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- "Oh, Master Luke, I'm so relieved to see you. I'm afraid I've gotten us all into a terrible mess! It's all my fault! We must stop the wedding immediately!"
- ―C-3PO to Luke Skywalker
The wedding of Han Solo and Leia Organa took place in the year 8 ABY on Coruscant, six weeks after the Battle of Dathomir.
The ceremony[]
In 8 ABY, shortly after the Imperial warlord Zsinj's defeat at the Battle of Dathomir, Leia Organa, Princess of Alderaan and Ambassador of the New Republic, accepted General Han Solo's marriage proposal.[1] Their first attempt at marriage three years earlier had been interrupted by the Empire, led by Triclops, who attacked the attendants.[6]
The gala event took place six weeks after the battle at Cantham House, the Alderaanian Consulate on Coruscant,[3] with Chief of State Mon Mothma officiating.[4] C-3PO was the ring-bearer, although he had been stuffed in a closet up until the start of the ceremony.[7] Earlier, C-3PO announced that Han's great-grandfather, Korol Solo, was the king of Corellia, before later discovering that Korol was in fact a pretender and was hanged for his crime. The best man, Luke Skywalker, who was running late after the shuttle driver mistakenly dropped him off at the Aldereenian Consulate, ran into Threepio and turned the droid off to prevent him from spoiling the wedding.[1] A thousand guests attended, with billions more across the galaxy "attending" through HoloNet coverage. Footage of the marriage was replayed on the HoloNet for weeks after the event and drew huge positive reactions.[3]
At the wedding, Yarna d'al' Gargan danced the Dance of the Seventy Violet Veils and was spotted by a designer, becoming the model for his jeweled brassieres.[5]
Behind the scenes[]
- "Standing at the far end of the red carpet, Princess Leia, who was holding her wedding bouquet, looked over at Luke and smiled at him. She then glanced around and saw Ken and all her other friends. Chewbacca was on hand to serve as Han's Best Man. And See-Threepio and Artoo-Detoo were there to share the title of Best Droid, both of them showing off their gleaming polish."
- ―Leia Organa's wedding in the Jedi Prince saga
The 1993 novel Prophets of the Dark Side, the sixth and final book of the Jedi Prince saga, ended with a wedding between Han Solo and Leia Organa, which took place in the Grand Audience Chamber on Yavin 4 in the year 5 ABY.[8] However, the Jedi Prince series was discontinued and the wedding has been disregarded by canon in favor of the one depicted in Dave Wolverton's novel The Courtship of Princess Leia.[1] Paul Davids, coauthor of the Jedi Prince saga, had stated that the next book in the series would have had the wedding interrupted by Imperials.[9] That aborted ceremony, however, was brought back into canon with the release of The Star Wars Spy Game: SPIN Declassified, an article written by Abel G. Peña and Greg Mitchell for the StarWars.com official blog.[6]

Cracken's Threat Dossier non-canon depiction of the ceremony
Contradicting the account in The Courtship of Princess Leia, Cracken's Threat Dossier states that Han and Leia were married on Dathomir by Augwynne Djo after the Battle of Dathomir: "Shortly after the destruction of the Iron Fist and the Nightsisters, Han Solo and Leia Organa were married by Augwynne (NRI Security File 752.09.89.17.03) at the fortress of the Singing Mountain Clan."[10]
It's rumored that Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi originally ended with the wedding. It has even been said that these scenes were filmed but never used.[11]
Appearances[]
- "Epilogue: Whatever Became Of...?" — Tales from Jabba's Palace (Mentioned only)
- The Courtship of Princess Leia (and unabridged audiobook) (First appearance, in book)
- "Hutt and Seek" — Tales from the New Republic (Mentioned only)
- Tatooine Ghost (Mentioned only)
- Planet of Twilight (Mentioned only)
- Before the Storm (Mentioned only)
- The New Rebellion (Mentioned only)
- Survivor's Quest (and unabridged audiobook) (Mentioned only)
- Young Jedi Knights: Shards of Alderaan (Mentioned only)
- The New Jedi Order: The Unifying Force (Mentioned only)
- Millennium Falcon (and audiobook) (Mentioned only)
- Crucible (and audiobook) (Mentioned only)
Sources[]
- Star Wars Gamemaster Screen, Revised
- The Secrets of Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire
- Cracken's Threat Dossier
"ComicScan: 'Til Death Do They Part" — Star Wars Galaxy Collector 8
- The Essential Chronology
Beheboth: Blood and Water on Wizards.com (original site is defunct) (Mentioned only)
- The New Essential Chronology
- Fate of the Jedi: Dramatis Personae
- Star Wars: The Official Starships & Vehicles Collection 18
- The Essential Reader's Companion
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 The Courtship of Princess Leia
- ↑
Books, Comics, & Television VIPs on the StarWars.com Message Boards (June 14, 2006): ""A Forest Apart" takes place shortly after Han and Leia's wedding, so around 8 ABY." (original site is defunct)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 The Essential Chronology
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Star Wars: Dark Empire
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Epilogue: Whatever Became Of...?" — Tales from Jabba's Palace
- ↑ 6.0 6.1
The Star Wars Spy Game: SPIN Declassified on StarWars.com (backup link) (original link is obsolete)
- ↑ Star Wars: Union
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Prophets of the Dark Side
- ↑
Son of Palpatine (a.k.a. Glove of Darth Vader) series books #7-9 on home.earthlink.net (backup link archived on June 19, 2004)
- ↑ Cracken's Threat Dossier
- ↑ DVD Monthly magazine, July 2006 (page 30)