Scoundrels: Star Wars Legends

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • To make his biggest score, Han's ready to take even bigger risks. But even he can't do this job solo.

Han Solo should be basking in his moment of glory. After all, the cocky smuggler and captain of the Millennium Falcon just played a key role in the daring raid that destroyed the Death Star and landed the first serious blow to the Empire in its war against the Rebel Alliance. But after losing the reward his heroics earned him, Han’s got nothing to celebrate. Especially since he’s deep in debt to the ruthless crime lord Jabba the Hutt. There's a bounty on Han's head—and if he can’t cough up the credits, he’ll surely pay with his hide. The only thing that can save him is a king's ransom. Or maybe a gangster’s fortune?

That's what a mysterious stranger is offering in exchange for Han’s less-than-legal help with a riskier-than-usual caper. The payoff will be more than enough for Han to settle up with Jabba—and ensure he never has to haggle with the Hutts again.

All he has to do is infiltrate the ultra-fortified stronghold of a Black Sun crime syndicate underboss and crack the galaxy’s most notoriously impregnable safe. It sounds like a job for miracle workers . . . or madmen. So Han assembles a gallery of rogues who are a little of both—including his indispensable sidekick Chewbacca and the cunning Lando Calrissian. If anyone can dodge, deceive, and defeat heavily armed thugs, killer droids, and Imperial agents alike—and pull off the heist of the century—it’s Solo’s scoundrels. But will their crime really pay, or will it cost them the ultimate price?

Reseñas de la Crítica

“Rapid-fire adventure [that] adds yet another dimension of enjoyment to a rousing galactic romp.”—Library Journal

“Highly entertaining . . . excellent Star Wars . . . There are many twists and turns [and] Zahn manages to find ways to twist them one step further than you’d expect.”—Examiner

“[Scoundrels] brings freshness to the franchise.”—USA Today

A must for any Stat Wars fan!

This book was really great and I was sad to reach the ending, as great as it was. The beginning was somewhat slow and it was a little difficult to keep all the characters straight at first but they eventually settled into place. The narrator and sound effects where excellent and I don't think a book of this sort could get much better than this one!

Star Wars: Ocean's 11

Zahn is often noted for being the best author in the EU. Now, he tackles the heist genre, bringing his fair to the cunning treachery we expect of such stories. I highly recommend this one!

Timothy Zahn delivers again

Where does Scoundrels: Star Wars rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Since most of my library is Star Wars and I joined Audible to listen to Star Wars I will only compare it to them. I would put this one 4th on my list behind the Thrawn Trilogy.

What did you like best about this story?

The oceans eleven feel that the story had, Han had to recruit all these different smugglers and criminals to pull off this big heist. How all the different characters had different reasons for being there and how they all seem to have consciences and feelings about each other, not some soulless characters that you don't care about.

Which scene was your favorite?

I don't really want to give the story away but my favorite scenes are them putting their plan into action.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

I didn't have an extreme reaction but I greatly enjoyed it and would be interested hearing more from this writing/reading tandem that seems to do so well together.

Any additional comments?

If you like any of the author's other books you will like this one, and twice as much if you're a Han Solo fan.

Star Wars hist

Basically this is a story about a heist. But it had a few twists and turns was unexpected but perceivable. Check it out when you get a chance

Star Wars meets Oceans 13

It was a fun listen... I had originally given it all 5 stars, then realized that it wasn’t quite to the “I can’t put it down” type of book, but very enjoyable none-the-less. Timothy Zahn is one of the best, if not the best, Star Wars Authors out there! I would recommend all of his books!