The LINE Manga app has revealed something new for Star Wars fans this year as May 4th sees the debut of the Leia Ojo no Shiren manga debuting, which roughly translates as Princess Test. It looks like this work is an adaptation of the Star Wars: Leia, Princess of Alderaan novel by Claudia Gray that came out in September 2017. It was a lead-up piece to The Last Jedi that introduced the character of Amilyn Holdo as played by Laura Dern in the film and explored their friendship and others during Leia’s teenage years before discovering the Rebellion. The novel fills in a lot of gaps from her past and was a solidly engaging piece that showed the early stages of the Rebellion and how operated a couple of years prior to A New Hope.
Plot Concept: Explore the beginning of Leia’s participation in the Rebellion and the origin of her friendship with Amilyn Holdo from The Last Jedi! Sixteen-year-old Princess Leia Organa faces the most challenging task of her life so far: proving herself in the areas of body, mind, and heart to be formally named heir to the throne of Alderaan. She’s taking rigorous survival courses, practicing politics, and spearheading relief missions to worlds under Imperial control. But Leia has worries beyond her claim to the crown. Her parents, Breha and Bail, aren’t acting like themselves lately; they are distant and preoccupied, seemingly more concerned with throwing dinner parties for their allies in the Senate than they are with their own daughter. Determined to uncover her parents’ secrets, Leia starts down an increasingly dangerous path that puts her right under the watchful eye of the Empire. And when Leia discovers what her parents and their allies are planning behind closed doors, she finds herself facing what seems like an impossible choice: dedicate herself to the people of Alderaan (including the man she loves) or to the galaxy at large, which is in desperate need of a rebel hero…
[Source: LINE Manga via ANN]
