Official Leia Organa Episode VIII Discussion Thread

My attempt at a translation: "I'm not in Sienna. Im in Orvieto living the dream + working my ass off - just not as much as I might wish"

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orvieto

The cast of the film "Wonderwell" to Cozza palace Caposalvi

http://www.tusciaweb.eu/2016/10/cast-del-film-wonderwell-palazzo-cozza-caposalvi/

Casting in Tuscany for the new film Cattleya "Wonderwell"

http://www.attoricasting.it/casting-cinema/casting-toscana-il-nuovo-film-cattleya-wonderwell/17140

 

I got the new Scholastic Princess Leia biography book.

The book is primarily based on other already released canon materials involving Leia - the original trilogy of movies, the prequel trilogy for her parents, The Force Awakens, the Moving Target book, the Bloodline book, Marvel's Princess Leia comic series, the The Princess, the Scoundrel, and the Farm Boy book, and her episode of Star Wars Rebels. In-universe, the biography takes place after Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Here's some relevant bits:

Spoiler

• In the introduction, General Leia Organa says that she'd rather not be talking about herself to the archival droid pestering her for information. She'd rather be doing things. This brief section is written from the first person POV of Leia.
• There's a printed letter from Bail to Breha about a tragedy that had occurred involving the death of Senator Amidala that would affect the Organas in profound way - adopting Leia (Episode III).
• Leia was in constant risk of being abducted as a child from the Organas because of their importance and wealth. (My note: this point is also brought up in The Princess, The Scoundrel, and the Farm Boy.)
• During the medal ceremony (Episode IV), Leia appeared too unemotional to some of the Rebels following the destruction of Alderaan.
• "If Leia struggled with grief - if she found herself often thinking of her missing planet and her dead parents - well, that was her business, and not something she shared with others." (pre-Episode V)
• Leia's life is well documented except for her life after the Galactic Civil War.
• Records about Leia as a mother and as a New Republic leader have gone missing and thought destroyed along with Hosnian Prime.
• The lack of information about Leia means there's "no option but to speculate about many aspects of her life".
• There's an image of General Leia doing the "talk to the hand" gesture to a droid.
• Leia is known to be a private person, and has refused to fill in the missing records in the official record.
• The biographers 'respect her privacy', and they decline to guess at what adventures are missing from the records.
• The biographers say that they include only what is "verified" and is "known", and that is shortly after the battle of Endor she married Han Solo and had one child, a son they named Ben.
• During "this time" it "was clear" that Leia dedicated herself to the New Republic while Han Solo pursued winning races across the galaxy.
• "When the time seemed right", Ben's parents sent him away to be trained by Luke Skywalker.
• Luke hoped to reestablish the Jedi Order, but Ben killed all the apprentices and left Luke's temple in flames.
• Ben was seduced by the dark side and by the First Order. Like his grandfather, he took on a new name - Kylo Ren. He also like his grandfather became the apprentice to a powerful leader - for Kylo Ren it was Supreme Leader Snoke, leader of the First Order.
• Luke abandoned the rebuilding of the Jedi Order and vanished.
• There's an image of Darth Vader's melted helmet.
• Leia was seen staggering and nearly collapsing by witnesses on the Resistance Base at the time of Han Solo's death at the hand of Kylo Ren, perhaps she felt it through the Force.
• Leia sends Rey to find Luke Skywalker when they have the map.
• Leia seems convinced that the Jedi - including her brother - will be key in rebuilding the Republic. History suggests Leia will have an important role herself, because Leia is many things - princess, mother, spy, general - and above all else - a fighter. (An image Leia's encounter with Rey outside the Millennium Falcon immediately follows this final text.)

As you may have noticed, the book created an in-universe justification for why it can't cover certain Leia specific things after Return of the Jedi.

 

The biographers in-universe only goes by the official records and they are missing records that Leia refuses to talk about. You can't ignore that the book spends at least an entire page telling the reader there's a gap that a truck can be driven through about Leia as a mother and as a Senator because it's gone missing/been destroyed. The kid's book directly invites speculation about Leia as a result.

That's CYA for a future reveal about more to come out elsewhere about Leia in the future.