query: what planet did princess leia call home?

title: Princess Leia

text: Princess Leia Princess Leia Organa of Alderaan (also Senator Leia Organa or General Leia Organa) is a fictional character in the "Star Wars" franchise, portrayed in films by Carrie Fisher. Introduced in the original "Star Wars" film in 1977, Leia is princess of the planet Alderaan, a member of the Imperial Senate and an agent of the Rebel Alliance. She thwarts the sinister Sith Lord Darth Vader and helps bring about the destruction of the Empire's cataclysmic superweapon, the Death Star. In "The Empire Strikes Back" (1980), Leia commands a Rebel base and evades Vader as she falls in love

title: Star Wars: Princess Leia

text: becoming disjointed. "Princess Leia" #1 was the best-selling comic of March 2015, ultimately becoming the tenth best-selling issue of 2015 for Diamond Comic Distributors. The trade paperback sold an estimated 6,782 copies to comic specialty stores in November 2015, coming after "" as the third highest-selling graphic novel that month. Star Wars: Princess Leia Star Wars: Princess Leia is a five-issue "Star Wars" comic book limited series, centered on Princess Leia immediately following the events of the 1977 film "Star Wars". In the story, Leia and Rebel pilot Evaan Verlainem attempt to rescue the survivors of the planet Alderaan's destruction

title: Star Wars: Princess Leia

text: Star Wars: Princess Leia Star Wars: Princess Leia is a five-issue "Star Wars" comic book limited series, centered on Princess Leia immediately following the events of the 1977 film "Star Wars". In the story, Leia and Rebel pilot Evaan Verlainem attempt to rescue the survivors of the planet Alderaan's destruction from the Empire. Announced alongside the ongoing comics "Star Wars" and "", the series was published by Marvel Comics from March to July 2015 with Mark Waid as writer, Terry Dodson as artist and Jordie Bellaire as colorist. At the time considered the weakest of three initial comics, "Princess Leia"

title: Star Wars: Leia, Princess of Alderaan

text: Star Wars: Leia, Princess of Alderaan Star Wars: Leia, Princess of Alderaan is a "Star Wars" novel by Claudia Gray, published by Disney Lucasfilm Press on September 1, 2017 as part of the publishing initiative. It chronicles the teen years of Princess Leia before the events of the 1977 film "Star Wars", which introduced the character. Sixteen-year-old Princess Leia Organa of the planet Alderaan finds that her parents, Queen Breha and Viceroy Bail Organa, are too consumed by their duties to pay her much attention. As a politician-in-training in the Apprentice Legislature, Leia organizes a humanitarian mission to the planet

title: Princess Leia

text: to the fourth draft as a childhood friend of Luke. Leia was at one point "the daughter of Owen Lars and his wife Beru ... Luke's cousin–together they visit the grave of his mother, who perished with his father on a planet destroyed by the Death Star." A later story synopsis establishes Leia as "Leia Antilles", the daughter of Bail Antilles from the peaceful world of Organa Major. In the fourth draft it was established that "Leia Organa" came instead from Alderaan. Fisher was 19 when she was cast as Princess Leia, with actresses including Amy Irving, Cindy Williams and

title: Star Wars: Leia, Princess of Alderaan

text: including Grand Moff Tarkin, Mon Mothma, Amilyn Holdo, and Quarsh Panaka. Gray explained how Kier Domadi, Leia's first love, compares to the character's future husband, Han Solo: Star Wars: Leia, Princess of Alderaan Star Wars: Leia, Princess of Alderaan is a "Star Wars" novel by Claudia Gray, published by Disney Lucasfilm Press on September 1, 2017 as part of the publishing initiative. It chronicles the teen years of Princess Leia before the events of the 1977 film "Star Wars", which introduced the character. Sixteen-year-old Princess Leia Organa of the planet Alderaan finds that her parents, Queen Breha and Viceroy Bail

title: Princess Leia

text: of strong female characters. Yes, Princess Leia was in a gold bikini, but she was also the one who single-handedly killed Jabba. When you take into account movies and TV shows like "Terminator", "Aliens", "Battlestar Galactica", and even video games like "Metroid", you can see sci-fi has consistently promoted the strength of women more than any other genre." Princess Leia Princess Leia Organa of Alderaan (also Senator Leia Organa or General Leia Organa) is a fictional character in the "Star Wars" franchise, portrayed in films by Carrie Fisher. Introduced in the original "Star Wars" film in 1977, Leia is princess

title: Princess Leia

text: blueprints for the Death Star, the Empire's moon-sized battle station, inside the astromech droid R2-D2 and has sent it to find one of the last remaining Jedi, Obi-Wan Kenobi, on the nearby planet of Tatooine. Vader arrests Leia and has her tortured, but she resists revealing anything. Death Star commander Grand Moff Tarkin threatens to destroy her home planet Alderaan with the Death Star unless she reveals the location of the hidden Rebel base. She provides the location of an old, abandoned base on the planet Dantooine, but Tarkin orders Alderaan to be destroyed anyway. Leia is rescued by Luke

title: Star Wars: Princess Leia

text: received generally positive reviews. The issues were collected in a trade paperback, released November 3, 2015. At the medal ceremony at the end of "Star Wars: A New Hope", Princess Leia of Alderaan says a few words in remembrance of her destroyed planet, but is criticized her seeming lack of emotion. She learns that the Empire is hunting any surviving citizens of Alderaan, and the bounty on her own head precludes her from actively participating with the Rebellion. Leia convinces the Rebel pilot and royalist Evaan Verlainem to accompany her and R2-D2 on a mission to find and protect the

title: Princess Leia

text: Force sensitivities to sense the past, and in "Star Wars" #12, she uses a lightsaber as a weapon for the first time canonically. "Princess Leia" reveals Leia to have had royal training in martial arts and explores her reaction to the destruction of Alderaan, while "Shattered Empire" also portrays her as a skilled pilot who undertakes a dangerous mission alongside Poe Dameron's mother. Leia appears briefly in the 1978 "Star Wars Holiday Special" TV film as a leader and administrator of the new Rebel Alliance base. She and C-3PO contact Chewbacca's wife Mallatobuck for assistance in finding Chewbacca and Han.

title: Princess Leia

text: as a concert suite (4:18 length) for the score of the 1977 film. Anthony Breznican of "Entertainment Weekly" describes Leia as a "diplomat, spy, warrior, undercover agent". Mark Edlitz calls her "a smart, feisty, brave diplomat and warrior" in "The Huffington Post". Fisher told "Rolling Stone" in 1983: She said in 2014: Introduced in the original 1977 film "Star Wars", Princess Leia Organa of Alderaan is a member of the Imperial Senate. She is captured by Darth Vader on board the ship "Tantive IV", where she is acting as a spy for the Rebel Alliance. Leia has secretly hidden the

title: Star Wars: Princess Leia

text: ships piloted by other Alderaanians arrive to join Leia, they are outnumbered by the Imperial forces. The Imperials, however, plan on destroying all the Alderaan ships, and a space battle ensues, though without the help of the Alder-Espirions Leia knows the Imperials will win. However, after being convinced by Evaan, Leia gives a speech promoting Alderaanian values to all the ships, and the battle is turned when the Alder-Espirions join the fight, having viewed Leia's speech thanks to R2. The battle won, Leia leaves to help the Rebellion again, telling Evaan to have the Alderaanians elect a new princess and

title: Princess Leia

text: tells Luke he has a twin sister. She and their mother were "sent to the protection of friends in a distant system. The mother died shortly thereafter, and Luke's sister was adopted by Ben's friends, the governor of Alderaan and his wife." Fisher explained in 1983: "Leia's real father left her mother when she was pregnant, so her mother married this King Organa. I was adopted and grew up set apart from other people because I was a princess." Composer John Williams created a musical leitmotif for Leia which recurs throughout the "Star Wars" saga. "Princess Leia's Theme" was recorded

title: Star Wars: Leia, Princess of Alderaan

text: he intended to report the rebels to the Empire to protect Alderaan from retribution. A devastated Leia brings his body back to Alderaan, but leaves the information he collected to be destroyed. Bail and Breha finally bring Leia formally into the conspiracy. The novel was announced at the "Star Wars" Celebration in April 2017, along with two other novels and a comic book miniseries related to the second sequel film, "". It was published on September 1, 2017. Gray said of the novel: "Leia, Princess of Alderaan" sets up the relationships between Leia and other characters seen in the films,

title: The Courtship of Princess Leia

text: a high-stakes sabacc game. One of his opponents runs out of liquid financial instruments and instead proffers real estate: a deed to an entire habitable planet, Dathomir. Han thinks he has found a gift which would prove his worthiness to Leia and compare favorably with the gifts of Isolder (and provide a place to resettle the expatriates of Alderaan). When Leia examines his gift and points out that he has been conned (since Dathomir was in the section of the galaxy controlled by Zsinj), Han is further devastated. Isolder compounds insult with injury by denigrating the "Millennium Falcon" and offering

title: Princess Leia

text: with the smuggler, Han Solo. In "Return of the Jedi" (1983), Leia leads the operation to rescue Han from the crime lord Jabba the Hutt, and is revealed to be Vader's daughter and the twin sister of Luke Skywalker. The prequel film "" (2005) establishes that the twins' mother is Senator (and former queen) Padmé Amidala of Naboo, who dies after childbirth. Leia is adopted by Senator Bail and Queen Breha Organa of Alderaan. In "" (2015) and "" (2017), Leia is the founder and General of the Resistance against the First Order. She and Han have a son named

title: Princess Leia

text: other. Leia appears periodically in the "Young Jedi Knights" series (1995–98) by Kevin J. Anderson and Rebecca Moesta. The 14-volume young adult fiction series covers the Jedi training of Jacen and Jaina. In "The Truce at Bakura" (1993) by Kathy Tyers, set one day after the ending of "Return of the Jedi", Leia establishes New Alderaan, a sanctuary for the destroyed planet's surviving inhabitants. The spirit of Anakin Skywalker appears to Leia and pleads for her forgiveness, but she angrily banishes him. The six-volume "Jedi Prince" series (1992–93) by Paul Davids and Hollace Davids, later contradicted by other novels, is

title: Princess Leia

text: quoted Lucas in 1997: In the prequel film "" (2005), Padmé Amidala is pregnant with Anakin Skywalker's twins near the end of the Clone Wars. After Anakin turns to the dark side of the Force and becomes Darth Vader, Padmé gives birth to Luke and Leia on Polis Massa and then dies. Leia is adopted by Senator Bail Organa and his wife Queen Breha of Alderaan. Film critic Peter Travers of "Rolling Stone" wrote, "As we watch Anakin nearly melt in the lava, only to be put together, Frankenstein style, in a lab while Lucas intercuts scenes of Padme giving

title: Star Wars: Princess Leia

text: remaining Alderaanians. X-wing fighter pilots Luke Skywalker and Wedge Antilles pursue them, but the trio escape to Naboo. On Naboo, Leia meets with an old acquaintance, Lord Junn, to find the location of the Musical Order, a group of Alderaanian musicians. The Order have a cloister vow to only interact with other Alderaanians in order to keep their musical culturally pure, and their leader Pareece has kept the knowledge of Alderaan's destruction from them. Leia and Evaan soon find that they have been led into a trap, but Pareece saves their lives. Confronting Junn for his betrayal, Leia takes a

title: Alderaan

text: prince consort and first chairman of Alderaan. Traditionally, the heir of the Alderaanian throne also served as a lawmaker, first locally in the High Council, then on Coruscant as an interplanetary Senator for Alderaan. Queen Breha and Bail's heir and (secretly adopted) daughter was Princess Leia, who was serving as Senator for Alderaan in the Imperial Senate during the events depicted in "A New Hope". Alderaan Alderaan is a fictional planet featured in the "Star Wars" franchise. It is blue-green in appearance and is depicted as a terrestrial planet with humanoid inhabitants. It is the home planet of Princess Leia

title: Grand Moff Tarkin

text: in the 1977 film "Star Wars", the first film in the original "Star Wars" trilogy, Grand Moff Tarkin is the Governor of the Imperial Outland Regions, and commander of the Death Star. After Emperor Palpatine dissolves the Galactic Senate, Tarkin and Darth Vader are charged with pursuing and destroying the Rebel Alliance. He threatens Princess Leia Organa with the destruction of her home planet, Alderaan, if Leia does not reveal the location of the Rebel main base of operations. When Leia names the planet Dantooine as the base's location, he destroys Alderaan anyway, hoping to make an example out of

title: Princess Leia

text: soon after, as Luke, Leia and the Rebels fight the Sith Lord Shadowspawn. In "The Courtship of Princess Leia" (1994) by Dave Wolverton, set immediately before the "Thrawn" trilogy, Leia is presented with an advantageous political marriage to Prince Isolder of the planet Hapes. A jealous Han abducts Leia and takes her to the planet Dathomir; Luke and Isolder follow, and there they all find the hidden forces of the Imperial warlord Zsinj. Defeating him, Han and Leia marry. The 2003 novels "A Forest Apart" and "Tatooine Ghost" by Troy Denning are set immediately after "The Courtship of Princess Leia".

title: Princess Leia

text: Awakens" by Foster. Foster's 1978 novel "Splinter of the Mind's Eye" was commissioned by Lucas as the basis for a potential low-budget sequel to "Star Wars" should the film prove unsuccessful. In the story, Luke and Leia seek a crystal on a swampy planet and eventually face Vader in combat. Leia also appears in the line of novels and comic books, introduced in conjunction with "The Force Awakens" to connect the film with previous installments. She is the lead character in the young adult novel "Moving Target: A Princess Leia Adventure" (2015) by Cecil Castellucci and Jason Fry, which is

title: Princess Leia

text: issue of "Rolling Stone", and a painting of Leia and other characters surrounding Lucas appeared on the cover of the May 25, 1983 issue of "Time" announcing "Return of the Jedi". In 2013, cartoonist Jeffrey Brown published the bestselling "Star Wars: Vader's Little Princess", a comic strip-style book featuring Darth Vader and a young Leia in humorous father-daughter situations. Princess Leia appears on a 2007 US postage stamp and a 2015 UK stamp. Leia has also been used in a wide range of "Star Wars" merchandise, including statuettes, action figures and other toys, household items and clothing, office supplies, food

title: Princess Leia

text: Order troops, Leia is among the remaining Resistance forces who escape from Crait in the "Millennium Falcon". Following Fisher's death, "Variety" reported that she was slated to appear in "" and speculated that Lucasfilm would need to find a way to address her death and what would become of her character. Filming began on August 1, 2018. Lucasfilm announced in January 2017 that they had "no plans to digitally recreate Carrie Fisher's performance as Princess or General Leia Organa". In April 2017, Fisher's family granted Disney and Lucasfilm the rights to use recent footage of the late actress in "Episode

title: Princess Leia

text: products, and bubble bath and shampoo in Leia-shaped bottles with her head as the cap. In her one-woman show "Wishful Drinking", Fisher called the Princess Leia Pez dispenser one of the "merchandising horrors" of the series. In a 2011 interview, Fisher said: After the 2012 acquisition of LucasFilm by the Walt Disney Company, the Disney Store stated in May 2014 that the company had "no plans for Leia products". After public criticism, Disney told "Time" in June 2014 that it would be releasing several Leia products. Funko has since produced several versions of Leia (at least one for each film)

title: Princess Leia

text: to possess the body of the infant Anakin. Princess Leia has been called a 1980s icon, a feminist hero and "an exemplary personification of female empowerment". In 2008, Leia was selected by "Empire" magazine as the 89th greatest film character of all time, and IGN listed her as their 8th top "Star Wars" hero. UGO Networks listed Leia as one of their best heroes of all time in 2010. The character has been referenced or parodied in several TV shows and films, and celebrated in cosplay. Fisher appeared in the Leia metal bikini on the cover of the Summer 1983

title: Princess Leia

text: set between "The Empire Strikes Back" and "Return of the Jedi", and Claudia Gray's novels "" (2016) and "" (2017). The former is set six years before "The Force Awakens", while the latter features a 16-year-old Leia before the events of "A New Hope". Leia is the lead character in the five-part comic limited series "" (2015), set between "Episode IV: A New Hope" and "The Empire Strikes Back". She is featured prominently in the four-part comic limited series "" (2015), set immediately after "Return of the Jedi". In "Princess Leia" #2 and "Shattered Empire", Leia is seen using her

title: Princess Leia

text: birth to the twins Luke and Leia, a link to genuine feeling is established at last." In March 2013, Fisher confirmed that she would reprise her role as Leia in "". Set 30 years after "Return of the Jedi", "The Force Awakens" reintroduces a Leia who is "a little more battle weary, a little more broken hearted". In November 2015, director J.J. Abrams said of Leia, "She's referred to as General but ... there's a moment in the movie where a character sort of slips and calls her 'Princess.'" Commenting on the story he added, "The stakes are pretty high

title: Star Wars: Princess Leia

text: issue 7 out of 10 and felt the issue, while still good, did not live up to previous ones. Though he complimented the characters of Leia and Evaan as "well-realized", he criticized the refugees' leader, the Preserver, being too easily convinced to join Leia. The fourth issue got a 7.1 from Schedeen. He commented that, although he felt "Princess Leia" had the "strongest start" of the "Star Wars" comics, it had lost appeal over time, putting some blame on the "declining quality of Terry Dodson's art". Schedeen also criticised the issue for switching between two plotlines "at random" and thus

title: The Courtship of Princess Leia

text: The Courtship of Princess Leia The Courtship of Princess Leia is a 1994 bestselling "Star Wars" book by Dave Wolverton. It continued the streak of "New York Times" Bestsellers, which started with 1991's "Heir to the Empire". "The Courtship of Princess Leia" is set in the "Star Wars" expanded universe, and deals with the downfall of Warlord Zsinj and the circumstances leading to the marriage of Han Solo and Princess Leia. Though the Battle of Endor resulted in the destruction of the Emperor and Darth Vader, along with the best of the Imperial Starfleet, the remnants of the Empire are

title: Princess Leia

text: and should acknowledge that she needs him. In their 2012 essay "Lightsabers, Political Arenas, and Marriages", Ray Merlock and Kathy Merlock Jackson cite Leia as the successor of earlier science fiction heroines Wilma Deering of "Buck Rogers" and Dale Arden of "Flash Gordon", and the embodiment of "a new stage in the ongoing presentation of the fairy-tale princess in jeopardy". Writing that "after Leia, no longer would princesses be passive and salvaged simply with a kiss," they note the reflection of the character in later Disney Princess animated films and in woman warriors such as Ellen Ripley from the "Alien"

title: Princess Leia

text: the penultimate bombing sequence in "The Dam Busters". Comparisons have also been made to the 4th century BC Iberian sculpture Lady of Elche, as well as the 1920s "earphones" hairstyle. Leia has been the subject of feminist analysis. Mark Edlitz wrote for "The Huffington Post" in 2010 that "Leia is an exemplary personification of female empowerment." David Bushman, television curator at the Paley Center for Media, said in 2012, "From the male perspective ... Princess Leia was a very creditable character for her time—not perfect, but certainly defiant, assertive, and strong." Alyssa Rosenberg of "The Washington Post" wrote in 2015,

title: Star Wars: Princess Leia

text: endorsing Evaan as a candidate. Seeking a writer, editor Jordan D. White approached Mark Waid, whose favorite character was Leia. "Princess Leia" was one of three new "Star Wars" comics by Marvel announced in July 2014, along with "Star Wars" and "". It is a self-contained miniseries, but is set in the same rough time period as "Star Wars" and "Darth Vader" in order to allow readers who want to read more than one to get a "broader picture and a richer story". In a ranking of the then-eight Marvel comics, IGN's Joshua Yehl placed "Princess Leia" sixth, noting that

title: Princess Leia

text: of State of the New Republic, is a minor character in the "Jedi Academy" trilogy (1994) by Kevin J. Anderson, set after the "Thrawn" trilogy. Next in the timeline is the "Callista" trilogy: "Children of the Jedi" (1995) by Barbara Hambly, "Darksaber" (1995) by Anderson and "Planet of Twilight" (1997) by Hambly. In "The Crystal Star" (1994) by Vonda McIntyre, young Jacen, Jaina and their three-year-old brother Anakin are kidnapped in a plot to restore the Empire, but are rescued by Leia and Chewbacca. Leia struggles with the responsibilities of her position in "The Black Fleet Crisis" trilogy (1996) by

title: Princess Leia

text: Leia also appears in the cartoon segment at a different Rebel Base, located in an asteroid field, and at the Life Day ceremony at the end of the film. Fisher also appeared in and hosted the November 18, 1978 episode of "Saturday Night Live" that aired one day after the holiday special. The Summer 1983 issue of "Rolling Stone" magazine poked fun at this appearance. A teenage version of Princess Leia, voiced by Julie Dolan, appears in a 2016 episode of the animated series "Star Wars Rebels", which is set between "Revenge of the Sith" and "A New Hope". In

title: What They Did to Princess Paragon

text: What They Did to Princess Paragon What They Did to Princess Paragon is a humor novel by Robert Rodi, which tells the story of what happens when a venerable comic book superheroine is retconned as a lesbian. Gay comic book creator Brian Parrish is hired by Bang Comics to take over "Princess Paragon", a superhero comic book that's been around since the 1940s, but whose sales are slumping badly by the 1990s. Parrish decides to reimagine Princess Paragon as a lesbian, a move which causes quite a bit of excitement and publicity for Bang, but also causes consternation among some

title: What They Did to Princess Paragon

text: of the fan base. One deranged fanboy in particular, Jerome T. Kornacker, is so outraged that his favorite superheroine is being "perverted," that he takes radical steps to stop the change. "What They Did to Princess Paragon" is a tongue-in-cheek look at the comic book industry, the artists who create comics, the corporations that publish and sell them, and the fans who support and consume the books. The story is also an exploration of 1990s lesbian feminist thought. What They Did to Princess Paragon What They Did to Princess Paragon is a humor novel by Robert Rodi, which tells the

title: Princess Leia

text: franchise and Xena of the adventure TV series "". A. O. Scott of "The New York Times" described Leia as "a foremother of Hermione Granger and Katniss Everdeen and of countless latter-day Disney princesses. She also foretold the recent, somewhat belated feminist turn in the "Star Wars" cycle itself". Fisher herself described Leia as a "huge" feminist icon, dismissing the suggestion that the character was ever a "damsel in distress". Fisher said of Leia, "She bossed them around. I don't know what your idea of distress is, but that wasn't it! And I wasn't some babe running through the galaxy

title: Princess Leia

text: the episode, Leia is sent on a secret mission to assist the titular rebels. Executive producer Dave Filoni said of the appearance: Leia appears in the animated series "", voiced by Shelby Young. Leia appears in the animated series "Star Wars Resistance", voiced by Rachel Butera and Carolyn Hennesy. The 1991 "New York Times" bestselling novel "Heir to the Empire" by Timothy Zahn began what would become a large collection of works set before, between and especially after the original films. The bestselling "Thrawn" trilogy (1991–93) by Timothy Zahn begins five years after the events of "Return of the Jedi".

title: Princess Leia

text: her flagship, the "Raddus", who are expelled into space when the ship is attacked by the First Order. Leia uses the Force to pull herself back to the ship. After recovering, she shoots and stuns Poe Dameron, who has mutinied against her successor, Vice Admiral Holdo. From his solitude on Ahch-To, Luke projects himself through the Force to the Resistance stronghold on Crait and reunites with Leia, apologizing for what happened to Ben. Leia replies that she knows her son is gone, but Luke reassures her that "no one's ever really gone". While Luke distracts Kylo and his attacking First

title: The One with the Princess Leia Fantasy

text: Unofficial Guide to Friends" describe it as "a pretty low-key opening to the season ... compared to season two's opener" and see the episode as the starting point for the season's "descent into soap opera". The producers received a letter of appraisal from George Lucas, creator of "Star Wars", who congratulated them on the "great" Princess Leia fantasy. The One with the Princess Leia Fantasy "The One with the Princess Leia Fantasy" is the season premiere of the third season of the American and the 49th episode overall of television situation comedy "Friends", which was broadcast on NBC on September

title: Princess Leia

text: of her head. Miss Piggy of "The Muppet Show" copied the hairdo in a "Star Wars"-themed episode of the series in February 1980. In the 1987 Mel Brooks comedy film "Spaceballs", Princess Vespa (Daphne Zuniga) appears to have the hairstyle, which is soon revealed to in fact be a large pair of headphones. In the parody film "Thumb Wars", the role of Leia was filled by a character named Princess Bunhead, who has two cinnamon rolls for hair. In 2015, Fisher's daughter Billie Lourd's character in the horror-comedy TV series "Scream Queens", a rich and disaffected sorority girl known as

title: The Courtship of Princess Leia

text: for Wolverton's future works once he moves on to other things". Tor.com included the book in a list of "Where to Begin With Star Wars Books", as they saw it as "one of the craziest Star Wars novels ever written" and that "after you read it you won’t be able to think of any other way that Han and Leia’s relationship could have progressed towards marriage". The Courtship of Princess Leia The Courtship of Princess Leia is a 1994 bestselling "Star Wars" book by Dave Wolverton. It continued the streak of "New York Times" Bestsellers, which started with 1991's "Heir

title: Star Wars: Leia, Princess of Alderaan

text: from the proud, frog-like Chalhuddens, Leia negotiates their acceptance of her aid in exchange for a favor to be owed her in the future. She begins gathering information about planetary abuses and brings it to Senator Mon Mothma of Chandrila, whom she hopes can publicize it. Mon, however, instructs Leia that the effort is futile. Leia is further enraged when the Empire uses an assignment issued to the Junior Legislature to seize control of a planet for industrial development. The imperious Grand Moff Tarkin seems to suspect that Bail and Breha are somehow involved in the recent turmoil. As Leia

title: Princess Leia

text: be fed to the Sarlacc. Lando (disguised as a guard) helps them overpower their captors, and Leia seizes the moment to strangle Jabba with her chain. Luke and Leia swing to safety, blowing up Jabba's barge behind them. Later, the heroes go to the forest moon of Endor to prepare for a battle with the Empire. There, Luke reveals to Leia that she is his twin sister and that Vader is their father. Leia joins Han in leading the Rebels in battle with Imperial troops as the Rebel Fleet attacks the second Death Star. Leia is slightly injured, but the

title: Princess Leia

text: with my tits bouncing around. So I wasn't threatening to women", adding "I "like" Princess Leia. I like how she was feisty. I like how she killed Jabba the Hutt". Leia's slave costume when she is held captive by Jabba the Hutt at the beginning of "Return of the Jedi"—made of brass and dubbed Leia's "Metal Bikini" or "Gold Bikini"—immediately made the character (and Fisher) a "generational sex symbol" celebrated by pin-up posters, and later merchandising and cosplay. The outfit has gained a cult following of its own. Rosenberg noted that "the costume has become culturally iconic in a way

title: The Courtship of Princess Leia

text: who from aboard the "Mon Remonda" has been prosecuting the search for this hidden fastness, wearily returns to the recently captured Coruscant expecting an end to the long separation between him and his beloved, Princess Leia, head of the New Republic. To his great surprise, when his vessel drops out of hyperspace and into the Coruscant system, what appears are a number of fearsome Imperial Star Destroyers, Hapan Battle Dragons, and Hapes Nova Class battle cruiser. Eventually, Han learns that the Hapes cluster had sent a delegation of some manner to the New Republic. He lands and enters the Imperial

title: Princess Leia

text: in their POP! line of 4.5-inch vinyl figures in the Japanese super deformed style. Hasbro is set to release an action figure of Leia as she appears in the "Star Wars Rebels" animated series. Leia's unique hairdo in 1977's "A New Hope" has come to be known as the "doughnut" or "cinnamon buns" hairstyle, and is iconic of the character and series. A February 1978 cover story for the British teen magazine "Jackie" included step-by-step instructions on how to replicate Leia's hair buns. In the 1978 short film parody "Hardware Wars", Princess Anne-Droid has actual cinnamon buns on the side

title: Princess Leia

text: carbonate by Zorba. "Mission from Mount Yoda" (1993) finds Ken's father Triclops alive and willing to join the Rebels against the Empire. Leia, now engaged to Han, is captured by Zorba in "Queen of the Empire" (1993). Trioculus is revived and seizes Leia before Zorba can kill her. Leia is rescued and replaced with a lookalike droid decoy, which kills Trioculus. In "Prophets of the Dark Side" (1993), Leia looks forward to her wedding to Han and has a vision of their two children. Matthew Stover's 2008 standalone novel "Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor" picks up the story

title: Princess Leia

text: In "Heir to the Empire" (1991), Leia is married to Han and three months pregnant with twins. Noghri commandos repeatedly attempt to kidnap her as part of Grand Admiral Thrawn's plan to restore the Empire and crush the New Republic. In "Dark Force Rising" (1992), Leia realizes that Darth Vader and the Empire deceived the Noghri to secure their allegiance, and by revealing the truth she turns the alien race to the side of the New Republic. In "The Last Command" (1993), Leia gives birth to the twins Jaina and Jacen on Coruscant during Thrawn's siege. Leia, now the Chief

title: The One with the Princess Leia Fantasy

text: The One with the Princess Leia Fantasy "The One with the Princess Leia Fantasy" is the season premiere of the third season of the American and the 49th episode overall of television situation comedy "Friends", which was broadcast on NBC on September 19, 1996. The plot has Ross (David Schwimmer) tell girlfriend Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) the titular fantasy. In subplots, Monica (Courteney Cox) tries to get over her break-up with Richard, while Joey (Matt LeBlanc) has to cope with Chandler's (Matthew Perry) annoying girlfriend Janice being around. The episode was directed by Gail Mancuso, written by Michael Curtis and Gregory

title: Princess Leia

text: plan to restore the Empire. A captive Leia, resisting Palpatine's attempts to turn her as well, escapes with an artifact he needs to secure his power, the Jedi Holocron. Luke pursues her, and Leia manages to turn him back. Brother and sister then fight Palpatine with the light side of the Force, turning his own Force-generated storm against him and destroying Palpatine and his Star Destroyer. In "Dark Empire II" (1994–95), Leia gives birth to a third child by Han, whom she names Anakin. Palpatine is reborn in an inferior, rapidly deteriorating clone body in "Empire's End" (1995), and seeks

title: Princess Leia

text: the Sith. In "Inferno" (2007) by Troy Denning, Han and Leia are faced with the reality that their son, now Joint Chief of State, is the enemy. Leia attempts unsuccessfully to manipulate Jacen in Aaron Allston's "Fury" (2007) so that the Jedi can both thwart him and neutralize Alema. Finally, in "Invincible" (2008) by Troy Denning, Jaina kills Jacen in lightsaber duel. At Tenel Ka's request, Leia and Han adopt Allana, disguised with the name "Amelia" to protect her from any future vengeance against Cadeus or the Hapes Consortium. Multiple novels in the series made the "New York Times" Best

title: Princess Leia

text: and Allana, but become caught up in a Corellian conspiracy. They are almost killed when the "Millennium Falcon" is attacked by a Star Destroyer controlled by an increasingly powerful Jacen—who knows that his parents are on board. With Han injured, Leia and Lando further investigate the Corellians in Aaron Allston's "Exile" (2007), but Alema reappears to exact her vengeance on Leia. "Sacrifice" (2007) by Karen Traviss finds Leia and Han on the run, hunted by Jacen as traitors to the Galactic Alliance. He kills Luke's wife Mara Jade as his final sacrifice to become Darth Caedus, the new ruler of

title: Princess Leia

text: a pregnant woman, whom Luke learns is his and Leia's biological mother, Padmé Amidala. Anakin and Padmé are discussing a dream of Anakin's in which Padmé dies in childbirth; later, Luke and Leia watch a clip in which Padmé is talking to Obi-Wan Kenobi about Anakin. Tenel Ka, Queen Mother of the Hapes Consortium, has a daughter, Allana, secretly fathered by Jacen. In "The Swarm War" (2005), Luke and Leia view holoclips of their mother's death, and Leia is promoted to Jedi Knight. The bestselling "Legacy of the Force" series (2006–08) chronicles the crossover of Han and Leia's son Jacen

title: Princess Leia

text: son Anakin is later killed during a mission to prevent more Voxyn from being cloned. The Vong are finally defeated in "The Unifying Force" (2003) by James Luceno. In Denning's The "Dark Nest" trilogy (2005), Leia, Han and several Jedi become involved in an escalating border dispute between the Chiss and the insidious insectoid Killiks, and Leia makes a bitter enemy in the Twi'lek warrior Alema Rar. In "The Joiner King" (2005), Leia asks Saba Sebatyne to train her as a Jedi Knight. R2-D2 malfunctions in "The Unseen Queen" (2005) and shows Luke a holoclip of his father Anakin and

title: Princess Leia

text: captive Han. She is bewitched by the crime lord Prince Xizor using pheromones, but Chewbacca helps her elude the seduction. "Allegiance" (2007) and "Choices of One" (2011) by Timothy Zahn are set between "Star Wars: A New Hope" and "The Empire Strikes Back", and feature Leia and her cohorts seeking new allies for their Rebellion against the Empire. "" (2013) by Martha Wells and "" (2014) by James S. A. Corey take place in the same time period and also chronicle the adventures of Leia and Han. In the "New Jedi Order" series (1999–2003), Leia resigns as Chief of State,

title: Princess Leia

text: The newly married Leia fears that any children she has may succumb to the dark side like her father. During an adventure on Tatooine in "Tatooine Ghost", she discovers the diary of her grandmother Shmi Skywalker and meets some of young Anakin's childhood friends. When she learns of Anakin's childhood as a slave and the traumatic death of his mother, Leia learns to forgive her father. In "Shadows of the Empire" (1996) by Steve Perry, the only "Star Wars" novel set between "The Empire Strikes Back" and "Return of the Jedi", Leia is searching for Boba Fett to find a

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text: IX". However, Kennedy subsequently said that Fisher would not appear in the film. In July 2018, it was announced that Fisher will indeed be appearing as Leia in "Episode IX", using unseen footage from "" and "". Leia makes a brief appearance in the final scene of the 2016 film "Rogue One", receiving the plans for the Death Star as a lead-up to the beginning of "A New Hope". Since this movie takes place prior to the original "Star Wars" trilogy, a very young Leia was required. To achieve that effect, a computer-generated image of a young Carrie Fisher was

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text: to leave the First Order, but Ren instead impales his father on his lightsaber, although hesitant to do so. Leia senses Han's death through the Force, and later shares a moment of grief with Rey, who had thought of Han as a mentor. Leia sees Rey, Chewbacca, and R2-D2 off when they depart to locate Luke, saying, "may the Force be with you". Asked why Leia is not shown to be a Jedi in "The Force Awakens" (as she is in the "Star Wars" expanded universe works), Abrams told IGN, "It was a great question, and one that we talked

title: Princess Leia

text: a First Order attack searching for the Resistance astromech droid BB-8, Leia is reunited with Han, who has helped the renegade stormtrooper Finn and orphaned scavenger Rey bring the droid this far. Han and Leia have been estranged for many years; their marriage fell apart after their son, Ben Solo, fell to the dark side and became the First Order commander Kylo Ren. Leia believes Ben can still be brought back to the light side. Han volunteers for a mission to infiltrate the First Order's Starkiller Base to disable its defensive shields. Confronting Ren, Han tries to convince his son

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text: Rebels, with help from the Ewoks, ultimately defeat the forces of the Empire, with the Death Star destroyed once more. Fisher told "Rolling Stone" in 1983, "In "Return of the Jedi", [Leia] gets to be more feminine, more supportive, more affectionate. But let's not forget that these movies are basically boys' fantasies. So the other way they made her more female in this one was to have her take off her clothes." Rosenberg writes of Han and Leia: In the film, Leia says that she has vague memories of her real mother, who she describes as "kind... but sad". Bouzereau

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text: of a space slug, they finally share a kiss. With his ship needing repairs, Han seeks out his old friend Lando Calrissian in Cloud City, the floating city over Bespin. Though he welcomes them graciously, Lando soon turns them over to a newly arrived Darth Vader, who hopes to use them as bait to capture Luke. Leia confesses her love for Han as he is frozen in carbonite and then handed over to bounty hunter Boba Fett, who is charged with bringing him to the crime lord Jabba the Hutt. Lando helps Leia, Chewbacca and the two droids escape. Leia

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text: film was because I was unconscious and the Wookiee would have had to carry me for, like, the next fifteen minutes." In "The Empire Strikes Back" (1980), Leia is at the Rebel base on Hoth. She leads its evacuation during an Imperial attack, and then flees with Han, Chewbacca and C-3PO on Han's ship, the "Millennium Falcon". They dodge pursuing Imperial TIE fighters by flying into an asteroid field when the "Falcon" hyperdrive breaks down, with Leia piloting the ship at one point. Romance blossoms between Leia and Han during their flight from the Empire; while hiding in the stomach

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text: Skywalker and Han Solo, and they escape aboard Han's ship, the "Millennium Falcon". After analyzing the Death Star's schematics, the Rebels find a tiny weakness in the battle station, which Luke uses to destroy it in his X-wing fighter. In the aftermath of the victory, Leia bestows medals on the heroes at the hidden Rebel base on Yavin 4. Alyssa Rosenberg of "The Washington Post" writes of Leia in the film: Rosenberg also notes that, though Han is almost immediately attracted to Leia, they conflict because she insists on asserting command and he automatically resists, even as she proves herself

title: Star Wars: Leia, Princess of Alderaan

text: becomes closer to Kier and entrusts him with details of her parents secret work, they are horrified by the punishment inflicted upon a planet whose leaders had committed similar treason against the Empire. Leia discovers a hidden shipyard where old and stolen starships of varying types are being refurbished for use by the conspirators. Tarkin meets with her on a pretext, but she knows he is probing for information on a possible conspiracy, thinking she is vulnerable to his manipulation. Leia passes the test but learns that the Empire is aware of the location of the nascent rebel fleet. With

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text: Wobani, a world whose people have been impoverished by the abusive governing of Emperor Palpatine's Galactic Empire. She outwits the Imperial supervisor and finds a legal way to liberate a group of refugees from the planet, and after departing witnesses the aftermath of an attack on Calderos Station, an Imperial waypoint. Leia takes a pathfinding class with other junior legislators, who include Amilyn Holdo of Gatalenta, and the other Alderaanian Apprentice Legislator, Kier Domadi. Leia realizes that the Empire has covered up the rebellious attack, and her research into possible perpetrators leads to her discovery of a hidden base on

title: Princess Leia

text: Chanel No. 3, wears earmuffs in every scene as an homage to Fisher's iconic Leia hairstyle. Lourd also has a cameo in "The Force Awakens" (2015) in which she wears Leia's distinctive hair buns. Asked about his inspiration for the hairstyle, George Lucas told "Time" in 2008, "In the 1977 film, I was working very hard to create something different that wasn't fashion, so I went with a kind of Southwestern Pancho Villa woman revolutionary look, which is what that is. The buns are basically from turn-of-the-century Mexico." However, in 2015 Linda Rodriguez McRobbie of "Mental Floss" recounted research suggesting

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text: that has slipped loose from the context of the scenes in which Leia wore it and the things she does after she is forced into the outfit." Philip Chien of the website "Wired" wrote in 2006, "There's no doubt that the sight of Carrie Fisher in the gold sci-fi swimsuit was burned into the sweaty subconscious of a generation of fanboys hitting puberty in the spring of 1983." Acknowledging the opinion of some that the "Slave Leia" iconography tarnishes the character's position as "feminist hero", Rosenberg argues: Science fiction filmmaker Letia Clouston concurs, saying "Sci-fi has had a long history

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text: "Leia wasn't just the first great heroine of science fiction and fantasy to capture my imagination. She was one of the first characters I encountered whose power came from her political conviction and acumen." In her 2007 article "Feminism and the Force: Empowerment and Disillusionment in a Galaxy Far, Far Away", Diana Dominguez cited Leia as a welcome change from the previous portrayals of women in film and TV. She wrote: Rosenberg writes that, though at first Luke is an apolitical innocent in search of adventure and Han is a detached opportunist in search of money, both are "influenced by

title: Princess Leia

text: Han, Leia and Allana on an adventure to investigate the ship's past before it came into Han's possession. Troy Denning's "Crucible" (2013), set after "Fate of the Jedi" and the last novel to date in the "Star Wars Legends" chronology, reunites Leia, Han and Luke with Lando as they aid him to thwart a vast criminal enterprise threatening his asteroid mineral refinery in the Chilean Rift nebula. During the events of the comic series "Dark Empire" (1991–92), Palpatine has been resurrected in a young clone body and seduces Luke to the dark side of the Force as part of his

title: Princess Leia

text: and on the heels of her warnings before the Senate, the alien Yuuzhan Vong invade the galaxy. They destroy system after system and defeat both the Jedi and the New Republic forces in countless battles. Chewbacca dies in "Vector Prime" (1999) by R.A. Salvatore, which sends Han into a deep depression that causes a rift between him and Leia. They reunite after Leia is gravely wounded at the Battle of Duro in Kathy Tyers' "Balance Point" (2000). She is targeted by a deadly Voxyn slayer in Troy Dennings' "Star By Star" (2001), and though she manages to evade death, her

title: Princess Leia

text: set within a year after "Return of the Jedi". In "The Glove of Darth Vader" (1992), the self-proclaimed son of the defeated Emperor Palpatine, Trioculus, seeks the titular glove to cement himself as the new Emperor. Entranced by Leia's beauty in "The Lost City of the Jedi" (1992), Trioculus vows to make her his queen. He captures her in "Zorba the Hutt's Revenge" (1992), but Jabba the Hutt's vengeful father, Zorba, offers to trade his own prisoner Ken—Palpatine's real grandson whom Trioculus has been seeking—for Leia, his son's killer. But Leia and Ken are rescued and Trioculus is frozen in

title: Princess Leia

text: Michael P. Kube-McDowell. In "The New Rebellion" (1996) by Kristine Kathryn Rusch, she avoids an assassination attempt and then aids in the defeat of the Dark Jedi Kueller, whom she shoots to death. The "Corellian" trilogy (1995) by Roger MacBride Allen finds Han and Leia swept up in a civil war while visiting his homeworld of Corellia with their children. In the two "Hand of Thrawn" novels by Timothy Zahn (1997's "Specter of the Past" and 1998's "Vision of the Future"), Leia tries to hold the New Republic together as Moff Disra conspires for its volatile factions to destroy each

title: Princess Leia

text: superimposed over Norwegian actress Ingvild Deila's face; archival audio of Fisher saying "Hope" was used to voice the character. Leia makes her first literary appearance in "", the novelization of the original 1977 film "Star Wars", which was released six months before the film in November 1976. Credited to Lucas but ghostwritten by Alan Dean Foster, the novel was based on Lucas' screenplay. Leia later appeared in the novelizations "The Empire Strikes Back" (1980) by Donald F. Glut and "Return of the Jedi" (1983) by James Kahn. She is also a point of view character in the of "The Force

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text: is Force strong. And it's something that I think is an intrinsic piece of her character. Fisher was nominated for a 2016 Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal. In December 2015, producer Kathleen Kennedy confirmed that Fisher would reprise the role of Leia in the next installment, then known as "Star Wars: Episode VIII", but later named "". Fisher died on December 27, 2016, after going into cardiac arrest. It was confirmed that she had completed filming her role in the film shortly before her death. In the film, Leia is among those on the bridge of

title: Princess Leia

text: in the story for her, so there's not much goofing around where Leia's concerned." Asked how Leia is handling things in the film, Fisher said, "Not easily ... [she is] solitary. Under a lot of pressure. Committed as ever to her cause, but I would imagine feeling somewhat defeated, tired, and pissed." In the film, Leia is the leader of the Resistance, a group formed by the New Republic to fight a proxy war with the First Order (a group formed by the remnants of the Empire) and trying to find Luke, who disappeared years earlier. When her forces foil

title: Princess Leia

text: senses that Luke is in trouble, and goes back to save him after he is nearly killed during a lightsaber duel and confrontation with Vader. Rosenberg notes: In "Return of the Jedi" (1983), Leia infiltrates Jabba the Hutt's palace on Tatooine disguised as the Ubese bounty hunter Boushh, and brings a captive Chewbacca with her as part of the ruse. She frees Han from the carbonite, but they are recaptured by Jabba. Leia is now chained to Jabba as his slave, outfitted in a metal bikini. After Luke arrives and kills Jabba's Rancor, Jabba sentences Luke, Han and Chewbacca to

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text: to be worthy of it. And despite her initial disdain for the smuggler, whom she sees as selfish, Leia later acknowledges "I knew there was more to you than money" when Han comes through for the Rebellion. Fisher told "Rolling Stone" in 1980 that in the original script, when Luke and Han come to rescue a captured Leia, "I was hanging upside down with yellow eyes, like in "The Exorcist" ... Some form of radar torture was done to me and I was in a beam, bruised and beaten up, suspended in midair. The reason it was cut from the

title: Princess Leia

text: icon, a feminist hero and model for other adventure heroines. She has appeared in many derivative works and merchandising, and has been referenced or parodied in several TV shows and films. Her "cinnamon buns" hairstyle from "Star Wars" (1977) and metal bikini from "Return of the Jedi" have become cultural icons. Leia was created by "Star Wars" creator George Lucas, who in 1999 explained his early development of the main characters: In the rough draft of "Star Wars", Leia is the spoiled teenage daughter of King Kayos and Queen Breha of Aquilae, with two brothers, Biggs and Windy; Biggs returned

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text: Ben, who adopted the name Kylo Ren after turning to the dark side of the Force. In the "Star Wars Legends" series of novels, comics and video games (1977–2014), which are set in an alternate continuity, Leia continues her adventures with Han and Luke after "Return of the Jedi", fighting Imperial resurgences and new threats to the galaxy. She becomes the Chief of State of the New Republic and a Jedi Master, and is the mother to three children by Han: Jaina, Jacen and Anakin Solo. One of the more popular "Star Wars" characters, Leia has been called a 1980s

title: Star Wars: Princess Leia

text: determined to find out who in their group leaked their location to the Empire. Jora identifies Tace as the traitor, though Leia soon realizes that she was unaware of Tula's alliance with the Empire. Leia tasks Tace to question Tula, who is taken into custody when the Imperials realizes that she has been exposed. Meanwhile, reunification talks with Alderaanians on Espirion are ruined when Jora reacts with disgust at the interbreeding of Alderaanians with the alien natives. Leia arranges with the Imperial commander to exchange herself for Tula. Evaan rescues Leia as part of a planned double-cross, and though countless

title: The Courtship of Princess Leia

text: Isolder is consoled by the fact he has fallen in love with his captor, Teneniel Djo. Reception for "The Courtship of Princess Leia" was predominantly positive and the book was a "New York Times" Bestseller in both its hardback and paperback formats. Both "The Hamilton Spectator" and the "Milwaukee Sentinel" have given positive reviews for the novel and the reviewer for the "Milwaukee Sentinel" commented that the book continued the "stellar tradition of George Lucas' "Star Wars" movies". Trade reviews were also mostly positive, and "Publishers Weekly" opined that although parts of the book were disappointing, "the novel [raised] expectations

title: I Saw What You Did

text: I Saw What You Did I Saw What You Did is a 1965 American horror-thriller film released by Universal Pictures and starring Joan Crawford and John Ireland. The plot follows two teenage girls who find themselves in serious danger after making a prank phone call to a man who has just murdered his wife. The screenplay by William P. McGivern was based upon the 1964 novel "Out of the Dark" by Ursula Curtiss. The film was produced and directed by William Castle. When two mischievous teens Libby (Andi Garrett) and Kit (Sara Lane) are home alone with Libby's younger sister

title: Star Wars: Leia, Princess of Alderaan

text: the blessing of Breha and Mon, who cannot disrupt their own schedules for fear of inviting suspicion, Leia moves to warn the rebels. Commandeering a ship chartered by Amilyn, Leia heads for Pamarthe to hide her true destination. Calling in her favor from the Chalhudden leader, Leia books passage from Pamarthe to the shipyard. She and Amilyn are able to warn Bail, who evacuates the ships and initiates the self-destruct protocol for the repair facilities. Kier arrives, having followed Leia, and his ship is damaged by an explosion before Leia can warn him. She finds Kier dying, and learns that

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text: he felt every Marvel comic released was "good, if not great". Yehl praised the story as well as the art. Alice Castle, writing for Multiversity Comics rated the first issue 6.8 out of 10 and called it the "weakest" of the then-released Marvel "Star Wars" comics. Although she praised the premise behind the comic, she was critical of the "stilted and forced" dialogue and felt the issue did little to connect the reader with Leia. Nonetheless, she lauded the art and its "vibrant" colors, calling it "the best looking of Marvel's "Star Wars" comics so far". IGN's Jesse Schedeen gave

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text: the issue a 7 out of 10, praising the characterization but the scene where Leia and Luke interact as well as Terry Dodson's art, which Schedeen felt failed to distinguish between the two leads and lacked "clarity" in faces. Comic Book Resources' Doug Zawisza praised the issue. Schedeen gave the third issue a 7.9 out of 10, continuing to praise the characterization and the increasing-endearingness of Evaan. Calling the issue more action-orientated, Schedeen felt this helped offset the book's visual problems. However, Schedeen felt the refugees' turn from distrusting to supporting Leia was sudden and poorly done. Maltby rated the

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text: ship instead of his life, and flees with the Order in tow. However, a member of the Order named Tace contacts her sister Tula, unaware that Tula has joined the Empire. Leia, Evaan and R2 search Sullust for a group of Alderaanians hiding in one of the planet's cave systems. Led by Jora Astane, these survivors have forsworn Alderaanian culture and are wary of Leia's party, especially when they intercept transmissions from an Imperial ship arriving in orbit on Leia's trail. R2 turns the native wildlife on the invading Imperials, and Jora agrees to serve Leia. She and Evaan are

title: The One with the Princess Leia Fantasy

text: S. Malins and guest stars Maggie Wheeler as Janice and Elliott Gould and Christina Pickles in cameos as Jack and Judy Geller. Monica tries to get over her breakup with Richard but she hasn't slept for three days. Phoebe (Lisa Kudrow) tries to help her relax, but with minimal success. After she breaks down in tears at the post office her father comes to comfort her. At Rachel's request, Ross tells her one of his sexual fantasies: the scene from "Return of the Jedi", where Princess Leia is in the gold bikini. He then gets upset when he finds out

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text: Crait, and Bail's revelation that he and Breha are part of a secret cabal working against the interests of the Empire. On another humanitarian mission to Naboo, Leia and Dalné, the Queen of Naboo, are almost killed when Moff Quarsh Panaka is assassinated with a bomb. Leia learns that her parents' ally Saw Gerrera, the leader of an extremist rebel cell called the Partisans, was responsible for the attack. Though Bail and Breha forbid her involvement in the conspiracy for her own safety, Leia continues her humanitarian missions to worlds they believe are safe. When she is faced with resistance

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text: Leia's passion [and] take their places as full participants in the Rebellion". She notes, "Everyone else eventually comes around to Leia's view of the world." Leia herself, singularly dedicated to her political movement against the Empire, "finds a partner in Han, acknowledging that personal happiness can help her sustain her commitment to building a better galactic order". Rosenberg cites "Leia's willingness to see the best in him, and Han's desire to live up to her belief in him" as a foundation of their relationship, also pointing out his attempts to make her recognize that she has needs like anyone else

title: Princess Leia

text: to the dark side of the Force while the Jedi, Solos and Skywalkers fight against his growing power. In "Betrayal" (2006) by Aaron Allston, Jacen turns to the dark side, believing that it is the only way to save the galaxy from the chaos brewing among the member systems of the Galactic Alliance. Jacen realizes in "Bloodlines" (2006) by Karen Traviss that the Sith discipline will require him to kill one of his loved ones, which he decides is an acceptable sacrifice to save the galaxy. In Troy Denning's "Tempest" (2006), Han and Leia thwart the assassination of Tenel Ka

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text: Jodie Foster also up for the role. In 2014, InkTank reported that the extended list of "more than two dozen actresses" who had auditioned for Leia included Glenn Close, Farrah Fawcett, Jessica Lange, Sissy Spacek, Sigourney Weaver, Cybill Shepherd, Jane Seymour, Anjelica Huston, Kim Basinger, Kathleen Turner, Geena Davis and Meryl Streep. Asked about Streep in 2015, Fisher said, "I've never heard that one. But Jodie Foster was up for it... that one I knew the most. Amy Irving and Jodie. And I got it." The second draft of the "Return of the Jedi" screenplay contained dialogue in which Obi-Wan

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text: Seller list. The nine-volume "Fate of the Jedi" series (2009–12) by Aaron Allston, Troy Denning and Christie Golden finds Han and Leia become caught up in the intensifying conflict between the Galactic Alliance and the Jedi. In the wake of Darth Cadeus' death, the now-peaceful Galactic Alliance harbors a growing mistrust toward the Jedi, and the situation is worsened by a Force-induced psychosis that begins afflicting individual Jedi, sending them on violent rampages. In "Millennium Falcon" (2008) by James Luceno, set between "Legacy of the Force" and "Fate of the Jedi", a mysterious device hidden inside the eponymous spacecraft sends

title: What the Rose did to the Cypress

text: and drank. A faqir asked him what he did there. He told him his story and asked the faqir's, repeating when the faqir put him off, until the faqir told him he had been a king, and his seven sons had all tried to win a princess whose hand could only be won by answering the riddle, "What did the rose do to the cypress?" and died for their failure. His grief sent him into the desert. This inspired the son with a love for the same princess. His attendants found him and brought him back, but he grew ill

title: The Courtship of Princess Leia

text: Palace, where, with the help of C-3PO, who translates and comments on the formal diplomatic reception, he watches the Hapes delegation present to Leia a number of stunning gifts: the dozen Star Destroyers Han had seen, a Hapan gun of command, a small plant resembling a bonsai which promotes longevity and intelligence, and the hand of the Hapes cluster's ruler Ta'a Chume's son, Prince Isolder, in holy matrimony. The effect is devastating; Leia nearly accepts, driving Han into a frenzy of fear and jealousy. Han eventually wanders into a cantina in the lower reaches of Coruscant, where he participates in

title: I Saw What You Did

text: 2016, Shout! Factory released the film for the first time on Blu-ray Disc under their sub-label, Scream Factory. "I Saw What You Did" was remade for television in 1988 with Robert Carradine, David Carradine, Tammy Lauren and Shawnee Smith. I Saw What You Did I Saw What You Did is a 1965 American horror-thriller film released by Universal Pictures and starring Joan Crawford and John Ireland. The plot follows two teenage girls who find themselves in serious danger after making a prank phone call to a man who has just murdered his wife. The screenplay by William P. McGivern was

title: What Katy Did Next

text: Mrs. Ashe's brother, Ned, they fell in love. When Katy got home, she received a letter from Ned and blushed and ran to her room, leaving Clover and the reader thinking that Katy and Ned may get married in the future. What Katy Did Next What Katy Did Next (1886) is a children's book by Sarah Chauncey Woolsey, working under the pen name Susan Coolidge. It follows the stories "What Katy Did" (1872) and "What Katy Did At School" (1873) and tells the adventures of Katy Carr as she travels to Europe. The book opens by reintroducing the Carr family

title: What I Call Life

text: tells them a story about a young girl named Lillian who went on an "Orphan Train" in the early 1900s. She finally tells them that, when Lillian grew up, she had a daughter named Brenda who was dropped off at a group home, just like Cal. Eventually, Betty (Cal's mother) comes and takes Cal back home. Cal never hears from Whitney, Amber, Monica, Fern nor the Knitting Lady again. What I Call Life What I Call Life is a young adult novel by Jill Wolfson. It was first published in 2005 by Henry Holt and Company Publishers. The novel is