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Hmm. Almost the first thing Leia does is shoot a stormtrooper -- I do see her as primarily a leader, but I see it less as unstoppable rage (Leia never seems to completely lose her shit the way we see Anakin and Luke do; she always has that element of control) than as -- well, she's a leader. She's not going to risk herself trying to prove how badass she is (unlike a lot of less awesome Action Girls). Leia doesn't look for trouble, but when it comes she's ready to deal with it.

Of course, that changes in ROTJ, where she (1) very definitely does risk herself, and (2) doesn't seem to be a leader. OTOH, she's not really a good little subordinate either and mostly just does her own thing (though I imagine that she's too much of a leader to not be running something). So I imagine that she'd be highly versatile as a Jedi, able to act as a lone agent when necessary, or as a temporal leader of the Order, or as a diplomat, adapting to different situations. Basically the exact opposite of what the old school Jedi were. Which is probably for the best -- both for the Jedi and for Leia herself.

Oh, I think there'd be waaaaaay more types of Jedi within those basic categories. I can see philosopher types who clash with researchers who have zero patience for the mystics who the teachers politely avoid, while idealistic paladins are all *gasp* *shock* at practical warriors who are just "lol, whatever gets the job done." And of course it'd all just sort of evolve over time and they'd have to deal with the whole as they went along.

(Honestly, I find the idea of a flexible, ever-changing Jedi Order and how it would work completely fascinating. I had a lot of fun playing with it just with a story about two of Leia's children -- both are guarding-truth-and-justice types rather than knowledge-and-defense tpyes, but the elder is a relentless lone operative and the younger is a peacemaking diplomat.)

I figured you liked the PT! Heh, all my SW friends seem to. Personally, I was a Vader/Anakin fan from ESB and didn't even see the whole OT until the first two prequels had come out, though, so I don't have that attachment. But enjoyment is kind of subjective, anyway -- we seem to agree on the specific things so far, they just don't ruin it for you. Which is kind of nice! And as someone who likes Splinter, I can't throw any stones. :P

Well, I think Leia's separation from the Force is mostly a penalty of the retcon -- she just wasn't conceived (er, artistically) as a Force-sensitive so that was never introduced. And ROTJ is a bit slipshod and so it wasn't done very well there, either. In-story, I can see it as an environmental thing, definitely. She's just not ... inherently alienated for me. (In fact, I think even canon!Leia would be furious once she realized how much she'd been sidelined from the whole Force thing.)