Young Reader Favorites: Star Wars: Smuggler's Run by Greg Rucka

 

Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons,

   Star Wars: Smuggler's Run is written by Greg Rucka and features beautiful artwork by Phil Noto. In it, we first meet up with Han Solo in a cantina, named Serendipity. He is listening in on a conversation between several bounty hunters at a table behind him. Of course, when they start talking about fast ships and the fabled Millennium Falcon, old Han has to give his two cents worth to the conversation. He regales them with a little-known tale of the Millennium Falcon. 

  After the famous medal ceremony in A New Hope, Han And Chewbacca prepare to leave Yavin IV. Before they can leave the planet, Princess Leia requests their presence at a meeting.  She informs the duo that Ematt, Leader of the Rebellion's special recon team, has been ambushed and his team eliminated. 

  Han and Chewbacca's mission is to travel to Cyrkon, a toxic planet that protects its residents with domes and shielding from the planet's atmosphere. It is on the edge of Hutt space, so Han is extra cautious since he owes Jabba a considerable amount of money. It is there that they will meet with Ematt and transport him off-world to a safe location. But waiting for them is an Imperial Commander by the name of Beck, and several bounty hunters looking to cash in on the reward for Han Solo before Boba Fett does.

  This book travels at a pretty good pace, a trait of Rucka's I have always appreciated. He weaves old and new elements of Star Wars canon together rather well. His presentation of Imperial Commander Alecia Beck made her one of my favorite new additions to Disney-Lucasfilm's new canon. She is cold and calculating, and her cybernetic left eye is an interesting story all its own. Ematt is always second-guessing and bantering with Han, which is a great combination. He is brave and daring, and I hope to see more of him in future stories. Also, Rucka brings up a few elements that eventually will lead to Han facing off with the Guavian Gang and Kanjiklub aboard Han's freighter, the Eravana, in the Force Awakens. There is also a cameo of the protocol droid ME-8D9 that is seen in Maz Kanata's castle on Takodana. 

  I enjoyed this book, and I give it four out of five stars.

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