Book 1 - 'Han Solo's Revenge' by Brian Daley  

Del Rey 1979  

Set 1-2 years before ANH 

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Story -- Han, Chewie, Bollux and Blue Max are on another adventure. This time their cargo turns out to be slaves, and we all know how the duo feel about that. Not satisfied with freeing the slaves, how does Han get his money back...?

Original characters from the movies -- Han and Chewie - Chewie has some excellent scenes in this book!

New characters -- apart from Bollux and Blue Max (who have even better roles and some cracking lines this time), we also meet Spray (a Tynnan debt collector), and Fiolla (a CSA auditor).
 
Cover art -- my favorite of the three.

Chicks -- Fiolla is ambitious and has a dry sense of humor, but is a little naive. A very interesting character.

Any good? -- play Spot-the-Baddie! And there's still plenty of action, including an excellent chase scene (on swoops). The characters are drawn from one adventure to the next, without it looking too contrived.

Read it? -- best of the trilogy, I reckon. And all three books are written as 'stand-alone', so if you only want to buy one, this is the one to get.

Rating -- 7 out of 10
 

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