My review of this book can be found on my YouTube Vlog at:

https://youtu.be/mNBxXVUtzhw

Enjoy! ( )

An entertain romp. Han Solo, enlisted by Princess Leia and the Rebels, enters a televised galactic race (cough* cough* Hunger Games cough*) with the Millennium Falcon in attempt to pick up rebel operatives on remote planets used as fueling stations. While I thought this story line to be a little corny and convoluted at first glance, a few characters including Loo Re Anno really actually helped to drive home an emotional story arc that follows Han and Leia's relationship: the need for family and community. This graphic novel does a good of giving us a glimpse into Han's struggle between smuggling and fighting for the rebellion and how he struggles with morality. The events of the storyline really has a significant impact on Solo as he wrestled with whether or not to become officially a part of the rebellion, for this reason alone the story is worthwhile. It is not the best Marvel Star Wars comic to come out (Jason Aaron is writing those stories) but an insightful leisure read none the less. ( )

A good story with pretty decent art. ( )

I keep being surprised by the quality of the new Marvel comics, especially when the stories seem so stereotypical. Sure, Han & Chewie enter a race and so on, but so much happens in terms of redefining postEp4 Han to himself that it's surprising that Liu successfully squeezed it all into 5 issues. ( )

Not the worst Star Wars graphic novel I've tried to read in recent years, but not exactly a stunner. I guess what they meant with the attribution "the Han Solo story Star Wars fan deserve" is one of mediocrity and a fully expected outcome. At least the artwork was well done, and there were a few interesting supporting characters to flesh out the story. ( )