Princess Leia was definitely no damsel in distress, and she could dish out the sass as easily as she could fire a blaster.
Carrie Fisher might be gone, but her presence lives on in the hearts of fans the world over for her portrayal of the beloved Princess Leia Organa. The original Rebellion bad girl tamed a scruffy looking merc named Han Solo, smooched her brother, and helped blow up the second Death Star. Her legacy as a natural leader and an energetic hero will always live on in the Star Wars movies.
To commemorate Carrie Fisher's performance, it's fun to look back at Princess Leia's most hilarious quotes. Energized by the fires of rebellion against the dreaded Galactic Empire, Leia never held back when it came to expressing herself. Here are her wittiest lines from the original trilogy, when she was still at her sassiest.
Romantic tension between Han Solo and Princess Leia was evident right from the start, but it wouldn't begin to manifest heavily until The Empire Strikes Back. After Solo saved Luke Skywalker from the frozen surface of Hoth, General Rieekan temporarily grounded all ships from leaving the system— a perfect excuse for Han to tease Leia.
After proclaiming himself a "gorgeous guy" she didn't want to let out of her sight, Leia shook her head in dismay and uttered this popular quote which was sharp enough to make Chewie chuckle— much to Han's annoyance.
The rescue of Princess Leia didn't start off particularly well. After narrowly escaping death in a shootout with Stormtroopers, the heroes were nearly crushed in a garbage compactor. Already frustrated by the less-than-stellar rescue attempt, Leia decided to take charge and find a way off the Death Star herself.
After chastising Solo for his incompetence, she turned her irritation on the towering Chewbacca by shuffling past whilst uttering this hilarious quote.
While hiding from pursuing Imperials in what seemed like a cave, Han Solo began to suspect that something was out of the ordinary. Firing his blaster at the ground, he quickly figured out that they were actually in the throat of a gigantic alien worm.
They barely made it back on board the Millennium Falcon before Han ordered the ship to take off. When Leia began to protest and cited the presence of Imperials still within range, Han cut her off with, "No time to discuss this in committee," which prompted this hilarious retort from Leia.
Realizing that Jabba The Hutt's bounty was going to follow him from sector to sector, Han decided to leave the company of the Rebellion in order to pay off his debt and prevent the Empire from stumbling upon their secret base in the process.
Leia was upset by Han wanting to leave, and he insinuated it was because of her romantic feelings toward him. When he pressed her on being afraid to part ways with a goodbye kiss, Leia shot back this classic burn.
A common trope is of the knight in shining armor who rushes in to save the beautiful maiden from the clutches of an evil villain, but few knights expect a reaction quite like the one Leia gave to Luke Skywalker. After busting into Leia's prison cell dressed in Stormtrooper garb, Leia sat up unimpressed and delivered this funny quote.
Forgetting he was still in uniform, Luke took off his helmet and revealed his identity, setting the stage for the adventures to come.
After Han and Luke's failed plan involving Chewbacca transferring prions, a massive shootout ensued that lit up the Death Star like a Christmas tree. As such, they needed to pull double-time to rescue Leia and begin making their escape.
Things immediately went sour when reinforcements showed up and trapped them in a small passageway. Realizing that things were only going to get worse, Leia lost her patience and took charge of the situation by blasting a hole into a garbage chute, ordering everyone to hold their noses and dive while delivering this hilarious quip.
Things got dicey when Han Solo pushed his luck a bit too far on his flirtatious teasing of Leia. After rescuing Luke from certain death, he tried selling the narrative that Leia had poured out her "true feelings" for him just prior to him prepping to leave the Rebellion.
Visibly irritated, Leia lost her temper and struggled to find words fitting enough to berate Solo for his pretentious arrogance. She fired this scathing quote salvo in his direction.
With the Empire in hot pursuit following the Rebellion's evacuation from Hoth, Han tried to shake them off their tails in preparation for a jump to lightspeed. Realizing that the Empire was gaining on them fast, Han and Chewie struggled to overcome the Millennium Falcon's technical errors in time for the escape.
Leia quickly began losing patience with the ordeal as the Empire drew closer, pressing this quote to Han which made audiences laugh— particularly due to Solo's bruised ego reaction.
Against all odds, Leia, Luke, Han, Chewbacca and the Droids somehow made it back to the Millennium Falcon which was being guarded in one of the Death Star's hangar bays. With Leia's rescue having been a series of ill-fated disasters, her reaction upon first seeing the Falcon was priceless.
By that time, Han had quickly become accustomed to Leia's salty insults, but this quote directed at the Falcon must have stung him the most. It shouldn't have come as a surprise, as most who glimpsed the Falcon saw little but a loose collection of second-rate bolts.
After successfully throwing the Empire off their track by hiding Millennium Falcon on the back of a Star Destroyer, Leia and Han began to calm down long enough to have something resembling a civil conversation. Han began looking for a safe port to run to while waiting for the Empire to dump their garbage.
The plan came off without a hitch as the Star Destroyers dumped their refuse, allowing the Falcon to detach and float away within the debris field. Impressed, Leia uttered this quote before giving Han a kiss on the cheek.
