The Princess and the Scoundrel

The Princess and the Scoundrel is a canon novel written by Beth Revis set shortly after the events of Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi that features the wedding of Han Solo and Leia Organa and the couple's honeymoon aboard the Halcyon Star Cruiser. It was published by Del Rey on August 16, 2022.
==Publisher's summary==
You are cordially invited to the wedding of Princess Leia Organa and Han Solo.
The Death Star is destroyed. Darth Vader is dead. The Empire is desolated. But on the forest moon of Endor, amongst the chaos of a changing galaxy, time stands still for a princess and her scoundrel.
After being frozen in carbonite, then risking everything for the Rebellion, Han is eager to stop living his life for other people. He and Leia have earned their future together, a thousand times over. And when he proposes to Leia, it's the first time in a long time he's had a good feeling about this. For Leia, a lifetime of fighting doesn't truly seem over. There is work still to do, penance to pay for the dark secret she now knows runs through her veins. Her brother, Luke, is offering her that chance–one that comes with family and the promise of the Force. But when Han asks her to marry him, Leia finds her answer immediately on her lips…Yes.
But happily ever after doesn't come easily. As soon as Han and Leia depart their idyllic ceremony on Endor for their honeymoon, they find themselves on the grandest and most glamorous stage of all: the Halcyon, a luxury vessel on a very public journey to the most wondrous worlds in the galaxy. Their marriage, and the peace and prosperity it represents, is a lightning rod for everyone in the galaxy–including Imperial remnants still clinging to power.
Facing their most desperate hour, the soldiers of the Empire have dispersed across the galaxy, retrenching on isolated worlds vulnerable to their influence. As the Halcyon travels from world to world, one thing becomes abundantly clear: The war is not over. But as danger draws closer, Han and Leia find that they fight their best battles not alone but as husband and wife.
==Development==
The Princess and the Scoundrel was known as "Misbehaving" during production. The book was announced by StarWars.com on February 14, 2022.
While the first hardcover book to hold the logo was The High Republic: The Battle of Jedha, the paperback edition of The Princess and the Scoundrel is the first book to bear the "Random House Worlds" imprint on its spine and copyright page, according to Del Rey senior editor Tom Hoeler.
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File:PrincessandtheScoundrel-cover.jpg|Cover by Oliver Cuthbertson
File:The Princess and the Scoundrel placeholder cover.png|Preliminary cover
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===Editions===
*; August 16, 2022; Del Rey; US Hardcover
*; August 16, 2022; Del Rey; US eBook
*; January 31, 2023; Random House Worlds; US trade paperback
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Category:Canon adult novels