--- description: During a Sunday Star Wars Celebration panel, Carrie Fisher revealed that Princess Leia and Han Solo's marriage was not a happy affair. title: Carrie Fisher Has Some Sad News for Princess Leia and Han Solo Fans image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8933e95ecb170dc5/69887544ab6d7777f46a7918/star-wars-han-leia.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Carrie Fisher Has Some Sad News for Princess Leia and Han Solo Fans  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Jul 18, 2016 3:48 PM CUT  Harrison Ford as Han Solo and Carrie Fisher as General Leia Organa in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Harrison Ford as Han Solo and Carrie Fisher as General Leia Organa in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.Lucasfilm Ltd.  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Jul 18, 2016 3:48 PM CUT Star Wars Celebration Europe was full of major moments for fans of the space fantasy saga — [behind-the-scenes footage from _Rogue One_ ](http://time.com/4407834/rogue-one-star-wars-footage/ "undefined")was released, [Alden Ehrenreich](http://time.com/4409714/alden-ehrenreich-star-wars/ "undefined") was officially confirmed as young Han Solo and [Mark Hamill did his Joker laugh](http://www.ew.com/article/2016/07/17/batman-killing-joke-mark-hamill-reads-joker-lines-star-wars-celebration "undefined"). But there was one sad announcement. During a Sunday panel with host Warwick Davis — an Ewok in _Star Wars_ — Carrie Fisher revealed that [Princess Leia](http://time.com/4403117/star-wars-princess-leia-the-force/ "undefined") and Han Solo’s marriage was not a happy affair, [reports IGN](http://www.ign.com/articles/2016/07/17/star-wars-celebration-2016-hans-funeral-takes-place-between-force-awakens-and-episode-8 "undefined"). When asked about the events that took place between _Return of the Jedi_ and _The Force Awakens_, the 59-year-old actress at first replied, “Han’s funeral” — an admission that some speculate is a spoiler for _Episode VIII_. However, she quickly corrected herself. “The old one, oh,” she said. “Han and I have a very volatile relationship obviously, which leads to space divorce. No, I don’t think we are divorced — we’re just estranged.” She then went on to say that having Kylo Ren — played by Adam Driver — as a kid didn’t help matters. “We had a child who turned out to be Hitler, naughty Hitler. You’d feel bad too if your child did all that, wouldn’t you?,” Fisher said. “I did spank Adam when I first met him, so that felt good.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4410369/carrie-fisher-princess-leia-han-solo-estranged/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4410369/carrie-fisher-princess-leia-han-solo-estranged/"},"headline":"Carrie Fisher Has Some Sad News for Princess Leia and Han Solo Fans","datePublished":"2016-07-18T15:48:59.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T23:19:18.583Z","description":"Say it ain't so!","url":"https://time.com/4410369/carrie-fisher-princess-leia-han-solo-estranged/","keywords":["movies","Star Wars topic","star wars: the force awakens","Star Wars Episode VIII"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8933e95ecb170dc5/69887544ab6d7777f46a7918/star-wars-han-leia.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8933e95ecb170dc5/69887544ab6d7777f46a7918/star-wars-han-leia.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"star-wars-han-leia","caption":"Harrison Ford as Han Solo and Carrie Fisher as General Leia Organa in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.","creditText":"Lucasfilm Ltd.","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/4410369/carrie-fisher-princess-leia-han-solo-estranged/","name":"Carrie Fisher Has Some Sad News for Princess Leia and Han Solo Fans"}}]}] ```