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• The book isn't known for being particularly funny (other than some of its more laughable plot elements and the Narm which crops up, but this was probably unintentional), but two moments do stand out:
  • After Han's rather questionable decision to use the Gun of Command on Leia and kidnap her off to Dathomir for the titular courtship, he stows her paralyzed body in the smuggling hold. When the ray wears off and she starts banging on the panels to be let out, who should find her but Threepio...which leads to this exchange.

Threepio: Mistress Leia! Whatever are you doing down there? Leia: I've come to kill Han, and this was the only way I could get on board.

• • Later, Han enlists Threepio's help in courting Leia by...having the droid sing a song for her, in the style and voiceprint of a famous galactic singer (complete with backup singers who all sound like Leia). Later still, on Dathomir, Leia finds herself humming an unfamiliar tune, then realizes it's this song: "What a man, Solo!"