}{eywood said:

doubleofive said:

timdiggerm said:

When does she use the accent and when doesn't she? (Note: Brits on the forum have been known to insist it's not British, but posh-American or something like that)
Whatever it is, its only in the scene with her talking with Tarkin.
maybe it is on purpose, but more as her mocking him

Bingowings said:

A) Carrie's voice is an artistic decision not an accent creep.

B) It doesn't sound British if you are British.

Carrie Fisher herself said she spoke inconsistently during the film and it was entirely down to her having spent a lot of time in London (where she trained as an actress). There is no in-universe reason for her speaking this way, it's just her performance being, shall we say, variable. It isn't an English accent as such, it's an American slipping into received pronunciation for a few seconds, that's all. As for not sounding British if you are British, well, I'm British and the way she begins her line "Governor Tarkin" sounds a hell of a lot more like RP than any American accent.