50 Fun Facts About Princess Leia

Who plays Leia in the original and sequel trilogies?

She was 19 when cast and only five years younger than Mark Hamill.

Of which planet is Leia a princess?

Tarkin destroys it with the Death Star even after she gives up a base location.

Which senator adopts Leia as a baby?

His wife is Queen Breha, whom Leia remembers as her mother.

Who is Leia's birth mother?

She dies shortly after giving birth to the twins.

On which asteroid outpost are Luke and Leia born?

Obi-Wan and Yoda then split the twins up to hide them from Vader.

In which droid does Leia hide the stolen Death Star plans?

She sends him to find Obi-Wan Kenobi on Tatooine.

Which abandoned base does Leia name to Tarkin to try to save her home planet?

Tarkin fires on her homeworld anyway, calling it a demonstration.

Under what bounty-hunter alias does Leia infiltrate Jabba's palace?

Boushh is an Ubese hunter; the disguise comes with a thermal detonator.

How does Leia kill Jabba the Hutt?

Fisher called it the most satisfying moment of her acting career.

What is the name of Leia and Han's son?

He leaves Luke's training and becomes Kylo Ren.

What rank does Leia hold in the Resistance?

She founded the organisation to fight the First Order.

Which actress stood in for a CGI young Leia in Rogue One?

Archival audio of Fisher supplied the single line.

Who stepped in as Leia for the brief flashback in The Rise of Skywalker?

Fisher's face from Return of the Jedi was digitally placed over her daughter's.

Fisher's daughter plays which Resistance officer in the sequel trilogy?

The character wears a hairstyle that nods to her mother's buns.

How old was Fisher when she was cast as Leia?

Mark Hamill nonetheless found her older and wiser than him.

Which actress was offered Leia but declined because of a Disney contract?

Streep, Close and Lange were among those considered.

In an early draft, Leia was the spoiled teenage daughter of the king of which world?

Her parents were King Kayos and Queen Breha; only Breha's name survived.

Another draft made Leia the daughter of Owen and Beru Lars, which would make her Luke's what?

Lucas only decided she was Luke's twin while writing Return of the Jedi.

What surname did Leia carry in a story synopsis before becoming an Organa?

She was the child of Bail Antilles of the peaceful world Organa Major.

Fisher said the original rescue scene alluded to which 1973 horror film?

Leia was to be unconscious, yellow-eyed and hanging upside down.

What food is Leia's 1977 hairstyle nicknamed after?

Jackie magazine printed step-by-step instructions for it in 1978.

Lucas said the hairstyle aimed at women revolutionaries of which country?

He described a turn-of-the-century Pancho Villa look.

Which revolutionary did a Denver Art Museum exhibit credit as an inspiration for the buns?

The museum also cited hairstyles worn by Hopi women.

Empire suggested the buns came from Queen Fria, a character in which 1930s comic serial?

Lucas had originally wanted to film Flash Gordon itself.

Which fantasy illustrator's work inspired the metal bikini's design?

Costume designer Aggie Guerard Rodgers cited him; a scholar also suggested Earle K. Bergey.

Who designed the metal bikini with Nilo Rodis-Jamero?

A rubber version let Fisher and her stunt double move comfortably.

How much did an original rubber version of the bikini sell for at auction in 2015?

Another version went for $175,000 in 2024.

Which comedian wore a replica of the bikini on GQ's cover in August 2015?

Yvonne Strahovski had worn it in Chuck and topped an IGN sexiest list for it.

Fisher said the most satisfying moment of her acting career was what?

She found Leia worried, angry and snarky, which was not fun to play.

Which character did Fisher say she would rather have played?

She preferred the wry and sardonic smuggler to the angry princess.

Which cartoonist wrote the bestseller Vader's Little Princess?

It shows Vader and a young Leia in father-daughter scrapes.

Fisher called which piece of Leia merchandise a merchandising horror?

She had signed away her likeness for free in 1977.

Who voices the teenage Leia in the 2016 Rebels episode?

Dave Filoni wanted to show her developing her leadership skills.

Who plays the ten-year-old Leia in Obi-Wan Kenobi?

NPR said she practically channels Fisher's wisecracking spirit.

Who ghostwrote the 1976 novelization that first introduced Leia in print?

It was credited to Lucas and came out six months before the film.

Which 1978 novel was commissioned as the basis for a low-budget sequel if the film flopped?

Luke and Leia hunt a crystal on a swamp planet and fight Vader.

How many children do Han and Leia raise in the Legends universe?

Jaina, Jacen and Anakin Solo.

In the Thrawn trilogy, which alien race does Leia turn against the Empire?

She reveals that Vader had deceived them to secure their loyalty.

What political office does Leia hold in the Legends New Republic?

She resigns the post at the start of the New Jedi Order series.

In The Courtship of Princess Leia, who seeks a political marriage with her?

A jealous Han abducts her to Dathomir instead, and they end up married.

How does Leia survive being blown into space in The Last Jedi?

It is the first time the films show her using the Force so openly.

Whom does Leia stun with a blaster after his mutiny in The Last Jedi?

He had mutinied against Vice Admiral Holdo.

Leia's actress was the daughter of which Hollywood couple?

Their relationship is the subject of the documentary Bright Lights.

Which semi-autobiographical novel did Fisher publish in 1987?

Meryl Streep starred in the film version, which Fisher adapted herself.

What was the title of Fisher's one-woman stage show?

It ran on Broadway at Studio 54 and became a book and an HBO special.

In which 1975 comedy did Fisher make her film debut?

She was 17 when it was filmed, playing Lorna Karpf opposite Warren Beatty.

Which Blues Brothers co-star briefly became engaged to Fisher on set?

He also saved her life with the Heimlich manoeuvre when she choked on a Brussels sprout.

On what date in 2023 did Fisher receive her Hollywood Walk of Fame star?

Fans had earlier made their own memorial on a blank star.

What was the name of the French bulldog Fisher brought to interviews?

Billie Lourd took care of him after Fisher's death.

In which year did Leia's actress die?

Her mother Debbie Reynolds died the following day.