Star Wars: The Force Awakens took place some 30 years after Return of the Jedi — and not even a 30-hour movie could have filled in all the gaps in our favorite characters’ histories.
One question we’ve had for some time is this: Given that Princess Leia was revealed in Jedi to be a Force-sensitive Skywalker, how come we didn’t see any of her abilities on display in Force Awakens? Was she just too busy being a politician and general? Did she ever even try to be a Jedi?
We have the beginnings of an answer now, thanks to this exclusive extract from Star Wars Aftermath: Life Debt by Chuck Wendig. Following on Wendig’s 2015 novel Aftermath, which in itself followed on from Jedi, the story continues to fill in background details on the state of the galaxy far, far away. Read more…
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