Just came across this quotation from Claudia Gray about her new Leia-centric book Bloodline and couldn’t help but smile.

[Claudia Gray said:]
“[In interviews] she sort of laughs at her younger self for being so influenced by Peter Cushing,” noted the author. “But I thought: I’m gonna use that. So there’s an explanation in the book that she’s actually making fun of Tarkin. She’s mocking his accent in that moment. She remembers that’s what she was doing. So that moment has been explained. It’s no longer a problem.”

That’s been my headcanon for years. Nice to see it made official.