{"id":4459,"date":"2016-06-21T21:24:55","date_gmt":"2016-06-21T13:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/06\/21\/that-time-when-princess-leia-used-the-force-on-her-unborn-son\/"},"modified":"2016-06-21T21:24:55","modified_gmt":"2016-06-21T13:24:55","slug":"that-time-when-princess-leia-used-the-force-on-her-unborn-son","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/06\/21\/that-time-when-princess-leia-used-the-force-on-her-unborn-son\/","title":{"rendered":"That time when Princess Leia used the Force on her unborn son"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Star Wars: The Force Awakens<\/i> took place some 30 years after Return of the Jedi<\/i> \u2014 and not even a 30-hour movie could have filled in all the gaps in our favorite characters’ histories.<\/p>\n

One question we’ve had for some time is this: Given that Princess Leia was revealed in Jedi<\/i> to be a Force-sensitive Skywalker, how come we didn’t see any of her abilities on display in Force Awakens<\/i>? Was she just too busy being a politician and general? Did she ever even try<\/i> to be a Jedi?<\/p>\n

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SEE ALSO: This ‘Star Wars’ book will change how you see ‘The Force Awakens’ \u2014 and 2016 politics<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

We have the beginnings of an answer now, thanks to this exclusive extract from Star Wars Aftermath: Life Debt\u00a0<\/i>by Chuck Wendig. Following on Wendig’s 2015 novel\u00a0Aftermath<\/i>, which in itself followed on from Jedi<\/i>, the story continues to fill in background details on the state of the galaxy far, far away. Read more…<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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