• The Courtship of Princess Leia

  • Star Wars Legends
  • By: Dave Wolverton
  • Narrated by: January LaVoy
  • Length: 12 hrs and 33 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (69 ratings)

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The Courtship of Princess Leia

By: Dave Wolverton
Narrated by: January LaVoy
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Before the marriage of Princess Leia Organa and Han Solo, another suitor threatened to derail their star-crossed romance. . . .

Seeking rich, powerful allies to bring into the Rebel Alliance and a new home planet for the refugees from her native Alderaan, Princess Leia considers a proposal that could tip the balance of power against the evil Empire. The Hapes Consortium of 63 worlds is ruled by the Queen Mother, who wants Leia to marry her son, the dashing and wealthy Prince Isolder.

Han Solo has always dreamed of marrying Leia himself, and now he makes a desperate, final gamble to win her back. Tricking Leia into accompanying him, Han flees with her to the beautiful and untamed planet Dathomir, where he hopes to win her heart.

Fearing the imperious queen’s reaction to Han’s rash move, Luke Skywalker forms an unlikely alliance with Prince Isolder to track down the runaways. Soon Isolder, Luke, and Artoo will be at the center of an adventure leading to an awesome treasure, a group of Force-trained “witches,” and a showdown with an invincible foe.

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Enjoyed The Adventure

The excitement of the Star Wars adventure was enhanced by the presence of my favorite characters- Cunning Han Solo, fearless Princess Leia, Luke Skywalker's unwavering determination and courage, C-3PO's intelligent and humorous insights, and R2-D2's steadfast and resourceful nature.

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Refreshingly great!!

January LaVoy’s best performance yet!! It also helps that the story was written during a time where they cared more about the quality of both the individual story as well as the over arching story of the star wars universe. Unlike the hot mess of garbage that is the majority of the new cannon material, they built the star wars universe from the inside out letting political struggles, ethical issues, etc. form naturally without compromising the star wars story. To many of the new stories try to force the star wars story around the current political “hot topics”. If I want to be reminded of all of the political divisions and stresses we are going through currently there are plenty of other books I can read. When I read/listen to a star wars book I want to be transported to a galaxy far far away. Which in my opinion is one of the key aspects of a good star ways story. That is why I am so glad they are coming out with the EU books as unabridged and narrated by incredible talent such as January LaVoy and Marc Thompson. Keep it up!!!

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Pure fun!

A joy to read and a joy to listen to. I love the early era pre-prequels EU books, where the creators were figuring things out and exploring the Galaxy far far Away. The author draws from the classic pulp well and balances the fantasy and science fiction elements of the franchise perfectly. This one introduces some elements that were to become fan favorites, including Dathomir, the witches, the Nightsisters, Zinge and the Iron Fist which figured so well in the X-Wing books, and it was a delight to see Han and Leia getting together.

The narrator was perfect, and I dearly hope Children of the Jedi and Planet of Twilight are made into unabridged audios next, and that this narrator is tapped to read. Possibly the same with Truce at Bakura.

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Fantastic!

I’d been stuck with the three-hour abridged version for years, so I was very excited to have this unabridged version. This is my favorite Star Wars book. The story is excellent, and the narration was very well done. I will be listening to this again in the future!

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Excellent

Very entertaining. Star Wars was so much fun before the Disney mean girls took over.

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Essential Legends is fantastic!

Essential Legends is a fantastic way to check out some of the best/most popular stores from the old Explaned Universe!

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A great story in the galaxy far far away

I really enjoyed this audio book. the story and characters were great. The voice actor was good. I do wish it was Mark Thompson but honestly she did great, just didn't quiet get Han right.

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One of the BEST Star Wars Novels

I have been an avid reader of Star Wars Books for over thirty years, especially the Expanded Universe books, and The Courtship of Princess Leia has always been one of my favorites. I’ve been waiting, and hoping, for years for an unabridged audio version of this novel, so when I saw it pop up in Audible in January 2023, I had to get it and start listening right away. What a GREAT story. And I was extremely impressed with the narrator, January LaVoy. She was the perfect narrator for this novel; I can only hope she gets invited back to narrate more Star Wars books. Great Job!!

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A REALLY strange but surprisingly entertaining romp

I ended up enjoying this book way more than I thought. I always heard that this book was kinda dumb for the relationship drama and it's weird that it led into a much more action packed plot, but the drama was well written enough and it's interesting to see the origins of the Night sisters and Dathomir from the clone wars show. I liked it :3

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Courtship of Princess Leia

I love this book. Witches of Darhomir. Hapans. Kidnapping. A very great quest for our hero Luke and his companions!
Some the stuff is dated! The 1990’s were a better simpler time.
Thank you for this. You’ve made a blind fan very happy.

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