This was awesome! I love Leia-orientated stories, and really enjoyed having one from mostly Veers perspective. Thank you for sharing - it was both hilarious and heart-warming/-breaking.

I really like your Veers and the story of his unlikely friendship with Leia and Bail. The outtakes were particularly enjoyable, although it seems that the last one remained unfinished?

This could be an interesting AU.

This... This was unexpected. Vader realizing the situation, I mean, the adoption wasn't.

How are people executed in the Empire, exactly? Because I believe Kilesa's latest stunt carries the death sentence within the Empire...

Three nitpicks:
1)Nubians hail from the Core World of Nubia, and, as expected of a planet originally colonized by Corellians, have a thriving starship-related industry. That's why the Naboo (yes, it works as the name for the Human inhabitants of the planet) used Nubian parts, and in at least one case a licensed Nubian design, for their government ships: they were good enough for planetary governments, and conformed to a number of Naboo cultural preferences.
2)While likely an old tradition, putting young ladies as heads of government came into preminence on Naboo with Amidala: she succeeded king Ars Veruna, who got the two mandates limit introduced by being immensely corrupt and directly responsible for the dispute with the Trade Federation that got the planet blockaded shortly after his abdication (and also unlucky enough to antagonize Darth Plagueis. One day, former king Veruna was found dead but otherwise perfectly healthy, pushing captain Panaka to hurriedly introduce the lookalike handmaiden bodyguards as a defense), and by being as good as she was and coming after a king so bad she made an enormous impression.
3)Naboo had actually been a peaceful planet, aside for Veruna's brief rearmament period (he had the torpedo-capable N-1 developed to take on the Trade Federation, not knowning the Trade Federation was about to get the authorization to arm all their ships), with warriors kings and queens being relegated to the distant past of the wars against the Gungan. Then again, considering the Naboo security forces equip their patrol speeders with anti-tank weapons that wouldn't have been out of place on a Clone Wars battlefield just because, you may have a point on that.

It's always a nice sight to have a story where the Imperial Army isn't just enforcing Sidious' will. Maybe Veers had a bit of a heavy hand at the start... But then again, half the Imperial officers would have wiped out what remained of the capital for that stone, and I doubt the Empire trains its officers to deal with these situations peacefully.

Now I have to wonder: what kind of scum was this Kilesa, to try and shoot a girl in the back?

OMG AWW That was the cutest chapter :D

I love the combination of Veers and his ruthless methods working together with Leia's morals.

Thanks for this, loved the character of Veers.

Rereading this now :)

Love the comparisons between Leia and Vader and Padme. She really is her parents' child.

This was a very bittersweet chapter

T~T

Who was she crying to? Or was it Luke?