New Details On Carrie Fisher's Princess 'General Leia' In STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS

New Details On Carrie Fisher's Princess 'General Leia' In STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS

EW's Star Wars: The Force Awakens coverage continues with some new information on Carrie Fisher's Leia, who has (all but) dropped the "princess" completely, and now goes by general - a title that far better suits her more militaristic attitude, it seems. Click on for more details...

By MarkCassidy - Nov 12, 2015 08:11 AM EST
Filed Under: Star Wars
Source: EW

When it was confirmed that Carrie Fisher would be reprising the role of Princess Leia for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, many fans assumed she might have ascended to the role of Queen in the 30 years since Return of The Jedi - but it turns out she'll be going by a different title altogether.

During an interview with EW, director J.J. Abrams reveals that when we catch up with Leia she'll have become quite serious, having to deal with one of the "heavier" storylines in the film. Because she's now entirely focused on leading the Resistance to victory, she's dropped the "Princess" and is simply known as General Leia.


“She’s referred to as General, but … there’s a moment in the movie where a character sort of slips and calls her ‘Princess.’ The stakes are pretty high in the story for her, so there’s not much goofing around where Leia’s concerned. But it felt historic to have her, especially with Harrison, back in scenes together. I can only imagine the baggage that they bring to it, I’m just a fan who loves this stuff, but they’ve been living with it — and living in it — since ’77.”


Which character drops the Princess-bomb? You get ONE guess. Starring Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Adam Driver, Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, Kenny Baker, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, Gwendoline Christie, Lupita Nyong’o and Max von Sydow, Star Wars: The Force Awakens is set to be released on December 18th, 2015.
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Hellboy6666
Hellboy6666 - 11/12/2015, 8:51 AM
really...you had to add the "general" in the title? Spoilers dude
idsonor
idsonor - 11/12/2015, 8:52 AM
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 11/12/2015, 8:56 AM
It's hardly a spoiler.
TucksFrom2015
TucksFrom2015 - 11/12/2015, 8:58 AM
@Hellboy6666 -

Hellboy6666
Hellboy6666 - 11/12/2015, 8:58 AM
yeah....about the defensive response I expect from the 5 year olds that post articles here. [frick] the internet
SuperCat
SuperCat - 11/12/2015, 8:59 AM
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 11/12/2015, 8:59 AM
Ha, you call that a defensive response? [frick] the internet is right... I don't think it's for you at all.
SuperCat
SuperCat - 11/12/2015, 9:03 AM
TucksFrom2015
TucksFrom2015 - 11/12/2015, 9:07 AM
jwmatlock
jwmatlock - 11/12/2015, 9:12 AM
Han Solo calls her 'princess' in a derogatory way.
SauronsBANE
SauronsBANE - 11/12/2015, 9:22 AM
Technically, Leia stopped being a "Princess" about halfway through A New Hope. This shouldn't be surprising, or spoilery, to anyone.
PapaEmeritus
PapaEmeritus - 11/12/2015, 9:24 AM
"Princess" is a derogatory term... they should have ban it for good! Lucas should edit all trilogies, re-dubbing tha word "princess". Call FEMEN now! LOL
Spock0Clock
Spock0Clock - 11/12/2015, 9:31 AM
@SauronsBANE
Hey, if Daenerys can still be a Khaleesi, Leia can still a Princess.
Spock0Clock
Spock0Clock - 11/12/2015, 9:37 AM
I'll never forgive George Lucas for essentially cutting off Star Wars after Jedi. We could have had Episodes 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 by now. And who knows how great they could have been if they had just kept doing more. And considering the Expanded Universe, there were plenty of good ideas to build on.

Sure, there are no guarantees that they would have been good at all, but now all we have is nothing. And it would have been better to have something than nothing.
TheRegula
TheRegula - 11/12/2015, 9:38 AM
Thanks for the spoiler in the title...
yourdaddy
yourdaddy - 11/12/2015, 9:48 AM
seriously? people are complaining about "spoilers" in the title? you have got to be trolling. because if not, you need to get a f-n clue and get off the internet.

and these "spoilers" come from notoriously secretive jj abrams in an interview that he gave to promote the film. if even he doesn't consider this a real spoiler, you shouldn't either.
yourdaddy
yourdaddy - 11/12/2015, 9:50 AM
if you don't want a single thing from this film to be spoiled for you, it is your responsibility to stay away from facebook, twitter and film sites like these which cover news and interviews from filmmakers.
darthgeekboy
darthgeekboy - 11/12/2015, 9:50 AM
why would she be promoted to queen when alderaan blew up?
SauronsBANE
SauronsBANE - 11/12/2015, 9:51 AM
@Spock0Clock Haha that's a good point!
darthgeekboy
darthgeekboy - 11/12/2015, 9:53 AM
and shouldn't that be general organa?
CapemA
CapemA - 11/12/2015, 9:53 AM
Hardly a spoiler. Good story, man. I am putting my money on R2-D2 calling her "princess". Being a droid and all he must just malfunction for a moment.


Beep-whir-beep-beep-whir-princess-whir-beep-whir-whir.
Pasto
Pasto - 11/12/2015, 10:00 AM
Revenge of The Sith is actually a good movie.
AvalonX
AvalonX - 11/12/2015, 10:11 AM
Why isn't she a Jedi? If it's Han that slips perhaps they aren't together anymore?
SauronsBANE
SauronsBANE - 11/12/2015, 10:14 AM
@Pasto Heh, I caught your tweets about that last night.


Let's just say I HEAVILY disagreed with, well, almost all of it haha.
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