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** The episodic nature of each chapter means tension is often built and then undercut when things just resolve quickly and often offscreen. By drawing things out a bit more the manga makes Leia seem to be in more danger, but it can't change the structure of the story.
** This story can be seen as a SpiritualSuccessor to two comics from Comicbook/StarWarsTales, "The Princess Leia Diaries" and "First Impressions", which both focus on a young Leia. They present a rather different idea of Leia's life than the book, showing her [[MissingMom without a mother]] but also not as isolated and friendless as here. It's a bit of a shame that Leia here doesn't sometimes have odd dreams about sandy wastes and doesn't ever encounter Palpatine, with or without Vader looming behind him. Would he have been as ObviouslyEvil as in the comic, or would he have pretended to be more benign?
** The episodic nature of each chapter means tension is often built and then undercut when things just resolve quickly and often offscreen. By drawing things out a bit more the manga makes Leia seem to be in more danger, but it can't change the structure of the story.
** This story can be seen as a SpiritualSuccessor to two comics from Comicbook/StarWarsTales, "The Princess Leia Diaries" and "First Impressions", which both focus on a young Leia. They present a rather different idea of Leia's life than the book, showing her [[MissingMom without a mother]] but also not as isolated and friendless as here. It's a bit of a shame that Leia here doesn't sometimes have odd dreams about sandy wastes and doesn't ever encounter Palpatine, with or without Vader looming behind him. Would he have been as ObviouslyEvil as in the comic, or would he have pretended to be more benign?
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Leia has a way of going cold and clearheaded in an emergency. When [[spoiler: Kier]] gets seriously injured at the end of the book, Leia thinks she can get him medical attention and save him. The moment he tells her [[spoiler: he was trying to collect information about the Rebel Alliance to turn it in to the Empire]], she stops and simply [[spoiler: lies so he can die happily, and keeps holding him as he passes into unconsciousness and after several minutes dies]]. Was he beyond saving, or could she have used a medical kit to get him enough time to take elsewhere, but was so clear-headed that she decided it was better if he died?
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Leia has a way of going cold and clearheaded in an emergency. When [[spoiler: Kier]] gets seriously injured at the end of the book, Leia thinks she can get him medical attention and save him. The moment he tells her [[spoiler: he was trying to collect information about the Rebel Alliance to turn it in to the Empire]], she stops and simply [[spoiler: lies so he can die happily, and keeps holding him as he passes into unconsciousness and after several minutes dies]]. Was he beyond saving, or could she have used a medical kit to get him enough time to take elsewhere, but was so icily clear-headed that she decided it was better if he died?
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* HarsherInHindsight: When Leia brings a shipment of vaccines to the Chalhuddans their leader scoffs and says she must think they have no pride. Leia becomes ''furious'' and starts yelling at them - saying if ''her'' people's children were dying and the only way to save them was to swallow her pride, she would do it, she would get on her knees in the dirt and beg and plead and do anything to preserve her peoples' lives. Anyone who would not do the same doesn't deserve to be a leader.
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* HarsherInHindsight: HarsherInHindsight:
** {{Series/Andor}} features a far harsher and darker look at the Rebel Alliance than Leia glimpses here, one that justifies Bail's AngerBornOfWorry whenever his good-hearted but completely naive daughter [[JumpedAtTheCall tries to get involved]]. The series also featuring Mon Mothma casts her role in this book differently - she must envy the Organas for their close supportive relationship and for having a child that loves them and shares their politics. It's easy to see how rumors of BusinessTripAdultery between her and Bail would seem plausible, and it puts a grimmer cast on her willingness to let Leia participate in the Rebellion. Mon Mothma had to go against her principles with her own daughter to keep funds moving - from there, it's not hard to be willing to risk another teenager who's so eager anyway.
** On a RealLife level, When Leia brings a shipment of vaccines to the Chalhuddans their leader scoffs and says she must think they have no pride. Leia becomes ''furious'' and starts yelling at them - saying if ''her'' people's children were dying and the only way to save them was to swallow her pride, she would do it, she would get on her knees in the dirt and beg and plead and do anything to preserve her peoples' lives. Anyone who would not do the same doesn't deserve to be a leader.
** {{Series/Andor}} features a far harsher and darker look at the Rebel Alliance than Leia glimpses here, one that justifies Bail's AngerBornOfWorry whenever his good-hearted but completely naive daughter [[JumpedAtTheCall tries to get involved]]. The series also featuring Mon Mothma casts her role in this book differently - she must envy the Organas for their close supportive relationship and for having a child that loves them and shares their politics. It's easy to see how rumors of BusinessTripAdultery between her and Bail would seem plausible, and it puts a grimmer cast on her willingness to let Leia participate in the Rebellion. Mon Mothma had to go against her principles with her own daughter to keep funds moving - from there, it's not hard to be willing to risk another teenager who's so eager anyway.
** On a RealLife level, When Leia brings a shipment of vaccines to the Chalhuddans their leader scoffs and says she must think they have no pride. Leia becomes ''furious'' and starts yelling at them - saying if ''her'' people's children were dying and the only way to save them was to swallow her pride, she would do it, she would get on her knees in the dirt and beg and plead and do anything to preserve her peoples' lives. Anyone who would not do the same doesn't deserve to be a leader.
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* ContinuityLockout: Downplayed, someone who's unfamiliar with the Expanded Universe could still get quite a lot out of this book. There are references and knowing, say, that Amilyn Holdo will have an important role to play may be additive. There are however a number of specific connections to ''[[Literature/StarWarsBloodline Bloodline]]'' due to being written by the same author about Leia in different points of her life, with ''Princess of Alderaan'' explaining how a younger Leia became an important rebel leader and ''Bloodline'' explaining why an older Leia started the Resistance.
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* ContinuityLockout: Downplayed, someone who's unfamiliar with the Expanded Universe could still get quite a lot out of this book. There are references and knowing, say, that Amilyn Holdo will have an important role to play may be additive. There are however a number of specific connections to ''[[Literature/StarWarsBloodline Bloodline]]'' due to being written by the same author about Leia in different points of her life, with ''Princess of Alderaan'' explaining how a younger Leia became an important rebel leader and ''Bloodline'' explaining why an older Leia started the Resistance.
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* ContinuityLockout: Not quite, but there are a number of connections to ''[[Literature/StarWarsBloodline Bloodline]]'' due to being written by the same author about Leia in different points of her life, with ''Princess of Alderaan'' explaining how a younger Leia became an important rebel leader and ''Bloodline'' explaining why an older Leia started the Resistance.
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Leia has a way of going cold and clearheaded in an emergency. When [[spoiler: Kier]] gets seriously injured at the end of the book, Leia thinks she can get him medical attention and save him. The moment he tells her [[spoiler: he was trying to collect information about the Rebel Alliance to turn it in to the Empire]], she stops and simply [[spoiler: lies so he can die happily, and keeps holding him as he passes into unconsciousness and after several minutes dies]]. Was he beyond saving, or could she have used a medical kit to get him enough time to take elsewhere, but was so clear-headed that she decided it was better if he died?
* ContinuityLockout:Not quite, but there Downplayed, someone who's unfamiliar with the Expanded Universe could still get quite a lot out of this book. There are references and knowing, say, that Amilyn Holdo will have an important role to play may be additive. There are however a number of specific connections to ''[[Literature/StarWarsBloodline Bloodline]]'' due to being written by the same author about Leia in different points of her life, with ''Princess of Alderaan'' explaining how a younger Leia became an important rebel leader and ''Bloodline'' explaining why an older Leia started the Resistance.
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* UnfortunateImplications: In the first edition of the novel, and in the audiobook, while Leia is being persuaded that it's okay for her to have fun and a personal life in the midst of galactic suffering and unrest, she quotes an Alderaanian philosopher who said, "Strength through joy". [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strength_Through_Joy Strength Through Joy]] was a state-operated organization in Nazi Germany that subsidized leisure and vacations for certain types of German citizen, to keep them content with their situation and aid in propaganda. In a Tweet (now deleted) Claudia Gray apologized for using this slogan in ignorance of its history. Later editions changed the quote to "Joy drives out fear".
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* HarsherInHindsight: When Leia brings a shipment of vaccines to the Chalhuddans their leader scoffs and says she must think they have no pride. Leia becomes ''furious'' and starts yelling at them - saying if ''her'' people's children were dying and the only way to save them was to swallow her pride, she would do it, she would get on her knees in the dirt and beg and plead and do anything to preserve her peoples' lives. Anyone who would not do the same doesn't deserve to be a leader.
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