From a Legends Point of View

A Star Wars fandom fic event celebrating the characters and events of Star Wars Legends (aka the original Star Wars Extended Universe) during the OT. Pilots, smugglers, spies, and scoundrels, oh my!

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From a Legends Point of View 2024 - The Reveal

It’s here! Thanks to the talents of a wonderful group of writers we are proud to reveal a collection of 15 new fics featuring Star Wars Legends characters and their adventures during the time of the Original Trilogy.

Read the From a Legends Point of View 2024 Collection on Archive of Our Own here.

Fics and writers include:

The Revenant Revival by Shisstopus

Times of Change and Chaos by @wraithfourteen

Fables by DrMckay and Admiral_Byzantium

Destroyer of Worlds by jaded_of_mara (@jaded-of-mara)

All that matters by panamdea

An Oral History of the Ewok Bikers of Endor by @celinamarniss

Once a Wraith by JediMara77 (@jedimara77)

Tell by JoyCommander (@bitwhizzle)

Hunt for a Healer: Zuckuss’ Tale and Two Souls, One Body: 4-LOM’s Tale by WayneMann

Tale of the Tale Teller by 616Greys (@jayaorgana)

Ghost Stories by @elsajeni

A Last Act for Alderaan by Augustine94 (@physicsandfandoms)

A Ryshcate Job by @dayenurose

Reconnaissance by lajulie (@lajulie24)

Thank you to all our writers for their work to pitch and create such a rich collection of stories, spanning different time periods and including a wide variety of characters and settings within the Legends continuity.

A heartfelt thanks also goes out to all our beta readers and cheerleaders who helped these writers get their fics across the finish line, including @occasionalinanity @jaded-of-mara @lajulie24 @ben-her @wraithfourteen @jayaorgana @otterandterrierwrites @ewokshootsfirst and many others!

We hope you’ll check out these fics and share them with others who love Star Wars Legends! And please be sure to give our writers your kudos and comments to show your appreciation.

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destroyer of worlds (5,129 words) by jaded_of_mara Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Star Wars Legends - All Media Types, Star Wars Legends: Jedi Academy Trilogy - Kevin J. Anderson Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Qwi Xux & Natasi Daala Characters: Qwi Xux, Natasi Daala, Tol Sivron, Bevel Lemelisk, Urak Leth Additional Tags: Movie: Star Wars: A New Hope, Death Star (Star Wars), The Maw Black Hole Cluster (Star Wars), The Maw Installation (Star Wars), day in the life, Unreliable Narrator Summary: A day in the life of Qwi Xux, designer of the Death Star's superlaser.

for the @from-a-legends-pov challenge

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From a Legends Point of View 2024 - The Reveal

It’s here! Thanks to the talents of a wonderful group of writers we are proud to reveal a collection of 15 new fics featuring Star Wars Legends characters and their adventures during the time of the Original Trilogy.

Read the From a Legends Point of View 2024 Collection on Archive of Our Own here.

Fics and writers include:

The Revenant Revival by Shisstopus

Times of Change and Chaos by @wraithfourteen

Fables by DrMckay and Admiral_Byzantium

Destroyer of Worlds by jaded_of_mara (@jaded-of-mara)

All that matters by panamdea

An Oral History of the Ewok Bikers of Endor by @celinamarniss

Once a Wraith by JediMara77 (@jedimara77)

Tell by JoyCommander (@bitwhizzle)

Hunt for a Healer: Zuckuss’ Tale and Two Souls, One Body: 4-LOM’s Tale by WayneMann

Tale of the Tale Teller by 616Greys (@jayaorgana)

Ghost Stories by @elsajeni

A Last Act for Alderaan by Augustine94 (@physicsandfandoms)

A Ryshcate Job by @dayenurose

Reconnaissance by lajulie (@lajulie24)

Thank you to all our writers for their work to pitch and create such a rich collection of stories, spanning different time periods and including a wide variety of characters and settings within the Legends continuity.

A heartfelt thanks also goes out to all our beta readers and cheerleaders who helped these writers get their fics across the finish line, including @occasionalinanity @jaded-of-mara @lajulie24 @ben-her @wraithfourteen @jayaorgana @otterandterrierwrites @ewokshootsfirst and many others!

We hope you’ll check out these fics and share them with others who love Star Wars Legends! And please be sure to give our writers your kudos and comments to show your appreciation.

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Almost there….

Just a reminder to stay tuned — our writers for From a Legends Point of View 2024 are in the home stretch and finishing up their fics!

Writers, the posting deadline is tomorrow, Sunday, September 8 (as long as it’s Sunday somewhere in the world, you’re right on time). Check your email for all the details for how to post your fic to the collection as well as other reminders. If you’re having any issues with posting by then, or if you need any last-minute assistance, give one of our mods a shout and we’ll do our best to work something out!

Legends fans, we are planning to reveal the collection sometime on Sunday, September 15, so be sure to follow @from-a-legends-pov for updates!

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Writers: Second check-in this week!

We’re a little over a month away from the posting deadline for From a Legends Point of View, and we can’t wait to see what everyone has created!

Writers, expect to hear from one of the mods this week for the second of our writer check-ins, and be sure to respond promptly (even if it’s just to say you’re doing okay). At your check in, you can share how the writing is going, if you need a cheerleader, sounding board, or beta reader to help you out, and any questions or concerns you have.

We know everyone’s writing process is different, so any stage you’re at in the writing process (from nearly done to just getting going) is completely fine. However, if you have determined that you’re no longer able to write your assignment, please let us know no later than August 11 that you’ll need to drop out. That will give us time to connect with folks who were interested in pinch hitting a fic for the collection. (If you’re interested in being a pinch hitter, or helping out as a cheerleader or beta reader, you can sign up using the form here.)

Happy writing, everyone! If you have questions or need support, please feel free to get in touch with one of the mods, send us an ask on Tumblr, or email us at [email protected].

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Call for betas, cheerleaders, or pinch hitters!

We would love your help in supporting our writers for the From A Legends Point of View 2024 fanfiction event. You don’t need to be a Star Wars Legends expert or a writer for the event to help out, and all levels of support are welcome, including:

Beta reading - English grammar and punctuation review and assistance

Beta reading - Help reviewing plot, flow, characterization, or other structural issues

Beta reading - Help with knowledge of Star Wars Legends events, characters, or details

Cheerleading - Sounding board to help writer think through their ideas

Cheerleading - Extra encouragement to help a writer finish their fic

Pinch hitting - Write a new fic for the collection in place of a writer who had to drop out

Interested? Fill out our brief Beta Reader / Pinch Hitter Signup Form, and we’ll be in touch. This is an interest form only, so we’ll be sure to confirm you’re available before matching you up with a writer to assist.

Thank you in advance!

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If you signed up previously to help out as a beta reader, you should have been contacted by a mod to confirm that you’re still available.

If you’re a writer who is waiting to get connected with your beta, we’ll be in touch soon!

We’re starting to get writers who are ready for some assistance from a beta reader or cheerleader, so please sign up if you can help out, and we’ll get you connected! And thanks again.

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Writers - First Check In Time!

From a Legends Point of View writers, we’ve reached our first checkpoint! If you haven’t already talked with one of our mods this week, expect to hear from one of us in the next few days to check in. We’ll use the communication channel you indicated was preferred to reach out, so be sure to check your messages.

This is just a check-in to see how things are going — how’s the writing? Do you have any questions for us? Do you need a beta or a cheerleader? Anything else going on that we can help with? Let us know and we’ll do our best to support you.

Also, if you’re interested in signing up as a beta, cheerleader, or pinch hitter and haven’t signed up yet, you can use this form to indicate your interest. Folks who have already signed up, expect to hear from us very soon!

— Your From a Legends Point of View mods - psy, Lottie, @ewokshootsfirst, and @lajulie24

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Writers - First Check In Time!

From a Legends Point of View writers, we’ve reached our first checkpoint! If you haven’t already talked with one of our mods this week, expect to hear from one of us in the next few days to check in. We’ll use the communication channel you indicated was preferred to reach out, so be sure to check your messages.

This is just a check-in to see how things are going — how’s the writing? Do you have any questions for us? Do you need a beta or a cheerleader? Anything else going on that we can help with? Let us know and we’ll do our best to support you.

Also, if you’re interested in signing up as a beta, cheerleader, or pinch hitter and haven’t signed up yet, you can use this form to indicate your interest. Folks who have already signed up, expect to hear from us very soon!

— Your From a Legends Point of View mods - psy, Lottie, @ewokshootsfirst, and @lajulie24

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Call for betas, cheerleaders, or pinch hitters!

We would love your help in supporting our writers for the From A Legends Point of View 2024 fanfiction event. You don’t need to be a Star Wars Legends expert or a writer for the event to help out, and all levels of support are welcome, including:

Beta reading - English grammar and punctuation review and assistance

Beta reading - Help reviewing plot, flow, characterization, or other structural issues

Beta reading - Help with knowledge of Star Wars Legends events, characters, or details

Cheerleading - Sounding board to help writer think through their ideas

Cheerleading - Extra encouragement to help a writer finish their fic

Pinch hitting - Write a new fic for the collection in place of a writer who had to drop out

Interested? Fill out our brief Beta Reader / Pinch Hitter Signup Form, and we’ll be in touch. This is an interest form only, so we’ll be sure to confirm you’re available before matching you up with a writer to assist.

Thank you in advance!

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Assignments are out!

Writers, you should have received your From A Legends Point of View assignment by email earlier this evening. Be sure to check your email (the email you provided at signup) to find the pitch you’ll be writing for the collection as well as a few notes, reminders, and next steps.

If you have any questions, please reach out to one of the mods — we’re here to help! And may the Force be with you.

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Star Wars Legends: Poll of the Week - Favorite Fake Holofilm Titles

In the Legends novel Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor, we learn that after the Battle of Endor, filmmakers have made a number of questionable holofilms proporting to highlight our heroes’ exploits. Additionally, the villain of the novel, Lord Shadowspawn, is continually envisioning new holofilm titles as he unfolds his plans. Of these in-universe holofilms (or prospective holofilms), which title is your favorite?

Which of these in-universe holofilm titles from Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor is your favorite?

Han Solo and the Lair of the Space Slugs

Princess Leia and the Shadow Trap

Luke Skywalker and the Dragons of Tatooine

Han Solo and the Pirates of Kessel

Luke Skywalker and the Jedi’s Revenge

Princess Leia and the Black Holes of Mindor

Voting ended onJun 12, 2024

Thank you to everyone who has signed up to write for From a Legends Point of View 2024! Stay tuned to @from-a-legends-pov for occasional Legends content as well as key updates as our writers get to work on developing their stories.

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Star Wars Legends: Poll of the Week - Favorite Quotations (Round 2)

Characters in Star Wars Legends have made a variety of clever quips, insightful comments, and just plain silly utterances. We already had one poll exploring some favorite quotes, but which of this group of quotations from a Legends property is your favorite?

1. “It’s not the killing. It’s making the galaxy a little better” — Wedge Antilles to Cheriss (X-Wing: Starfighters of Adumar)

Wedge: "Here's the truth: I kill the enemy so someone, somewhere—probably someone I've never met and never will meet—will be happy."

Cheriss: "That doesn't make sense."

Wedge: "Yes, it does. I told you how I lost my parents. Nothing I ever do can make up for that loss. But if I put myself in the way of people just as bad as the ones who killed my family, if I burn them down, then someone else they would have hurt gets to stay happy. That's the only honorable thing about my profession. It's not the killing. It's making the galaxy a little better."

2. “The Nostril of Palpatine” — Han Solo, responding to Imperial Vana Dorja’s assertion that the Empire would have done a better job defeating the Yuuzhan Vong than the New Republic (The New Jedi Order: Destiny’s Way)

Han: “That's not what the Empire would have done, Commander. What the Empire would have done was build a super-colossal Yuuzhan Vong-killing battle machine. They would have called it the Nova Colossus or the Galaxy Destructor or the Nostril of Palpatine or something equally grandiose. They would have spent billions of credits, employed thousands of contractors and subcontractors and equipped it with the latest in death-dealing technology. And you know what would have happened? It wouldn't have worked. They'd forget to bolt down a metal plate over an access hatch leading to the main reactors or some other mistake and a hotshot enemy pilot would have dropped a bomb down there and blow the whole thing up. Now that's what the Empire would have done.”

3. “Chewbacca, can’t we do this without the involvement of enemy forces?” Squeaky the protocol droid to Chewbacca aboard the Millennium Falsehood, mid-battle (X-Wing: Solo Command)

4. “The gray fallacy” — Tycho Celchu to Myn Donos and Gavin Darklighter (X-Wing: Isard’s Revenge)

Tycho: "It's called the gray fallacy. One person says white, another says black, and outside observers assume gray is the truth. The assumption of gray is sloppy, lazy thinking. The fact that one person is diametrically opposed to the truth does not then skew reality so the truth is no longer the truth."

5. “If something goes wrong, this is an exceptionally embarrassing way to die” — Mara Jade to Luke Skywalker, as Luke prepares to go into a devourer tank filled with microscopic creatures that eat all organic matter (The New Jedi Order: Enemy Lines II: Rebel Stand)

Mara: "Luke, I don't want to discourage your curiosity, but I have to remind you, if something goes wrong, this is an exceptionally embarrassing way to die."

Luke: "I'll trust you to improve the story. Luke Skywalker goes out in a blaze of glory in battle with a red devourer."

6. “If one guy calls you a Hutt….” — Corran Horn (I, Jedi)

Corran: “If one guy calls you a Hutt, ignore him. If a second guy calls you a Hutt, begin to wonder. If a third guy calls you a Hutt, buy a drool bucket and start stockpiling spice."

7. “Don’t cut your own head off with your lightsaber” — Ben Skywalker to his father Luke, when asked the first things he’d learned in Jedi training (Fate of the Jedi: Outcast)

Luke: "What's one of the first things you learned in training to be a Jedi?"

Ben: "Don't cut your own head off with your lightsaber."

Luke: "After that."

Ben: "Your eyes can deceive you. Be mindful of your feelings. Girls are fun but dangerous. Lando has extra cards up his sleeve."

Luke: "Well, the truth is in there somewhere…"

Which Star Wars Legends quotation from this collection of quotes is your favorite?

1. “It’s making the galaxy a little better” (Wedge Antilles)

2. “They’d call it…the Nostril of Palpatine” (Han Solo)

3. “Can’t we do this without the involvement of enemy forces?” (Squeaky)

4. “The gray fallacy” (Tycho Celchu)

5. “An exceptionally embarrassing way to die” (Mara Jade)

6. “If one guy calls you a Hutt” (Corran Horn)

7. “Don’t cut your own head off with your lightsaber” (Ben Skywalker)

Voting ended onJun 5, 2024

Just a few more days to sign up! Come join us for From a Legends Point of View, a fanfiction event where we’ll be building a collection of fics featuring Star Wars Legends characters (including OT characters) during the time of the Original Trilogy. Writer signups are open now through June 2 — use our Signup Form to pitch your story concepts (Signup Guidelines here), check out our Event Overview and FAQ for more information, and encourage your favorite writers to participate! Hope to have you join us.

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Signups are now closed (thank you, writers!), but there’s still time to vote in this week’s poll!

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And we’re off!

Thank you to everyone who has signed up to write for From a Legends Point of View 2024! We are really excited about the variety and quality of pitches we received, and can’t wait to create this Legends collection with you.

If you signed up, please check your email inbox for a confirmation message that we received your signup. If you signed up but did not receive a confirmation email (from [email protected]), please let us know ASAP so we make sure we have your signup recorded. We want to make sure we have everyone included before our mods finalize story assignments.

Writers, you’ll hear from us again by sometime on Sunday, June 9 about which of your pitches you’ll be writing for the collection.

If you are interested in helping out as a beta reader (whether or not you signed up to write for the event), stay tuned; we’ll put out a signup form for betas in the next week or so. We welcome beta readers with Legends experience as well as folks who only know Legends from the odd Wookieepedia article — we’ll need lots of different skill sets to help our writers.

Here we go!

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Last call for writer signups!

Writer signups for From a Legends Point of View close after today, Sunday, June 2. (Procrastinators, never fear: as long as it’s still June 2 somewhere in the world, you still have time to sign up!) Join us to build a collection of Legends stories set during the time of the Original Trilogy.

Signups are easy — use our Signup Form to share your story pitches (Signup Guidelines available here), what kind of support you think you’ll need, and how to get in touch with you. You will have until September 8 to complete and submit your story, and we’ll be here to check in and help along the way.

Questions? Check out the Event Overview and FAQ, send an ask to @from-a-legends-pov, or contact one of our Tumblr mods ( @ewokshootsfirst and @lajulie24 ).

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I am so excited for this project, and have been spamming it around the corners of the fandom I live in! A common response I've heard is "Oh that's awesome, but I don't know the OT era EU characters well enough to write them." So I've compiled an incomplete list of prequel era characters who are either definitely or potentially still alive in the original trilogy era:

Movie Characters w/ Legends Connections

Dexter Jettser - AotC/Last of the Jedi

Bail & Breha - AotC/RotS/many books

Quinlan Vos - TPM/Republic comics

Kitster - TPM/Tatooine Ghost

Amee - TPM/Jedi Quest comic

Jude Watson Chapter Books

Ferus Olin

Trever Flume

Mallory Lands (Roan Lands sister, who somehow doesn't have a Wookieepedia page)

Lune Oddo Divinian (dies shortly after ANH)

Members of The Eleven, including Dona Telemark and Amie Antin

Republic / Dark Times Comics

Dass Jennir

K'kruhk

Khaleen Hentz

Korto Vos

Quinlan Vos

Tholme

Tra'Saa

Chase Piru

Zao

The youngling clan in Dark Times (Kennan Taanzer, Sidirri, Seddwia, etc.)

Villie (Vilmarh Grahrk) [sidenote, someone PLEASE pitch an OT era The Deveronian Version for this!]

Ki Adi Mundi's wives and children

A'Sharad Hett/Darth Krayt

Clone Wars Novels

Scout (Tallisibeth Enwandung-Esterhazy) -Dark Rendezvous

Nik Rostu - Shatterpoint, Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor

Kar Vastor - Shatterpoint, Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor

Sheeka Tull and child - The Cestus Deception

Jax Pavan - Medstar/Coruscant Nights

I-5YQ - Medstar/Coruscant Nights

Den Dhur - Medstar/Coruscant Nights

Tolk le Trene - Medstar

Jos Vondar - Medstar

Erk H'Arman & Odie Subu - Jedi Trial

I'd planned to work more on this list, but today is the last day to sign up so I'm releasing it into the wild as-is. Go forth and pitch!

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Thank you, @legendsliveon for this post! Reblogging to share these lists and to emphasize the point above. Even if they don’t have a specific OT-era Legends novel or comic about them, as long as they were still alive at the start of Star Wars original recipe and were in a Legends property, they would fit. (This also goes for folks we don’t meet until after the OT as long as they were around during the OT. And including folks who show up in OT films is also allowed!)

As long as it’s still June 2 somewhere, there’s still time to sign up!

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hey! is it possible to volunteer as a beta reader without also signing up as a writer?

Yes, we’d love to have folks help as beta readers whether or not they are writing for the event.

We’ll be putting out a call shortly after signups close for folks interested in serving as beta readers — there will be a separate signup form specifically for that. Stay tuned to the blog for more info. (And thank you in advance!)

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Last call for writer signups!

Writer signups for From a Legends Point of View close after today, Sunday, June 2. (Procrastinators, never fear: as long as it’s still June 2 somewhere in the world, you still have time to sign up!) Join us to build a collection of Legends stories set during the time of the Original Trilogy.

Signups are easy — use our Signup Form to share your story pitches (Signup Guidelines available here), what kind of support you think you’ll need, and how to get in touch with you. You will have until September 8 to complete and submit your story, and we’ll be here to check in and help along the way.

Questions? Check out the Event Overview and FAQ, send an ask to @from-a-legends-pov, or contact one of our Tumblr mods ( @ewokshootsfirst and @lajulie24 ).

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Star Wars Legends Spotlight: The Birth of Jaina and Jacen Solo

In this last week of writer signups for the From a Legends Point of View fanfiction event, we’ll be celebrating Legends by highlighting some key events, characters, and moments from the Legends continuity.

Writers: Help us add to the story! Sign up through Sunday, June 2 to write for the From a Legends Point of View fanfiction event. Together, we’ll build a collection of Star Wars Legends fanfiction set during the time of the Original Trilogy. Use our Signup Form to pitch your story concepts (Signup Guidelines available here), and please encourage your favorite writers to participate!

Our latest Legends spotlight is the birth of Jaina and Jacen Solo, the twin children of Leia Organa and Han Solo, born in 9 ABY on Coruscant.

Why is this important?

The birth of Jaina and Jacen takes place at the beginning of Timothy Zahn’s novel The Last Command, the final book in the Thrawn trilogy, but even before birth Jaina and Jacen were central to the events of the trilogy, with evil Dark Jedi clone Joruus C’Boath and Grand Admiral Thrawn attempting to kidnap Leia while she was pregnant in order to gain control of the twins, and a kidnapping attempt not long after their birth that was thwarted by a still-morally-conflicted Mara Jade. Later on, they and their friends become the center of the Young Jedi Knights series and take on major roles in the Yuuzhan Vong conflict in the New Jedi Order series, particularly since the Vong have a thing about twins. While their ending is tragic (Jacen turning to the Dark Side was never going to end well), they remain important parts of connecting the Original Trilogy and even the Prequel Trilogy to the Legends continuity.

Jaina and Jacen’s birth also represents a type of hope for the galaxy — Leia learning to deal with her mixed feelings about the Skywalker genetic inheritance (as detailed in Tatooine Ghost), Han and Leia settling in to a happy domestic life together while still kicking ass for the galaxy, Luke eagerly awaiting his niece and nephew but also anticipating the next generation of Jedi he will help to lead and teach.

How does it happen?

The events leading up to the twins’ birth are fairly dramatic. Among other things, pregnant Leia goes to Kashyyyk with Chewbacca to hide out from Thrawn and ends up having to escape by hanging on to underside of a Wookiee while they climb through a series of trees; she’s begun to train with Luke and is able to stop her would-be Noghri kidnappers and then even gain them to her side, using her bloodline attachment to Vader, her smarts, and her diplomatic skills.

The birth itself is fairly humorous to people who have experienced childbirth — in the book, Leia is given a light box that she is supposed to focus on during labor to distract from the pain. In the comic version, we can see that Leia is flat on her back, which probably isn’t going to be super-helpful for delivering twins. Throughout the birth, Leia is reassuring her children in the Force, letting them know they are okay, as well as occasionally trading banter with Han.

(Also, the strange mid-birth thumbs-up from a medic who is almost fully covered and masked was too funny not to include.)

Once the twins are here, Leia and Han are both dealing with new parenthood and trying to thwart Thrawn’s plans at the same time, so we get a mix of sweet domestic scenes with battle scenes and Leia’s attempts at figuring out what’s going on with Delta Source, Thrawn, the cloning facility, and C’Boath.