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Leia: Princess of Alderaan
by Claudia Gray
To be honest, the reason that I picked this up was to fullfill a reading challenge category for "based on a movie or TV series," but I enjoyed this a surprising amount. I'm a Star Wars fan, but I'm not super crazy knowledgeable like many people, so I'm sure that I missed some winking references, but I enjoyed this exploration of Leia's life be for Star Wars the movie.
Let's be honest; Leia's character was underdeveloped/underutilized in the original trilogy in which the things that people remember most about her are her bikini slave outfit, awkward kiss with her brother, and Han Solo taking her love for granted. When Star Wars: The Force Awakens came out, and Leia is General Leia, many more people finally started to wonder at her character's emotional fortitude, intelligence, and tactical/political shrewdness. Like many others, I was saddened by Carrie Fisher's death, in part because we'll likely never see the powerhouse character that she would've played in Episode IX. This books gives a little bit of a peek into who and what shaped Leia Organa into the leader who she becomes, one who is strong in the Force, but learned skills less flashy, but no less (and maybe more) useful than fighting with light sabers.
Let's be honest; Leia's character was underdeveloped/underutilized in the original trilogy in which the things that people remember most about her are her bikini slave outfit, awkward kiss with her brother, and Han Solo taking her love for granted. When Star Wars: The Force Awakens came out, and Leia is General Leia, many more people finally started to wonder at her character's emotional fortitude, intelligence, and tactical/political shrewdness. Like many others, I was saddened by Carrie Fisher's death, in part because we'll likely never see the powerhouse character that she would've played in Episode IX. This books gives a little bit of a peek into who and what shaped Leia Organa into the leader who she becomes, one who is strong in the Force, but learned skills less flashy, but no less (and maybe more) useful than fighting with light sabers.