Last week, two so-calledStar Warsfans decided to cut all of the women out ofThe Last Jedi. And it’s brought some interesting reactions from a lot of different people across the Internet. Now, we get some fan art that completely swaps the roles of twin siblings Luke and Leia. Here, Leia becomes the Master Jedi while Luke, looking like an Echo Park hipster in his feminine robes, becomes the lover of gay space pirate Han Solo. The images are already causing a ruckus. But they’re pretty harmless for anyone with an open mind about where this franchise can go in the future.
Will we ever see a complete reboot of the originalStar WarswithLuke and Leiatrading places in some kind of Freaky Friday scenario? That’s hugely doubtful. And we kind of already got that withThe Force Awakens, as Rey becomes the Jedi Knight and Finn is relegated to being Poe’s eye candy (at least in some fans' eyes). But this fan art shows us what that might look like. And while it will rankle some and make others giggle with questionable delight, one thing is undeniable, Leia looks pretty bad ass as a Jedi dressed in black.
In the recent bookFrom a Certain Point of View, which looks at various moments in the officialStar Warscanon from different characters' eye level, we learned that Leia was Yoda’s favorite. He preferred her over Luke, and that’s why he was so reluctant to train the male Skywalker. Jennifer Aberin Johnson has painted what that may have looked like, had Yoda gotten his wish.
In the images, we not only see Leia in Luke’s iconic black outfit fromReturn of the Jedi, we also see a moment fromA New Hope, where Leia, in her TomboyTatooinecostume saves Prince Luke from a prison on the Death Star. In another image, Luke seems to be channelingRogue One’s Krennic in his Princess Leia inspired robes, as Leia ignites her lightsaber in signature bun hairdo. Perhaps the most controversial of these images shows Luke and Han in a loving embrace, with the two about to kiss. We also see Leia confronting Vader onBespin.
Aberin Johnson has been creating some fun and inspiredStar Wars fan artfor a while now. And she offers a more ‘modern’ take on the trios from all three trilogies.The Mary Suefirst showed off this fan art of Luke and Leia switching roles, and it has been met with mixed results from fans. You can probably guess that there is a faction of maleStar Warsfans who are greatly upset over these gender role swaps, though they shouldn’t be taken too seriously, as they’re not canon. And it’s hugely doubtful that will see Luke and Leia actually switch place in our lifetime. But then again, they are makingCrocodile Dundeemovie with Danny McBride, so anything is possible.
