The Courtship of Princess Leia

Star Wars Legends

By: Dave Wolverton

Narrated by: January LaVoy

Length: 12 hrs and 33 mins

Publisher's summary

Before the marriage of Princess Leia Organa and Han Solo, another suitor threatened to derail their star-crossed romance. . . .

Seeking rich, powerful allies to bring into the Rebel Alliance and a new home planet for the refugees from her native Alderaan, Princess Leia considers a proposal that could tip the balance of power against the evil Empire. The Hapes Consortium of 63 worlds is ruled by the Queen Mother, who wants Leia to marry her son, the dashing and wealthy Prince Isolder.

Han Solo has always dreamed of marrying Leia himself, and now he makes a desperate, final gamble to win her back. Tricking Leia into accompanying him, Han flees with her to the beautiful and untamed planet Dathomir, where he hopes to win her heart.

Fearing the imperious queen’s reaction to Han’s rash move, Luke Skywalker forms an unlikely alliance with Prince Isolder to track down the runaways. Soon Isolder, Luke, and Artoo will be at the center of an adventure leading to an awesome treasure, a group of Force-trained “witches,” and a showdown with an invincible foe.

©1994 Lucasfilm Ltd. (P)2024 Random House Audio

Enjoyed The Adventure

The excitement of the Star Wars adventure was enhanced by the presence of my favorite characters- Cunning Han Solo, fearless Princess Leia, Luke Skywalker's unwavering determination and courage, C-3PO's intelligent and humorous insights, and R2-D2's steadfast and resourceful nature.

Refreshingly great!!

January LaVoy’s best performance yet!! It also helps that the story was written during a time where they cared more about the quality of both the individual story as well as the over arching story of the star wars universe. Unlike the hot mess of garbage that is the majority of the new cannon material, they built the star wars universe from the inside out letting political struggles, ethical issues, etc. form naturally without compromising the star wars story. To many of the new stories try to force the star wars story around the current political “hot topics”. If I want to be reminded of all of the political divisions and stresses we are going through currently there are plenty of other books I can read. When I read/listen to a star wars book I want to be transported to a galaxy far far away. Which in my opinion is one of the key aspects of a good star ways story. That is why I am so glad they are coming out with the EU books as unabridged and narrated by incredible talent such as January LaVoy and Marc Thompson. Keep it up!!!

Pure fun!

A joy to read and a joy to listen to. I love the early era pre-prequels EU books, where the creators were figuring things out and exploring the Galaxy far far Away. The author draws from the classic pulp well and balances the fantasy and science fiction elements of the franchise perfectly. This one introduces some elements that were to become fan favorites, including Dathomir, the witches, the Nightsisters, Zinge and the Iron Fist which figured so well in the X-Wing books, and it was a delight to see Han and Leia getting together.

The narrator was perfect, and I dearly hope Children of the Jedi and Planet of Twilight are made into unabridged audios next, and that this narrator is tapped to read. Possibly the same with Truce at Bakura.

Fantastic!

I’d been stuck with the three-hour abridged version for years, so I was very excited to have this unabridged version. This is my favorite Star Wars book. The story is excellent, and the narration was very well done. I will be listening to this again in the future!

Excellent

Very entertaining. Star Wars was so much fun before the Disney mean girls took over.

Rich Lore of beloved characters

So fun to get a little taste of characters that we know in love! Some of the relationship development might be a little gimmicky, but overall it's a fun and inventive peek into into a galaxy far far away

Just as good as i remember

It’s another great Legends story that intertwines with the future events in the Legends universe.

Captivating Story. Amazing Performance. Needed more character moments in beginning

This was a great story. I loved the atmosphere of the whole book and loved the settings. Dathomir was a great planet.

My only gripe with this book is that Leia is suddenly no longer in love with Han and is falling in love with Isolder (Hapan Prince). I could see Leia debating marrying him simply because of the benefits that would bring the New Republic, but not actually in love with him. And then there’s several other moments where she’s talking to Han saying she doesn’t love him. But that doesn’t make sense given what we’ve seen in films. It seems the book needed more time to spend with Leia experiencing troubles with Han to explain that dilemma more. The author wanted a romantic conflict and that is a good idea in general, but needed more time to be set up.

But in the end, Han and Leia get married so it works out in the end.

Again, the story and atmosphere in this book are amazing. The narrator did a wonderful job.

a fan of all star wars books

I liked the whole thing, but wasn't a very big fan of the childish indecisiveness of the princess. everything else is great though!

perfect narration for a magnificent Love Story

I love that the two love stories are each given time to unfold in this unabridged telling of this story. it's probably the first EU book I had access to growing up (my sister bought it). it is as great now as it was then and the narrator seals the deal. perfect.