Princess Leia Organa

Character Fact File   Character   Princess Leia Organa Role   Senator Gender   Female Height   1.55 Alien Race   Naboon Colour   White Pass for Human   Yes Spaceship   Millenium Falcon Allegiance   Rebellion Love Interest   Han Solo   PlayedBy   Carrie Fisher Nationality   American D.O.B.   21/10/1956 Hair   Brunette Eye   Brown Character Profile A senator on the planet Alderaan, she is captured by Darth Vader which sees her personal robots escaping to get help. During her imprisonment, she is witness to the destruction of her 'homeworld'. Leia is rescued by a Tatooine farm boy ( Luke Skywalker ) and an intergalatic trader ( Han Solo ). Both men, it seems are attracted to her, little do they know the truth that one of them is her brother. After the Imperial attack on Hoth, she escapes from the clutches of the Imperialist forces on board the Millenium Falcon. The old adage 'Opposites attract' applies here as they are two completely different people, drawn together by circumstance, begin to fall under one anothers spell. After witnessing Han Solo being frozen and revealing her feelings for her, she vows to rescue him with the rest of the rebellion. During her attempt, she is captured by Jabba and turned into a slave girl. It gave her a sexy look compared to some of the outfits she had to wear in Empire Strikes Back. She seems to be act more like a pet for Jabba as we never see her doing any tasks for him. During the comotion that is going on on the top deck of Jabba's sail barge, Leia manages to strangle Jabba and escape with R2's help. The final battle between the Rebels and the Empire, she joins Han Solo to attack the force generator on the Moon of Endor. On Endor, she finds the truth about her upbringing, how she is Lukes brother and Vader was her father. Leia and Solo marry and have two Jedi sons but we don't find this out in the films, only in the books that continue the story. Person Profile She was originally going to be cast as Carrie, the horror with the same title as the name. Carrie is the story of a girl on the onset of puberty who discovers she can start fires. One of the scenes required her to appear in the nude. She objected to this. In the studio next door, Star Wars was being made. Originally cast as Leia was Sissy Spacek who didn't mind appear nude so they swapped characters. As they say, the rest is history.

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