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Is there an in-universe reason why when Leia died she wasn't given a traditional Jedi funeral (cremation)?

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    Was Leia a Jedi? Granted she could use the force but does that make her a Jedi?
    – Paulie_D
    Commented Aug 3, 2020 at 20:41
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    @Paulie_D she was, as shown in Episode IX.
    – Marvel Boy
    Commented Aug 3, 2020 at 21:23
  • training as a Jedi does not mean one is a Jedi...from a certain point of view. Ashoka says as much in S2 of Star Wars Rebels "Shroud of Darkness": 'Because I am no longer a Jedi. It was my choice, I left the Order. '
    – NKCampbell
    Commented Aug 3, 2020 at 21:43
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    "When you're a Jedi, you're a Jedi all the way From your first cigaredi to your last dying day." West Sith Story
    – Invisible Trihedron
    Commented Aug 3, 2020 at 22:24
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    Just like Assange Ventress was never a Sith, Leia was never a Jedi. To be a Jedi, you have to complete your training. Ashoka never did that is why she is not a Jedi. To remain a Jedi, you must uphold the Jedi ways. The ones who gave up are known as dark Jedis.
    – user65648
    Commented Aug 4, 2020 at 13:45

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Leia specifically chose not to be a Jedi because she sensed doing so would lead to the death of her son, as explained by Luke in The Rise of Skywalker:

"It was the last night of her training. Leia told me that she had sensed the death of her son at the end of her Jedi path. She surrendered her saber to me and said one day it would be picked up again by someone who would finish her journey."

As such, there's no reason she would be given a Jedi funeral (and doing so would likely have been disrespectful of her wishes).

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The simple answer: she wasn't a Jedi. Although she was trained to use a lightsaber, she had no Jedi master, she was not trained to use the force, and she had a husband and a family. (which is forbidden for Jedi) The Jedi ceremony is probably reserved for Jedi only. Lightsaber training and relation to a Jedi does not make her a Jedi.

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    The rules might be different for the new Jedi order
    – SpacePhoenix
    Commented Aug 6, 2020 at 8:12
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    @SpacePhoenix Especially considering that that specific rule was one of the direct causes of the destruction of the old order. It's the sort of thing that might lead you to re-examine the premise on which the rule was based...
    – Chronocidal
    Commented Aug 6, 2020 at 8:38

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