Leia smiled slightly. "Again, I'm not sure 'Guardian' means quite the same thing to you as it does to me," she said. "But I like the implications of the word, so I'll take that as a compliment." There were far worse things to be compared to than someone who protected others, in whatever capacity, after all.

She was quiet through the rest of his explanation, though, expression thoughtful. "Yes, I do tend toward the light," she said once he was finished. "When people in my family turn to darkness, it seldom ends well for anyone involved. And a great many people that aren't involved as well. But both light and dark are aspects of the Force, and despite what some might claim, which way a Force-sensitive person leans has no effect on their overall strength; it just usually determines how that strength is used."

"When I say my family were among the strongest Force-sensitives though, I'm not just speaking for the humans of one world. I'm speaking of an entire galaxy, with countless worlds and over five million officially recognized sentient species. The Force can manifest in any of them, though it's rarer in some than others. It is something you're either born with or you're not, but there are no particular caste systems that are built around it as far as I'm aware."