Synopsis: RETURN TO CLOUD CITY! HAN SOLO, BEILERT VALANCE and LANDO CALRISSIAN must help an old friend. Witness the long friendship of HAN, CHEWIE and LANDO in exciting flashbacks to bygone eras! And a mysterious figure from the past re-emerges using a new model CLOUD CAR!
Artwork
Phil Noto continues to draw up a storm in this issue. The book is filled with fantastic panels, but the ones that stood out to me most were the flashbacks to a mission Han, Lando, and Chewie once undertook with Garlev—a mission he kind of tricks them into joining in order to rescue some of his people. These scenes help flesh out Garlev’s backstory and give weight to why he’d risk his neck to deliver a message to Han and Lando in the present day. One panel in particular shows Han grabbing Garlev and pointing at him, instantly reminding me of the kinds of heated moments we saw between Han and Leia aboard the Falcon in The Empire Strikes Back. Only this time, the anger isn’t romantic—it’s frustration over being misled.
Overall
This issue adds some intriguing new layers to the story set in the early days of the New Republic, while also reuniting Han Solo and Lando Calrissian in a way that feels both nostalgic and fresh. I’m looking forward to seeing how these plot threads develop in future issues.
- Covers8.5
- Story9.6
- Artwork9.8
- Lettering9.4
- Colours9.8
