Why did Leia give up being a Jedi?

Now that she knew the truth about her parentage and her Force powers, Leia trained as a Jedi with Luke, honing her Force abilities and constructing a lightsaber. But she ended her apprenticeship after having a vision that her Jedi path would end with the death of her son.

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Why did Leia stop training to be a Jedi?

After Organa sensed the death of her son at the end of her Jedi path, she discontinued her training and gave the lightsaber to Skywalker, who kept it with him until his death at the Battle of Crait.

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Why did Leia give up the Force?

In any case, Leia decided to stop her training before taking on the duties of a Jedi because she sensed that it would not end well. She felt that Ben Solo would die if she continued her Jedi training. To try and prevent this from happening, Leia laid down her lightsaber and gave up her training.

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Why did Leia stop training with Luke?

Why did Leia leave her Jedi training? She didn't. She was on the final night of her training with Luke, but then had a vision of Ben's death because of her, so therefore stopped her progress to protect herself and her future son.

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Why did Leia never learn to use the Force?

Abrams says Princess Leia chose not to train in the ways of the Force. In the films, while Luke trains to become a powerful Jedi, Princess Leia is kept busy by essential duties of her own. Later, as the leader of the Resistance, General Organa has her hands full with tasks that don't involve any use of the Force.

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Everything We Know About Leia's Jedi Training

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Did Vader learn that Leia was his daughter?

Darth Vader didn't learn he had a daughter until Return of the Jedi, when he stood before Emperor Palpatine. The Emperor's power probed Luke's mind, attempting to goad him to fall to the dark side, and he discovered Leia's existence. "Sister," the Emperor taunted.

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Why did Vader not recognize Leia?

However, Leia's strong-mindedness during Vader's probe denied him the opportunity to discover she was his daughter. That serves to justify Vader's lack of awareness of his connection to Leia, although, perhaps, not as satisfyingly as if Lucas had planned for the relationship from the beginning.

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Did Luke have feelings for Leia?

Love triangles and awkwardness — The Empire Strikes Back wasn't the first inkling that Luke and Leia had feelings for each other. Their romance was heavily alluded to in A New Hope, what with all of Luke's suggestive facial expressions to Han whenever Leia was around, and Han's clear attraction to Leia.

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Why does Leia seem older than Luke?

Leia's journey yields a time dilation of 62.6 days; however Luke experiences a time dilation of 700.8 days (1.92 years). The students concluded that Luke is therefore 1.75 years younger than Leia, possibly rendering them the first twins ever to have over a year between their ages.

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Why does Luke look older than Leia?

“While it is not demonstrated in the film, the twins will actually have aged very differently due to their extensive travelling at speeds close to that of light. “Despite Luke's journey being twenty five times longer than Leia's, the time dilation he experienced was only around ten times larger.

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What was Leia holding when she died?

For their heroism in destroying the Death Star, Han Solo and Luke Skywalker receive the Medal of Yavin from Leia Organa in a ceremony on Yavin 4. Decades later, Maz Kanata gives Chewbacca the medal once worn by Han, which Leia was holding when she died.

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Could Padme use the Force?

Padme didn't have any force powers and she was too old to become a Jedi. She may have had some kind of force powers whilst pregnant with Luke and Leia but being with Anakin could have caused some force sensitivity at the time.

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Did Leia know Luke was a projection?

But when Leia admitted she knew her son was gone, Luke told her that “no one's really gone.” As brother and sister touched, Leia understood that Luke wasn't physically there, but a Force projection. His confrontation with Kylo bought the Resistance time to escape Crait, with Poe taking charge.

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Who has a purple lightsaber?

Without a doubt, the most notable Jedi with a purple saber is Mace Windu, portrayed in the prequel trilogy by Samuel L. Jackson. Audiences first got a glimpse of the unusual blade in Episode II: Attack of the Clones, making Windu the coolest Jedi in one cinematic moment.

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Why is Rey's lightsaber yellow?

A crystal embodies the Jedi as the heart of the lightsaber, and pure kyber has no color until it's bonded to the Force user. This process likely resulted in Rey Skywalker's lightsaber being yellow.

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Who made Rey's lightsaber?

Rey's lightsaber was a yellow-bladed lightsaber that was constructed by the Jedi Rey Skywalker following the First Order-Resistance War.

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Why weren t Luke and Leia raised together?

As a result of Amidala's death and Anakin's fall to the dark side of the Force, the Skywalker children were separated and sent into hiding, with Leia adopted by the royal family of Alderaan while Luke was raised by his relatives on Tatooine.

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Why is Han Solo so much older than Leia?

Han's official year of birth is “ca. 32 BBY.” So anywhere from ten to thirteen years older than Leia, with it being somewhat logical that he wouldn't know exactly how old he was as he was a street kid and presumably an orphan.

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Why didn t Luke and Leia know they were siblings?

There are clues in Star Wars to suggest that Luke and Leia did, in fact, know vaguely about their relation to each other much earlier than Return of the Jedi, but perhaps, were not yet Force-sensitive enough to have the full picture. One clue comes in The Empire Strikes Back when Luke is clinging for his life.

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Did Leia know Luke was her brother when she kissed him?

It's well known that Star Wars lead characters Luke Skywalker and Princess (now General) Leia are brother and sister. The estranged siblings didn't know about their familial relationship until "Return of the Jedi." They even shared a passionate kiss in the previous movie, "The Empire Strikes Back."

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What does Chewbacca say after Leia kisses Luke?

After Leia and Luke's lips lock in Lannister love, our wookie friend vocalizes what seems to be his approval. However in hindsight, Chewie was more than likely saying “Your species' obsession with sibling mating is a curious one, I've seen your browser histories”.

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Why did Luke kiss his sister?

Han and Leia were fighting at the moment they kiss, and Leia kissed Luke to make Han jealous. Because she's angry with him only focusing on HER feelings, not his own and his constant running away.

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Did Leia ever forgive Vader?

Nope. Luke, unlike Leia, never really had a father figure in the first place. Leia never was saved by Darth Vader the way Luke was, and never understood Luke's forgiving him. She hid her identity as Darth Vader's daughter, and identified as Bail Organa's daughter.

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Did Anakin know Padme was having twins?

However, she chose not to tell Anakin, presumably because he was about to go into a battle. Anakin was prone to letting his emotions affect him, and knowing that Padme was pregnant would've thrown him completely off the task. And Padme probably didn't think that her husband would be fighting battles for months to come.

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