Warning! This post contains SPOILERS for Star Wars: Battle for Jakku – Insurgency Rising #1Star wars just showed when Leia Organa The path of the Jedi began for the first time. After the Battle of Endor, the Rebellion enjoyed celebrations with the Ewok tribes, as seen at the end Return of the Jedi. However, the new canon Marvel series revealed that Leia was offered the chance to become a Jedi, just like her twin brother Luke Skywalker.
As seen in the new Marvel movie Star Wars: Battle of Jakku – Insurgency Rising #1 Alex Segroa, Leonard Kirk and Rachelle Rosenberg Leia Organa leaves the celebration on Endor to speak with the still-smoldering remains of Darth Vader at his funeral pyre, having only recently learned from Luke that the redeemed Sith Lord was her father. Still holding quite a grudge against everything Anakin Skywalker did as Vader, Leia’s darker emotions were sensed by her brother, prompting Luke to offer to train his sister in the ways of the Force.
Naturally, Leia is unsure whether to say yes to Luke’s proposal, and the Skywalker siblings are interrupted by a message about Imperial Governor Adelhard and the Anoat sector. However, this new one Star wars The moment is crucial and quite remarkable, considering that we already know that Leia eventually agrees to undergo training as a Jedi (albeit only briefly).
Luke felt Leia’s darkness after the Jedi’s return
Still don’t understand the truth about Darth Vader
Unable to forgive and share everything her father did as Darth Vader, Leia’s inner turmoil worries Luke greatly.. Not wanting to let anger and the dark side control his sister, Luke naturally offers to train Leia in the ways of the Force. Thus, Luke, recognizing his sister’s potential, confirms both of Yoda’s comments in The Empire Strikes Back that there is another hope for the galaxy if Luke fails or falls, and the words of Vader himself in Return of the Jedi when he hinted that the Sith would try to turn Leia to the dark side if Luke refused to convert.
In Leia’s defense, she will have a harder time letting go of her anger at Vader than her brother. After all, Vader himself was responsible for torturing her on the Death Star. Coupled with the fact that the battle station destroyed her home world shortly after, Leia’s attempts to rid herself of her anger are more than justified. To that end, it certainly adds an exciting level of depth to both the end and the ending. Return of the Jedi and to her further Jedi training (though canonically it doesn’t last long).
Leia begins her Jedi journey, but it doesn’t last long.
Thanks to her vision of the future
As seen in the official Star wars According to canon, Leia will eventually say yes and undergo training under Luke, build her own lightsaber, and learn to use the Force as a Jedi. However, The Rise of Skywalker confirms that Leia will eventually abandon her Jedi training after sensing the death of her unborn son at the end of her Jedi journey, and that someone will eventually take her lightsaber and continue her journey (revealed to be Rey Skywalker). Either way, it will be very interesting to see more of Leia’s training in this new episode. Star wars the series continues.
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