DuracellEnergizer said:

RicOlie_2 said:

Of course none of them were ordinary in the end, but they all had fairly mundane origins, Leia being the notable exception. Even she, however, was easy to relate to because she seemed normal, as if she had had a normal upbringing and had just happened to be a princess.

Now, if we contrast Leia with Padmé, there's a marked difference.

Which is odd considering that while Padme was only elected queen for a short period of time during her late teens, Leia had been raised as royalty right from infancy.

I'd maybe disagree with this perspective on Leia.

Leia swaggers round in ANH with a huge sense of Royal entitlement "Will someone get this big walking carpet out of my way?" (Not, get out of my way, but asking will somebody else do it for me!) and Han's sarcastic "Maybe you'd like it back in your cell, your Highness" is a reaction to that attitude. General Kenobi is the only character she shows any defrence to, perhaps because he fought alongside her father, giving him the same status in society in her eyes.

Now, because right from the get go we see she is a fearless freedom fighter risking her life and position for the rebellion we love her. But if she was just a Princess to be rescued, I think she'd come off quite badly. There'd only be a whisker between her and Princess Vespa.