Star Wars, Volume 3: Rebel Jail is in three parts. First is a seemingly throw-away story about Eneb Ray, who stars in Star Wars Annual, Issue #1. Although it is written by a different author and realized by different artists, it has much of the same feel as Jason Aaron's Star Wars. Star Wars, Issue #16 through Issue #19 are the main arc, "Rebel Jail." Princes Leia and Sana Starros take Dr. Aphra, a high-level Imperial operative, to a Rebel stronghold where they keep prisoners, a jail. Finally, Star Wars, Issue #15 is at the end of the collection because it's completely unrelated to the other stories. It's more about Luke as a kid with Ben Kenobi watching over him.
If you've read Volume 1 and Volume 2, you know how good this series is. If you're not reading it, and you're a Star Wars fan, you're missing out. The humor and the timing are absolutely top notch; this is great storytelling, up there with Timothy Zahn's Heir to the Empire trilogy. Although that no longer has a chance at becoming canonical, one of Zahn's characters, Grand Admiral Thawn, has made his way to Star Wars: Rebels. Sana Starros, it has been mentioned, might be a part of the upcoming Han Solo movie, so there's hope.
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