title: Star Wars: Princess Leia
author:  Mark Waid 
description: <strong>Mark Waid</strong> is an Eisner Award-winning American comic book writer, known for his work on titles for DC Comics such as <i>The Flash</i>, <i>Kingdom Come</i> and <i>Superman: Birthright</i>, and for his work on <i>Captain America</i> for Marvel Comics. From August 2007 to December 2010, Waid served as Editor-in-Chief, and later, Chief Creative Officer of Boom! Studios, where he wrote titles such as <i>Irredeemable</i>, <i>Incorruptible</i>, and <i>The Traveler</i><br /><br /><strong>Terrence "Terry" Dodson</strong> is an American comic book artist and penciller. He is best known for his work on titles such as <i>Harley Quinn</i>, <i>Trouble</i>, <i>Marvel Knights Spider-Man</i>, Wonder Woman and <i>Uncanny X-Men</i>. His pencils are usually inked by his wife Rachel Dodson, who is a comic book inker and colorist.
zlib_text: # Chapter  
  1
  
  
  **G** eneral Han Solo stood at the command console viewport of the Mon
  Calamari Star Cruiser _Mon Remonda._ Warning sounds tinkled like wind chimes
  as the ship prepared to drop out of hyperspace at the New Republic’s capital
  on Coruscant. It had been so long since Han had last seen Leia: five months,
  five months hunting the warlord Zsinj’s Super Star Destroyer, _Iron Fist._
  Five months ago, the New Republic had seemed so secure, so in control. Maybe
  now, with the _Iron Fist_ gone, warlord Zsinj would be crippled and things
  would go smoother. Han longed to get off the humid Calamarian ship, longed
  even more for the taste of Leia’s kisses, the caress of her hand on his brow.
  He’d seen too much darkness lately.
  
  
  The white starfield on the screen resolved as the hyperdrive engines cut, and
  Chewbacca roared in alarm: across the blue velvet of space where the city
  night lights of Coruscant blazed from a dark world were dozens of enormous,
  saucer-shaped starships that Han rec