Editing Princess Leia (section)

==Characterization==
[[Anthony Breznican]] of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' described Leia as a diplomat, spy, warrior, and undercover agent.<ref name="EW More 2015">{{cite web |last=Breznican |first=Anthony |author-link=Anthony Breznican |date=November 11, 2015 |title=Leia's Return |url=https://ew.com/gallery/star-wars-force-awakens-exclusive-photos/2374843_all-crops-gallery-star-wars-force-awakens-2015-carrie-fischer |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151114030909/http://www.ew.com/gallery/star-wars-force-awakens-exclusive-photos/2374843_all-crops-gallery-star-wars-force-awakens-2015-carrie-fischer |archive-date=November 14, 2015 |access-date=November 13, 2015 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |location=}}</ref> Fisher told ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' in 1983:{{Blockquote|There are a lot of people who don't like my character in these movies; they think I'm some kind of space bitch. She has no friends, no family; her planet was blown up in seconds ... so all she has is a cause. From the first film [''Star Wars''], she was just a soldier, front line and center. The only way they knew to make the character strong was to make her angry. In ''Return of the Jedi'', she gets to be more feminine, more supportive, more affectionate.<ref name="Rolling Stone 1983"/>}}

She said in 2014:
{{Blockquote|I would rather have played Han Solo. When I first read the script I thought that's the part to be, always wry and sardonic. He's always that. I feel like a lot of the time Leia's either worried or pissed or, thank God, sort of snarky. But I'm much more worried and pissed than Han Solo ever was, and those aren't fun things to play ... I had a lot of fun killing [[Jabba the Hutt]]. They asked me on the day if I wanted to have a stunt double kill Jabba. No! That's the best time I ever had as an actor. And the only reason to go into acting is if you can kill a giant monster.<ref name="Guardian Melted"/>}}