Books Leia Princess of Alderaan by Claudia Gray

I really loved the Bantam era movie poster-style covers. How awesome would it be to have those back again? I think it would go a long way to keeping a visual aspect to the Star Wars books that they lack, and it would be awesome to put faces to names.

Imagine the Aftermath trilogy with Rae Sloane, Norra and the Imp hunters, ma boi Gallius, some Starhawks and Star Destroyers...That'd be awesome.

EDIT: I should add that this cover actually gives me Bantam vibes. I like it.

 

Book is less than two months away and there's still no synopsis? I checked Edelweiss (they often get book information and promo earliest) and still nothing.

http://edelweiss.abovethetreeline.com/ProductDetailPage.aspx?group=related&sku=9781484780787

(to check out other books, replace the 'sku' number with the isbn-13 number.)

 

Oh The second must have of recent months. The first was Zahn's Thrawn. I adore the idea of reading about young Leia and her adoptive parents.

 

I hope it will involve her dancing at the Imperial royal academy ball, that way I can get a peek of Nash, Jude, and Ciena in a cameo scene.

 

Most likely not. The Imperial royal academy ball in Lost Stars happened just a few weeks before the battle of Yavin, but this book is 3 years prior to that.

 

The Star Wars show mentioned Jennifer Heddle will be at D23 this weekend so I wonder if we're gonna get something then. If not, then surely by comic-con.

 

Yeah I mentioned in another D23 thread I hope more info is out by then.

 

I do find this tendency of the new material to be very strange.

 

This YA novel about Leia Organa’s teenage years is being written by Claudia Gray, who explored the character’s middle age as a post-Return of the Jedi politician grappling with insurgency and the public revelation she is Darth Vader’s daughter in last year’s adult novel Bloodline.
While we see her in her much older years in The Last Jedi, which will feature Carrie Fisher’s last performance as the character, this book takes Star Wars fans back to when she was a teenager, not yet a revolutionary. It’s pretty far in the timeline from the events of the new film, but Sugerman says these stories still contain clues to the new story.
“As for exploring the ‘long time ago’ aspects, the past informs the future. There are still many unanswered questions, and we’re looking to fill in some, but not all, of those blanks,” he says.
Princess of Alderaan’s title also recalls the classic A Princess of Mars sci-fi novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs. While Gray’s book (out Sept. 1) won’t have much else in common with that 1917 book, it will reveal Leia’s rise to power by showing how she first became an agent for the Rebellion — not long before we see her escape with the stolen Death Star plans in Rogue One.
“This is where she started,” Siglain says, noting that it’s also about her friends and relationships to her parents — a sci-fi adventure, but also a coming-of-age story. “It’s still a YA novel, so it’s still her going against her parents who are trying to protect her. You know, that’s what that’s like, and Claudia has really captured that.”
He also assures fans “there’s a very strong connection to some things from The Last Jedi, which, again, once you see the film will make sense.”
It’s set on the eve of her 16th birthday. “She’s realizing that there is more to the galaxy and to her life than what’s going on. And she’s at a point where her parents just being secretive,” Siglain says, referring to her adopted parents Breha and Bail Organa (played by Jimmy Smits in the films).

​

“She decides to become involved in the fight against the Empire, regardless of what her parents think. As a parent, what situation does that put you in? Do you want your daughter to fight for what is right, or are you trying to just protect her so she doesn’t get hurt? And as a 16-year-old, do you really know as much as you think?”
All kids rebel against their parents at some point, but they don’t always join a Rebellion.

 

I'm so ready for this book, and I'm into the idea of her joining the rebellion as an act of teenage rebelliousness. So meta~. I'm jealous of anyone who is picking up Lost stars in paperback today because they're getting the first chapter with it.

 

I'm guessing Leia's 16th and the subsequent story of this book take place before her "Princess on Lothal" appearance in rebels?

 

The backstories book also glosses over her adult life after Ben, so I'm willing to give it a handwave as well.

Will it line up with the YA novelization of ANH from 2015 though? Are those considered canon? I know novelizations in general are kind of ~~~~~ about their canon status but these were written well after the release of the even the special editions.

 

http://ew.com/books/star-wars-the-last-jedi-book-series-covers/princess-of-alderaan-by-claudia-gray

I wonder if Ezra's message will be mentioned. Could be a good way to know if she met Ahsoka or just knows her code name.

 

Any chance the first chapter will be released online, seeing as it's technically already out there?

 

Don't spam the thread.

 

This makes me even more excited! I'm so happy we're gonna get to know Breha!

 

Phasma novel.
Phasma comic.
That recently announced Cobalt Squadron book.

Gesendet von meinem GT-P3110 mit Tapatalk

 

I am as well, but considering we haven't gotten anything of young Leia in the Senate and Rebellion yet, I'm really looking forward to this.