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Logic In A New Hope

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First, in the film, A New Hope, Princess Leia is dependent on logic and reason. To begin, Leia displays full logic and reason when Darth Vader boards her diplomatic ship heading for Alderaan, the home world of Princess Leia. After putting a message in R2-D2, her droid, Leia leaves one of the rooms aboard the ship and she flees from Stormtroopers, but soon after, a Stormtrooper shoots her and stuns her, leaving her body inert. They take Leia to Darth Vader, where Leia realizes who attacks their ship. Leia exemplifies her logic when she inquires to Vader, “The Imperial Senate will not sit for this, when they hear you’ve attack[ed] a diplomatic…” (7). Saying those words, she shows that she is trying to use her logic to get herself out of the current …show more content…

Next, after leaving the Battle of Hoth and escaping into an asteroid field to hide from the Empire, Leia shows emotion when she follows Han outside in the cave to investigate the creature, which reveals itself to be a Mynock, even though she knows it could be dangerous. Escaping from the Battle of Hoth, Han Solo and Princess Leia embark on another journey, but this time without Luke Skywalker. The Empire chases them from Hoth, but unable to avoid them, Han takes the Millennium Falcon, his ship, into an asteroid belt. Once they land inside of one of the asteroids, they begin making repairs to fix the hyperdrive. As Han and Leia make repairs, they start to speak and Leia says, “I happen to like nice men,” and Han replies back, “I’m a nice man,” and then Leia begins to say but does not finish, “No, you’re not. You’re…” (Lucas The Empire Strikes Back 47). After Leia says that, Han “kisses her,” and this awakens Leia and her heart starting her transformation from full logic and reason to having emotions. In a few moments, Leia hears something outside and tells Han. He, then, goes outside to investigate, but Leia tells him, “Are you crazy?!” and then, Leia swiftly asserts, “Then I’m going with you” (52). Since Leia requests to go with Han outside of the ship, it emphasizes that Leia establishes feelings towards Han. It shows that, despite knowing something is outside, she wants to help Han with whatever is lurking outside of the ship and hindering the repairing process. This is also the first time that Leia uses her emotions rather than using logic and reason to guide her into the future. George Lucas uses this to show that the catalyst, or the kiss, awoke Leia from her slumber and brought her emotions with her in the process of being awoken. He also wants to show that Leia is beginning down a new road because she is undergoing the transformation from full logic and

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