The Paradise Snare: Star Wars (The Han Solo Trilogy)

Volume 1

By: A. C. Crispin

Narrated by: David Pittu

Here is the first book in the blockbuster trilogy that chronicles the never-before-told story of the young Han Solo. Set before the Star Wars movie adventures, these books chronicle the coming-of-age of the galaxy's most famous con man, smuggler, and thief.

The first book in this exciting new Han Solo series begins with a recounting of Han's late teen years and shows us how he escaped an unhappy adopted home situation to carve out an adventurous new life for himself as a pilot. Han Solo, the handsome rogue, is every girl's dream man, and every boy's hero. The Paradise Snare is another stellar Star Wars production, complete with original music and sound effect© and (P)2000 Lucasfilm Ltd. and TM.

very good. very good.

lost a point for the way he said Coruscant but probably just a regional way of talking.

Great story, strange narrator

The original EU story of Han Solo is perfect. Something was weird about the narrator though. He read everything so fast, like it was race to get each chapter done. Also he didn't really seem to grasp the characters...making Han sound childish and whiny...almost like Anakin. And the run time was so short, like maybe the story was shortened for Audiobooks.

The story itself is awesome though. A.C. Crispin wrote a great trilogy that does our favorite smuggler justice!

And it begins.

In this book you get to find out where Han came from as a child and early life. What guided him into the life of a pilot, and into joining the imperial army.

As fun as I remember it!

I read this trilogy as it was first released and enjoyed it a ton. Listening to this brought back the memories of how much I enjoyed it then. What several reviewers don’t seem to be aware of is that when these audio books were first recorded and released (on cassette!) every book was about 3 hours long. If there was money in recording an unabridged version today they would do it. Be glad you have what you have.

The other thing some reviewers can’t seem to understand is that this book, along with many other Star Wars books, was recorded BEFORE The Phantom Menace taught us the correct pronunciation of Courascant. Everyone ended the word with the “can’t “ sound. Complaining about the pronunciation seems petty when they, like me and everyone else, said it that way.

The story is a great telling of Solo’s early adventures and what turned him into the lovable rogue he became. Largely, I enjoyed Crispins trilogy more than the Solo movie- which I also liked a lot. Two versions of the story? Heck yeah! I love it! These will get more play from me!

Pronunciation

It would be nice if the narrator would do some homework and educate himself on the pronunciation of words from the book as well as from the movies