Captive to Evil by Princess Leia Organa

This book is written as a series of journal entries while Leia is captive on the first Death Star. It's very insightful to see the things she went through up to that point and how she felt about the whole situation. Obviously, this was written before Rogue One was even a concept, so the continuity might be off now that Rogue One exists. But it's still fun to read something from a character's first-person perspective.

I bought this book wondering just how good could a book on Leia's point of view in A New Hope be? I mean after all we saw the movie. But I was really surprised. This was an excellent book. We learned new things like how Leia got the plans for the Death Star in the first place and what happened while Leia was on board the Death Star waiting for Luke to come rescue her (well not waiting...you know what I mean). Her thoughts on her first meetings with Luke and Han. Her and Han's bickering was hilarous. A must read for every Star Wars fan.

Remember the very first movie shown in theaters of the Star Wars Saga? Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Princess Leia, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Chewbacca, and the droids team up for the first time against Darth Vader and the dreaded Death Star. Now relive it all from the viewpoint of Princess Leia Organa. She wrote it all in her journal in hopes that should she die, the journal and all its secrets would find its way to the Rebellion! ***** The book reads much like a diary with a recorder built in. It begins before the movie did and ends shortly past where the movie ended. Leia tells how she came into possession of the Death Star plans and what she endured as Vader's prisoner. We can see how the Force influenced her strongly in her decisions. Though she had no idea what or where these strange and strong feelings were from, Leia trusted it. We see a glimpse of the proof showing that the Force runs strong in the Skywalker family, and we understand more about Leia, Luke, and Han. All-in-all, this book is a masterpiece! *****

The Han-Leia interaction in this book was hilarious. When he interupted and entered "her royal pain in the highness" in the data pad. (In the true spirit of Han and Leia's first meeting) I was rolling on the floor laughing. Thoose two are funny together, even in the face of being nearly killed. Nice to see there are new insults to read about. I'm a big Leia fan and a Han Leia nut, so I loved thoose parts. When she said han solo was correctly named, because no one could be a bigger fan of Han Solo than himself, I was dying. Nice also, is her mixed "he seems famliar" almost motherly inclination towards Luke. Perhaps the best part of the Journal is the insight into her time on the Death Star. We knew she wasn't just sitting around painting her nails, but to read what happened is a totally different thing (Especially since we now have an image of her life on Alderaan). She attacked her father (Vader). Okay, she didn't know he was her father, but....It's a wonderfully fun read.Actually, the only journal I haven't read is Anakin's and they've all been good.

This is an excellent book. It gives great detail about Leia's time in the Death Star Detention Block. I would reccomend this book to any Star Wars fan no matter what the age. It is a must have.

I read everything I can get my hands on that has anything to do with Star Wars. Yes, even kid's books. I liked this book a lot, because the untold stories are even better thn the movies.