TheStar Warssequel trilogy was a source of constant tilt and consuming excitement for many buff of the series . By the timeThe Force Awakenscame about , devotee knew that many   dear character from the original series would be returning . Two of the most illustrious characters from the series were the Skywalker twins , Luke and Leia , and they did return .

They both had some incredible present moment in the sequel trilogy but even though they were never reunite in the flesh , there must have been a little bit of sibling contention left over .   Here are five reason why Leia ’s replication was the best , and five reasons it was Luke ’s .

LUKE WAS THE COOLEST: He Had A Beard

The last time he was go steady in the original trilogy , Lukewas a relatively normal look guy wire . Sure , at one distributor point Mark Hamill got into an stroke that altered his appearance somewhat , but he was still the same farm boy who once dreamed of escaping the workaday sands of Tatooine .

By the time of the sequel trilogy , Hamill has turned into a wise - looking bearded man capable of replacing the ill-chosen youth of Luke with a muscular , overbold behaviour .

LEIA WAS THE COOLEST: She Got Promoted

In the original trilogy , Leia is a Princess of Alderaan and a full badass capable of saving just about everyone whenever they postulate her to .

By the prison term ofThe Force Awakens , Leia had become a little wearier of the battles she had been a part of over her life , but also a leader . She , now a General , is the leader of the integral opposition and their combat against the newly work First Order .

LUKE WAS THE COOLEST: He Was The Conclusion Of Episode VII

Despite us being introduced toLeiaas the leader of the Resistance , lover got to see her quite too soon on in the sequel trilogy . It ’s a slap-up moment , but it does n’t have much work up - up .

Luke , on the other hired man , was nowhere to be seen throughoutThe Force Awakens , despite the mission to find him being the picture ’s main plot . When he is last revealed at the end , it is goose pimple - inducing .

LEIA WAS THE COOLEST: She Was Still Funny

Luke has a few moments of faint - hearted sense of humour inThe Last Jediwhen Rey is capable to palaver him out of his moody shell , but a lot of the time , he is disconnected from the excitable Luke everyone used to cognise .

Leia , while her vocalization is abstruse and her serious hat is on slightly more often , is still just as sassy and powerful as fans knew her back in the ' fourscore .

LUKE WAS THE COOLEST: He Changed Drastically

Speaking of his face fungus and new personality , Luke Skywalker was almost a completely unlike and unrecognisable character by the time fans got to see him again in the sequel trilogy .

While it ’s authentically heavy to link the two variation of the character at time , there is something refreshing about seeing a character undergo so much off - screen development over the old age .

LEIA WAS THE COOLEST: She Became More Powerful

While it had been entail at various points , it was n’t untilThe Rise Of Skywalkerthat it was finally confirmed thatLukehad train Leia in the ways of the Jedi .

Of naturally , in the continuation trilogy , Leia is quite old and desist from stunting but it ’s clear that her control of the force has improved . For instance , she can make the ( very questionable ) move to vanish from quad back into the ship to save her own life history .

LUKE WAS THE COOLEST: He Did The Coolest Thing Anyone Has Ever Done With The Force

While Leia ’s use of the force had become strong , Luke had spent many years sample to distance himself from the Jedi .

No matter how grumpy he was , he patently had n’t lost his power or skill , as he is able to take out off the most impressiveStar Warsmoment since the first time audiences found out who his father was . His fake - ego fightingKylobefore cut away to his substantial demise … wow .

LEIA WAS THE COOLEST: She Lived Longer

While it might have been more of a make - up to the reveal of Luke at the end ofThe Force Awakens , it meant that fans mystify to see him on - CRT screen a mint less . Couple that with the fact that he give-up the ghost inThe Last Jediand there is n’t a whole lot of Luke going around .

Leia , however , is a coherent figure in all three continuation photographic film and therefore the most relevant of all of the original trilogy heroes .

LUKE WAS THE COOLEST: He Was An Important Force Ghost

Speaking of Luke ’s end , it was reasonably obvious that he would hark back inThe Rise Of Skywalkeras a Force Ghost .

He really was n’t on - screenland for as long as many expected , but he did help to stop Rey from abandoning the conflict like he did , give his cameo a wealth of importance . Leia did n’t even have a utter role in ghost form .

LEIA WAS THE COOLEST: She Met Everyone Important

While there was a glimpse of Luke in each of the sequel films , he only appear physically on his island . This meant that the only multitude he interact with were Rey , Chewie and R2 .

He might have range through a crew of important characters as a acoustic projection , butLeiamade genuine adhesiveness with all of the most important characters in the continuation trilogy .

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