"Star Wars" heroine

The answer

LEIA

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LEIA answer page.

Used 16 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• REY (10 uses in xd)

Other clues for LEIA

Every other clue in this collection answered by LEIA, most used first.

• "Star Wars" princess - used 216 times, most recently in 2026
• Luke's sister - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• Sci-fi princess - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Darth's daughter - used 22 times, most recently in 2013
• Princess "in a galaxy far, far away" - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Princess from Alderaan - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Role for Carrie - used 14 times, most recently in 2013
• "Star Wars" royal - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Luke Skywalker's sister - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• "Star Wars" royalty - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Han Solo's love - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
• Movie princess - used 10 times, most recently in 2011
• Carrie's "Star Wars" role - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• "The Last Jedi" general - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Carrie Fisher role - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Anakin's daughter - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Carrie in space - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Darth Vader's daughter - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Han's love - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• "I'd just as soon kiss a Wookiee" speaker - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Luke's twin - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Princess of Alderaan - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• "Star Wars" character - used 7 times, most recently in 2010
• "Star Wars" general - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Film princess - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Luke's sister in "Star Wars" - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Princess played by Carrie Fisher - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Prisoner of Jabba the Hutt - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
• "Return of the Jedi" princess - used 6 times, most recently in 2015

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• Hardy heroine - TESS, used 280 times
• Verdi heroine - AIDA, used 151 times
• Brontë heroine - EYRE, used 146 times
• "M*A*S*H" star - ALDA, used 114 times
• Austen heroine - EMMA, used 94 times
• Pearl Buck heroine - OLAN, used 93 times

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