She also knows Obi-Wan, and she knows him well. Her holographic plea for help, already iconic, will never be the same. She knows Obi-Wan's real name as well as his alias of “Ben.” When Luke comes barging into her cell and says, “I'm here with Ben Kenobi,” Leia jumps off the bunk in an instant.
While Luke didn't know who Obi-Wan was until later in life, we see from the start of "A New Hope" that Leia knows exactly who Obi-Wan is and that he's still alive. Along with the Death Star plans, Leia also puts a message to Obi-Wan in R2-D2 that Luke first receives, spurring him to go and talk to Ben.
Leia didn't see Obi-Wan again, nor did she experience any sadness when she learned of his death. In pairing Obi-Wan with Leia in his Disney+ series, the show was able to explore a bond between two Star Wars icons that didn't already exist in canon.
She never even meets him. She recorded the message for Obi Wan Kenobi. Luke knew a Kenobi, so he assumed. The only character at the start of the movie that knows Ben and Obi-Wan were the same for sure was R2-D2… and Luke's aunt and uncle.
The short answer is that creator George Lucas had no idea Leia would end up becoming Darth Vader's daughter.
For Leia to name her son Ben Solo is the greatest honor, with Obi-Wan's memory able to live on in someone she loves. It is a sweet and moving gesture, and it retroactively addresses the questions that lingered around the Ben Solo name. After all, why name your child after someone who was important to someone else?
Reva seeks to capture Obi-Wan Kenobi as a show of loyalty and effectiveness to Darth Vader. She knows who Vader once was and understands his relationship with his former Master. She pursues Obi-Wan with a level of dogged determination that may be better described as an obsession.
The first time, Obi-Wan tells Leia she reminds him of someone “fearless and stubborn,” a “leader who died a long time ago.” While it's possible he was referring to Satine Kryze (voiced by Anna Graves in the Clone Wars animated show), it seems more likely he was talking about Padme.
Key details in the Obi-Wan Kenobi series connect to the original Star Wars movies, hinting Darth Vader knew and ignored Leia was his daughter.
A Skywalker by blood, Leia Organa is known to be Force sensitive.
Darth Vader only learned he had a daughter in Return of the Jedi - but there's no evidence he realized she was Leia before his death and redemption. Darth Vader may have never known Princess Leia was his daughter in Star Wars and never cultivated a relationship with her, even when he was a Force ghost.
To protect Luke from the truth, most likely until he was ready to learn about it himself. Obi-Wan either tried to protect him from the truth forever, or until he was ready.
The reason Leia likely remembers Padmé is that she could sense her mother's emotions at the time of the senator's passing. Luke didn't possess the same ability as his sister and inherited their father's Force potential. This links with Luke's desire to follow Anakin's Jedi path.
"General Kenobi, years ago you served my father in the Clone Wars," Leia tells him. "Now he begs you to help him in his struggle against the Empire." She had been on her way to relay the message in person, but failed when Darth Vader intercepted her passage. Her message ends: "This is our most desperate hour.
So, is Leia a Jedi? While Leia was just as strong with the Force as her brother Luke, she never became a Jedi. Still, she did begin her training. Shortly after the Battle of Endor, the twins began training together, with Luke guiding Leia through meditative practices and sparring exercises.
This fell in line with various fan theories and non-canon novelizations that suggested Obi-Wan and Padmé had an affair sometime during the Clone Wars. In the Star Wars prequel movies, Obi-Wan often has a duty to protect Padmé, but there was never any sense of romantic feelings.
The wedding of Anakin Skywalker and Padmé Amidala took place in 22 BBY by way of secret ceremony at the Varykino lake retreat in Naboo's Lake Country. The ceremony was officiated by a Pontifex of the Brotherhood of Cognizance named Maxiron Agolerga. The only witnesses to the marriage were the droids R2-D2 and C-3PO.
The Inverse analysis — The new revelation that Leia was buddies with Obi-Wan when she was a kid isn't just some cool canon twist, it also adds a tragic layer to everything that happens in A New Hope.
Reva knows that Anakin Skywalker is Darth Vader because she was one of his targets—a child—during the Order 66 killings that took place during the events of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.
The theory is that Satine's nephew Korkie Kryze, who bears a striking resemblance to Obi-Wan, is actually Satine and Obi-Wan's son. This has never been confirmed, so it seems likely to be only mere speculation, but there's no definitive proof that Obi-Wan didn't have a child with Satine.
Before she became a Jedi hunter, she had possession of a droid. However, it was taken away from her, like many of her past belongings and acquaintances. During her time as an Inquisitor, the Third Sister wore black armor with a cape, and wielded a red-bladed Inquisitor lightsaber.
Initially unknown to Ben, Rey forms a dyad in the Force with him. The dyad is an unbreakable Force-bond that makes them one in the Force, despite being born as two physically separated individuals. Thus, despite not being related by blood, Rey is Ben's other half, making her his "soulmate" or "twin of the Force".
His birth was prophesied as early as 1000 BBY by a Jedi Master. Originally, Anakin was to be named Han Solo Jr. after his father, but his mother, Leia decided to name the boy after his maternal grandfather, Anakin Skywalker.