Before Carrie Fisher was cast as Princess Leia, Jodie Foster was considered to play the iconic Star Wars character. Here's why she passed on the major part.

According to the BBC in 2016, George Lucas told Time in 2002 that the inspiration for Princess Leia’s buns came from Mexican revolutionaries. “I went with a kind of south-western Pancho Villa woman ...

A trailer for "Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back" teased a moment between Luke and Leia that thankfully didn't ...

Princess Leia's return to Star Wars is revealed in a prequel featuring Bail Organa, Mon Mothma, Saw Gerrera, Luthen Rael, and Kleya Marki.

There are few things in this world that mean as much to me as Leia Organa does so now with Star Wars: The Princess and the Scoundrel, we're learning about the love of Han Solo and Leia between Star ...

The Force was almost with Jodie Foster. Academy Award-winning actress Jodie Foster revealed Wednesday that she was once offered the iconic role of Princess Leia from the “Star Wars” franchise. Foster, ...

"Initially, Princess Leia was kind of like my stepmom. Now she's my guardian angel," Billie Lourd wrote Growing up, Billie Lourd didn’t quite get the phenomenon that was her famous mother’s Star Wars ...

Fisher did some of her own makeup –with a lot of help. Fisher’s makeup look, according to InStyle, was the work of makeup artist Kay Freeborn. She and her husband, Stuart Freeborn, worked on the films ...

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Princess Leia Organa, the estranged child of Anakin Skywalker and Padme Amidala, was one of the Rebel Alliance's greatest leaders. Born and bred into a world of dark politics, this daughter of warrior ...

So, who else auditioned for the various installments in George Lucas' intergalactic epic? Here are the stars who almost hit ...

The 8-year-old's braided up-do and white caped dress reminded some keen-eyed Star Wars fans of one of Princess Leia's signature looks Princess Charlotte's coronation look inspired some intergalactic ...