The Rebel Dawn (Han Solo Trilogy #3)
by A. C. Crispin
Review By: Neil Richard
Rating: 3 out of 5
Another year gone, another book read (or listened to), and another review written. And now, another series finished. The final book of the Han Solo Trilogy takes the reader right up to the first scenes from A New Hope (specifically, the Mos Eisley Cantina where Han and Chewie meet Obi-Wan and Luke).
Now for me, the ending was the best. It ties up some of the loose ends and brings the reader to the beginning of A New Hope, where the whole story started (meaning the Star Wars story started when A New Hope was released). It also gave the reader an excellent view of where Han started, why he treats Leia the way he does, and how he’s developed such a great attitude toward the galaxy.
The down side to the book is the lack-luster action, character creation, and dialog. Most of the action is, well, very much like the original trilogy movies. Same for the dialog. They work for the movies because that’s where we hear them first. In the books, it’s more like recycled lines and battle sequences. As to the character creation, well, it just wasn’t there. Some of the better characters created in the first book either disappear or hardly show up in the second and third book. Plus the characters weren’t all that exciting to be around. And while I learned more about the Hutt reproductive cycle than I’d care to, there was plenty of devious double crossing.
Another average read from another average series. Great for learning about Han’s doings before A New Hope, but not enough to get too excited about.
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Neil@tk42one.com
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