Review: Star Wars: Han Solo & Chewbacca #3

Han Solo & Chewbacca is a very average book with an incredibly exciting cliffhanger. The largest problem with this book is Chewbacca remaining a minor character in spite of the title. Hopefully the ending of this issue will bring him to the forefront. Han, a man claiming to be his dad, Chewbacca and Greedo are all working to get the ashes of K’restrel D’naran for Jabba the Hutt.

Han starts off the issue by using ingenuity to escape the Locris after Greedo landed them in a trap. It is interesting to watch Han interacting with Greedo and seeing the roots of their rivalry. It is also interesting watching how easily Han arranges all the pieces to set one part of Locris against another and aid their escape. The emotional capper is the joy of watching Han ditch Greedo entirely as he escapes the planet.

It is less interesting to have the questionable father of Han be part of the story. The emotional weight the story should have is removed by the sheer fact that readers and Han don’t really believe this is Han’s dad. For the readers this in part because there is nothing intrinsically interesting about the character. We can’t believe the father of Han Solo would be this incredibly boring. We also have seen this type of story in enough ways to expect this will simply lead to a Solo film style betrayal.

Every moment of the story involving Chewbacca is a treat but his part basically consists of pickups and drop offs. Even after the remaining trio arrive at Antilion he basically just hangs in the background as Han negotiated for the stolen Urn. Han sets the Empire up against the shop owner who refuses to sell him the urn but arrive to find the stormtroopers have been killed. Han and his ‘father’ snatch up the urn only to be attacked in the final pages by Black Krrsantan.

Krrsantan is such a dynamic character and seeing him here gives hope that we’ll see a massive Wookiee battle in the next issue that will earn this book its full title. The art throughout this issue is decent but well below the usual standard of David Messina. Add to this the incredibly dull cover by Phil Noto with our heroes just standing there looking at the camera. But the final page with Krrsantan attacking and the cover for next issue are breath-taking and gives hope that this series will improve as it progresses.

Writing: 3 of 5 stars
Art: 3.4 of 5 stars
Colors: 3.2 of 5 stars

Overall: 3.2 of 5 stars

Writer: Marc Guggenheim
Art: David Messina
Colors: Alex Sinclair
Publisher: Marvel Comics

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M.R. Jafri

M.R. Jafri was born and raised in Niagara Falls New York and now lives with his family in Detroit Michigan. He's a talkative introvert and argumentative geek. His loves include Star Wars, Star Trek, Superheroes, Ninja Turtles, Power Rangers, Transformers, GI Joe, Films, Comics, TV Shows, Action Figures and Twizzlers.