Star Wars, Vol. 1: Skywalker Strikes takes place between Episode IV: A New Hope and Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. Han Solo, Princess Leia, and Luke Skywalker are on a mission to destroy a weapons plant in the Corellian Industrial Complex. Solo is posing as a negotiator for Jabba the Hutt, but the negotiator for the Empire is none other than Darth Vader. In a terse battle, Luke is defeated by the Sith Lord. Without training, he is no match for Vader, but he escapes. Realizing that he is not a Jedi yet, Luke travels to Tatooine to start looking for clues as to how to train. He starts at Ben Kenobi's old house.
I've read a lot of the Star Wars Extended Universe, mostly the novels. While Timothy Zahn's Empire Trilogy remains the gold standard for "fan" fiction, this nearly approaches that. It fails to fall into the trappings of most adaptations, which include the portrayal of every minor character in the series and placating the fans in other regards. The Extended Universe contains a number of different characters, so I was surprised to find someone from Han Solo's past that hadn't come up yet.
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