Warning: Contains spoilers for Star Wars: The Battle of Jakku – Insurgency Rising #1!Like Marvel Star Wars Comics enter the era immediately after Return of the JediFans are seen for the first time as Princess Leia And Luke Skywalker reacted to the death of Darth Vader. That means fans are just now witnessing the intense anger Leia has toward her father—a feeling that offers the potential for corruption as Luke attempts to train her as a Jedi.
While the rest of her found family are partying, Princess Leia sneaks off to visit Darth Vader’s funeral favor to say goodbye to her father face-to-face. She initially does not know what she hopes to find, only that she does not feel the joy of what should be a happy moment.
Leia reflects that she wishes she had the ability to forgive like Luke did when Vader returned to the light side, but with all the bad he caused as Vader, the lives he took, the people he hurt, and the ones he left behind, All she finds herself feeling is anger.
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Princess Leia’s anger towards Darth Vader conflicts with the Jedi way
The Battle of Jakku – Insurgency Rising (2024) #1 By creative team Alex Segura, Leonard Kirk, Stefano Raffaelle, Rachelle Rosenberg, Alex Sinclair and Joe Caramagna
Leia Organa eventually trains with her brother Luke Skywalker in the ways of the Force, but she does not become a Jedi. Leia was Luke’s first student, doing her training on Ajan Kloss as seen in The Rise of SkywalkerBut that was long before Luke built his Jedi temple on Ossus. Eventually, she has visions of serving elsewhere in the galaxy, such as the New Republic Senate, and She gives up her candlestick. However, new information from The Battle of Jakku – Insurgency Rising #1 Suggests that she wouldn’t have made it into Luke’s new Jedi Order anyway.
After the Battle of Endor, and after the parties have ended, Luke Skywalker approaches Princess Leia and tells her that he sensed her anger while she was visiting their father’s remains. Leia claims that she has a lot to tear up; They all do, after all Darth Vader has done in his life. The war left scars that need to be covered. She’s not a Jedi, she’s a human with emotions that can’t be buried. Luke offers to train her in the ways of the Jedi, but Leia is very hesitant to accept before they are interrupted.
Leia Organa would be corrupted by the dark side as a Jedi
Her righteous anger was a path to the dark side
Although they are both heroes of the Rebel Alliance, Princess Leia’s path is very different from Luke Skywalker’s. Leia says she wishes she had the ability to forgive like Luke does, but all she feels is anger. When Luke tells Leia that anger leads to darkness, and they shouldn’t let that lead them, Leia insists that her feelings are valid, and they deserve to be felt. Just as Anakin Skywalker’s righteous anger and despair were used to corrupt him, Leia was primed to follow the same path.
Leia’s enduring anger towards Vader is exactly the kind of emotion the Dark Side uses to tempt Jedi, ultimately making it a good thing that – despite some training – Leia ultimately chose to use her abilities elsewhere. While Luke Skywalker is determined to train Leah organ As a Jedi, it’s not to be, and the Star Wars Galaxy is probably better off because of it.
The Battle of Jakku – Insurgency Rising #1 is available now from Marvel Comics.