--- title: Princess Leia and Poe Dameron are Family in The Last Jedi description: Oscar Isaac teases another Princess Leia hint about the next Star Wars installment, The Last Jedi. canonical: https://time.com/4897076/star-wars-the-last-jedi-hint-oscar-isaac/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-08-11T16:40:57.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:46:23.952Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Princess Leia and Poe Dameron are 'Family' in The Last Jedi og:description: Another new hint about the next Star Wars installment og:url: https://time.com/4897076/star-wars-the-last-jedi-hint-oscar-isaac/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt71a75d27e8d6e8b8/6988b40ee20a871218a939bf/carrie-fisher5.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: The Star Wars Holiday Special og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Princess Leia and Poe Dameron are 'Family' in The Last Jedi twitter:description: Another new hint about the next Star Wars installment twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt71a75d27e8d6e8b8/6988b40ee20a871218a939bf/carrie-fisher5.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # _Star Wars'_ Oscar Isaac Just Said the Sweetest Thing About Princess Leia by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Aug 11, 2017 4:40 PM UTC  Carrie Fisher as Princes Leia and Anthony Daniels as C3PO on Aug. 23, 1978. Carrie Fisher as Princes Leia and Anthony Daniels as C3PO on Aug. 23, 1978.CBS/Getty Images by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Aug 11, 2017 4:40 PM UTC **Warning**: This story contains spoilers for _Star Wars: The Force Awakens_. While Carrie Fisher may have [passed away](http://time.com/4618456/carrie-fisher-dead-remembrance/), she lives on in Princess Leia, especially thanks to her role in _Star Wars:_ _The Last Jedi —_and in her protégé, Poe Dameron. “Poe is in some ways a surrogate son for Leia,” actor Oscar Isaac, who plays the Resistance’s hotshot pilot Poe, [tells _EW_](http://ew.com/movies/2017/08/10/star-wars-last-jedi-leia-organa-carrie-fisher/). “But also I think she sees in him the potential for a truly great leader of the Resistance and beyond.” Poe is helping fill the void in [Leia’s life](http://time.com/4618461/carrie-fisher-dead-kickass-princess/) as she mourns the death of Han Solo, who was murdered by their son, Ben Solo (Adam Driver). Ben turned to the Dark Side of the Force, changing his name to Kylo Ren, taking charge of the ominous First Order, and following in the footsteps of his grandfather, Darth Vader. In _The Last Jedi_, [General-Senator-Scholar-Princess Leia](http://time.com/4889737/princess-leia-phd-reactions/) mentors Poe, [according to _EW_](http://ew.com/movies/2017/08/10/star-wars-last-jedi-leia-organa-carrie-fisher/), “encouraging him to look beyond the crosshairs in his cockpit.” “Poe’s arc is one of evolving from a heroic soldier to a seasoned leader, to see beyond the single-mindedness of winning the battle to the larger picture of the future of the galaxy,” Isaac says. “I think [Leia](http://time.com/4891759/star-wars-john-boyega-on-carrie-fisher/) knows she won’t be around forever and she, with tough love, wants to push Poe to be more than the badass pilot, to temper his heroic impulses with wisdom and clarity.” \[Read the full story at [EW](http://ew.com/movies/2017/08/10/star-wars-last-jedi-leia-organa-carrie-fisher/)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4897076/star-wars-the-last-jedi-hint-oscar-isaac/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4897076/star-wars-the-last-jedi-hint-oscar-isaac/"},"headline":"Star Wars' Oscar Isaac Just Said the Sweetest Thing About Princess Leia","datePublished":"2017-08-11T16:40:57.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:46:23.952Z","description":"Another hint about the next Star Wars installment","url":"https://time.com/4897076/star-wars-the-last-jedi-hint-oscar-isaac/","keywords":["movies","Newsfeed","Star Wars topic","carrie fisher","Oscar Isaac","Princess Leia","Star Wars: The Last Jedi"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt71a75d27e8d6e8b8/6988b40ee20a871218a939bf/carrie-fisher5.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt71a75d27e8d6e8b8/6988b40ee20a871218a939bf/carrie-fisher5.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The Star Wars Holiday Special","caption":"The Star Wars Holiday Special","creditText":"CBS/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4897076/star-wars-the-last-jedi-hint-oscar-isaac/","name":"Star Wars' Oscar Isaac Just Said the Sweetest Thing About Princess Leia"}}]}] ```