Star Wars 8: Poe Dameron Is A 'Surrogate Son' To Leia

fresh details about General Leia Organa ’s function inStar Wars : The Last Jedi- specially her connection with Poe Dameron - have been bring out . The late , great Carrie Fisher was among the original trilogy hurl members who return to the extragalactic nebula far , far away in 2015’sThe Force Awakens , appearing in a handful of key scenes to serve establish the sequel trilogy plot line . According to report , Leia ’s partwas expand for this December ’s sequel , and the filmmakersare promise a powerful performance from Fisher . While her untimely go across in late 2016 has raised questions about Leia ’s time to come in the saga , word isEpisode VIIIremains unchanged .

In typical Lucasfilm mode , plot detail forThe Last Jedihad for the most part been kept under wrapping until recently . Thanks to coverage fromEW , buff are stream over all sort of young info regardingRey and Luke Skywalker ’s moral force , Finn ’s ever - changing role in the Resistance , andthe mystifying Supreme Leader Snoke . Now , the loss leader of the Resistance takes center stagecoach as the curtain is peeled back on Leia and Poe Dameron ’s relationship inThe Last Jedi .

mouth withEW , Oscar Isaac spoke about the bond Poe and Leia have in the motion picture , making extension to the almost kin dynamic they divvy up :

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“ Poe is in some ways a surrogate son for Leia . But also I think she project in him the potentiality for a in truth great leader of the Resistance and beyond . Poe ’s arc is one of evolving from a heroic soldier to a seasoned leader , to see beyond the undivided - mindedness of winning the struggle to the declamatory pic of the future of the galaxy . I cogitate Leia knows she wo n’t be around perpetually and she , with tough beloved , want to fight Poe to be more than the badass pilot film , to moderate his heroic impulses with soundness and clarity . ”

Family has always been a running root through theStar Warssaga , so it ’s interesting that Isaac used that terminology to describe Poe and Leia . The General , of course , has a biologic son in Kylo Ren , but odds are that family relationship is damaged beyond repair . InThe Force Awakens , Leia thought that perhaps Han Solo could bring Ben back to the good side ( like Luke did with Darth Vader ) , only to have it tragically backfire . The canyon materials , in particular the comic strip , have illustrated how stuffy Leia is with Poe , so part of her probably thinks of him as the Logos she wishes she had . Isaac has already gone on record to key a scenewhere Leia smack Poe , so the two Resistance trope should have some fascinating interactions .

From the sound of it , part of Dameron ’s arc is evolving from the virtuoso pilot into a more seasoned and ripe leader . It will be interesting to see how that lead intoEpisode IX , turn over the veridical - life circumstances . While nothing has been confirmed yet , it ’s becoming increasingly likely the continuation trilogy close will not feature Leia , as Lucasfilm has already shot downdigitally recreating Fisher ’s likenessand repurposing previous footage from previous moving picture . If the General is genuinely go as the war wages on , many will look at Poe as someone to follow , and he ’ll have to employ the example he see inThe Last Jedito defeat the First Order once and for all .