This is it. I told myself I was not going to engage the multiple replies this post got because I was not willing to stir up a debate and/or wank but I can’t take it anymore. Firstly, this was a rhetorical question, as stated in the tags and in a reply to the post, please next time consider if your reply is actually wanted before highjacking a post.
Secondly, as also stated, I really, really do not care about watsonian answers in particular (what’s watsonian vs doylist?). It could be anything from what you just explained (which is a nice answer in and of itself) to “she slipped on a banana once and the Force left her“ and I couldn’t care one bit because...
The doylist reason is that she’s a woman (and an older woman now). They just couldn’t have a badass old lady wielding a lightsaber and/or teaching the ways of the Force to Rey/Finn and/or being a recluse à la Luke.
“But then why would Rey need to go to Luke if Leia could train her it would change the whole plot of the film blah blah blah” -> Here’s a possibility I just thought of in 5 minutes: Leia did train as a jedi but gave it up after what happened with her son and now refuses to have anything to do with the Force for fear of the Dark SIde. Here you go it doesn’t change the plot of the movie that much and now Leia has a nice character arc (where she learns to trust in herself again) planned for the next movies.
Also, she did eventually become a jedi in the EU.
So while I’m there I’m going to reply to the others as well;
She chooses the path of the law she knows instead of Luke’s path of the Jedi. She mirrors padme.
See above. “She mirrors Padmé” -> I could accept that if it wasn’t for the pattern of ~no female jedi~ in the movies (thank fuck for Rey though)
@slowking-s-thompson said:
Because after the Empire fell in ROTJ she remained in politics to help try to form a new republic from the chaos that followed the Empire falling. To train to become a Jedi would’ve required her to fully devote her attention to that, which is why Luke comparatively just was a Jedi and not really involved in the rebellion except to fight. Also after Ben killed all the Jedi and Luke disappeared there was nobody to train her even if hypothetically she had wanted to.
Another note she might have actually had some reservations herself about receiving force training do to the fact of knowing both her father and son were seduced by the dark side
@thirteeneighteenfive said:
She was busy leading an army against her psychotic son.
The expanded universe explains it, but disney threw that out so i cant help you.
Yes, although she became a jedi in the EU eventually
No training, no lightsaber, and Luke took a younger generation out. I assume she was getting the Solo Treatment.
“no training, no lightsaber” .... I’m crying this is so watsonian
She wanted to be a military commander instead and decided that leading an army was more important than having a glowstick and magical pushing powers.
That was rude and asinine.
Saving the best for last duh
1. This is lovely and excellent
2. Is your question rhetorical? Cause if not… I have a reason that isn’t bs sexism…
Thank you very much and yes, it was rhetorical :)
#because obviously we can't have #older female action stars #i mean han solo can totally be all geriatric and blow shit up #but old ladies? #nah #you get to be a wise village elder #and in charge of logistics and stuff #older women can't rock the skin tight body suit #usually #they're not an object of sexual desire #itd be threatening to the dudes #to watch and old woman kick dude ass #cause the dudes don't get anything out of it #because we've fetishized women who kick ass #they go home to a dude who completes her #who made her love again #who melted her cold cold heart #or maybe who's even stronger than her #she might not need the man to protect her #but she needs the man to complete her #and an old woman who can kick ass #isn't defined by her sexy bod #and has shown definitevly to not need a man in all her 60 years of existance #yeah #not gonna happen
@organasoloskywalker said:
#BECAUSE NEW EU IS BULLSHIT #you did not need to reset the universe back to anh for this movie to be a sucess #luke should not be the only goddamn jedi in the universe #LEIA WOULD NOT HAVE GONE 30 YEARS WITHOUT EVER TRAINING #LUKE WOULD NEVER GIVE UP ON FORMING THE NJO #EVERYTHING IS BULLSHIT #except rey and finn who are perfect but jfc
# there are a lot of dicks in the comments on this one
Oh, would you look at that, polite people actually keep their comments in the tags, even though those are welcome comments!
To everyone: I drew Leia as a jedi. This is (surprise!) because I like Leia as a jedi and wanted her to become one since the OT, and this is for people who like Leia as a jedi to enjoy. Please stop highjacking my post. Thanks.
