Star Wars: The Princess and the Scoundrel

Beth Revis

Aug 2022 · Penguin Random House Audio · Narrated by Saskia Maarleveld and Marc Thompson

About this audiobook

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • 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 desolate. But on the forest moon of Endor, among 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 seem truly over. There is work still to do, penance to pay for the dark secret that 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.

Yet happily ever after doesn’t come easily. As soon as Han and Leia depart their idyllic ceremony 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, are a lightning rod for all—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 planets 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.

Ratings and reviews

It's an okay story, but it really contradicts the whole canon story. The Empire wasn't defeated canon wise, the war goes on for a full year before peace was made. I love the focus on Han & Leia, but the rest is sort of a mess.

Excellent book, especially for any Han and Leia fans. Revis is clearly well read herself, with copious but not superfluous reference to canon books and comics, and a respect for the titular characters' depictions and history in those works. In particular, fans of Claudia Grey's Leia books will be very pleased with not only the references, but with Leia herself. Likewise, if you enjoyed a loving, supportive, but always rebellious Han Solo. Most of all, the book is a beautiful depiction of Han & Leia together, filling in the sweet history to the bittersweet reunion in Episode 7. I've been waiting for the story in this book a long time, and I'm very happy with how it was finally told.

I laughed, I teared up, I loved this book..... hopefully there's more about them. I could literally imagine them in this book. Great job to the author and the audiobook actors.

About the author

Beth Revis is a New York Times bestselling author with books available in more than twenty languages. She writes science fiction, fantasy, and contemporary novels, including Across the Universe, Star Wars: Rebel Rising, Give the Dark My Love, and A World Without You. A native of North Carolina, Revis lives in a rural corner of the state with her son and husband.