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Han Solo's Revenge

Discussion in 'Classic Trilogy' started by Danny Torrance, Oct 1, 2004.

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  1. Danny Torrance

    Danny Torrance Jedi Youngling star 3

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    Was the phrase "Han Solo's Revenge" ever used during the pre-release of ROTJ? Was it ever on the back of action figure packs or on novels etc.? I remember this title used somewhere and even thought ROTJ was going to be called that at some point.
     
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  2. Sith Magician

    Sith Magician Jedi Master star 5

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    It's actually the name of a novel that came out sometime between the original release of ANH and ESB, can't remember what it was about though.
     
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  3. Danny Torrance

    Danny Torrance Jedi Youngling star 3

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    Thanks. I was able to look up some info. from this and found out that it was about Han and Chewie's adventures 1-2 years before ANH.
     
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  4. The2ndQuest

    The2ndQuest Tri-Mod With a Mouth star 10 Staff Member Manager

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    Yep, it was the second novel of the Han Solo Adventures, written by the late, great Brian Daley (who also authored the SW Radio Drama trilogy).

    It's been reprinted several times, including a couple 3-in-1 reprints of all three HSA books (which are all excellent reads, btw).

    Fun fact- the original printing is titled, like the ANH novelization and Splinter of the Mind's Eye, as "From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker".

    [image=http://www.theforce.net/books/images/thsa_hsr.jpg] [image=http://www.cswu.cz/won/img/covers/thsa_.gif]
    [image=http://www.cswu.cz/won/img/covers/thsa.gif] [image=http://www.fantasticfictionimages.co.uk/images/n2/n12483.jpg]

    "Lured by a profitable venture, freighter captain Han Solo took the job--no questions asked. It was after he and Chewbacca made planetfall and picked up their living cargo that they discovered they were committing a capital crime. And the punishment for slave trading was mandatory execution.

    Thanks to quick thinking by Blue Max, the computer-partner to Han's 'droid Bollux, Solo and Chewbacca rapidly turned the tables on their notorious employers. But that left them out of work--and figuring someone still owed them ten thousand credits.

    So Han decided to keep his scheduled meeting with the trader's shadowy leader. But the person he met didn't fit his idea of a slave trader.

    With good reason. And the truth meant real trouble . . .     "


    EDIT- whoops 4 minutes too late. Also of related interest, there's the Han Solo Trilogy of novels, which follows Han's whole life more or less, and the events of the HSA book occur during three interludes found in the third book of the HST.
     
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  5. Danny Torrance

    Danny Torrance Jedi Youngling star 3

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    Thanks for posting that The2ndQuest- it was good to see all those old covers.
     
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  6. GRAND_MOFF_KEVIN

    GRAND_MOFF_KEVIN Jedi Master star 5

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    It's a great book so if you haven't read it I recommend it.
     
    GRAND_MOFF_KEVIN, Oct 2, 2004
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  7. JediCourier

    JediCourier Jedi Master star 4

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    Brian Daley was indeed one of the better authors, and of course, one of the originals. Old-school EU may've been cheesy, but it was a helluva lot better than this new "Oh no, a cloned Emperor/DarthVader/Luuke!" or the crappy Yuuzhan Vong.
     
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