Princess Leia as a rebel leader, what's not to love? Well it really all depends on who does the writing. I'm going to edit each of the four stories individually, it's fair that way and make a general rating for the graphic novel as a whole. Trust me, there's amazing in the book and then there's god awful as well, so bear with me.
"Princess... Warrior" Princess warrior, oh how nothing could be further from the truth, it should be called princess pathetic. I am deeply upset about how they portrayed Leia. It was the absolute worst portrayal of Leia I have ever seen. There WAS NOTHING that resonated the sassy, strong qualities that make Leia so awesome in Star Wars. This "Leia" is weak, a cry baby, and so freakin' melodramatic I had to torture my self into continuing to read. The story was crap, cheap action with a side of pathetic melodrama topped off with forced, unliklely imperial intervention. This story was bad. A sexy girl dies a meaningless death in support of the rebel alliance and it's made out to be a whole emotional scene just b/c she had a conversation with Leia and has tons of cleavage. This was a terrible story the end. 1 star
"A Little Piece of Home" Someone "special" always has to die it seems in a Star Wars graphic novel; the Clone Wars Series is notorious for this. Unfortunately the same thing goes in this tale of Leia meeting her old boyfriend. That sounds bad, but the story was actually pretty good. Leia acts like Leia (thank God). This story felt real in the sense, the good guys don't always win and everyone has their own opinions. A lot of the time it seems a lot of characters have the same opinion on issues in Star Wars, but a remorseful, independent opinion on the destruction of Alderaan was really cool. The character interaction between her and her ex-boyfriend was pretty good. It's really too bad he died, it didn't feel necessary, but that's just me. 4 stars
"Alone Together" I love this story, one of my favorites I've read. I don't find it very dense or deep, but the character interaction between Han and Leia is golden and priceless, like as good as the movies, and that's one of my highlights of the movies, so if a writer can pull it off and make it feel original, kudos to them, kudos to them. I really liked the artwork and had a blast reading the whole story. It was also fun seeing a girl have a crush on Han. 5 stars
"Breaking the Ice" When I saw the cover I was skeptic, Han and Leia cuddling in a blanket? What brought them there, so I read to if I'd buy it. It wasn't perfect but it was believable, Leia doesn't just jump into Han's arms. No, she's still the resistant and feisty Leia we know and love. I didn't like Han's whiny outburst but then again if your comrade was out on the cold maybe you'd get fussy... Nah, Han should be above to whining. It has it's good and "meh" parts but was overall enjoyable. 3 stars
Well it's a tough call. The average score is 3.25, rounded, it's 3. The third story is amazing but the first really just sucks. I guess I'll stick with 3 stars.