Still unable to forgive Anakin Skywalker, whom she knows as the Sith Lord Darth Vader, Leia is sent back to the end of the Clone Wars as a 14-year-old. Due to being Force sensitive, she is found by the Jedi and is sent to become Anakin's new padawan, much to the annoyance and disappointment of Skywalker, who is still disturbed with Ahsoka Tano leaving the Order.

Based on the Legends comic book series Star Wars Infinities, a point of divergence occurs in the plot of Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.