given they can use non-cannon material for the game, it seems unlikely that they'd include characters whose existence is not only outside the new canon, but contradicts it. That would most notably have to do with the Solo and Skywalker families - Jaina, Jacen, and Anakin Solo will probably never be in this game, since it would become confusing to anyone who only knows the films and thinks Kylo Ren is Han and Leia's only child. For much the same reason I wouldn't expect Ben Skywalker if the new canon doesn't include him, nor a Jedi version of Leia, since she clearly isn't a Jedi in TFA.

    And while there could be hope that we'll see Mara Jade someday, since there's more to her than just being Luke's wife, I wouldn't expect her to have the Skywalker last name, unless she's reintroduced into the new cannon and is still married to Luke.

    "WrathofCaedus;c-1135645" wrote:
    Leah never became a Jedi even in the non canon EU, she started basic training then stopped, choosing a more political path instead.

    Untrue - after she retired from politics she trained to become a full Jedi under Master Saba Sebatyne, and did reach Knighthood. Which I would think that someone with your user name should know, actually.
  • "NicWester;c-1135577" wrote:
    "Krayden_Phogg;c-1135571" wrote:
    "DedrickRogue;c-1135423" wrote:
    @Krayden_Phogg If it happened it was in a book I haven't read yet('Heir to the Jedi' seems like the only possibility, it's about Luke after all).

    In no movie or tv show does Leia exhibit any force powers beyond force empathy.


    I haven't read the new books. I might have read that in an article from like JJ Abrams or Carrie Fischer or I'm possibly just getting things mixed up. But yeah I thought during the production or TFA there was someone mentioning that she got a little training (nothing extreme at all) but was too involved in politics (or something to that matter) I'll scour the Internet on my next break.

    I know she was latently force sensitive in the old EU, odds are Disney incorporated that potential into the new canon, but not the training that she seems to have gotten in later-old EU books.


    https://www.google.com/amp/amp.timeinc.net/time/4403117/star-wars-princess-leia-the-force/

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