The Han Solo Adventures (Classic Star Wars) in The Expanded Universe

Jul 22, 2012 Scott Rhee rated it liked it

Shelves: star-wars, science-fiction, movie-tie-in

If you are a Star Wars ~~freak~~ fan like me, you will probably enjoy this book, which is actually three novels in one.

Brian Daley wrote these in the late-70s, pre-"Empire Strikes Back", so there is little to none of the Lucas mythology. (I recall reading these in middle school as three separately published paperbacks which I still own. They are in fair condition. A bit dog-eared, but readable. I'm sure they are collector's items, but I don't think I can give them up...)

They're basically Han Solo's ...more

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Nov 16, 2011 Kent rated it really liked it

I feel like I'm one of the few that actually enjoyed this book quite a bit. It was written just a year or two after the first film came out, so I find it rather neat the authors perspective of the Star Wars universe before there really was one. You don't read too much about the characters and species mention here in other books, but there are a lot of little things that continue to be used in the SWU. This book is three short novels of Han and Chewy's exploits before they became involved with th ...more

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Oct 30, 2012 Mark rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, science-fiction, star-wars

Generic space adventures.

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Jan 16, 2012 Sarah rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: kindle, star-wars, 100-in-2012

I liked these stories well enough. I don't have much experience reading the Star Wars EU books, so I can't judge these stories as compared to the rest. I felt these were solid, yet run of the mill adventure stories. The biggest (and some may say only) thing they have going for them is Han Solo. He is pretty close to how I think he should be portrayed in the book, with no major out of character moments that I can recall.

I'll give it 3 stars because it wasn't anything special but I still enjoyed ...more

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