He wouldn’t need a reason. He’d want to try it for fun. He also acts like he’s never even seen what it can do. I just don’t buy it.
Many gun owners marvel at weapons they’re firing for the time on a pretty consistent basis. Growing up in Florida I know that shit is true. It gets weird sometimes.
Leia was a not-Jedi for all three original movies. I don’t think of her as a Jedi, she didn’t think of herself as a Jedi, and it would have been weird for her to suddenly be a Jedi in the fourth movie.
The 30 year time gaps helps all of these issues both with our perception and Leia’s potential “conflict” regarding embracing being a Jedi.
I get that, I’m just saying it would have been jarring and I’m glad they didn’t go that route. I wouldn’t have said it “ruined her character” or anything silly like that.
To each their own. I’m fine with the route they went though it does make me say “So much for that” whenever I watch ROTJ.