--- description: Although The Force Awakens led viewers to believe that Leia and Han broke up because of their son, Carrie Fisher has a different opinion. title: Carrie Fisher Explains Why Princess Leia and Han Solo Broke Up image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [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 Hilariously Explains Why Princess Leia and Han Solo Were Broken Up in _The Force Awakens_  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Sep 23, 2016 5:09 PM CUT  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Sep 23, 2016 5:09 PM CUT **Warning:** This post contains spoilers for [_Star Wars: The Force Awakens_](http://time.com/money/4227901/star-wars-the-force-ticket-sales-slow/ "undefined"). Although the events of [_The Force Awakens_](http://time.com/4275495/star-wars-the-force-awakens-deleted-scenes/ "undefined") led viewers to believe that [Princess Leia](http://time.com/4403117/star-wars-princess-leia-the-force/ "undefined") (now General Organa) and [Han Solo](http://time.com/4156464/star-wars-force-awakens-spoiler-major-scene/ "undefined") broke up because of their son Ben’s decision to turn to the dark side and become Kylo Ren, Carrie Fisher — who plays Leia in the space fantasy saga — has a different opinion on the matter. During a recent interview at the [Saskatoon Comic & Entertainment Expo](http://saskexpo.com/ "undefined"), the 59-year-old actress revealed the real reason everyone’s favorite _Star Wars_ romance came to an end. “He smuggled way too much,” she said. “And girls, I know you don’t want your husband smuggling, do you? Hanging out with the hairy guy \[Chewbacca\] too often. I think there are a lot of problems with that. He wouldn’t take me on the hyperspace thing enough… \[that’s a\] euphemism.” Watch the clip below. \[h/t [Jedi News](http://www.jedinews.co.uk/interviews/articles/carrie-fisher-han-leia-split/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4505984/star-wars-carrie-fisher-princess-leia-han-solo-breakup/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4505984/star-wars-carrie-fisher-princess-leia-han-solo-breakup/"},"headline":"Carrie Fisher Hilariously Explains Why Princess Leia and Han Solo Were Broken Up in The Force Awakens","datePublished":"2016-09-23T17:09:03.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:36:55.874Z","description":"\"Hanging out with the hairy guy too often\"","url":"https://time.com/4505984/star-wars-carrie-fisher-princess-leia-han-solo-breakup/","keywords":["movies","Newsfeed","Star Wars topic","harrison ford","carrie fisher","Princess Leia","star wars: the force awakens","The Force Awakens","Han Solo"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"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/4505984/star-wars-carrie-fisher-princess-leia-han-solo-breakup/","name":"Carrie Fisher Hilariously Explains Why Princess Leia and Han Solo Were Broken Up in The Force Awakens"}}]}] ```