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Here's an interesting fact you didn't know about 'Star Wars' Princess Leia
If you think that you know everything about Princess Leia, then this fact about her will really surprise you.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, not only did Princess Leia have a Ph.D., but also she earned it at 19.
The revelation was pointed out by Twitter user Becca Harrison, a University of Glasgow student, who discovered the news in the book Superwomen: Gender, Power, and Representation by Carolyn Cocca.
According to Cocca, George Lucas said in the 2004 commentary for A New Hope that Leia obtained her doctorate, among other accolades, while Luke was a "naive farm boy."Hang on wait what... Leia had a PhD in Star Wars? Christ can you imagine having everyone call you Princess when you were actually Dr Organa pic.twitter.com/HYertPJqWU
— Becca Harrison (@BeccaEHarrison) August 4, 2017
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"She's like a very sophisticated, urbanized ruler, a senator, so she's a politician.She's accomplished, graduated, got her Ph.D. at 19 and she rules people," said Lucas, according to the book.
The discovery was so popular, even Twitter pointed it out in a Moments collection.
Carrie Fisher's Gen. Leia Organa will make her final appearance in the upcoming franchise installment ' The Last Jedi'.
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