Star Wars: The Princess and the Scoundrel (Unabridged)
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4.1 • 56 Ratings
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
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.
Customer Reviews
Nope
The Good: the narrators did well. The sound effects and background‘noises’ were top notch. The author ‘paints’ a little more of the Star Wars universe.
The Bad: Over half of the beginning is slow. No action and no adventure. It’s 6+ hours of Han and Leia’s internal monologue of them living there normal everyday lives as Leia selfishly ‘hijacks’ her honeymoon and many people’s vacation because she can’t let go of her ‘job’. You can skip the first half of this book and not be lost in the second half.
Toward the end the Empire makes an appearance. This part is reminiscent of Return of the Jedi. Han and Leia, with help from the locals, easily deal with the Empire in one battle.
The author definitely watched the movies, but none of the books. This is obvious when she makes the Force unknown thing to Leia, vs the book Leia (2017) where a young Leia definitely comes to have some idea of the Force.
If you’re looking for fun and adventure, this isn’t the book you’ve been looking for. Move along, move along.