The Han Solo Trilogy
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![]() The cover of The Han Solo Trilogy omnibus | |
The Paradise Snare The Hutt Gambit Rebel Dawn | |
Author | Ann C. Crispin |
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Genre | Science fiction |
Publisher | Bantam Spectra |
Published | 1997–1998 |
Star Wars: The Han Solo Trilogy is a trilogy of non-canon ('
The trilogy begins 10 years before Han Solo's original appearance in Star Wars (1977),[2] and follows the adventures of a young Han from his childhood as a pickpocketing street urchin to his days as a competitive racing pilot, up until the very moment when he approaches the table in the Mos Eisley cantina, as depicted in A New Hope. The author "derived the basic plot from one line" of Han's from the original film.[1]
The trilogy brings both
With the release of the three
Author | Reckoning |
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Followed by | The Hutt Gambit |
Books
The Paradise Snare
Han Solo in his early life was a street urchin, and has spent most of his life committing confidence scams against rich citizens of the Corellia system for small-time crime lord and captain
He discovers that the religious pilgrims are in fact slaves, who choose to stay on the planet due to their overlords' misrepresentation of a
The trio blows up a large spice refinery to create a diversion and liberate Muuurgh's mate. They escape to another planet, where the two felines are joined in matrimony. Han and Bria visit Corellia and meet Bria's family. Han realizes that he is falling in love with Bria, but realizes that due to his shady past, he will never be accepted by her aristocratic parents. Her mother especially dislikes his past as a pod racer under a different name. Having sold the stolen goods, Han makes plans to join the Imperial Academy on Coruscant. Unable to withdraw his funds, he must flee from stormtroopers. Bria leaves him, thinking she will stand in the way of his future at the Academy, but helps him with a loan from her father. Han, although broken-hearted, is accepted by the Academy, and he becomes the pilot he has dreamt of becoming. After graduating, his past catches up with him via an ambush by Garris Shrike, who is bounty-hunting him. Shrike is killed by another bounty hunter hoping to collect on Han, whom Han kills in self-defense. The dead bounty hunter's face was disfigured, and Han swaps outfits with him, hoping this will persuade future bounty hunters of his death. He goes on to Carida, the Imperial military training world.
The Hutt Gambit
Author | ISBN 0-553-57416-7 | |
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Preceded by | The Paradise Snare | |
Followed by | Rebel Dawn |
A few years after the first book, Han has been court-martialed and ejected from the Imperial Navy for saving Chewbacca, then a Wookiee slave, from abuse at the hands of a superior officer. He reluctantly partners with Chewbacca to become a smuggler who transports spice for the crime lord Jabba the Hutt. One of the central conflicts of the story is the Battle of
In the wake of a revolt on Rampa II by one of the groups that would go on to form the
However, Shild informs Han that he intends to launch an orbital bombardment campaign against Nal Hutta's moon, Nar Shaddaa, the home of millions of smugglers and their families. Shild also intends to blockade Nal Hutta until the Hutts agrees to
As Shild's sectorial fleet assemble near Teth, Han returns to Hutt Space. The Hutts then instruct him to again attempt to bribe the Imperials, this time targeting Greelanx. He infiltrates Greelanx's
In the meantime, Han, along with fellow former Imperial
The battle takes place as the smugglers prepare for a formation drill. The smugglers are victorious, although more than a quarter of their fleet is destroyed. Shild commits suicide after being summoned before the Emperor for his failure, and Greelanx is summarily executed by Darth Vader for treason shortly after Han returns to his ship with the remainder of his payment. Han listens in on the execution from an adjoining room.
Rebel Dawn
Author | Lando Calrissian and the Mindharp of Sharu |
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Han wins the
After returning to Nar Shadaa, Han is reunited with his old flame Bria Tharen, who has become a rebel commando leader frequently leading attacks on slave traffickers to liberate slaves. While he still has feelings for her, he is reluctant to help her an all-out attack against the slaving colonies on Ylesia. After Bria offers him appropriate compensation, however, Han takes on the mission, with help from Lando and Chewbacca; Han also rekindles things with Bria. In the aftermath of the battle, Bria's troopers turn their blasters on Lando and the rest of Han's friends, confiscating all valuables in the name of the Rebel Alliance. Angered, Han threatens to kill Bria if he ever sees her again. Defaced and branded a traitor back on Nar Shaddaa, Lando refuses to believe Han was not involved in the swindle, and punches his former friend in the jaw.
Desperate for money, Han and Chewbacca take a spice smuggling run from Jabba the Hutt (who has inherited his aunt's criminal empire) through the Kessel Run. However, they are met mid-Run by an Imperial patrol, and are forced to abandon their cargo in deep space while the Falcon is searched and escorted to a nearby world. When they come back to look for the cargo, however, they discover it has disappeared. Han tries to explain what happened, but Jabba—in a drug-induced haze—turns his back on Han and demands compensation for the lost spice.
Meanwhile, Bria leads a rebel raid on Toprawa in which Rebel spies transmit the plans for the
On Tatooine, Han tries unsuccessfully to arrange a personal meeting with Jabba, and is increasingly harassed by bounty hunters working for the crime lord. While looking for a card game in which he may be able to win the money needed to pay off Jabba, he briefly encounters
He then proceeds to Chalmun's Cantina, where Chewbacca has just met with Obi-Wan Kenobi to discuss chartering the Falcon for passage to Alderaan. The book ends as Han sits down to a table where Obi-Wan and Luke Skywalker are waiting, which is exactly the same moment of his first on-screen appearance in A New Hope.
Legacy
Bria's obtaining of the Death Star plans was intended as the "first victory" of the rebels described in the opening crawl of A New Hope, but was later superseded by the events of the 2016 film Rogue One.
References
- ^ a b "Jedi Council - Interviews: Cellblock 1138: A C Crispin". TheForce.Net. 1997. Retrieved October 7, 2018.
- ISBN 978-0-307-79548-9.
External links
- Star Wars: The Han Solo Trilogy on Wookieepedia, a Star Wars wiki