A Spoopy Love Affair With Books

Surprisingly strong, touching story. Having been in the minority and disliked the Princess Leia solo title, I'd been reluctant to pick this one up, but I was pleasantly surprised in that it remained most in character of anything I've seen in the comics of the Big Three, the trio. It's my biggest complaint about the new EU canon, that the characters are so inconsistent, and can play up to every stereotype of them that's been floating around for forty years at once, or back and forth. So the fact that Han seemed pitch-perfect was the best thing about this.

The story's inconsequential really, though it elicited some emotion, and that surprised too. But the older I get, the more I find myself joining in the chorus of EU detractors with DID THIS NEED TO BE TOLD. Does this add anything? We see the point, in the movies, when Han decides that the Rebellion and his new friends are worth risking everything for, and that's at the end of ANH when he comes back to save Luke. It's not a bad story to tell in between ANH and ESB, but it's unnecessary.

Still a fun read, and a quick one.