Han Solo and the Lost Legacy

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Han Solo and the Lost Legacy
Author Brian Daley
Country USA
Language English
Era Rise of the Empire Era
Series The Han Solo Adventures
Galactic Year 2 BBY
Canon C
Subject(s) Star Wars
Genre(s) Science Fiction
Publisher Del Rey
Released 1979
Media Type Paperback
Pages 187
ISBN ISBN 0-345-34514-2
Preceded by Han Solo's Revenge
Followed by Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope

Han Solo and the Lost Legacy is a science fiction novel set in the Star Wars Expanded Universe. It is the last book in the The Han Solo Adventures trilogy, and one of the oldest Expanded Universe works. Unlike the first two books in the trilogy, which introduced and largely fleshed out the Corporate Sector, in this book Han and Chewbacca's adventures take place in the Tion Hegemony.

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While taking a well-earned break on the planet Rudrig in the Tion Hegemony, Han Solo and Chewbacca are approached by Badure, an old friend, and his female companion Hasti. Badure has a lead on the fabled Queen of Ranroon, the treasure ship of Xim the Despot, which has been believed lost for centuries.

Though Han is initially reluctant to join what he considers to be a pointless treasure hunt, he and Chewbacca decide to accompany Badure on his search. Accompanying them on their quest are Skynx, an alien historian from the planet Ruuria, and Han's droid companions, Bollux and Blue Max.


Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Han's group is not the only one on the trail of Xim the Despot's treasure, however. After landing on the planet Dellalt, Han and his companions are attacked and forced to abandon the Millennium Falcon. Their attackers steal the Falcon and fly her to a distant mining camp, where they intend to search her for clues to the Queen's location - by tearing the Falcon apart, if necessary.

Han and the others set off on a trip overland to recover the Falcon. On their way, they are captured by a group of religious cultists, descendants of the Queen of Ranroon's crew. The cultists are determined to keep Xim's treasure safe, and are about to unleash an army of Xim the Despot's war-robots to destroy the mining camp - and the Falcon.

Through the ingenuity of Bollux and Blue Max, the war-robots are stopped. Han and the others recover the Falcon and fly to the location of Xim's fabled treasure, only to find that the treasure isn't quite what they were expecting, consisting of technology that was state-of-the-art in Xim's era but is now commonplace and inexpensive.

The book ends with Han and Chewbacca taking the badly-reassembled Falcon back into space, with plans to borrow money from Jabba the Hutt for an attempted Kessel Run.

Spoilers end here.

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