(Note the lack of Future!Luke, a spoiler in itself?) The Luke Adventure is narrated by Future!C-3PO as he recounts a story about Master Luke to a newbie pilot The Han Solo Adventure is narrated by Future!Han and the Leia Adventure is narrated by Future!Leia or rather, General Leia as she narrates her autobiography. All three novels have the same set-up: a prologue and an epilogue with a famous character from the original trilogy narrating each story from the future, at the time of The Force Awakens. Smuggler’s Run: A Han Solo Adventure by Greg Rucka, The Weapon of a Jedi: A Luke Skywalker Adventure by Jason Fry and Moving Target: A Princess Leia Adventure by Cecil Castellucci and Jason Fry (all have illustrations by Phil Noto) are a YA trilogy that have been written with a dual purpose: to elaborate on the events of the original Star Wars trilogy and to serve as connecting points to the upcoming movie as they are supposed to offer sneaky spoilers for The Force Awakens. Today, I take a look at two novels: Smuggler’s Run: A Han Solo Adventureand The Weapon of a Jedi: A Luke Skywalker Adventure. Yesterday, Thea posted her review of the graphic novel The Shattered Empire. Star Wars: The Force Awakens is nearly here and Disney Publishing Worldwide and Lucasfilm have put together a publishing schedule of tie-in stories in the lead up to its release – The Book Smugglers will been reading all of those.
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