Princess Leia , Part I Princess Leia , Part I is the first of five issues of the canon Marvel comic book mini - series " " . The issue , written by Mark Waid with art by Terry Dodson , was released on March 4 , 2015 and was the highest - selling single comic book in March 2015 . The issue begins during the award ceremony in the Rebel base on Yavin 4 , picking up moments after left off . Prince ss Leia Organa grapples with her role in the Rebel Alliance after the destruction of Alderaan and partners with Evaan Verlaine , a fellow Alderaanian , to save the surviving Alderaanians from the Galactic Empire . Plot summary . After the Rebel pilot s returned from successfully destroying the Empire ' s greatest weapon , the Death Star , the personnel of the Yavin 4 honors newcomer heroes , Luke Skywalker , Han Solo and Chewbacca , by orchestrating a medal ceremony for them , with Prince ss Leia Organa handing them a Medal of Bravery . As the applauses end , General Jan Dodonna looks to Organa , silently letting her know the celebration is over , now being the time to reflect upon the lost . She starts by thanking the Rebels for their courage and sacrifice during the Battle of Yavin . She knows though , that their casualties were not small — Alderaan , an entire world had been destroyed , along with Bail Organa and Queen Breha . They were not only the princess ' parents , however , as Bail had been a founding member of the Rebel Alliance . The Alderaanian asks the Rebels to take a moment of silence to honor them , and all those who had died when her homeworld was destroyed . She wishes for them , and all the other beings lost , to be remembered forever . General Dodanna takes over for Organa and states that this was not the proper time to mourn , though . The Empire knows their location , so now the Alliance ' s top priority is to evacuate Yavin 4 . The Rebel fleet from throughout the galaxy are converging upon Yavin to assist in the evacuation , while others help in the effort of scouting for a new base location . With the ceremony over , the evacuation begins . Before Solo , Chewbacca and Skywalker depart , Organa jokingly tells the owners of " Millennium Falcon " that the Alliance could use the help of " a hairy beast and his copilot . " Solo retorts that Chewbacca is the copilot not him , but Organa leaves it at two words : " I know . " She greets Skywalker next , asking if he is staying with the Alliance . He insists he is not leaving any time soon , though he admits to feeling strange toward the princess . He feels that way because Organa had comforted him when he had lost his mentor , Obi - Wan Kenobi , and he wishes for her to have someone to comfort her for the loss of her homeworld and family . As Skywalker departs with R2 - D2 and C - 3PO , Organa notices a lone female in a flight suit ] ] , paying respects to a statue of Organa ' s parents . Afterwards , Organa changes into a less luxurious outfit and goes to find Admiral Gial Ackbar to ask an audience with Dodonna . The Mon Calamari points her in the right direction after scolding several Rebel soldiers for their clumsiness . She approaches the General , who is currently searching for a location for the new base on a 3D holographic map . He greets her as Senator Organa , before remembering that , with the Imperial Senate disbanded and Alderaan destroyed , the princess was no longer a senator . She informs Dodanna that she yearns to take action , if only to scout for a new base location . But the General disagrees , telling her the best thing for her to do for the time being is to grieve her losses as the Empire had placed a 10 , 000 , 000 credit bounty on her just hours before . He states the princess will not leave Yavin " under anything less than a full military escort " , and dismisses her . Defeated , Organa leaves and again briefly runs into Ackbar . As she moves on , she hears two Rebel pilots , including the female pilot she had noticed earlier , talking about her . Evaan Verlaine refers to Organa as the " ice princess " , before Organa barges in and dismisses the other pilot . Verlaine bows to Organa , but she lets her know that formality is no longer required , only for her to ask the pilot why she had stayed behind earlier when the ceremony ended . Verlaine mutters a reply that Organa cannot hear , and the princess becomes frustrated . After coaxing Verlaine into revealing her past as a Royalist mentored directly by Queen Breha ; she openly wonders why Verlaine respects the throne but not its keeper now . Verlaine lets her know she plans on preserving as much of Alderaan ' s culture as possible , before pledging herself to " Queen Leia Organa of Alderaan " . Organa , however , disagrees in that she is no Queen ; Verlaine tells her the Imperials are currently hunting down all surviving Alderaanians throughout the galaxy . Shortly thereafter , Leia enlists the help of R2 - D2 and records a holographic message of herself apologizing to Dodonna for disobeying his orders and leaving . She then sends the message and a decoy hologram of the astromech droid to the General ' s quarters while he sleeps . Meanwhile , the trio make their escape at the dead of night in an elegant T - 1 shuttle ; their goal being to save all the remaining sons and daughters of Alderaan from the Empire . Just after departing Yavin 4 , Organa insists that they both will be totally honest with each other . Verlaine agrees , yet tells Organa that leaving the Alliance ' s protection is ill - fated since Dodonna would put lives at risk to recover her . The princess dismisses her worry , and asks the small droid his opinion . R2 - D2 types his response on a screen : " I ' ve got a bad feeling about this . " The next moment , Verlaine notices that they are being pursued by two X - Wing starfighters piloted by Skywalker and Wedge Antilles , the only two survivors of Red Squadron during the Battle of Yavin . The two pilots order them to turn back , but Organa refuses . The fighters tries to box the T - 1 in with a herding maneuver while Verlaine tries to outmaneuver the two of them . In the process , Verlaine recklessly collides with Antilles ' X - wing , knocking off the shuttle ' s alluvial damper . As Organa accuses her pilot of deliberately sabotaging the mission because she disagreed with it , the two fighters back off , prompting Verlaine to hit the hyperdrive and escape the X - wings by jumping into hyperspace . Verlaine then explains to a confused Organa that the whole maneuver had been a rouse that she and R2 had cooked up . With her mind changed , Organa thanks Evaan for her magnificent work and asks her to get them to Naboo . Development . On September 23 , 2015 , Marvel re - released " Princess Leia " 1 as part of its " True Believers " budget reprint program , which reprints popular comic titles for the suggested retail price of $ 1 . Reception . " Star Wars : Princess Leia , Part I " was the highest selling single comic book in March 2015 .