Smuggler Han Solo has successfully managed to pay off his debt to Jabba the Hutt and is currently staying on Alderaan to help Captain Raymus Antilles with fixing the Alderaanian fleet which was destroyed during the second Battle of Coruscant which freed the galaxy from the rule of the Galactic Empire. Princess Leia Organa of Alderaan is happy to know that the Empire is gone and that the galaxy has been freed she is taking an active role in establishing the New Republic but still must content with the downsides of royal life. The two meet and form a friendship which leads to an unlikely romance that they decide to keep a secret.