Star Wars: Rebel Dawn, book three of the A.C. Crispin Han Solo trilogy. This Expanded Universe tale takes place during the Rise of the Empire era, about 2 BBY (or two years before the Battle of Yavin).
SUMMARY
Han wins the Millennium Falcon from Lando in a big sabacc game, then he and Chewie head to Kashyyyk to visit Chewie’s family and fix up the ship.
Things get wild when Han’s old girlfriend Bria (who’s now a Rebel commander) shows up to speak with Han, Lando, and a bunch of other smugglers into hitting the Hutt spice colonies on Ylesia for a huge payday. What seems like easy money turns into a mess of betrayal, secret agendas, and loads of trouble with the Hutts.
THOUGHTS
Han Solo wins the Falcon from Lando! Is it just me or are sabbacc games the most boring thing to read in a Star Wars book? I’m pretty sure I say that same line in my reviews, every time that game is played.
Han Solo gets thrown in a sack for Chewbacca to haul him up in the trees of Kashyyyk. t’s such a silly thing, the whole description of it is funny, it’s hard to take it seriously… Han Solo in a bag slapping against trees as his Wookie pal swings and climbs in the forest. I laughed at this.
There’s also a Wookie with a speech impediment, which makes it easy for humans to understand what’s being said. I also laughed at this… what are we doing?
I don’t like how Boba Fett was written; the book says Boba Fett it’s his adopted name… obviously the book was written before we see Boba Fett on screen in Attack of the Clones with his biological father… Jango Fett. Then again, is Boba Fett his son, or is brother? There’s no mother, it’s a genetic copy. Why am I just now realizing this? Anyone can argue that there’s inconsistencies in the Star Wars timeline; I’m on the, I don’t really care, side of the fence.
There are few quotes that I are hilarious, one of them being “I don’t give a ragnuff’s patootie, about this floozy.” Now if that’s not top-notch Star Wars dialogue – I don’t know what it is. There is a quote that beats this one out, if you want to know what that is, check out my other channel, I’ll provide a link in the description box below.
Overall, the book was pretty lame, the best stuff is when Solo drops the spice.
RATING
I give Star Wars: Rebel Dawn a D.