I say in my author bio that, as a kid, my first love was Han Solo and I wanted to be Princess Leia. And it's not a joke. I am a Gen-X woman who was raised on sci-fi paperbacks (and my mom's romance novels). I played with Star Wars action figures (and Barbies) as a kid. Han Solo and Princess Leia were a part of my psyche, as real as the Ancient Greek gods were to children of that time and era.
I liked that Leia was smart and tough, confident, commanding, and beautiful. She didn't fit in with...