I will die on the hill that the fandom turning Luke into Fandom Padmé 2.0 and Leia into Fandom Anakin 2.0 is where most part of Luke and Leia mischaracterization comes. Like. Oh; my goodness. It is so fucking frustrating.
That is such a wrong take. You oversimplify Leia. When Leia would never do what Anakin did. You oversimplify Luke like a character that is a drop of sunshine who is unable to commit a mistake or worse.
This fandomization of the characters rip them from who they are.
If Leia was ever like Anakin, she would have fallen to the dark side and went into a rampage of vengeance against the Empire after what happend with Alderaan. She would be unable to look at an Imp the same way Anakin never got to see a tusken raider without seeing red. She never did that. She went after justice.
Leia is oriented by duty and compromised with the Republics and its ideals. She might have a more rough and sass personality, like Anakin. But the core of her character is kindness, kinship, duty and leadership. This is all Padme.
While Anakin and Luke are both hotheaded way more oriented by bonds and family. This is literally their entire arc. That is literally what made Luke start his hero journey. It wasnt by fighting for what is right - again, that is Leia - it was because his family died, then Ben died, he found out his father "died" in the hand of the Empire. And he wanted revenge. His entire arc in OT is about his family, his father, and how he deals with it.
Luke is more compassionate than Anakin was and that is their difference. But by the end it is way more "oh my goodness. He has blonde hair and blue eyes." Like tha fandom likes to tell. He is a mechanic, a brilliant pilot, hot headed, family oriented, and driven by emotions, in which TESB almost gets him killed twice btw. Guess what, just like Anakin was almost killed twice in AOTC.
Both of them - Luke AND Leia - have traits of Anakin AND Padmé in different ways. It is impressive how people want them to be like a charicature of their parents.
And a wrong charicature, nonetheless.
