--- title: Carrie Fisher Dead: Best Princess Leia Star Wars Quotes description: Actor Carrie Fisher, who died at 60, was best known for playing Princess Leia in the Star Wars series. Here are some of her best quotes. canonical: https://time.com/4618464/carrie-fisher-dead-star-wars-princess-leia-quotes/ author: Kerry Close article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-12-27T19:08:25.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T02:28:46.610Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: 5 of Carrie Fisher’s Best Princess Leia Quotes og:description: To remember the late 'Star Wars' legend, who has died at 60 og:url: https://time.com/4618464/carrie-fisher-dead-star-wars-princess-leia-quotes/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1d59cdb93fb6884e/6986960dadae449d82543877/princess-leia.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 5 of Carrie Fisher’s Best Princess Leia Quotes twitter:description: To remember the late 'Star Wars' legend, who has died at 60 twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1d59cdb93fb6884e/6986960dadae449d82543877/princess-leia.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 5 of Carrie Fisher’s Best Princess Leia Quotes to Remember the _Star Wars_ Legend by [Kerry Close](/author/kerry-close/) ## Kerry Close Dec 27, 2016 7:08 PM CUT  Carrie Fisher, as Princess Leia Organa, in a scene from the 1977 "Star Wars" movie released by 20th Century-Fox. Carrie Fisher, as Princess Leia Organa, in a scene from the 1977 "Star Wars" movie released by 20th Century-Fox.20th Century-Fox Film Corporation—AP by [Kerry Close](/author/kerry-close/) ## Kerry Close Dec 27, 2016 7:08 PM CUT _Star Wars_ fans around the world were saddened to learn that actress [Carrie Fisher](http://time.com/4618460/carrie-fisher-dead-star-wars/ "undefined")—who shot to fame playing Princess Leia in the original trilogy—[died Tuesday](http://time.com/4618454/carrie-fisher-dead-reactions/?xid=homepage "undefined"). [Fisher](http://time.com/4618460/carrie-fisher-dead-star-wars/?xid=homepage "undefined"), who reportedly suffered a [heart attack](http://time.com/4617652/carrie-fisher-heart-attack/ "undefined") on a plane last week, [died in Los Angeles](http://time.com/4618441/carrie-fisher-dead/ "undefined") at the age of 60\. Though she would eventually take jobs as a screenplay doctor and a writer, Fisher was best-known for playing the take-charge princess of the space opera classics _A New Hope,_ _The Empire Strikes Back_ and _Return of the Jedi_. She also reprised her role as Princess Leia in the latest _Star Wars_ installment _The Force Awakens_, released in late 2015. For despondent lovers of the galaxy far, far away, here are some of Fisher’s most memorable quotes from the _Star Wars_ series: **“Help me Obi-Wan Kenobi, you’re my only hope.”** In one of Fisher’s first lines in _A New Hope_, her character enclosed a secret message in droid R2-D2 asking help from renowned Jedi master Obi-Wan Kenobi in her rebellion against the Empire. **“Aren’t you a little short for a stormtrooper?”** Upon meeting Luke Skywalker for the first time in her cell on the Death Star, Leia expresses her skepticism at his stormtrooper disguise. **“Why, you stuck up, half-witted, scruffy-looking Nerf herder.”** In a fight with her romantic interest throughout the series, smuggler Han Solo, Fisher’s character hurled a _Star Wars_\-themed jab at her beau, played by Harrison Ford. **“I’d just as soon kiss a Wookie.”** Leia fires this line at Han during a tense argument about their relationship in _The Empire Strikes Back_. **“He’s my brother.”** At the end of _Return of the Jedi_, Leia explains her relationship with Luke to a confused and jealous Han. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4618464/carrie-fisher-dead-star-wars-princess-leia-quotes/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4618464/carrie-fisher-dead-star-wars-princess-leia-quotes/"},"headline":"5 of Carrie Fisher’s Best Princess Leia Quotes to Remember the Star Wars Legend","datePublished":"2016-12-27T19:08:25.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T02:28:46.610Z","description":"Fisher has died at 60","url":"https://time.com/4618464/carrie-fisher-dead-star-wars-princess-leia-quotes/","keywords":["remembrance","Star Wars topic","carrie fisher","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1d59cdb93fb6884e/6986960dadae449d82543877/princess-leia.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Kerry Close","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/kerry-close/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1d59cdb93fb6884e/6986960dadae449d82543877/princess-leia.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford","caption":"Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford","creditText":"20th Century-Fox Film Corporation—AP","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/remembrance/","name":"remembrance"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4618464/carrie-fisher-dead-star-wars-princess-leia-quotes/","name":"5 of Carrie Fisher’s Best Princess Leia Quotes to Remember the Star Wars Legend"}}]}] ```