Solo: A Star Wars Story Junior Novel

Star Wars Junior Novelizations #3.1

by Lucasfilm

Board the Millennium Falcon for a galactic adventure that explores the story of one of Star Wars' greatest heroes! Han Solo leaves his homeworld Corellia behind and dreams of becoming the greatest pilot in the galaxy. But before he can find the perfect ship he'll have to survive a dangerous job in the criminal underworld! Read along as Han encounters Chewbacca the Wookiee, smuggler Lando Calrissian and other heroes and villains. Author Joe Schreiber captures all the excitement and adventure of the hit film!

Genres: Star Wars, Science Fiction, Fiction, Audiobook

185 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 4, 2018

About the author

Lucasfilm is among the world’s leading entertainment service companies, a pioneer in visual effects and sound across multiple mediums, and is home to the legendary Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises.
Founded by visionary filmmaker George Lucas in 1971, Lucasfilm established itself as a “rebel base” of sorts in San Francisco’s Bay Area, a place the filmmaker chose to “shake up the status quo…of how movies were made and what they were about.” It was a defiant departure from the Hollywood mainstream and a more conducive atmosphere to cultivate his independent spirit of filmmaking.
With money earned from his third motion picture, 1977’s blockbuster Star Wars, Lucas was able to construct Skywalker Ranch in San Francisco’s North Bay in the early ‘80s, a place where filmmakers could work together sharing ideas and experience.

Reviews

[Claude's Bookzone · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5 Stars rounded up to 3

Well that was heaps of fun!

This is perfect for fans of the Stars Wars world. I think books that are simple novelisations of movies are good for new teen Readers. They are likely familiar with the characters and the story so that gives them a sense of security while they read. This book does a great job of capturing Han's humour. An entertaining book.

[Lisa · Rating 2 out of 5]

I liked this junior novelization of Solo less than the movie and definitely less than the adult novelization. Among other things, it translates Chewie in a way that just felt awkward, and the way it interpreted the scene with the creature around the Maw was…so awkward. (It’s in love with the Maw?! It’s jealous of the escape pod?? It gets ripped apart joyfully?!)

[Aimee · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked the movie, so I knew I was going to like the book. Solo was one of my least favorite Star Wars movies, but after reading this book, I think I like the movie more. I’ll definitely be rewatching the movie soon! :)

[Mii94 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Inhalt
Gehe an Bord des Millennium Falken und stürz dich in ein galaktisches Abenteuer, das die Geschichte eines der größten Helden des Star Wars-Universums erzählt. Han Solo kehrt seiner Heimatwelt Corellia den Rücken und träumt davon, der größte Pilot der Galaxis zu werden. Doch bevor er das dazu notwendige Schiff findet, muss er erst einen brandgefährlichen Unterwelt-Job erledigen.
Werde Zeuge, wie Han Solo dabei dem Wookiee Chewbacca in die Quere kommt oder zum ersten Mal auf den smarten Schmuggler Lando Calrissian und andere Helden und Schurken des Star Wars-Universums trifft.

Charaktere
Solo ist ein sehr frecher und eingebildeter junger Mann. Des Weiteren kennt er sich und er weiß, was er sich erlauben kann. Er setzt oft alles auf eine Karte und zieht sich dann schnell aus der Affäre. Außerdem ist er sehr kompetent und versteht das Fliegen. Solo ist aufmüpfig und richtig BadAss. Er ist auch sehr cool und gelassen.

Meine Meinung
Der Schreibstil der Geschichte ist sehr flüssig und gelassen. Außerdem ist die Geschichte sehr mitreißend und spannend. Die Geschichte passt genau zu Han Solo und es fühlt sich an, als würde man zu Hause ankommen.

Zum Autor
Joe Schreiber wurde in Michigan geboren. In seinen jungen Jahren war er überaus reiselustig, lebte in Alaska, Wyoming und Nordkalifornien, bevor ihn das Familienleben sesshaft werden ließ. Nunmehr arbeitet Schreiber hauptberuflich als Mathematiklehrer an einer Schule in Palmyra (US-Staat Pennsylvania), ist verheiratet und Vater zweier Söhne.

Empfehlung
Ich kann euch das Buch echt nur ans Herz legen, wenn ihr Star Wars liebt. Ich bin ja sowieso ein Superfan von Han Solo, deswegen war es für mich klar, dass ich das Buch sofort lesen muss.

[Jay Gabler · Rating 2 out of 5]

Benefits from the lack of the often-unnecessary bonus material in the adult novelization, but narrator Sean Kenin is sorely missing the gravitas of adult-book narrator Marc Thompson. I reviewed the Solo junior audiobook for The Tangential.

[M.i. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Schreiber gets Star wars lore and writes fantastic stories based on it. This was a very satisfying read, worthy of a fan favorite such as Solo. Pretty good origin story including the surprising revelation of how he came about the name.

[Jackson · Rating 3 out of 5]

A straightforward, nearly scene-for-scene junior novelization. If you liked the movie, this is basically it in word form, with little-to-no extra tidbits that I can remember. This seems to be the norm for the newer canon junior novelizations.

[Andrew Denes · Rating 3 out of 5]

Thought a little more detail would be added to enrich the movie’s plot, but it was almost word-for-word. Only added a few extra descriptors to give context, since it wasn’t a visual medium like the film.

[Iwi · Rating 3 out of 5]

I didn't find this anymore provoking than the movie. While it was fun and moved along at good pace there was little there to get me excited about.

I'm always gonna love that shower scene though. 10/10

[Darth BookLover · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sencilla y con puntos interesantes extras. Perfecto pers complementar a la película y a la novela para adultos extendida.

[Mr Daniel C Pope · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read this to the little one at bed time and we both enjoyed it.

[Nate R · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was awesome and dope because Hans was funny and it was a good adventure.

[Michelle "Champ" · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you like the movie, you should like this as it is the novelization of the movie. I enjoyed both.

[Natalie Hernandez · Rating 3 out of 5]

My kid enjoyed me reading it, I found it exhausting to read.

[Allie // Kitasai · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was just alright.

3/5

[Rachel · Rating 4 out of 5]

I’d give it five stars, but it’s the junior novel lol. I bet the expanded novelization will get five though!

[Kevin · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you’ve seen the Solo movie starring Alden Ehrenreich, Donald Glover, Emilia Clarke, and Woody Harrelson, then you already know the story behind this book. That’s all it is… a book version of what happened in the movie, scene by scene...

Read the full review on GeeksofDoom.com at https://www.geeksofdoom.com/2018/09/1....

[Andrew · Rating 3 out of 5]

I listened to this book via Audible.

The junior novelization may be one of at least four ways the plot of Solo: A Star Wars Story has been told, but that doesn't mean that the book brings nothing new to the table. I'm going to assume readers here are familiar with the events of the film.

Sometimes the writing style in junior novels talks down to or almost patronizes the reader, but I never felt this to be the case here. Instead the goal seems to be to make the events a little more 'family-friendly,' downplaying the violence and focusing on the characters.

Which brings me to the main things this version adds to the Star Wars universe. The first is how they handle Chewbacca's dialog - in many instances we get translations of what he's actually saying. This is pretty awesome since instead of basing everything off of Han's replies, we get some insight into how Chewie thinks and speaks. The second is a smaller thing, but one I found very interesting. During the Kessel Run, we get to hear the inner monologue of the summa-verminoth, the giant creature that tries to eat the Millennium Falcon. It was something very different and a welcome discovery as I went through the book.

I'm not sure I'd recommend this book to anyone who hasn't already seen the film, but if you're looking to experience the events again with some more focus on the characters then you'll likely enjoy it. It was a fun experience and a solid adaptation of the film.

[Steve Davala · Rating 3 out of 5]

Want a near word for word transcription of the movie? Well, this is very nearly it. Outside of a few cool inside bits of information, (the insight into that crazy space creature, a few character tidbits I was wondering about [was it really Twotubes at the end of the movie in Enfys Nests gang... a Saw Guerrera compatriot... and yes it was], hearing all of Chewie's dialog in English (that was cool instead of "grwwl arrgh" for the whole book), then the book was just like the movie.
Which isn't a bad thing. It's just not a new thing.

[Lois Merritt · Rating 4 out of 5]

While not my favorite movie, I still really liked it, and liked the other novel too. This one was also great; I've listened to quite a few Star Wars novels considered junior or young adult, but they never feel like it. For those that are novelizations like this one, they simply just feel like they are shorter novels that if you want the fix to read or listen to instead of the longer, so called adult ones. So if you liked Solo, this one's one to try! :)

[Leo Margetts]

This entire book was all that happened in the movie called Solo. In the movie and the book is about Han and how he escapes Correlia, escapes the stormtrooper training camp and at the end escapes Vos by letting his love kill him