My first Leia pov book in starting this whole massive pile of Star Wars book, and even as a flashback book, I loved how this one was framed from the future and General Leia looking back on a moment in her life, while someone is trying to get her to write her biography for the generations coming after her (and because she is such an important hero of two different wars, a survivor of so many horrors and honors).

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I love getting Leila’s POV. I would like it to be General Leia more, but I love all of her life story and I’m already loving this.

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I love her irritability with her roles, even as she appreciates them.

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This sensing of her connection with Luke, but not knowing what it is. About how it isn’t attraction but that it is still so strongly there.

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I have so many Mon Mothma feeeeellings.


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Mon Mothma talking about Bail.


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“Leia drew herself up to her fullest height. Which actually wasn’t very much [...]”


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Decided while listening through part two and into part three, to make a Leia WeheartIt Board, too. I totally bet I'll end up making boards for like everyone as I try to send myself through a million of these books.

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Decided to start the following out of hers (which will likely explode as I get to Smuggler's Run and Weapon of a Jedi):

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~ only started out of hers, not really made-ready
Luke Skywalker
The Skywalker Twins
Han Solo
I love you i know / leia & han

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Or lies. I worked on a lot of those. >_>

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IM IN TEARS NOW RUDE

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I knew it was the ships, but having the soft-hearted girl say it was the earned ones. My heart.

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”We fight for a cause, but what we’re really fighting for is each other.”
”We fight for duty, but we also fight because we love each other, and that’s something even more powerful.” ( )

Leia gets little respect. In this book, she shows why she should. She makes the hard decisions on a mission that takes places right before Jedi.

http://nicolewbrown.blogspot.com/2015/12/star-wars-moving-target-princess-leia.h...

‘Adventures’ is just a different name for ‘terrible ideas’.
--Cecil Castellucci and Jason Fry (Star Wars: Moving Target: A Princess Leia Adventure)
Our mission has had difficulties, but suicide seems like an overreaction.
--Cecil Casellucci and Jason Fry (Star Wars: Moving Target: A Princess Leia Adventure) ( )

In Moving Target: A Princess Leia Adventure, Cecil Castellucci and Jason Fry present Leia's actions between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. The title refers to the fact that Leia, being a high-ranking and well-known member of the Rebel Alliance, must be constantly moved to avoid Imperial capture as the Rebellion plans what to do following the disastrous Battle of Hoth. Wanting to contribute in a more active role, Leia helps devise and execute a decoy mission to draw the Empire's attention while the Rebels assemble their fleet to target the second Death Star. Of the three books in this series, this one is the most adult in theme, dealing with moral ambiguity and debating which sacrifices are necessary in a time of war.
Like the other three books, Moving Target features a brief glimpse of events leading to The Force Awakens. This preview shows Leia preparing for a battle with the First Order, referencing Poe Dameron (the pilot in the Episode VII trailers), and talking with Major Ematt, who first appeared as Lieutenant Ematt in Smuggler's Run. Here, too, Phil Noto's artwork adds a nice touch, linking this with the other two books in the series and providing a nice glimpse into the action.
The only complaint I have about Moving Target is that the setting of its story confirms that Disney/Lucasfilm no longer consider Shadows of the Empire canon. This will only upset fans who experienced that work, though, and the book does offer good insight into not just Leia, but Nien Nunb, a side character whose importance was implied by his role as Lando Calrissian's co-pilot in Return of the Jedi and who now has a proper backstory. In summary, Moving Target is a nice conclusion to this trilogy of books and does a great deal to set the stage for The Force Awakens. ( )

One of a trio of middle grade books released as part of Force Friday and the Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens publishing initiative (the others are Star Wars: The Weapon of a Jedi: A Luke Skywalker Adventure and Star Wars: Smuggler's Run: A Han Solo Adventure), Cecil Castellucci and Jason Fry's Star Wars: Moving Target: A Princess Leia Adventure takes place between the events of Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back and Episode VI: Return of the Jedi and finds Princess Leia and Nien Nunb on a dangerous mission trying to distract the Empire by creating a false trail for them to follow.

This is the longest of the trio of books, and it clearly took advantage of that fact. I thoroughly enjoyed this volume the most; we are given some real insight into what drives Leia and what frightens her about the responsibility that she has placed on her. I think this book had a certain level of gravitas that the other two are missing; we are clearly shown the struggles and sacrifices that the Rebels are making in order to defeat the Empire, and how deeply this affects Leia. I think this is why I found this one shining over the other two, as we are really shown the cost of the war in this volume.

Moving Target is marketed as a middle grade book but I think it deals with the most mature content of the three volumes released in the trio. While I don't think it is inappropriate for the age range, it still handles some heavy material, but handles it well. For me, this was clearly the strongest of the three volumes, followed by Smuggler's Run and then The Weapon of a Jedi.

A note on the design of the book: All three of the middle grade books are packaged similarly, each set up in three parts with a prologue and an epilogue. Before each section there is an illustration by Phil Noto that is presented in greyscale with red highlighted areas. The red is reflected throughout the chapter openers, as well as the dust jacket covers and the boards of the book. The entire thing comes together in such an impressive package. I'm hoping that if they do anymore middle grade adventures of other Star Wars characters that they keep this same packaging throughout, as it is top notch. ( )