Star Wars: Leia's Reaction To Learning Darth Vader Was Her Father
Star Wars has finally revealed Princess Leia's reaction to learning Darth Vader was her father. Return of the Jedi was one of the defining moments in Leia Organa's life. Alderaan's princess knew she had been adopted by Bail and Breha Organa after the Clone Wars, but she had no idea who her parents were. That was until Luke Skywalker told her the truth — that he was the son of Darth Vader, and that she was his sister.
"It won't be easy for you to hear it, but you must," Luke told Leia before he revealed his secrets to her. Return of the Jedi never really explored the emotional impact of these revelations upon Leia; she had only a few moments to process them before she was plunged back into action. Leia had always preferred to bury her emotions beneath action; it was how she had dealt with the destruction of Alderaan in the first Star Wars movie, and she did the same this time.
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Lucasfilm's upcoming novel, The Princess and the Scoundrel by Beth Revis, will finally explore Leia's emotional reaction to the news. A new excerpt published by Lucasfilm explores the aftermath of the Battle of Endor, with Luke and Leia talking shortly after Luke burned Vader's body in a funeral pyre. The news has clearly shaken Leia to her core, leaving her struggling to deal with the conflicting emotions. She finds it easy to accept Luke as her brother, but she is horrified by the idea Darth Vader was her father. Leia couldn't even understand why Luke accepted it so easily, and somehow believed there was good in their father. "Perhaps it was merely that Luke had never been tortured by their biological father the way she had," Leia reflects, remembering the interrogation she endured at
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