Star Wars: Princess Leia is an immersive graphic novel that paints the story of Princess Leia immediately following the end sequence of the film Star Wars: A New Hope. In the book we learn Princess Leia was a senator of the Galactic Empire, but the Senate is no more. Now Leia is the sole survivor of the Alderaan royal family. Both of her adoptive parents perished on Alderaan along with millions of other Alderaanians when the Death Star superlaser obliterated Leia's home planet. 
 Even though the Death Star has recently been destroyed by the Rebel Alliance, the Empire is still strong and they are pursuing the Rebels with a 10 million credit bounty on Princess Leia's head. The Empire is also planning on killing any last remaining Alderaanians who may be hiding on other planets. In the face of these terrible obstacles, Princess Leia swears to unite her people, and she recruits the help of an Alderaanian Rebel pilot name Evaan to bring the last remaining survivors to a new world that is safe from the Galactic Empire. 
 I was deeply impressed by the story. Princess Leia is an honorable, courageous person, who is willing to sacrifice herself for the good of others. In the book we also learn Princess Leia's backstory where we catch glimpses of her childhood on Alderaan and we see the role her adoptive parents played on her upbringing. Also, through the flashbacks we experience the beauty of Alderaan and discover that the planet is filled with culture, education, music, and the arts, which makes it that much more tragic that Alderaan is destroyed, and it makes Leia's mission to save Alderaan's people that much more imperative. 
 The only thing I did not like about the novel was the fact that Princess Leia was incredibly impulsive throughout the novel. She takes so many risks that she does not simply put herself into harm's way, she puts others into harm's way also. As a woman who swears to protect her people and do what is right for the good of others, she sure makes some risky choices that could have easily led to the death of all the Alderaanians. I did not like that at all, and I would have liked it a lot more if Leia took more time in the making of her decisions, especially since the fate of her entire people counted on her choices. Besides that, Star Wars: Princess Leia is a fantastic novel, which I strongly recommend any Star Wars fan to read. The illustrations by Terry Dodson are also very well done, and I look forward to reading further installments of the Princess Leia saga if they are to come out.