Star Wars: George Lucas Reveals Just How Intelligent And Accomplished Princess Leia Is

There's no doubt that Carrie Fisher's Princess Leia is a smart and headstrong character, but everyone in the fandom had no idea just to what extent. As it turns out, Leia actually has a very accomplished career in a galaxy far far away, and Dr. Becca Harrison has dug up an old quote from George Lucas about just how smart Leia is.

Check it out:

Here's the full quote:

"young, nineteen, the same age as what Luke was supposed to be, but instead of being kind of an idealistic naïve farm boy from the far reaches of the Netherlands, she's like a very sophisticated, urbanized ruler, a Senator, so she's a politician, she's accomplished, she's graduated, got her PhD at nineteen and she rules people and is in charge. [I needed an actress] who could be young and play with a lot of authority … and push these guys around."

I think this really says a lot about Leia's character, and it makes her so much more than what she already was. Growing up with Bail Organa, you would expect that Leia was allowed access to certain luxuries that farm boys like Luke would never even imagine. I mean, Luke was banned from the academy by Uncle Owen so he could help him with a harvest. Guess Owen doesn't know the value of a good education.

Carrie Fisher returns posthumously as General Leia in Star Wars: The Last Jedi, and hopefully we get to see just how capable Leia is this time around.

Star Wars: The Last Jedi comes out Dec. 15.

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