
Star Wars: The Princess and the Scoundrel
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Narrated by:
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Marc Thompson
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Saskia Maarleveld
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By:
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Beth Revis
About this listen
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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 desolated. But on the forest moon of Endor, amongst 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 truly seem over. There is work still to do, penance to pay for the dark secret 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.
But happily ever after doesn't come easily. As soon as Han and Leia depart their idyllic ceremony on Endor 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, is a lightning rod for everyone in the galaxy—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 worlds 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.
©2022 Beth Revis (P)2022 Penguin AudioSlow and sluggish
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Fantastic
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A good story
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Mediocre story, but endearing nonetheless.
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Second, while the story is not great its not bad either. What is bad is the writing though. It might be the design brief from Disney that limited the author, although at the same time the dialogue felt clunky, there were too many repeated lines from the films, and the bizarre subplot of Leia being afraid Han would not like her because Vader was her father which dragged on for half the book. Also, the author can't write space battles if their life depended on it. Luckily, there is only one and it's short.
Finally, the villain is not particularly good nor believable. I can't say more without spoiling anything, so won't.
In short: read only if you have run out of other stuff to read, or if you absolutely need to know everything about the Star Wars history.
A mediocre effort
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A beautiful portrayal & expansion of our favorite SW duo
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Now listening to a Saskia narrated book is good however when your narrating alongside Marc hes a hard act to follow with the amount of voices he nails.
all in all this is narrated really well and I'd gladly listen to it over again.
awesome
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marc did good the female voice not so much
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But voice over was weird
Marc did a great job tho
Marc was great
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Another bit of the galaxy filled in.
we always wondered what Leia's wedding dress was like.
Princess and Han
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