Star Wars: The Princess and the Scoundrel
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • You are cordially invited to the wedding of Princess Leia Organa and Han Solo.
The Death Star is destroyed. Darth Vader is dead. The Empire is desolate. But on the forest moon of Endor, among the chaos of a changing galaxy, time stands still for a princess and her scoundrel.
After being frozen in carbonite, then risking everything for the Rebellion, Han is eager to stop living his life for other people. He and Leia have earned their future together, a thousand times over. And when he proposes to Leia, it’s the first time in a long time he’s had a good feeling about this. For Leia, a lifetime of fighting doesn’t seem truly over. There is work still to do, penance to pay for the dark secret that she now knows runs through her veins. Her brother, Luke, is offering her that chance—one that comes with family and the promise of the Force. But when Han asks her to marry him, Leia finds her answer immediately on her lips . . . Yes.
Yet happily ever after doesn’t come easily. As soon as Han and Leia depart their idyllic ceremony for their honeymoon, they find themselves on the grandest and most glamorous stage of all: the Halcyon, a luxury vessel on a very public journey to the most wondrous worlds in the galaxy. Their marriage, and the peace and prosperity it represents, are a lightning rod for all—including Imperial remnants still clinging to power.
Facing their most desperate hour, the soldiers of the Empire have dispersed across the galaxy, retrenching on isolated planets vulnerable to their influence. As the Halcyon travels from world to world, one thing becomes abundantly clear: The war is not over. But as danger draws closer, Han and Leia find that they fight their best battles not alone, but as husband and wife.
The Death Star is destroyed. Darth Vader is dead. The Empire is desolate. But on the forest moon of Endor, among the chaos of a changing galaxy, time stands still for a princess and her scoundrel.
After being frozen in carbonite, then risking everything for the Rebellion, Han is eager to stop living his life for other people. He and Leia have earned their future together, a thousand times over. And when he proposes to Leia, it’s the first time in a long time he’s had a good feeling about this. For Leia, a lifetime of fighting doesn’t seem truly over. There is work still to do, penance to pay for the dark secret that she now knows runs through her veins. Her brother, Luke, is offering her that chance—one that comes with family and the promise of the Force. But when Han asks her to marry him, Leia finds her answer immediately on her lips . . . Yes.
Yet happily ever after doesn’t come easily. As soon as Han and Leia depart their idyllic ceremony for their honeymoon, they find themselves on the grandest and most glamorous stage of all: the Halcyon, a luxury vessel on a very public journey to the most wondrous worlds in the galaxy. Their marriage, and the peace and prosperity it represents, are a lightning rod for all—including Imperial remnants still clinging to power.
Facing their most desperate hour, the soldiers of the Empire have dispersed across the galaxy, retrenching on isolated planets vulnerable to their influence. As the Halcyon travels from world to world, one thing becomes abundantly clear: The war is not over. But as danger draws closer, Han and Leia find that they fight their best battles not alone, but as husband and wife.
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Overall had a fun time with this one and waffled between giving it 3 or 4 stars. The first third revolving around the wedding really started to drag after a while â which feels kind of unfortunate to say, since itâs central to the book and, yeah, a big deal in the overall canon, and presumably a big reason to pick the book up at all. Just wasnât super engaging for how much of the book is devoted to it, and I found myself wondering when things were going to pick up. Which they eventually did. Plot was fine, characterization was solid, the world of Madurs made for a cool new location. I love any of the newer canon books that dig into Leiaâs complicated relationship with her family, and in that respect this was a good addition. Especially enjoyed the seeds of anxieties that ultimately come to fruition in âBloodlineâ, and the beginnings of her exploring her connection with the Force (even though I have a lot of issues with how that was handled in TRoS, and it was clear this book was partially tasked with justifying decisions made).
The fraught nature of Han and Leiaâs relationship felt right given what we know from TFA onward (and, frankly, the OT), and their banter was spot-on. Wouldnât really classify this as a romance book, but Iâm not sure I was expecting it to be one, so thatâs fineâprobably about as close to one as anyone can expect from SW outside of âLost Starsâ and maybe âDark Discipleâ (or fanfic???). Donât really see myself coming back to this one the way I have to âBloodlineâ, but it was enjoyable once things started movingâ¦just felt like it took too long to get there.
Also, given that this novel was a blatant tie-in for the Disney Parksâ Galactic Starcruiser âexperience,â being in the middle of reading it as Disney is announcing that the Starcruiser hotel is closing in September was sort of hilarious.
The fraught nature of Han and Leiaâs relationship felt right given what we know from TFA onward (and, frankly, the OT), and their banter was spot-on. Wouldnât really classify this as a romance book, but Iâm not sure I was expecting it to be one, so thatâs fineâprobably about as close to one as anyone can expect from SW outside of âLost Starsâ and maybe âDark Discipleâ (or fanfic???). Donât really see myself coming back to this one the way I have to âBloodlineâ, but it was enjoyable once things started movingâ¦just felt like it took too long to get there.
Also, given that this novel was a blatant tie-in for the Disney Parksâ Galactic Starcruiser âexperience,â being in the middle of reading it as Disney is announcing that the Starcruiser hotel is closing in September was sort of hilarious.
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