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Leia, Princess of Alderaan
by Claudia Gray
Teenage Princess Leia is the most interesting Leia. She's got all the makings of the character we know her to become, but here she's still unsure and untested. Claudia Gray really captures her extremely well in this novel.
This story manages to add a lot of context to one of the moments in the original Star Wars that I always felt was under served in the back of my mind: the destruction of Alderaan. In the film it happens and it's shocking and Leia is clearly distressed, but the next time we see her is with the sassy, "Aren't you a little short for a stormtrooper?" - it kind of becomes forgotten quickly. Here, we really get to know Alderaan as a place and what it means to Leia. We get to know her parents really well (Bail was already a part of the various films, but her mother was glimpsed only for seconds) and the foreshadowing of what we know is going to happen really hits home harder.
I particularly enjoyed the fun this book had with subterfuge. The Rebel Alliance is in a very early stage here and not fully formed, but Leia and her parents are involved. This means they need to keep their activities hidden from an Empire that grows all the more suspicious, and a dinner party scene went to some creative lengths that had me laughing at the skills involved from the characters.
This new run of Star Wars canon books got off to a poor start back in 2014 and I almost decided not to bother with them, but they have improved massively - at least based off the bunch I've read recently.
This story manages to add a lot of context to one of the moments in the original Star Wars that I always felt was under served in the back of my mind: the destruction of Alderaan. In the film it happens and it's shocking and Leia is clearly distressed, but the next time we see her is with the sassy, "Aren't you a little short for a stormtrooper?" - it kind of becomes forgotten quickly. Here, we really get to know Alderaan as a place and what it means to Leia. We get to know her parents really well (Bail was already a part of the various films, but her mother was glimpsed only for seconds) and the foreshadowing of what we know is going to happen really hits home harder.
I particularly enjoyed the fun this book had with subterfuge. The Rebel Alliance is in a very early stage here and not fully formed, but Leia and her parents are involved. This means they need to keep their activities hidden from an Empire that grows all the more suspicious, and a dinner party scene went to some creative lengths that had me laughing at the skills involved from the characters.
This new run of Star Wars canon books got off to a poor start back in 2014 and I almost decided not to bother with them, but they have improved massively - at least based off the bunch I've read recently.