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Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal
Hye, I have a side book I'm reading on my phone for when I'm waiting somewhere without a book. "Scoundrels: Star Wars Legends" by Timothy Zahn. I've long been a fan of Zahn's work, reading his Cobra books back in the library when I was a teen. And many know his Star Wars credentials of Admiral Thrawn and Mara Jade. This is a Han Solo focused book, placed after A New Home.
It's a heist book, in a way more true to the genre then the Solo movie was (not knocking the movie). Now, I've also been a Han Solo fan for a while, back to first reading the Brian Daley trilogy when I was a kid. Well, back to A New Home in the theater, but you know what I mean.
Anyway, this puts more focus on Han's contacts and reputation to put together an Ocean's 11 type of team and heist. So far it's pretty good, but hasn't broken the threshold for great. There's a large cast, and except for Chewie and Lando (with tension!) they're all new. That makes it a bit less then perfect for an occasional book I only read maybe twice a week for a few minutes each. So having this as a side book may not be doing it justice.
But things have recently started to pick up in the book, I'll let you know how it is at the end.
It's a heist book, in a way more true to the genre then the Solo movie was (not knocking the movie). Now, I've also been a Han Solo fan for a while, back to first reading the Brian Daley trilogy when I was a kid. Well, back to A New Home in the theater, but you know what I mean.
Anyway, this puts more focus on Han's contacts and reputation to put together an Ocean's 11 type of team and heist. So far it's pretty good, but hasn't broken the threshold for great. There's a large cast, and except for Chewie and Lando (with tension!) they're all new. That makes it a bit less then perfect for an occasional book I only read maybe twice a week for a few minutes each. So having this as a side book may not be doing it justice.
But things have recently started to pick up in the book, I'll let you know how it is at the end.