Princess and the Scoundrel Best Quotes
Never in my life did I think we would get canonical look at Leia's wedding dress - I even have the poster from the Barnes and Noble exclusive edition hanging up by my desk! Any time Star Wars drops a more detailed look at a character you can best I'm going feral.
- “What was the point of fighting the Empire if we do not reap the benefits of peace?”
- “It’s in my blood.’ Leia spat out. “He could have done it. He could have broken that ice and saved us both.’ They both knew she wasn’t talking about Luke now. ‘What is the point of power if it cannot save the people I love?’ Leia asked, her voice breaking.”
- “Your father and I – we chose you. To be our daughter and our future queen. And I want you to know, my love, that even though you are a part of the family that has had many obligations and duties that come with our privileges, you always have the right to a choice. Whoever you marry, it is your choice. And when you marry, I will strap this sword around your waist before you go to meet your husband or your wife. That is what the Rhindon Sword represents to all of Alderaan, but to the rulers especially; that we have the freedom to choose our own fate, and we have the skill and the weapons needed to defend it.”
- “I don’t care about the Force,’ she said softly. ‘I would want to go with you because I would like to be with you. I would like to get to know my brother as my brother.”
- “My father was good,’ Leia thought, but in her mind she pictured Bail Organa, not Darth Vader. Thinking of Bail made her think of Breha, her mother. OF her home. Of everything she lost.”
- “what must it be like for him? Only a few weeks had passed since Leia had been able to steal into Jabba the Hutt’s palace in the Nothern Dune Sea. Han had gone from Bespin to Tatooine with no memory or even awareness of the time that had passed. To him, Leia had confessed her love, then he;d been frozen, then he woke up in her arms. His recovery hadnt been smooth – Leia was still worried about long-term repercussions of Han being frozen for so long, and his temporary blindness had truly scared her – but he had lost a year of his life. A year Leia had lived.”
- “Joy was one of those emotions, like love, that burst forth unbidden and even unwarranted. It wasn’t manufactured or cultivated; it simply was. And if one was in a position to feel joy, that necessarily meant there was at least some safety wrapped around ones soul”