Thought I'd share my tribute to Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia, with some poignant dialogue from the Star Wars Annual #2 comic:
“All I can do is make their sacrifice mean something. Give everything I have to this cause the same way they did.
To stop would be to be unworthy of them… unworthy of what they gave… of what I took from them.
Truth be told, it’s not their sacrifice, their deaths… that keeps me up most nights.
It’s the question.
The question of… if I would do anything differently.
Imagine trying to look yourself in the mirror every day once you realize that the answer is no.
No, you would do it all again, you would still sacrifice all of those innocent lives if it means stopping the Empire.
Princess. Rebel. Politician. Daughter. Friend. Fighter. Survivor. Betrayer. Monster.
These are words others use to describe me, and words I also use for myself. Some fit more than others.
But I would rather be a monster that believes in something, that would sacrifice everything to make the galaxy better, than be someone gifted who sits on the sidelines and watches as if it has no consequence to them.
Rebellion is an idea bigger than any of us, it has to be to inspire. It is alive. Only as strong as its weakest link. What matters is that it survives us, that it grows beyond us.
I will die for it, I’m sure. Today, maybe. But I will fight for it with every breath, anything less is to have done nothing. Anything less is for Alderaan to have meant nothing.”
- Princess Leia Organa, Star Wars Annual #2
May the Force be with you, Carrie Fisher. Thank you for being the greatest rebel princess there was.
