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Why wasn't Leia trained in the ways of the force?
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JEDIGUNSHIP
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May '08
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6/21 11:58am
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RE: Why wasn't Leia trained in the ways of the force?
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1. To protect her true powers.
2. There was no way for her to learn on Alderaan.
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NelanisGhost
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6/22 2:00pm
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FirBholg posted:
Leia was the adopted daughter of a very high-profile senator, who would have been very much under the Emperor's eye. Training her in childhood was clearly impossible. By the time she was an adult, she was a senator herself and very much under surveillance - as her capture in the opening scenes of Episode IV attest.
One twin was given something like the upbringing she would have had as her mother's daughter. The other was raised by his father's stepbrother, in the same general environment that produced Anakin, if in different circumstances.
Obi-Wan had the opportunity to observe Luke as he grew, albeit from a distance. Luke's exploits as a bush-pilot were well known in his part of Tatooine. His dedication to his family would be both a point in his favor and a warning sign of Anakin-like attachments.
So Obi-Wan decided to begin Luke's training as soon as events required. Leia by this point was beyond his immediate reach.
It was really just fate. I think Leia might have ended up with Luke, but Bail jumped right in there because the opportunity presented itself, wanted a child, and they were out of ideas. Bail had to leave ASAP to not garner attention, and the Jedi couldn't really linger. What would they say? No? They didn't exactly have custody themselves, and he saved their lives. Leia had a good life. Better than Luke and harder than Luke's in some ways. It wasn't because her mother was a senator. It was because she grew up with politics and it was a natural progression.
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_Sublime_Skywalker_
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6/22 2:33pm
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I think the possibilities of Leia growing up with Luke on Tatooine was very slim. It was just common sense that if they lived together they're presence would be too strong and the Emporer or Darth Vader would sense it. Bail wanted a daughter, and decided he'd take Leia instead of her just being left at some doorstep. But there was no way in hell that Yoda or Obi Wan could allow both of the twins to grow up together.
Leia wasn't trained in the force until after Endor because the force willed it so. If she HAD made it to Obi Wan and the Tantive IV wasn't attacked, she would probably be the one to be trained.
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rumsmuggler
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If she had made it to Obi Wan on Tatooine, then both of them would have been trained, imo.
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Chico_Jedi
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6/28 6:22am
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But then they would have been easier to detect as well.
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_Sublime_Skywalker_
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6/28 11:36am
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But they'd already be on their way to becoming Jedi. By the time the Emporer/Vader sensed them and started to move a fleet to Tatooine they'd be off to Alderaan anyway. I don't think Ben would've trained both of them them. IMO, If Leia made it to Tatooine with no problems, Ben would've trained her. Because Darth Vader and Tarkin captured her ship and she sent R2 to find Obi Wan, that was the force willing Luke to become the Jedi.
Kinda like a race of the force.
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GrandAdmiral_Frank
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6/28 12:44pm
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Leia was kept hidden from Vader as Luke was but she would grow up into politics and under the watchful eye of Bail Organa. While it was not Jedi training I will say that being trained as a politician would definitely help you when you started Jedi training because you have to be patient and diplomatic and aware. I sort of figure she was the backup in case Luke failed hence Yoda saying that there was a another. Who knows maybe the last two members of the Jedi Council felt it was a "man's" duty.
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_Sublime_Skywalker_
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6/28 3:53pm
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With the backstory of the PT now I think it's more that they found that Darth Vader would feel more of a connection and respect towards his son. Luke resembles Anakin in more than just looks. Vader would be able to feel the forgiveness from Luke and the unconditional love he had. Although Leia would make just as good of a Jedi as Luke, I think it would be harder for Vader for battling Leia. It would pretty much be looking straight at Padme, which could further enrage him or throw him back in the self pity pool where he could never start to forgive himself.
That's just an IU thought though, and connection of the Saga.
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6/28 6:38pm
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It was the circumstance, as mentioned above, of them being separated with Obi-Wan watching over Luke. Obi-Wan had a chance to explain (somewhat) to Luke the situation regarding the Jedi Order, had gained a commitment from Luke to become a Jedi, and had begun training him. He never had a chance to talk to Leia before he sacrificed himself on the Death Star. It would have seemed pretty silly if he had appeared in a vision to Leia in ESB and told her to go to Dagobah and be trained by Yoda.
Plus, she was their ace in the hole if anything bad happened to Luke.
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Chico_Jedi
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6/30 3:20am
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It was done like that in Infinities. 
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DarthBoba
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I'm as much of a fan of comics as anyone, but Infinities was just plain awful.
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Chico_Jedi
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7/9 1:33am
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I found them funny.
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Darth Sin
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I think it would have been interesting to have seen both Luke and Leia being trained in the Force together. If things had not gone the way they had, maybe Yoda and Obi-Wan were planning that they both be trained as a Jedi at the same time.
Maybe the plan would have been to have them both be trained on Dagobah with Yoda and Obi-Wan training them together. Maybe if they had been on trained on Dagobah the possibility of them being detected would have been lessened with all the massive life forms there.
One can only wonder what the plan was going to be for Yoda and Obi-Wan concerning the twins had things not gone the way they had.
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JEDI-RISING
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7/9 4:35pm
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Well in the novel of ROTS , Yoda said the force would guide their destinies. Obi-Wan had already started Luke's training in ANH, before they hooked up with Leia. so they just went with that. Luke does tell her in ROTJ that in time she will learn to use the force.
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Chico_Jedi
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But in that case, why was a Jedi sent to look after Luke (Obi-Wan goes to Jundland wastes) and not after Leia. Since she was very little, she was trained to become a politician, while it's pretty obvious that Obi and Yoda had plans for Luke.
And one does not have to be a Force user for the Force to guide their destiny.
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