Summary
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi sparked controversy with Leia's spacewalk scene, but it's now being turned into a Jedi strategy in a new novel.
- The Eye of Darkness, set 200 years before Skywalker saga, features Jedi using spacewalks as a daring strategy to combat space pirates.
- Leia's unplanned and instinctive spacewalk showcased her raw power as the daughter of the Chosen One, but it ultimately took a toll on her health.
Star Wars has turned Leia's spacewalk from Star Wars: The Last Jedi into an actual Jedi strategy. Rian Johnson's Star Wars: The Last Jedi proved to be one of the most controversial movies in Star Wars history. The fandom was particularly divided over the movie's portrayal of Luke Skywalker, and attention has subsequently focused on this element; but there was another heavily criticized scene that's now been largely forgotten.
In Star Wars: The Last Jedi, a First Order attack struck the bridge of the Resistance's flagship. Resistance leaders were blasted out into space, including Leia Organa herself. Surprisingly, Leia survived, able to use her Force powers to spacewalk back into the ship. The scene was a shocking one, not least because Leia had never demonstrated this kind of raw power before. It arguably foreshadowed later scenes in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, which revealed Leia had undergone more training than most viewers realized. But now, surprisingly, Star Wars has turned this spacewalk into an actual Jedi strategy.
