<P> The nine - volume Fate of the Jedi series (2009--12) by Aaron Allston, Troy Denning and Christie Golden finds Han and Leia become caught up in the intensifying conflict between the Galactic Alliance and the Jedi . In the wake of Darth Cadeus' death, the now - peaceful Galactic Alliance harbors a growing mistrust toward the Jedi, and the situation is worsened by a Force - induced psychosis that begins afflicting individual Jedi, sending them on violent rampages . </P> <P> In Millennium Falcon (2008) by James Luceno, set between Legacy of the Force and Fate of the Jedi, a mysterious device hidden inside the eponymous spacecraft sends Han, Leia and Allana on an adventure to investigate the ship's past before it came into Han's possession . Troy Denning's Crucible (2013), set after Fate of the Jedi and the last novel to date in the Star Wars Legends chronology, reunites Leia, Han and Luke with Lando as they aid him to thwart a vast criminal enterprise threatening his asteroid mineral refinery in the Chilean Rift nebula . </P> <P> During the events of the comic series Dark Empire (1991--92), Palpatine has been resurrected in a young clone body and seduces Luke to the dark side of the Force as part of his plan to restore the Empire . A captive Leia, resisting Palpatine's attempts to turn her as well, escapes with an artifact he needs to secure his power, the Jedi Holocron . Luke pursues her, and Leia manages to turn him back . Brother and sister then fight Palpatine with the light side of the Force, turning his own Force - generated storm against him and destroying Palpatine and his Star Destroyer . In Dark Empire II (1994--95), Leia gives birth to a third child by Han, whom she names Anakin . Palpatine is reborn in an inferior, rapidly deteriorating clone body in Empire's End (1995), and seeks to possess the body of the infant Anakin . </P> <P> Princess Leia has been called a 1980s icon, a feminist hero and "an exemplary personification of female empowerment". In 2008, Leia was selected by Empire magazine as the 89th greatest film character of all time, and IGN listed her as their 8th top Star Wars hero . UGO Networks listed Leia as one of their best heroes of all time in 2010 . </P>

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