Warning: Contains spoilers for Star Wars: Battle of Jakku – Uprising #1!Like Marvel Star wars comics enter the era immediately after Return of the Jedifans see for the first time Princess Leia And Luke Skywalker reacted to the death of Darth Vader. This means fans just witnessed the enormous anger Leia felt towards her father – a feeling that opens up the potential for corruption as Luke tries to train her as a Jedi.
While the rest of her found family has fun, Princess Leia sneaks away to visit Darth Vader’s funeral pyre to say goodbye to her father face to face. Initially, she goes without knowing what she hopes to find, she just doesn’t feel the joy of what should be a happy moment.
Leia muses that she wishes she had the ability to forgive like Luke did when Vader returned to the light side, but given all the bad he’s done as Vader, the lives he’s taken, the people he’s hurt, and those he left behind, she all finds herself feeling angry.
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Princess Leia’s Anger at Darth Vader Contradicts the Way of the Jedi
Battle of Jakku – Insurgency Rising (2024) #1 creative team of Alex Segura, Leonard Kirk, Stefano Raphael, 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, training under Ayana Kloss, as shown in The Rise of Skywalkerbut this was long before Luke built his Jedi temple on Ossus. Eventually, she dreams of serving in other parts of the galaxy, such as the New Republic Senate. she gives up her lightsaber. However, new information from Battle of Jakku – Insurgency Rising #1 suggests that she would not have made it into Luke’s new Jedi Order anyway.
After the Battle of Endor and after the partying ends, Luke Skywalker approaches Princess Leia and tells her that he sensed her anger when she visited their father’s remains. Leia claims that she has a lot to be upset about; they all do, after everything Darth Vader did in his life. The war has left scars that need to be healed. She is not a Jedi, she is a person with emotions that cannot be hidden. Luke offers to train her in the ways of the Jedi, but Leia hesitates to accept the offer before they are interrupted.
Leia Organa would have been corrupted by the Dark Side as a Jedi
Her justified anger was a path to the dark side
Even though they are both heroes of the Rebel Alliance, Princess Leia’s journey is very different from Luke Skywalker’s. Leia states that she wishes she had the ability to forgive like Luke, but all she feels is anger. When Luke tells Leia that anger leads to darkness and they shouldn’t let it drive them, Leia asserts that her feelings are valid and deserve to be felt. Just as Anakin Skywalker’s justified anger and despair were used to corrupt him, Leia was willing to follow the same path.
Leia’s lingering anger towards Vader is precisely the emotion that the Dark Side uses to seduce the Jedi, and it’s ultimately a good thing that – despite some preparation – Leia ultimately decided to take her powers elsewhere. Bye Luke Skywalker determined to train Leia Organa for a Jedi this should not happen, and Star wars The galaxy is probably in a better position because of this.
Battle of Jakku – Insurgency Rising #1 available now from Marvel Comics.