Name: Last Shot (Star Wars): A Han and Lando Novel
Rating: 3.272727272727273 (11 reviews)
ISBN: 9780525622130

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Last Shot (Star Wars): A Han and Lando Novel

Ryan LaFerney

I'm not sure why many folks dislike this book. I thought Daniel Jose Older did a great job handling Solo, Lando, and Leia. And Last Shot is filled with action, hilarious dialogue, and features an Ewok slicer (oh, and killer droids - literally). The book is (mostly) set after the events of Return of the Jedi, and the plot revolves around a transmitter that Lando and Han have to team up and find before someone very nasty gets their hands on it. There are flashbacks regarding the first time that each of them encountered this transmitter, as well as flashbacks to its creation at the hands of a particularly disturbed Pau’an named Fyzen Gor. While peering back into the past, we keep an eye on the present as the former-smuggling duo assemble a new team to take on this unprecedented and particularly strange threat. At first, I found the flashbacks (done in the fashion of binary plots) to be distracting but it is easy to track once you get used to it. This was a fun ride with our favorite scoundrel and I highly recommend this book to any Star Wars fan. It tied in ideas from the prequels, OT, the new trilogy, and the spinoff Solo prequel very well. Daniel Jose Older should be proud. Next to Claudia Gray and Timothy Zahn, he is one of my favorite Star Wars authors right now. Please write more Star Wars books!

Daniel Jose Older

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Han Solo and Lando Calrissian are reunited on the Millennium Falcon in a galaxy-spanning novel inspired by Solo: A Star Wars Story. But even the fastest ship in the universe can't outrun the past. . . . THEN: It's one of the galaxy's most dangerous secrets: a mysterious transmitter with unknown power and a reward for its discovery that most could only dream of claiming. But those who fly the Millennium Falcon throughout its infamous history aren't your average scoundrels. Not once, but twice, the crew of the Falcon tries to claim the elusive prize--first, Lando Calrissian and the droid L3-37 at the dawn of an ambitious career, and later, a young and hungry Han Solo with the help of his copilot, Chewbacca. But the device's creator, the volatile criminal Fyzen Gor, isn't interested in sharing. And Gor knows how to hold a grudge. . . . NOW: It's been ten years since the rebel hero Han Solo last encountered Fyzen Gor. After mounting a successful rebellion against the Empire and starting a family with an Alderaanian princess, Han hasn't given much thought to the mad inventor. But when Lando turns up at Han's doorstep in the middle of the night, it's Fyzen's assassins that he's running from. And without Han's help, Lando--and all life on Cloud City--will be annihilated. With the assistance of a young hotshot pilot, an Ewok slicer prodigy, the woman who might be the love of Lando's life, and Han's best and furriest friend, the two most notorious scoundrels in the New Republic are working together once more. They'll have to journey across the stars--and into the past--before Gor uses the device's power to reshape the galaxy. Praise for Last Shot "Action-packed in all the right ways."--Tordotcom "A fun, breezy read, with plenty of humor, Ewok hackers, murderous robots, and rousing fight scenes as Han and Lando go from scrape to scrape [to] track down a long-forgotten enemy."--The Verge "The flat-out funniest Star Wars novel to date."--Alternative Nation

A Han and Lando Novel

Last Shot (Star Wars)

Nikki Sojkowski

Not a fan at all of the multiple time periods all balled up together. It was quite a mess to try and figure out, and certainly was too much effort as a reader. That being said, I thoroughly enjoyed the new characters Taka and Pikpa (idk about spelling b/c audiobook) though I think this book did Han’s character a bit of a disservice.

Last Shot (Star Wars): A Han and Lando Novel

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