Solo: A Star Wars Story Tie-In Books and Comics Revealed!
The tie-in material for Solo: A Star Wars Story has just been officially announced by the publishers associated with the franchise, and Entertainment Weekly provides an introduction to over twenty different books and comics that are on the near horizon for Star Wars fans young and old.
First up, we’ll be getting a novel featuring everyone’s favorite smuggler and cape-sporting swindler in a joint adventure called Last Shot from author Daniel José Older.
According to EW, part of the novel takes place prior to the events of Solo, focusing on Lando and L3-37 (Lando’s droid sidekick in the movie), and part of it takes place between the movie and A New Hope that focuses on Han and Chewie. We will also get to see some background on Han’s relationship with Sana Starros from the titular Star Wars comic series in this portion of the book. Another section of the story will take place post-Return of the Jedi and we’ll get to see Han, Leia, Lando, and a young Ben Solo all together.
Next up, we have a young adult novel called Most Wanted from author Rae Carson.
This story will focus on Han and Emilia Clarke’s character Qi’ra back in their teenage years on Corellia.
Comic fans will be pleased that another Lando mini-series is on the way, this time in a story set just before the events of Solo, providing some backstory for Lando and L3-37. This series will debut the week following the film’s release to avoid spoilers for the movie as the events of the comic are very closely tied to those of the film.
Fans of the Art of… series of books will be pleased to get their hands on the one for Solo, which, like the others, will feature various pieces of concept art that went into the design of the movie.
Jordan Pate is Co-Lead Editor and Senior Writer for Star Wars News Net, of which he is also a member of the book and comic review team. He loves all things Star Wars, but when he's not spending time in the galaxy far far away, he might be found in our own galaxy hanging out in Gotham City or at 1407 Graymalkin Lane, Salem Center, NY.
I’m really looking forward to Last Shot. I wish they would’ve revealed when they were coming out though. I wonder if we can read any of these before the movie comes.
April 17th for Last Shot
Seems these tie-ins will tide us over until Solo releases in May; can’t wait.
And i’m very pleased to see Lando get another mini-series. ^_^
Aahhh yeeeee booiiiiiii. I’m pretty stoked for that Last Shot novel. And the new Lando comic mini-series!
That Lando cover is on point!
The Last Shot has so much potential. I like jumping through time approach to story telling, plus I am especially excited to see Solo family with uncles Chewie and Lando.
What a time to be alive.
Just what we needed. More books about OT characters. Boring.
who is ‘ we ‘
Hey, a movie about OT characters is coming out, lets do tie-in novels from the PT era.
Cool I guess?
Will probably end up getting the Official Guide & then depending on reviews The Last Shot novel as well.
The art books have been great sources of information concerning the behind-the-scenes aspect of these films, even more so than the making-ofs on the Blu-Ray. But I wonder with the director change, will the one for Solo be as insightful? Despite reshooting a huge part of the film, the design was still almost certainly mostly supervised by Lord & Miller, not Ron Howard. So will we just get more comments from art directors and concept artists as opposed to the filmmakers?