Princess Leia....A Disney Princess?

[Goofyernmost]

i bet she can kick all the Disney princesses butts though

Certainly Snow Whites... she seemed so completely delicate!

 

[rogerrabbitfan9]

The whole "Disney Princess" thing is a convenient marketing tool that Disney invented to allow the multiple IPs to generate more money than they would on their own. Star Wars generates plenty of money as an IP unit alone, so I doubt that Disney would bring Leia into the group. (This is the same reason that the characters from Frozen aren't Disney Princesses, since they also generate plenty of their own money.)

While this post sounds REALLY cynical, I think it's kind of genius how Disney worked it out.

 

[Florida_is_hot]

They all originated with Disney. They were not someone elses brain child.

Wrong do a Google search most Disney Princesses were adopted from other sources. I think Princesses Leia is a strong female role model that girls need. Not a Princesses who measures success in finding a Prince.

The only reason if took Disney so long is past criteria Disney Princesses were all animated characters.

 

[JoeCamel]

i bet she can kick all the Disney princesses butts though

Well Merida.......

 

[Pi on my Cake]

Well Merida.......

Merida didn't actually do any butt kicking, she just seems like she could.

Mulan on the other hand...

 

[Walter Elias Disney]

What about Atta the crown princess ant, the eldest daughter of the Queen of the ant colony and heir to the throne from A Bug's Life. She is a Disney/Pixar original story princess.

 

[Walter Elias Disney]

Frozen provides us with the only Queen in the company...Queen Elsa of Arendelle and her sister princess Anna. Again, from a previous story and adapted on screen to match EPCOT's needs for Norway.

 

[Walter Elias Disney]

Would we need to include Queen Padme Amidala with Princess Leia in order to complete the Star Wars request?

 

[Gene L.]

Never in a million years.

 

[NearTheEars]

Frozen provides us with the only Queen in the company...Queen Elsa of Arendelle and her sister princess Anna. Again, from a previous story and adapted on screen to match EPCOT's needs for Norway.

What about the Evil Queen?

 

[doctornick]

I do find it interesting they have no Face characters for M&G. I wonder if there is a reason.

I always thought the reason is that they'd have to pay royalties to the likes of Carrie Fisher for their likeness. A character like Vader, Kylo Ren, Chewbacca, etc. doesn't run into this problem, nor is there any issues with face characters based on cartoons. At least that was the reported rationale when they didn't have Giselle from Enchanted in the parks (because they'd have to pay Amy Adams extra for it).

They had M&Gs for Star Wars weekends, but that was limited times so they might just have been willing to eat the costs for that as part of the package for that promotion.

That being said.... they do have Mary Poppins appear in the parks. So it might just be bunk. Any other face characters based on live people?

 

[ford91exploder]

She is Princess and Star Wars is owned by Disney she is a Disney Princess. As for putting her in the princess line-up next to Aurora and Cinderella - no.

Mulan perhaps as Mulan was pretty handy with a sword and Leia wielded a blaster with considerable finesse.

 

[Master Yoda]

 

[mickeyfan5534]

i bet she can kick all the Disney princesses butts though

Mulan and Pocahontas would probably put up a good fight. I'd give Rapunzel a fighting chance with the frying pan. Belle and Tiana would match Leia's wit very easily.

 

[The_Jobu]

I really fail to see the point of such a suggestion, I can't even see a benefit. Who would want this?

 

[ProfSavage]

How is this "News or Rumours?" This should be moved to "General Discussions."

 

[jpinkc]

I thought that was the cast of The View on the Evil Queens thing, didn't quote for some reason

 

[LongLiveTheKing]

Fisher herself has actually joked about this (NSFW link. She swears).

http://www.geekwithcurves.com/2015/03/carrie-fisher-talks-about-leia-joining.html

 

[Disneyhead'71]

The word "Princess" can be misleading.

 

[JWG]

I anticipate that no real face princess will ever be an official princess who must appear. Simply due to paying for the likeness.