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ewangsharr 's review for:
The Han Solo Trilogy
by A.C. Crispin
What amazes me the most about the Star Wars universe is that everything is based on only three movies (and more or less the prequels, but lets not even go there). All of these books have to be based on characters and plot that only make up about six hours of footage. The result is an almost nick picking of the smallest details. Suddenly things like Han Solo's pants and vest have their own stories.
I think it makes for a confining atmosphere to try to write a story. With so many details and such a hardcore fan base, I can see where writing these stories are such a monumental task.
It's also why I think that this trilogy of Han Solo's early life (spanning ten years from his teens to right before A New Hope) is hampered by the already established history of the character. It feels very much like the author was struggling to link up all of the major plot points with one cohesive story.
Han Solo's history makes sense, but sometimes the story doesn't.
I did appreciate seeing how Han got wrapped up with the Hutts, but his inevitable fall out with Jabba was a little unbelievable. There we're a few things that happened in the book that I felt didn't really match up with what happened in the movies. There we're a few moments of foreshadowing to the movies--some I appreciated, like Han Solo ending up on Alderaan. Others, like having a crazy homeless woman predict his (true) future was not really necessary.
I also didn't really care for Bria--Han Solo's main love interest. It could be my own bias, cause really, who can compete with Princess Leia? I found her and her motives to be believable, but somehow still annoying.
There we're also a few cheesy, clique action descriptions ("came out of nowhere!") that had me rolling my eyes.
The books we're a fun read. The second book, The Hutt's Gambit was my favorite. Probably because it had the most action and not a lot of Bria.
It was also interesting to find out that despite there being so much available information about these characters the ages of Han, Leia and Luke are up for debate. I was surprised to find out that Han is anywhere from 8-12 years older than Leia--go figure.
I think it makes for a confining atmosphere to try to write a story. With so many details and such a hardcore fan base, I can see where writing these stories are such a monumental task.
It's also why I think that this trilogy of Han Solo's early life (spanning ten years from his teens to right before A New Hope) is hampered by the already established history of the character. It feels very much like the author was struggling to link up all of the major plot points with one cohesive story.
Han Solo's history makes sense, but sometimes the story doesn't.
I did appreciate seeing how Han got wrapped up with the Hutts, but his inevitable fall out with Jabba was a little unbelievable. There we're a few things that happened in the book that I felt didn't really match up with what happened in the movies. There we're a few moments of foreshadowing to the movies--some I appreciated, like Han Solo ending up on Alderaan. Others, like having a crazy homeless woman predict his (true) future was not really necessary.
I also didn't really care for Bria--Han Solo's main love interest. It could be my own bias, cause really, who can compete with Princess Leia? I found her and her motives to be believable, but somehow still annoying.
There we're also a few cheesy, clique action descriptions ("came out of nowhere!") that had me rolling my eyes.
The books we're a fun read. The second book, The Hutt's Gambit was my favorite. Probably because it had the most action and not a lot of Bria.
It was also interesting to find out that despite there being so much available information about these characters the ages of Han, Leia and Luke are up for debate. I was surprised to find out that Han is anywhere from 8-12 years older than Leia--go figure.