Discussion: Bloodline Novel by Claudia Gray

Mana wrote:Attention, this just in: from 'Bloodline'

"Never imagined this, Han had murmured, sitting up in their bed late at night, Ben's tiny head resting in the crook of his father's arm. "Having a kid. Even wanting a kid. But now he's here and -""And you're a dad." Leia had leaned closer, unable to resist the chance to tease her husband. "Just think hotshot. Someday you might even be a grandad."

Han's chuckle had warmed her. "Speak for yourself, sweetheart. Me, I ain't ever getting old."

"Princess Leia?"

Leia snapped out of her reverie, back into the here and now.

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@Mana

Oh man!!!Where did this come from?!!!!

@SoloSideCousin someone on twitter leaked it...

Mana wrote:@SoloSideCousin someone on twitter leaked it...

@Mana

Ooohhhh ... that means there will be more to come. :-)

Mana wrote:Attention, this just in: from 'Bloodline'

"Never imagined this, Han had murmured, sitting up in their bed late at night, Ben's tiny head resting in the crook of his father's arm. "Having a kid. Even wanting a kid. But now he's here and -""And you're a dad." Leia had leaned closer, unable to resist the chance to tease her husband. "Just think hotshot. Someday you might even be a grandad."

Han's chuckle had warmed her. "Speak for yourself, sweetheart. Me, I ain't ever getting old."

"Princess Leia?"

Leia snapped out of her reverie, back into the here and now.

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@Mana

SoloSideCousin wrote:

Mana wrote:@SoloSideCousin   someone on twitter leaked it...

@Mana

Ooohhhh ... that means there will be more to come. :-)

@SoloSideCousin

hehehe...a foreshadowing of Han´s grand kid.....Ben is not gonna die...well...at least not before making someone pregnant....and who might that be....how many young women are there in the movie? Does Phasma qualifies...think not...there is only one girl....there is allways this one girl...and she is Kylo´s girl....Rey of course...

But, wait... it was a lie, then - somebody "official" said that there's going to be "cute" Han and Leia scenes in Bloodline, but they're not flashbacks.

Arcana wrote:

SoloSideCousin wrote:

Mana wrote:@SoloSideCousin   someone on twitter leaked it...

@Mana

Ooohhhh ... that means there will be more to come. :-)

@SoloSideCousin

hehehe...a foreshadowing of Han´s grand kid.....Ben is not gonna die...well...at least not before making someone pregnant....and who might that be....how many young women are there in the movie? Does Phasma qualifies...think not...there is only one girl....there is allways this one girl...and she is Kylo´s girl....Rey of course...

@Arcana

Aaaaaggggggghhhhhhh!!!! You're right! Why mention a grandkid?!!!   Also, there's foreshadowing in Han saying he's never gonna get old either.  Han went out when he was still on top!

Darth Dingbat wrote:

But, wait... it was a lie, then - somebody "official" said that there's going to be "cute" Han and Leia scenes in Bloodline, but they're not flashbacks.

@Darth Dingbat

Wait! I'm confused! LOL! This is a flashback! LOL!

SoloSideCousin wrote:

Arcana wrote:

SoloSideCousin wrote:

Mana wrote:@SoloSideCousin   someone on twitter leaked it...

@Mana

Ooohhhh ... that means there will be more to come. :-)

@SoloSideCousin

hehehe...a foreshadowing of Han´s grand kid.....Ben is not gonna die...well...at least not before making someone pregnant....and who might that be....how many young women are there in the movie? Does Phasma qualifies...think not...there is only one girl....there is allways this one girl...and she is Kylo´s girl....Rey of course...

@Arcana

Aaaaaggggggghhhhhhh!!!! You're right! Why mention a grandkid?!!!   Also, there's foreshadowing in Han saying he's never gonna get old either.  Han went out when he was still on top!

@SoloSideCousin


I see it....an island

You are so true....

WILL I EVER STOP WITH THE STAR WARS TALK AND QUOTES AND SEMI QUOTES?
I need to get a life...lol

SoloSideCousin wrote:

Darth Dingbat wrote:

But, wait... it was a lie, then - somebody "official" said that there's going to be "cute" Han and Leia scenes in Bloodline, but they're not flashbacks.

@Darth Dingbat

Wait! I'm confused! LOL! This is a flashback! LOL!

@SoloSideCousin

Exactly - sorry, I sounded confusing, but I meant that it was a lie, then, about the cute Han & Leia stuff not being flashbacks.

Mana wrote:@SoloSideCousin someone on twitter leaked it...

@Mana

Mana wrote:Attention, this just in: from 'Bloodline'

"Never imagined this, Han had murmured, sitting up in their bed late at night, Ben's tiny head resting in the crook of his father's arm. "Having a kid. Even wanting a kid. But now he's here and -""And you're a dad." Leia had leaned closer, unable to resist the chance to tease her husband. "Just think hotshot. Someday you might even be a grandad."

Han's chuckle had warmed her. "Speak for yourself, sweetheart. Me, I ain't ever getting old."

"Princess Leia?"

Leia snapped out of her reverie, back into the here and now.

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@Mana

I'm not crying *cries*

oh guys its a flashback!!! at the end someone calls "Princess Leia?"

let´s stop fooling ourselves...we all have tears in our eyes after reading this...even the men

Darth Dingbat wrote:

SoloSideCousin wrote:

Darth Dingbat wrote:

But, wait... it was a lie, then - somebody "official" said that there's going to be "cute" Han and Leia scenes in Bloodline, but they're not flashbacks.

@Darth Dingbat

Wait! I'm confused! LOL! This is a flashback! LOL!

@SoloSideCousin

Exactly - sorry, I sounded confusing, but I meant that it was a lie, then, about the cute Han & Leia stuff not being flashbacks.

@Darth Dingbat

Maybe not.  That's just one quote.  And they are still calling her Princess Leia in that bit.  It hasn't all gone to he** yet.

"Leia snapped out of her reverie.." it's a flashback...

and that was probably C3PO that called her....

Mana wrote:"Leia snapped out of her reverie.." it's a flashback...

@Mana

But she snaps out of her reverie because someone calls her Princess Leia.  It means she is still "Princess Leia" in Bloodlines.  That means no Resistance yet at least ... so no alienation from the Senate yet, maybe no falling Ben yet.

EDIT: She might still be with Han at this point.  So there may be a possibility for Han and Leia niceness in the present moment of Bloodlines

Mana wrote:"Leia snapped out of her reverie.." it's a flashback...

@Mana

Yes, and it's got to be, if Ben is a baby here and the events of the book itself are set six years before TFA...

No doubt there will be some Han and Leia scenes in the present day as well, but I wondered about the "no flashbacks" comment.

SoloSideCousin wrote:

Mana wrote:"Leia snapped out of her reverie.." it's a flashback...

@Mana

But she snaps out of her reverie because someone calls her Princess Leia.  It means she is still "Princess Leia" in Bloodlines.  That means no Resistance yet at least ... so no alienation from the Senate yet, maybe no falling Ben yet.

@SoloSideCousin

yeah...I think someone mentioned somewhere also that Leia tried to reach Luke and Ben on her com but couldn't..or something like that....

Edited above: EDIT: She might still be with Han at this point. So there may be a possibility for Han and Leia niceness in the present moment of Bloodlines

Mana wrote:

SoloSideCousin wrote:

Mana wrote:"Leia snapped out of her reverie.." it's a flashback...

@Mana

But she snaps out of her reverie because someone calls her Princess Leia.  It means she is still "Princess Leia" in Bloodlines.  That means no Resistance yet at least ... so no alienation from the Senate yet, maybe no falling Ben yet.

@SoloSideCousin

yeah...I think someone mentioned somewhere also that Leia tried to reach Luke and Ben on her com but couldn't..or something like that....

@Mana

I like that. It keeps the mystery of what really happened going. It sounds like she didn't get to talk to Luke either after "whatever happened"

I'd like to read more baby Ben stuff too...

SoloSideCousin wrote:Edited above: EDIT: She might still be with Han at this point. So there may be a possibility for Han and Leia niceness in the present moment of Bloodlines

@SoloSideCousin

I´m not sure...it´s not the feel that I got out of this excerpt...She reminisces...with nostalgia...you are only nostalgic about things and people you don´t have any more in your life, no?

Definitely looks like a flashback to me (the way it says "snapped out of her reverie"). She was reflecting on a memory. But I can't say it's foreshadowing. Claudia Grey admitted on Twitter that she doesn't really know anything substantial about the direction of the story. She said she wanted Ben to be redeemed "for Han and Leia's sake", but other than that, I would say she wrote "foreshadowing" of that variety simply out of instinct/the assumption that he would be redeemed because of what series we're dealing with. I'm sure it was a right-on-the-money prediction, but I doubt she knows. And if she does, all she knows is "yes, he'll be redeemed in some way", no big details on how or when or why.