can Leia forgive Anakin?

do you think Leia could ever forgive her father for destroying Alderaan? he did, after all, kill the Emperor and completed victory for the rebellion.

imo, no. but it would make for lots of therapy sessions:

"so you say your adopted father, and in fact, your entire adopted family was killed by your real father? and he also killed your real mother too?! and he interrogated you with a large needle coming out of a floating droid? and he cut off your brother's hand before your brother cut off HIS hand? this will take years.." [laughs maniacally, internally of course]

 

Probably not. She seems stubborn anyway. Leia would not suddenly turn round and forgive Anakin. Perhaps a great deal of time needs to pass, before there is forgiveness?

 

Yes, I think that in time, she would be ready to forgive his crimes. Especially if Luke trained her as a Jedi. A Jedi can't hold grudges.



Leia Skywalker...
/LM

 

In the novel "The Truce At Bakura", which takes place one day after ROTJ, Anakin appears to Leia and asks her for forgiveness. Leia turns him down.

 

Naturally. That book takes place immediately after ROTJ. It would take years for her to be ready for forgiveness.



Leia doesn't ski
/LM

 

do you think Leia could ever forgive her father for destroying Alderaan?

She ought to since he didn't.
Tarkin blew it up. Vader just didn't give a crap. He didn't even like the Death Star.
'But he held her in place!'
Well yes. What? He was going to let her go and let her strangle Tarkin?
'He made her watch!'
Nope. She had a major case of train wreck syndrome.
Vader was no angel, but Alderaan wasn't his thing.

 

Well, she did name her son after him, so I'd say there's a possiblity.

 

That was just so she could have a focus for her rage when the senate pissed her off.
Besides, she knew he was a gonner from day one, so she never got too attached. Jacen was the money-maker.

 

I believe she can especially if Luke did,and when she does become a Jedi maybe she can look to the past and see why and what made him do what he did-or even ask him...

 

Leia doesen't seem like she's the type that would easily forgive a person for destroying her planet. Anakin was never a true father to her, so why would she?

 

She would because if she didn't not being able to forgive and get over stuff is what made him who he became so in a way she would be sinking down or just the same as Vader,no better

 

...Why is Tarkin getting no blame?
Today's lesson, kids. Do whatever the Hell you want, just make sure you have Vader standing by you.
Oh, Hitler. If only you took Vader out to lunch more often...

 

according to book on the Star Wars characters (including EUs, and has now been decanonised by the prequels) Leia eventually forgives him (i've only listened to the abridged Truce at Bakura, so is this in the unabridged novel?

 

Um i believe what yoda said in ep 3 that anakin was consumed by darth Vader. Add another 20 years to that and vader was well and truely consumed over anakin. so i feel that in time liea might see that. who knows

 

Like others have said before, Vader didn't destroy Alderaan. Vader did torture Leia on several occasions though. Leia did eventually forgive Anakin and named her second son after him.

 

Yes, Tarkin is to blame for the destruction of Alderaan. But Vader still tortures her, freezes Han Solo, and is one of the main enemies of the Rebellion which Leia has spent most of her life fighting for. So the question "Can Leia forgive Anakin?" is still valid. Leia is more stubborn and less innocent than Luke, and she doesn't agree with Luke's theory that there is still good in Vader (when they talk in ROTJ). I can't see Leia ever forgiving Anakin until she is trained as a Jedi and learns about the dark and light sides of the Force. Then she might start to see Anakin and Vader as two different people, like Luke does, and forgive Anakin but not Vader.

 

Well from The Truce at Bakura [I know,people think EU is canon,but I'm just using it as an example.Believe what you like]Leia is visited by the force ghost of Anakin Skywalker. It was my favorite part in the book.

Anakin apologizes for hurting her and tries to explain that he's back on the lightside now,and that if Luke could forgive him she could too.

She forgives him for torturing her,and killing millions,even those on Alderaan,but she said she would never forgive him for hurting Han. She tells him He will have to ask Han for his forgiveness in order to get hers. Anakin tells her that He can only appear so many times and that its his last time right now with her,and says he will always be with her if she chooses to forgive him.

Later in the book she does something and in her head she says ''How about that one,father.'' or something like that.

 

leia's gotta forgive anakin or she won't go to jedi heaven : )

 

Leia isn't a Jedi, friend.

 

i know : ) but there's gotta be a heaven in star wars or being a jedi, a good person/alien, a sith won't count for anything.

 

What do you guys mean? Vader is dead-she can't really forgive a dead guy!

 

Forgiveness isn't just for the other person's benefit.
It's so you can let go and move on to. You can do that whether ot not the person is still around.

 

Can Leia forgive Anakin?

If Anakin knew she was his daughter, he would never have even spanked her.

But, alas, he didn't, and at the time he was still, stable with his job. But that was before the relos turned up (slang for relatives)

Flashback...

"He keeps kicking."

"What do you mean 'he'"

"The baby."

"How do you know its a boy?"

"Mothers intuition I suppose."

Anakin puts his left hand on Padmes' stomach...

"Whoa!...with i kick like that its gotta be a girl!"

...End flashback

If Leia had know what kind of man Anakin Skywalker was. (aka...he didn't die at end of ROTJ.) she would of disovered what he really was like. With time, she would forgive him, maybe even love him...

Cheers_Cazza

 

JEDI_Master_cazz
I think your right if Leia ever knew what he was like she could forgive him and as the books go on which they probably have she'd find out from some sorces what he was like

 

Leia forgives Anakin...she calls Anakin one of her children she has with Han...