The Hunt For Han Solo

Star Wars Missions #5

by Dave Wolverton

You are a bounty hunter. Your target is Han Solo. Both Jabba the Hutt and the Empire want him - dead or alive. He is on his way to Tatooine to deliver something very important to Jabba. You must reach him first. Your mission: to hunt down Han Solo before he gets away. Good luck.

Genres: Star Wars, Gamebooks, Science Fiction, Fiction

67 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

About the author

Dave Wolverton (born 1957) is a science fiction author who also goes under the pseudonym David Farland for his fantasy works. He currently lives in St. George, Utah with his wife and five children.

(Wikipedia entry: Dave Wolverton)

Reviews

[Alyce Caswell]

A marginally better entry, thanks to Wolverton taking over this section. I can't say I'm thrilled about our Rebels visiting Jabba before ESB and I'm even less thrilled about a kidnapped baby Hutt (there's even a freaking Clone Wars movie with this concept lol). That said, I enjoyed the non-Rebel perspective in this book. it made the second person passages more believable since they weren't supposed to be attributed to a main character.

[Hazel]

This was a fun little adventure back to Tatooine. I enjoy that you play in opposition to the heroes, but you also get to experience the hero's being hero's as well.

[Gary Varga]

OK. No better. No worse.

Some good Star Wars detail but lacked the Star Wars feel.

[Ruth]

From the back of the book - You are a bounty hunter. Your target is Han Solo. Both Jabba the Hutt and the Empire want him - dead or alive. He is on his way to Tatooine to deliver something very important to Jabba. You must reach him first. Your mission: to hunt down Han Solo before he gets away. Good luck.
This is a role playing book where you get to be the bad guy. Of course you won't actually capture Han, but you still manage to get away with something very important. This is a great book for kids who need to work on reading and math skills. The only thing is you need the cards that came along with the book originally to play the game. Although I didn't have the cards I was able to do a web search to find scans of them online to know the point values to use in the game.
Over all this is an alright book. Nothing great for adults, but it is good for kids.

[Theadora]

No! I didn't want to do a mission against the Rebels. Mehh.