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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.
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Unfortunately this got me into a slump. If you go into this thinking its going to be a romance novel 100%, then lower your expectations. The pace is slow until you hit the 60% mark, which is also where all the action enters the fray.
I just wasn't invested in the planet of the month story. I also think the proposal/wedding/honeymoon was very silly for their characters and rushed.
For a novel that is at it's core a tie-in for the now-defunct Galactic Starcruiser hotel experience at Disney, this is a really surprising and welcome addition to a period we know a fair deal about (between Endor and Jakku, the end of the Galactic Civil War) as well as a great entry for both Han and Leia, and their relationship as a whole.
As Mon Mothma and Alliance high command plot the next days of the war after the destruction of the second Death Star and the death of the Emperor, Leia and Han marry and are dispatched by the Chancellor-in-waiting on a PR tour for her new republic: the couple will take a public honeymoon in front of the holocameras on the Chandrilla Starlines vessel, the Halcyon Starcruiser. Classic Star Wars capers ensue, with oligarchs for whom the old regime was good for taking potshots at our princess, Han getting involved in an underground card match, and a local Imperial warlord taking her shot at the couple on an impromptu cruise stop. Revis captures both Han and Leia really well for me, understanding what makes the couple compelling to see together, and making a great argument that romance is a key part of Star Wars while doing it.