Fetch The Hutt Gambit (Star Wars: The Han Solo Trilogy, #2) Fabricated By A.C. Crispin Accessible In Document

some reason, I remember reading this series years ago and being generally unimpressed by it, This time around, I'm finding these books seriously addicting, The adventure and exploits are super fun, and Impressively insightful as an origins story, by A. C. Crispin, published in.

This novel, book two in the Han Solo trilogy, starts off with Han kicked out of the Imperial Navy and hounded by a Wookie, Yes, the Wookie is Chewbacca and Han rescued him from slavery, Slavery imposed on his kind and many other “aliens” by the evil Emperor Palpatine, The Wookie now, Chewsomething as Han calls him, owes Han a life debt and doesnt want to “beat it, ” And arent we glad he didnt

The famous pair are finally united in this second novel and they get themselves into much mischief and mayhem.
I dont know what happened in this second novel but it is so much better paced and written than the first, “The Paradise Snare”, that Im really glad I stuck it out.


The plot, action and characterizations in this novel are top notch and one great big fun ride just like the old movies, It deals mostly with the machinations of the Hutts and their dirty dealings with themselves and others, And Han, under Jabbas employ, gets himself in deep as usual,

This time the Emperor is not fooling around though and the Smugglers Moon, located at the edge of Rim space, is targeted to be shut down.
All smuggling operations, run by the Hutts, must cease, A very large Imperial strike force is gathering and making ready to crush Smugglers Moon and Han has a big decision to make, But of course he chooses the right one,

The last quarter of the book deals with the battle, the strange orders given to the leader fo the Imperial invasion force, and the final twisting of the knives of the Hutts.
This is about as exciting as an extended universe novel can get I would guess and A, C. Crispin does a fantastic job,

We get to see or hear about most everybody who is anybody in the Star Wars universe except Obi, Luke or Leia havent entered Hans world yet Lando, Chewbacca, Jabba and for the first time the Millennium Falcon play pretty big roles.
I wont spoil it by telling you who else shows up near the end but it is a great scene,

Overall I was quite happy with this installment and like I said Im glad I stuck with it after the first novel, On to the third now with no reservations,

I would give this aout ofbecause it was just pure escapist Star Wars fun at its best, Theres a lot of Hutts in here, Im still not sure why this book is titled The Hutt Gambit other than the publisher took a bit of gamble assuming readers would like to read a lot about Hutts.


But Han and Chewie are here too, I give three because the middle of the book felt a lot like “Han Solo goes here then he goes there, Some Hutts. Han Solo makes friends and goes on a couple dates, ”

But the lastpages or

so had me hooked, Not as good as the first one but I am excited for the next one, I still have issues with this Han Solo series: once again, it's all telldon'tshow in regards to Solo's imperial career and his rescue of Chewie from slavery unforgivably covered in a matter of a few pages.
Solo's first meeting with Lando is also rather perfunctory, and far less momentous than it could have been, But those complaints aside, this is a major leap in quality from the previous book, It's far more exciting and engaging a tale than "The Paradise Snare", and it manages to make Hutt society and politics never an interest of mine into something fascinating and compelling.
Hopefully, this upward trend in quality continues in the final book of the Han Solo trilogy, I own this book,

The Hutt Gambit starts with a crestfallen Han Solo who is exiled from the Imperial Navy following his brave yet also idiotic move to save a wookie from certain death.
That wookie is now following him, Chewbecca swears he owes Han a life debt and won't leave his side until it is followed through, Han couldn't care less about this until he finds that having a copilot and a gunner is actually pretty helpful for a former Imperial turned smuggler, We meet an array of excellent characters in this book including Xaverri and Salla, both former love interests of Han, we meet Jarik Solo, a young street urchin who claims he's related to Han, even though Han knows he isn't, he still takes him under his wing.
This book was fastpaced, despite taking place over a series of years, We see Han and Chewie become best friends, we see them dealing with Nal Hutta and infiltrating an Imperial Dreadnaught, We also get a little sneak peak of Lord Vader in this book, which we all know I love to see,

As a neutral fan of Han Solo, these books really do add depth to his character in a way we don't see very much in Solo or the other movies.
It's clear some of the inspiration for Qi'ra has come from Bria however, This really is an interesting and easy to read trilogy, I think AC Crispin is definitely a best selling scifi writer for a reason,/estrellas.

El primer libro de la trilogía lo leí a principios del año pasado, y retomando la historia en un principio pensé que sería una continuación directa del anterior, con Han incorporándose a la escuela militar imperial, pero en vez de eso me encuentro que está situado cinco años después, en específico, tres meses después de ser destituido de su carrera militar, y junto a Chewbacca como se sabe él fue la razón principal del término de la carrera, lo que no resulta malo aunque me hubiera gustado que se contara algo del periodo mencionado.


El ritmo es bueno, tiene sus momentos de mayor agilidad, en específico en la batalla, pero también sus momentos lentos que ocupan la primera parte del libro, que agregando que la autora de repente tiende a ser reiterativa en algunas explicaciones de situaciones o descripción de lugares que por suerte no es en todo momento los hace aún más lentos de lo que debería.
A su favor los personajes son bastantes creíbles con sus caracteres, Here is the second novel in the blockbuster new trilogy that reveals the neverbeforetold story of the young Han Solo, Set before the Star Wars movie adventures, these books chronicle the comingofage of the galaxy's most famous con man, smuggler and thief,

Solo is now a fugitive from the Imperial Navy, But he has made a valuable friend in a former Wookiee slave named Chewbacca, who has sworn Han a life debt, Han will need all the help he can get, For the Ylesian Hutts have dispatched the dreaded bounty hunter Boba Fett to track down the man who already outsmarted them once, But Han and Chewie find themselves in even bigger trouble when they agree to lend their services to the crime lords Jiliac and Jabba the Hutt, Suddenly the two smugglers are thrust into the middle of a battle between the might of the Empire and the treachery of their outlaw allies, . . a battle where even victory means death!

Features a bonus section following the novel that includes a primer on the Star Wars expanded universe, and over half a dozen excerpts from some of the most popular Star Wars books of the last thirty years! This book felt a lot more Star Wars then the last one.
But, had less heart in the characters, Still a better origin then the Disney Solo film, Han Sole, as the old smuggler we know and love, Theres less to tie this one into a coherent single plot like there was with The Paradise Snare, but The Hutt Gambit still has much going for it.
Unlike Snare which took place over a few months, Gambit covers about two years, taking us from roughlyyears before the Battle of Yavin, down to aboutyears beforehand.
Events are more spaced out, and on top of that two trilogies of stories, written back in the very earliest days of Star Wars Expanded Universe of books the Han Solo Adventures, published, and the Lando Calrissian Adventures, publishedtake place right in the middle.
Crispin must skip over the events of those books, and yet reference them pretty heavily given the interleaved time periods involved, If you havent read these early adventure stories and I remember that I hadnt when I read The Hutt Gambit for the firsttime way back in the day you are left with the distinct feeling that youve missed out on a sizeable chunk of story.
Its nice that Crispin is so attentive to interweaving with canon or, what was then the canon, but it does give Gambit the feeling of some notable gaps.
Thats probably the most significant bad point about this book, You can feel like youre missing something,

The good point is that this feels much more like the Han Solo we know, This is not the teenager of Snare who, despite his street upbringing, has an awful lot of romance and a certain idealistic naivety to him, an uncertainty of what he is doing and where he is going.
Gambit presents us with a Solo who has settled comfortably into his adult identity, who has confidence about striking out on his path of the smugglers life and his ability to handle what it can throw at him.
Hes more cynical and wiser to the dangers, cons, and doublecrosses that lie ahead, As a result, the character is more familiar to us and I think more likeable as we begin to recognise someone we know,

But I have to say I appreciated the world building and thought that was a huge bonus for this book, Yes, Crispin references characters originally presented by Vonda McIntyre in The Crystal Star but she makes them her own, Hans old smuggling buddies in Crystal Star felt like they were missing a lot of context, Here they feel like Crispins own because she provides us with that context, shows us their personalities more extensively and exactly what dynamics the young Han had with them all.
She spends a lot of time on literal worldbuilding too, and Nar Shaddaa feels suitably dingy, I felt like I was slumming it along with Han and Chewie, but at the same time is really made and brought to life by the vibrancy of the characters and their vitality.
Crispin succeeded in getting me invested in these colourful personalities, and so when the battle swings around, I cared quite a bit about the outcome,

Speaking of the battle, I think this was really well done, and not because it was the biggest or flashiest battle in Star Wars because it clearly wasnt, I mean the Imperial forces descending on them are paltry, kind of bottom of the barrel of what the Empire can muster.
But it mattered firstly because as aforementioned Crispin vividly brought Nar Shaddaas inhabitants to life and you dont want them to die, and second because the smugglers are a ramshackle group who can barely muster a defence against some of the worst the Empire can offer.
That gives this battle huge tension! The big guns, the big names, even, are absent well, apart from a teeny unnamed cameo, and yet people are afraid of the Empire, and there are unscrupulous folk all over the galaxy willing to serve.
It shows what a monumental challenge any resistance and the Rebel Alliance, later on faces, That gives the battle a lot of meaning, and the clever thinking required to cajole a draw out of the situation is entertaining to read about,

I want to mention, finally, an element that was a surprising positive element to the story, and that is the Hutts, The impression we get of the Hutts in the original trilogy is, quite understandably, one of loathsome villains, And that they still are, Crispin doesnt mess with what has been established, But by expanding on the species history and society, she actually makes reading about them interesting, and individual characters such as Jiliac, Jabba, and Durga, dare I say this, even somewhat likeable.
There are moments when they struggle against unfair adversity, show clear intelligence, or appreciate or otherwise respect our hero, Han Solo, And I honestly feel this was a good thing, because instead of being stock villains, or worse, boring to read about, Crispin makes their parts quite fascinating and evokes a little empathy from the reader the empathy of understanding while still disagreeing and condemning.
Crispin deserves credit for that, I think, Its kind of chilling to see the friendly relationship Han develops with them here, in light of how that will later turn into vicious hate,

Talk about the real Boba Fett: Fett gets his own chunk of page space in this book and we are explicitly told that he used to be Journeyman Protector Jaster Mereel before murdering someone cast him out and led him to becoming a bounty hunter and changing his name.
I still prefer this to the clone nonsense, It feels far more impressive that he was just an ordinary guy who worked his way up from the bottom to become the deadly force that he became, rather than him just being a lesser copy of his dad.
The former is way more badass than the latter,

Id recommend this, to be sure, It makes my cut.

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