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Carrie Fisher is reprising her iconic role for the highly anticipated [_The Force Awakens_](http://time.com/tag/the-force-awakens/), which comes out Dec. 18\. Fans know very little about how Fisher’s character factors into the plot, except that she’s now referred to as “[General Leia](http://time.com/4109339/princess-leia-force-awakens/).” The actress recently spoke to TIME about what it took to get back under the princess from Alderaan’s skin. What follows is a lightly edited transcript of the conversation: **Was it a difficult decision to come back and do this movie?** No, I’m a female and in Hollywood it’s difficult to get work after 30—maybe it’s getting to be 40 now. I long ago accepted that I am Princess Leia. I have that as a large part of the association with my identity. There wasn’t a lot of hesitation. **Did you miss making Star Wars movies?** No. That unstable I’m not. I miss being young, that was fun. They were fun to make. Not to the degree I imagine people think they were, like playing on a jungle gym. They’re not fun like that because there’s early calls and, as you get older, there are memory issues and pressure with that. But I was glad to do it. **Had Leia changed over the years?** Oh my God, she got so much older. I tried to stop her, but apparently that includes death so that didn’t seem like a good solution. Along with aging comes life experience so in every way that is consistent with even being human, Leia has changed. **Do you bring aspects as an actress to this that you didn’t when you first played her?** Probably, but I try not to. I mean, one hopes that I at least indicate that I have wisdom. Whether I’m successful with that indication or not remains to be seen. And I wear less makeup and I need it more. **You wear less makeup in this film? Was that the director’s decision or yours?** No, it’s me. I’ve seen pictures of myself with makeup on and I look like those women who look like they’re wearing makeup so they can look young, and I don’t think that’s good. They have all these products now called—wait, what’s it called, it’s my favorite—youth suppressant, or age go away, they don’t work. I didn’t wear a lot of makeup to begin with and I was always—you have to be very careful with that stuff. It really annoys me that I’m vain, but unfortunately I haven’t been able to discard that tendency. _Read more:_ [_The 10 Most Fascinating Star Wars: The Force Awakens Fan Theories_](http://time.com/4116403/star-wars-force-awakens-fan-theories/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4124142/princess-leia-age/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4124142/princess-leia-age/"},"headline":"Carrie Fisher on the Importance of Princess Leia Aging","datePublished":"2015-11-23T16:52:10.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T12:50:44.622Z","description":"And why the character is now a part of her identity","url":"https://time.com/4124142/princess-leia-age/","keywords":["Star Wars","Aging","Star Wars topic","Acting","carrie fisher","Princess Leia","The Force Awakens"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt024f8ae7f8f5eab5/69886fb8cf40a80f63c40827/leia-star-wars-the-force-awakens.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt024f8ae7f8f5eab5/69886fb8cf40a80f63c40827/leia-star-wars-the-force-awakens.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Leia from Star Wars: The Force Awakens","caption":"Leia from Star Wars: The Force Awakens","creditText":"LUKASFILM","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/star-wars/","name":"Star Wars"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4124142/princess-leia-age/","name":"Carrie Fisher on the Importance of Princess Leia Aging"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Star Wars- The Force Awakens Trailer (Official)","description":"Star Wars- The Force Awakens Trailer (Official)","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/t3MjF3mv/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-10-20T02:39:51.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/t3MjF3mv.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4124142/princess-leia-age/","duration":"PT2M35S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4124142/princess-leia-age/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```