Solo: A Star Wars Story Books & Comic Books Announced

Posted on February 16, 2018 by Roger Palmer

Disney have released details on the new Star Wars books coming this year to tie in with the release of Solo: A Star Wars Story, including two new novels, a new Marvel comic mini series and

There is a new novel called “Last Show” by Daniel José Older, that connects three eras in the lives of Han Solo and Lando Calrissian. “Part of it takes place before the events of Solo and focuses on Lando and L3-37,” Siglain says, referring to Lando’s droid sidekick in the new film. “Part of it takes place between Solo and A New Hope, and that focuses on Han and Chewie, and that’s where we get Sana Starros for the first time.” She would be the character, first introduced in the Marvel Comics, who claimed to be married to Han.

There is also “Most Wanted” by Rae Carson, which is a YA book by the author of The Girl of Fire and Thorns focuses on Alden Ehrenreich’s Han Solo and Emilia Clarke’s Qi’ra, back in their teenage years. “This is about the younger, young Han solo,” Siglain says. “We’ll see what it was like for these two kids from Corelleia to survive the seedy streets of this industrial world. They’re definitely products of their environment, and this story shows that.”

Lando: Double or Nothing, Rodney Barnes

This Marvel Comics miniseries is written by Rodney Barnes and will play out over five issues. “It’s focused on Lando set during an incident right before the film, with backstory about Lando and L3,” Siglain says. The series debuts the Wednesday after the movie opens, since its story is so closely tied in. “Coming out of the film, we think everyone is going to want ot read more about Lando.”