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If Leia received the same training and experience as Luke and fought in a lightsaber duel with him who would win ?

I think it would be a long fight since they have equal skills with the force. Eventualy one will win but victory would probobly be determined by luck.

evilcat4000 wrote:If Leia received the same training and experience as Luke and fought in a lightsaber duel with him who would win ?

I think it would be a long fight since they have equal skills with the force. Eventualy one will win but victory would probobly be determined by luck.

You read SW Infinities: ANH didn't you?

A question which is sorta on-topic: does anyone know when the Leia-Luke relation angle was added? Because in ROTJ it seems as though it was tacked on at the last minute (why did Leia become adopted by the Organa family when she could have been trained as a Jedi like Luke? Why didn't Vader detect Leia's affinity with the force when he was busy torturing her? Then again, he didn't seem to realise his son was in front of him in the trench, which leads me to ask when did Vader find out about Luke being his son?).

Stofsk wrote:which leads me to ask when did Vader find out about Luke being his son?).

Presumably sometime after Yavin. The Rebels would be announcing how thei great hero, Luke Slywalker had destroyed the DS. Vader would hear this and think "Skywalker? Hmm, rings a bell...", putting that together with the fact that the Force was strong in him, as he sensed in the trench, its an obvious answer.

Vader felt the Force in the pilot, and a few weeks or months later he captured a Rebel and tortured him and got one name: Luke Skywalker.

From that moment on, Vader knew he'd found his son.

Stofsk wrote:Why didn't Vader detect Leia's affinity with the force when he was busy torturing her?

I think it's because she was not using the Force. She probably didn't ever use the Force in her entire life, and Luke probably didn't either until that very day he got into the Falcon for the first time (and waving a lightsaber at a floating ball) and later in the trench run.

Even if you're "force-lucky" or whatever it is that you are when you're untrained but still "tap" into the Force subconsciously, you don't give out strong Force signals.

Stofsk wrote:

evilcat4000 wrote:If Leia received the same training and experience as Luke and fought in a lightsaber duel with him who would win ?

I think it would be a long fight since they have equal skills with the force. Eventualy one will win but victory would probobly be determined by luck.

You read SW Infinities: ANH didn't you?

A question which is sorta on-topic: does anyone know when the Leia-Luke relation angle was added? Because in ROTJ it seems as though it was tacked on at the last minute (why did Leia become adopted by the Organa family when she could have been trained as a Jedi like Luke? Why didn't Vader detect Leia's affinity with the force when he was busy torturing her? Then again, he didn't seem to realise his son was in front of him in the trench, which leads me to ask when did Vader find out about Luke being his son?).

The Luke-Leia relationship was added sometime during the production of The Empire Strike Back.

Prior to that, in ANH, Luke was 18 years old, Leia was 20.

Stofsk wrote:Why didn't Vader detect Leia's affinity with the force when he was busy torturing her?

IIRC Vader came out of the torture saying something like "Her resistance to the mind probe is very high" something which i'd always considered to be Leia tapping subconsiously into the Force. Maybe Vader did detect it but paid it no heed because she was about to be executed.

Umm, luke and leia have had a quick duel (non-lethal) and Leia disarmed Luke quite nicely

If Leia was trained as a Jedi, then having cinnamon rolls on the side of your head would be part of the official Jedi uniform.

Seriously, the match would probably be a draw.

Luke would win because though they would be equal in force-ness, Luke would have higher normal strength and maybe that would count for something.

Shroom Man 777 wrote:Luke would win because though they would be equal in force-ness, Luke would have higher normal strength and maybe that would count for something.

Did not Yoda said something about size matters not when it comes to the Force ? That would mean even though Luke may be normaly slightly stronger than Leia it would be irrelavant.

evilcat4000 wrote: Did not Yoda said something about size matters not when it comes to the Force ? That would mean even though Luke may be normaly slightly stronger than Leia it would be irrelavant.

Given the talents that each of them had it seemed more likely that Luke has more natural aptitude towards using the Force for physical things, at least piloting and targeting. Leia, having grown up as she did, might be better at the mental (sheilding thoughts, clairvoyance etc...) than Luke.

Interesting observation. So Luke is better as a warrior while Leia is more suited for politics. That certainly fits with the Star Wars movies.