It also fixes Carrie Fisher’s accent and reclaims the gold ‘slave’ bikini
Princess.
Add to that: Sister.
(Oh, and dont forget Huttslayer.)
Is she the senator?
What about her family connections?
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Were starting to see a lot of different genres emerge withinStar Warsstorytelling.
I would describeBloodlineas an espionage thriller.CLAUDIA GRAY:Im glad you picked up on the espionage thing.
Theyre undermining trade and causing lots of problems.
They need the New Republic to look into this, and Leia plunges into this investigation.
The cover features the shadow profile of Darth Vader.
We see so little of Leias reaction to this knowledge in the movies.
We see her find out right before the Battle of Endor, shes clearly very upset.
But they have a war to fight.
I really wanted to delve into: How much at peace is she with this?
How conflicted is she?
What does she think about when she thinks about the times she encountered Vader?
Lucasfilm editorJennifer Heddlerecently announced thatEpisode VIIIwriter-director Rian Johnson offered some input intoBloodline.
What can you tell me about his contribution?Everybody works together on this team.
I cant be too specific about what they are.
Theyre the kind of thing that will become clear when you seeEpisode VIII.
If youve readBloodline, youll go, Oh, I see … Leia gets a new rival in this book in the form of a young senator named Ransolm Casterfo.
Theyre in rival political parties.
I wanted somebody who would be Leias political opposite.
Hes somebody who can raise good points that Leia has to acknowledge.
They make each other have to be smarter and sharper.
He challenges her in a way that she doesnt get a lot of.
Leia encounters a criminal figure who is fascinated by her because shes known as The Huttslayer in the underworld.
He even has a holograph recording of her killing Jabba.
Thats her most powerless moment in the entire thing…
It was a dancing girl outfit, but it gets called a slave outfit.
Anybody who would be able to pull that off would be remembered for it.
That would be legend.
It was just an ugly thing she had to do.
But no, it hasnt happened.
She sort of laughs at her younger self for being so influenced by Peter Cushing.
But I thought: Im gonna use that.
So theres an explanation in [Bloodline] that shes actuallymaking funof Tarkin.
Shes mocking his accent in that moment.
She remembers thats what she was doing.
So that moment has been explained.
Its no longer a problem.
Its never too late to fix a plot hole.Hopefully, Carrie Fisher would be pleased by that.
It had a meaning the whole time.
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