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|date=[[8 ABY/Legends|8 ABY]]<ref name="TEC">[[The Essential Chronology (real-world book)|''The Essential Chronology'']]</ref>
|place=[[Cantham House/Legends|Cantham House]], [[Coruscant/Legends|Coruscant]]<ref name="COPL">''[[The Courtship of Princess Leia]]''</ref>
|outcome=Han Solo and Leia Organa are joined in holy matrimony<ref name="COPL" />
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*[[Mon Mothma/Legends|Mon Mothma]]<ref name="DE">''[[Star Wars: Dark Empire]]''</ref>
Groom
*[[Han Solo/Legends|Han Solo]]<ref name="COPL" />
Bride
*[[Prince/Legends|Princess]] [[Leia Organa Solo|Leia Organa]]<ref name="COPL" />
Best Man
*[[Luke Skywalker/Legends|Luke Skywalker]]<ref name="COPL" />
Ring-bearer
*[[C-3PO/Legends|C-3PO]]<ref name="COPL" />
Guests
*[[Chewbacca/Legends|Chewbacca]]<ref name="COPL" />
*[[R2-D2/Legends|R2-D2]]<ref name="COPL" />
*[[Yarna d'al' Gargan/Legends|Yarna d'al' Gargan]]<ref name="WBO">{{Shortstory|story=Epilogue: Whatever Became Of...?|book=Tales from Jabba's Palace}}</ref>
*[[Isolder]]<ref name="COPL" />
*[[Teneniel Djo]]<ref name="COPL" />
*A thousand guests<ref name="COPL" />
*Billions of guests via the [[HoloNet/Legends|HoloNet]]<ref name="TEC" />}}
{{Quote|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 Courtship of Princess Leia}}
The '''wedding of Han Solo and Leia Organa''' took place in the [[Standard year/Legends|year]] [[8 ABY/Legends|8 ABY]] on [[Coruscant/Legends|Coruscant]], six weeks after the [[Battle of Dathomir (Hunt for Zsinj)|Battle of Dathomir]].

==The ceremony==
In [[8 ABY/Legends|8 ABY]], shortly after the [[Galactic Empire/Legends|Imperial]] [[Warlord/Legends|warlord]] [[Zsinj]]'s defeat at the [[Battle of Dathomir (Hunt for Zsinj)|Battle of Dathomir]], [[Leia Organa Solo|Leia Organa]], [[Prince/Legends|Princess]] of [[Alderaan/Legends|Alderaan]] and [[Ambassador/Legends|Ambassador]] of the [[New Republic/Legends|New Republic]], accepted [[General/Legends|General]] [[Han Solo/Legends|Han Solo's]] marriage proposal.<ref name="COPL" /> Their [[Wedding of Han Solo and Leia Organa (5 ABY)|first attempt]] at marriage [[5 ABY/Legends|three years earlier]] had been interrupted by the Empire, led by [[Triclops]], who attacked the attendants.<ref name="SPINblog">{{SW|url=news/the-star-wars-spy-game-spin-declassified|text=The ''Star Wars'' Spy Game: SPIN Declassified|int=The Star Wars Spy Game: SPIN Declassified}}</ref>

The gala event took place six [[Standard week/Legends|weeks]] after the battle at [[Cantham House/Legends|Cantham House]], the [[Alderaan/Legends|Alderaanian]] Consulate on [[Coruscant/Legends|Coruscant]],<ref name="TEC" /> with [[Chief of State (New Republic)|Chief of State]] [[Mon Mothma/Legends|Mon Mothma]] officiating.<ref name="DE" /> [[C-3PO/Legends|C-3PO]] was the ring-bearer, although he had been stuffed in a closet up until the start of the ceremony.<ref name="SWU">''[[Star Wars: Union]]''</ref> Earlier, C-3PO announced that Han's great-grandfather, [[Korol Solo]], was the king of [[Corellia/Legends|Corellia]], before later discovering that Korol was in fact a pretender and was hanged for his crime. The best man, [[Luke Skywalker/Legends|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.<ref name="COPL" /> A thousand guests attended, with billions more across [[The galaxy/Legends|the galaxy]] "attending" through [[HoloNet/Legends|HoloNet]] coverage. Footage of the marriage was replayed on the HoloNet for weeks after the event and drew huge positive reactions.<ref name="TEC" />

At the wedding, [[Yarna d'al' Gargan/Legends|Yarna d'al' Gargan]] danced the [[Dance of the Seventy Violet Veils]] and was spotted by a designer, becoming the model for his jeweled [[Clothing/Legends|brassiere]]s.<ref name="WBO" />

==Behind the scenes==
{{Quote|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|Prophets of the Dark Side (novel)}}
The [[1993]] novel [[Prophets of the Dark Side (novel)|''Prophets of the Dark Side'']], the sixth and final book of the ''[[Jedi Prince]]'' saga, ended with [[Wedding of Han Solo and Leia Organa (5 ABY)|a wedding]] between Han Solo and Leia Organa, which took place in the [[Grand Audience Chamber]] on [[Yavin 4/Legends|Yavin 4]] in the [[Standard year/Legends|year]] [[5 ABY/Legends|5 ABY]].<ref name="POB">[[Prophets of the Dark Side (novel)|''Prophets of the Dark Side'']]</ref> 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]]''.<ref name="COPL" /> [[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.<ref name="lost">[https://web.archive.org/20040619094840/home.earthlink.net/~kcfurman/books.html#godv Son of Palpatine (a.k.a. Glove of Darth Vader) series books #7-9]</ref> 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]] [[Star Wars Blog|official blog]].<ref name="SPINblog" />

[[File:Leia's_wedding-CTD.png|thumb|150px|''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 Solo/Legends|Han]] and [[Leia Organa Solo|Leia]] were married on [[Dathomir/Legends|Dathomir]] by [[Augwynne Djo]] after the Battle of Dathomir: "Shortly after the destruction of the [[Iron Fist (Executor-class)|''Iron Fist'']] and the [[Nightsisters/Legends|Nightsisters]], Han Solo and Leia Organa were married by Augwynne ([[New Republic Intelligence Service|NRI]] Security File 752.09.89.17.03) at the fortress of the [[Singing Mountain Clan]]."<ref name="CTD">''[[Cracken's Threat Dossier]]''</ref>

It's rumored that [[Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi|''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.<ref name="copl">''DVD Monthly'' magazine, July 2006 (page 30)</ref>

==Appearances==
*''[[The Courtship of Princess Leia]]'' {{1st}}
*{{Shortstory|story=Epilogue: Whatever Became Of...?|book=Tales from Jabba's Palace}} {{Mo}}
*{{Shortstory|story=Hutt and Seek|book=Tales from the New Republic}} {{Mo}}
*''[[Tatooine Ghost]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Star Wars: Dark Empire]]'' {{1stm}}
*''[[Planet of Twilight]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Before the Storm]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[The New Rebellion]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Star Wars: Union]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Survivor's Quest]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Young Jedi Knights: Shards of Alderaan]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[The New Jedi Order: The Unifying Force]]'' {{Mo}}
*[[Millennium Falcon (novel)|''Millennium Falcon'']] {{Mo}}
*[[Millennium Falcon (audiobook)|''Millennium Falcon'' audiobook]] {{Mo}}
*[[Crucible (novel)|''Crucible'']] {{Mo}}
*[[Crucible (audiobook)|''Crucible'' audiobook]] {{Mo}}

==Sources==
*''[[Cracken's Threat Dossier]]''
*[[The Essential Chronology (real-world book)|''The Essential Chronology'']]
*''[[The Secrets of Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire]]''
*''[[Star Wars Gamemaster Screen, Revised]]''
*{{CollectorCite|8|ComicScan|ComicScan: 'Til Death Do They Part}}
*''[[The New Essential Chronology]]''
*{{WizardsCite|url=default.asp?x=starwars/article/sw20040603behebothmain|text=Beheboth: Blood and Water|int=Beheboth: Blood and Water|archivedate=20100419204319}} {{Mo}}
*''[[Star Wars: The Official Starships & Vehicles Collection 18]]''
*''[[Fate of the Jedi: Dramatis Personae]]''
*''[[The Essential Reader's Companion]]''

==Notes and references==
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