Star Wars is finally telling the Princess Leia story we’ve always wanted to see, revealing what she was like as a Jedi Master. Luke Skywalker may be the famed Jedi Master, but his sister possessed all his power and potential. She demonstrated this in The Last Jedi, and went on to become Rey’s mentor ahead of The Rise of Skywalker.

The Lucasfilm Publishing Panel at NYCC featured a thrilling announcement; best-selling author Madeleine Roux has penned a new novel, Legacy, that will show what Leia was like as a Jedi Master. As Roux explained in an interview with StarWars.com, this will pick up at a difficult point in Rey’s training. Rey feels overwhelmed after the events of The Last Jedi and the death of Luke Skywalker.

Here’s the official synopsis:

After barely escaping the First Order on Crait, Rey and the Resistance are struggling to rebuild. Her friends need the last Jedi more than ever, but Rey feels alone and overwhelmed. Jedi tradition is built on masters and apprentices, and Rey’s teacher is gone. Leia Organa tries her best to train Rey in the ways of the Force as Luke did for her so many years ago, but Leia’s knowledge is limited, Rey’s lightsaber is broken, and the specter of Kylo Ren and regrets from the past haunt them both. How can Leia pᴀss the torch when she herself is unsure of the way?

But then, the ancient Jedi texts offer a glimmer of hope: a long-forgotten Jedi temple on Tython that might hold the key to repairing Rey’s saber. Rey leaps at the chance to journey there — and to her surprise, so does Leia.

Rey and Leia’s nascent mentorship is put to the test when they discover the temple on Tython is filled with obscure clues to decipher and arcane trials to complete. As they work to unravel the temple’s mysteries, they encounter a group of refugees living in its shadow, hiding from a First Order officer H๏τ on the trail of two freedom fighters in their midst. With the threat of the First Order looming and the secrets of the temple yet to be unlocked, the newly forged master and apprentice must confront their pasts, reach each other in the present, and decide what it means to carry the legacy of the Jedi into the future.

Leia and Rey Will Have A Rocky Start

We’ve recently had a first taste of Rey’s training under Leia in Cavan Scott’s audiobook, The Jaws of Jakku. That only featured a couple of brief scenes, though, and it was set later in Rey’s training. Roux’s story is early on for Rey and Leia, as they struggle to figure out what their master and apprentice relationship should look like.

“You need to get these two people to like each other and be almost like mother daughter or mentor and apprentice,” Roux explains. “But this is the mother of the guy who she just had an incredibly messy situation with. It’s really fraught. It’s really confusing. And just the thought of being with that person’s mother is pretty intense. There is a lot of uncertainty.“

“They have to go on this journey together and really learn to lean on each other through it. It’s sort of like a Get Along shirt. That’s the vibe of the book. They’re not actually at a good place with each other at first, and that was such a great opportunity to really have both of them grow. Even though Leia is so close to the end of her journey in a lot of ways, we can still have this great moment of character development for her.”

Expect To See More Of Kylo Ren & Other Sequel Trilogy Heroes

Roux found Leia the easiest to understand, given her familiarity with Carrie Fisher’s work. But expect more than just the two perspectives; Roux promises events from Kylo Ren’s point of view as well. It sounds as though the First Order is headed to Tython, too, which will no doubt pose a real challenge for Rey and Princess Leia.