All 15 ‘Star Wars’ Legends Han Solo and Lando Calrissian novels, ranked (Book commentary)
With Disney’s “Solo: A Star Wars Story” about to hit theaters, fans might be interested in digging into the Legends source material. It dates back quite a ways: Six of the first seven “Star Wars” spinoff novels chronicled these rogues during their early days with the Millennium Falcon, in “The Han Solo Adventures” (1979-80) and
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘The Han Solo Trilogy Volume 3: Rebel Dawn’ (1998) (Book review)
“Rebel Dawn” (1998) wraps up the best and most essential “Star Wars” trilogy outside of the classic films. Honestly, although its difficult to make a cross-media comparison, I think A.C. Crispin’s telling of Han Solo’s backstory is better than George Lucas’ telling of Anakin Skywalker’s backstory.
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘The Han Solo Trilogy Volume 2: The Hutt Gambit’ (1997) (Book review)
A.C. Crispin’s “The Hutt Gambit” (1997), the second book in the “Han Solo Trilogy,” does the best job of tying together disparate aspects of the Expanded Universe of any “Star Wars” work before or since. The author obviously did her research, and she delivers a story so central to the backstory of Han Solo that it’s remarkable
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘The Han Solo Trilogy Volume 1: The Paradise Snare’ (1997) (Book review)
By lucky coincidence, I wrapped up re-reading “The Paradise Snare” (1997), the first book of A.C. Crispin’s “Han Solo Trilogy,” just as Disney announced plans for a young Han Solo movie. If the film is going to be a tightly plotted adventure, it won’t necessarily touch on the events of these books, but if the filmmakers want to do
John’s top 10 ‘Star Wars’ novelists (Book commentary)
I’ve been doing occasional “Star Wars Flashback” entries, but I thought I’d take a break here and give a rundown of my top 10 “Star Wars” novelists. For geeks like me, it might provide a good debate; for newcomers, I outline the strengths of each author and select their best book.