Star Wars: Rebel Dawn : Han Solo Trilogy

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Summary: Old Friends and New Beginnings!
Review: This is the final installment of The Han Solo Trilogy by A.C. Crispin. And what a doozy! A great novel! The novel begins with Han Solo entering one of the biggest sabaac tournaments in hopes of scoring big. And does he ever - the prize: the Millenium Falcon. Her first important voyage: Chewbacca's homeworld to find his sweetheart Mallatobuck. Meanwhile, Bria Tharen (Han Solo's old flame) has become a high ranking officer in the Corellian Resistance. She has hurt the Basadii Hutt clan by returning to the planet Ylesia and raiding the so-called religious settlements. Bria knows these settlements are actually slave camps where followers of the t'landa til priests are forced to work in spice factories in exchange for the intoxicating Exultation. She knows this because she was once one of them. Bria has vowed to take no quarter where slavers are concerned. This earns Bria a hefty bounty placed on her head by Teroenza, the chief priest of Ylesia. While she travels across the galaxy, in an attept to bring the growing number of resistance groups into a united Rebel Alliance, Han journeys to the Corporate Sector, ducking overtures of marriage from his girlfriend Salla. And on top of it all, the war between the Basadii Hutt clan and the Desilijic Hutt clan heats up to supernova levels!
In this final installment of the trilogy, we get to witness some of the most important occurances in Star Wars history, such as Han's coming into posession of the Millenium Falcon, the marriage of Chewbacca to Mallatobuck, the forming of the Rebel Alliance, the infamous spice-dumping debacle. There's plenty of action and suspense! Plus, we are treated to appearances by Boba Fett, Winter, Mon Mothma, Prince Xizor, Guri, Greedo, Jabba the Hutt, Durga the Hutt, Lando Calrissian, and more! This novel really ties everything up, leading up to the moment when Han sits down with Chewbacca, Ben and Luke in the Mos Eisley cantina to discuss fees for a charter flight to Alderaan. The most telling line of the novel is at the end of the book - no spoilers here - It simply ends with the words "THE BEGINNING". This is a must for all Star Wars fans, particularly fans enamored by that favorite rogue, Han Solo!