![]() These stories were Star Wars! Although they are still being reprinted, now under the “Legends” banner, it is inevitable that they would be replaced (perhaps usurped) by material from the new canon. Many of the things in the EU had come to define Star Wars for me – Thrawn, Mara Jade, the Knights of the Old Republic, the New Jedi Order, the Jedi Academy, and the Rogue Squadron novels. When Disney announced on April 25, 2014 that they were abolishing the old Expanded Universe canon in preparation for the new films, part of my childhood died, even as my rational mind agreed with the decision. The Courtship of Princess Leia, like so many other Star Wars novels and comics, has been brushed aside in favour of a new canon. It was two friends being reunited, it was the Millennium Falcon unleashing a salvo on the bad guys, and it was the chilling moment as Han realized the true extent of Luke’s power. It saddens me to think that this brilliant scene, the highlight of an otherwise messy narrative, is no longer part of the official Star Wars canon. When Han climbs aboard, he discovers that Luke is both piloting the ship and firing the turrets through the use of the Force. The scene has stuck with me, even though I read the novel almost twenty years ago. All of which is accomplished through unnaturally brilliant piloting. The Falcon fires its missiles, takes out the witches with pinpoint accuracy, and rescues Han. As she snaps his bones, one by one, Han spies the running lights of the Millennium Falcon hurtling towards them over the desert, only metres off the ground. It’s at the end of The Courtship of Princess Leia, the novel by Dave Wolverton, when Han Solo is being slowly tortured by the witch Gethzerion. One of my favourite moments from Star Wars isn’t even in the movies.
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