J.J. Abrams on Leia's Transition From Princess to General in Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Leia Organa is no longer a princess in a Star Wars: The Force Awakens; she will be referred to as general.

During an appearance in the Sirius XM town hall on Monday, director J.J. Abrams explained the transition in honorific came from the fact that Leia simply grew up.

"I think it's sort of like any of us, you like to think you evolve and go through life experiences and become something else," Abrams said. "But the truth is we're all kind of who we are. My guess is most of us would say, ‘I'm kind of the kid I was, still.' But I also think both are true. It's a little bit, almost a nature-nurture thing. You are who you are naturally, but as you go through life, you harden in some ways, you hopefully become more enlightened in others. Her evolution from princess to general is part of her life experience, but she's always going to be Leia."

Last month, Abrams told Entertainment Weekly that almost everyone involved in the film is on board on calling Leia general except for one.

"There's a moment in the movie where a character sort of slips and calls her ‘princess,'" Abrams revealed, without naming the character who makes the mistake.

And here's what Carrie Fisher told EW about her character in The Force Awakens: "[She's] under a lot of pressure. Committed as ever to her cause, but I would imagine feeling somewhat defeated, tired, and pissed,"

Star Wars: The Force Awakens will be released in U.S. theaters on Dec. 18.

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