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Han Solos Revenge (Star Wars: the Han Solo Adventure Series)

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Picking up not too long after Han Solo at Stars' End, maybe a couple of months later, Han Solo's Revenge continues Brian Daley's chronicles of some of Han Solo's more daring early exploits. In this next volume of the Han Solo Adventures, the author continues to uphold the high standards set in the first book and gives us another rousing, fast-paced yarn set in the Star Wars Universe. Han, Chewie, and the Falcon are all completely in character throughout the book, and in fact this is one of the few Star Wars novels ever to actually use Chewie for something other than a set piece.

Han and Chewie start this novel pretty much bankrupt, and so they take a shady job promising them 10,000 credits. Unfortunately, things turn sour when the job turns out to be slave running, which carries with it an automatic and summary execution if caught. Han manages to outwit the slavers and escape, but he figures he's still owed 10,000, and so he decides to head to his rendezvous and collect. But when the Corporate Sector Authority gets involved, things start getting more dangerous.

While this book isn't quite as memorable as its immediate predecessor, it is in many ways a superior book. First of all, it has more of a plot rather than just a mission that the characters are undertaking. In addition, while there is not quite as much action in this installment as the previous one, there's a lot more dialogue and character development. There's a character in this book who is amusingly and completely unintimidated by Chewbacca, and my favorite droid duo, Bollux & Blue Max, returns as well. Moreover, we get to see Chewie sing, we get the first ever swoop race, almost twenty years before Shadows of the Empire came along with that novel idea. Chewie gets to go flying without benefit of a ship, Han gets to do a lot more seat-of-the-pants flying, and there are more, and more interesting, ancillary characters in this book than in Stars' End. In addition, in this book Gallandro, a gunman with possibly an even quicker draw than Solo, is introduced. There are pirate boardings, run-ins with various high-ranking individuals, great and innovative escape, you name it...

Overall, this is another more than worthy, if somewhat short, addition to the Star Wars mythos. Highly Recommended.

I remember reading the library's hardback copy of this when I was ten, then saving up for the paperback, so I was a little reluctant to read it again as an adult. I was pleasantly surprised to find out how well the book had aged. Some ideas seemed fresh the first time, though they were already old cliches in 1980 - but Daley made them fun again. Daley's portrayal of Han Solo is faithful to the films, and he gives Chewbacca something to do besides hoot and grow hair. The book is a bit less than the whole of its parts - every chapter is entertaining but when the Big Solution to the various mysteries arrives it doesn't really account for what's happened.

Then again, who would read a book like this for the mystery story? Daredevil piloting, terrible death narrowly avoided, the perils of smugglers with hearts of gold, corrupt slavers, and considerable wit. Any Han Solo fan would enjoy this book.

This is the second story of the Brian Daley trilogy. This is a book I found at a second hand store in the mid-90's. I had already started reading the Expanded Universe books that began with the Zahn trilogy. Brian also did the radio dramas but sadly died before seeing the expanded universe explode into what it has become. He is the first EU novelists.
My favorite of the Daley trilogy is Han solo's Revenge. Second is HS at Stars End (which is also available is a Dark horse comic). Lost legacy is my least favorite of the three stories, but it is still a good read.
My wife found the entire trilogy in a garage at a garage sale in about 1995. In 1997 came the AC Crispen Han Solo trilogy. I was wary how two trilogies could span the same time frame. To my surprise and delight, crispen did a great job wrting around the Solo trip to the corporate sector, thus incorporating Daleys work into official EUdoom.
One vacation I read in order the first 2 AC Crispen novels of the Han solo trilogy. Then I read the daley trilogy and concluded with the last of the Crispen trilogy, Rebel Dawn.

This is the second story of the Brian Daley trilogy. This is a book I found at a second hand store in the mid-90's. I had already started reading the Expanded Universe books that began with the Zahn trilogy. Brian also did the radio dramas but sadly died before seeing the expanded universe explode into what it has become. He is the first EU novelists.
My favorite of the Daley trilogy is Han solo's Revenge. Second is HS at Stars End (which is also available is a Dark horse comic). Lost legacy is my least favorite of the three stories, but it is still a good read.
My wife found the entire trilogy in a garage at a garage sale in about 1995. In 1997 came the AC Crispen Han Solo trilogy. I was wary how two trilogies could span the same time frame. To my surprise and delight, crispen did a great job wrting around the Solo trip to the corporate sector, thus incorporating Daleys work into official EUdoom.
One vacation I read in order the first 2 AC Crispen novels of the Han solo trilogy. Then I read the daley trilogy and concluded with the last of the Crispen trilogy, Rebel Dawn.

First released in the 1970s, Daley gave hungry "Star Wars" fans a much-needed fix between the release of Lucas' flicks, and with the notable exceptions of AC Crispin and Tim Zahn, has been the only writer to really do justice to the original trilogy. Daley gives us a look into Han and Chewbacca's early smuggling career and takes them from caper to caper and thrill to thrill in the Corporate Sector Authority (nice change from the Empire, by the way).

"Revenge" the second book in the trilogy, sends Han and Chewie battling slavers with his droid friends Bollux and Blue Max (who are waaayyyy more interesting and likeable than Threepio ever was!). Perhaps the best thing about these novels is that there's none of the whining that pervades so much of the later saga, and Han's wisecracking one-liners are priceless. Daley definitely had a feel for Our Hero, and gives readers a breathless adventure that's more than worthy of the Lucas originals. A pity these never made it to film. Highly recommend!

This looks into how Han Solo operates and provides some explanation as to why he is how he is in the films. Set between the other two Daley HS books.

Even Han Solo had problems with unemployment. This begins the plot of "Han Solo's Revenge", an early novel in the Expanded Universe. In reality, it may be the strongest novel in the Han Solo series.

Looking for work during his time as a smuggler, Han Solo and Chewbacca pursue an anonymous and vague tip from an unfamiliar world. To the dislike of the duo, the cargo that is forced upon them is slaves. After maneuvering out of this predicament, Solo seeks payment for job he was coerced into doing. Chewbacca and Han Solo become separate in their pursuit, allowing the author to take the characters in new directions before resolution. Chewbacca's character is particularly unique in direction it is allowed to take without Han Solo at his side.

The book does fizzle somewhat at the end because the plot does not seem to come full circle. Never limited by the technical jargon that sometimes slows the plots of Star Wars novels, this book is an amusing read.

if anything, I'd say this book wasn't quite long enough..the ending seemed to get wrapped up rather hastily in the last several pages of the book...but there'se a couple twists and turns in there that make it worthit..

but there's plenty of action to be had in this book. Han playing the reluctant hero yet AGAIN, under the guise of just getting paid..but man, does he hate those slavers ;)

some great action sequences that any star wars fan should be sure to enjoy.

This was, I think , one of the best Star Wars books ever written. Han lands on an ice planet, and gets captured by slavers. He manages to escape, but then he runs into the Espos and is in real trouble! Read and find out the exciting plot of this book!!

This book picks up shortly after the events of "Han Solo at Stars' End" (Book one of this series). If you haven't already done so, read that book first. Brian Daley unfolds this story more in the style of a mystery. As Han and Chewbacca (along with their droid side kicks Bollux, Blue Max, and a few other new characters) seek to collect on a deal gone sour, their quest takes them to the backwater planet of Ammuud. Along the way we encounter sabotage and double-cross and plots within plots. The author drops clues and hints as to the identity of Hans' nemesis (and he does indeed have at least one). Compared to Han Solo at Stars' End, this book is a little less polished. But the author still manages to nicely convey the "big screen flavor" of this story and make it an enjoyable read.