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Post #1490046

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yotsuya
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The Kenobi Movie Show (Spoilers)
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23-Jun-2022, 1:05 PM

As for Leia, this series just emphasizes things we saw in the OT. How did she stand in front of Vader, get tortured by Vader, without her force abilities showing? She obviously has them, more obvious in this series, but even in the OT there are hints. So what do we make of these and do they agree or not?

First I would say they agree. For one thing, we don’t see Vader at full power in ANH. It was the first film and Lucas hadn’t worked that out yet. Vader probably wasn’t intended to use the Jedi mind trick on Leia to get her to talk. But not seeing the interrogation, we don’t know what he did or did not do. We only have what we can surmise from the rest of the OT. So whatever he does, he never realizes she is force sensitive or his daughter.

Second, young Leia has powers, but is not wise in their use yet. She can read people. She is powerful in the force, but not like Luke, Kenobi, or Yoda. Her power is subtle. A good power for a politician. It goes unnoticed until Kenobi tells Luke she is his sister. Like in ANH, Leia is around Vader and Reva and they don’t notice her power. This also ties in to explain the big plot hole in ROTJ vs. ROTS. Kenobi knew Padme. Leia reads his memories of Padme and gains what she tells Luke of in ROTJ. Padme was on his mind a lot, which seems to be what she can sense.

And most of all, this young Leia is very much an homage to Carrie Fisher. She is wild like Carrie and we see some character development as she learns the cost of being wild and the benefits of channeling her talents. At the end she dresses herself and is ready to do her duty for Alderaan. Much closer to the Leia we meet in ANH.