![]() “What in the stars did you steal, Sana?” Han demanded as they zoomed out of Takodana’s gravity pull and out into space.Ī chuckle crackled over the comm. More blasts rocked the Falcon as they circled into the sky and then shot over the ancient spirals of Maz’s castle and dancing lights in Nymeve Lake. Space awaited, that impossible vastness, as empty as his heart, where he could be perfectly free.Īs long as they didn’t get blown up on the way out. Glad to see everyone’s making themselves at home.” He pulled the accelerator and let the roaring engines fill him. “We’re gonna need you on-”īlasts splattered out from the Falcon, scattering the bounty hunters. The bounty hunters had stormed into the bay, and a slew of shots peppered the Falcon along with the ships around it. “What took you so long?”Ĭhewie barked with annoyance and then yelped, pointing. “Well, there you are,” he muttered, clicking on the navicomputer and prepping the hyperdrive. The engines rumbled to life as Han slid into the seat beside his furry copilot. “Chewie!” Han yelled, stepping over some old clothes and a small pile of-What was that? Bottles of something-and barreling toward the cockpit. They made their way between a Gungan freighter and two corvettes, ducked around the landing gear of someone’s poorly parked shuttle, and then dashed up the gangplank of the Falcon. The whole world had snapped perfectly into focus as soon as those blaster shots rang out, and now the hours leading up to it just seemed like a painful haze. They bolted down a quiet side street, cut a hard left, and crossed the main square toward the starship bay. Three more figures tumbled out of Maz’s place, blasters blazing. All six of the Fromprath’s arms ensnarled the bounty hunter as the two tumbled forward in a clutter of curses and howls. The creature raised his mortar launcher and then something huge clobbered him from behind. ![]() “I told you it was mean bounty hunters,” Sana said. “You got us tangled up with a Trandoshan?” ![]() A cruel reptilian face glared out from the lit doorway. “That wasn’t a regular blaster,” Han said, glancing up. The wall beside Han exploded, showering them both with debris as they hurtled out of the way. “Who did you piss off now?” he demanded as they broke out into the thick Takodanan night. “Coming!” he yelled, hopping up and dashing for the back exit behind Sana. “You coming?”Īnother shot fizzed and then thunked against the bar right by Han’s head. Sana flew past, let off two shots toward the door, and glared at Han. Above him, Maz dished out rushed commands as the few patrons left screamed and ducked under tables. Han was on the floor before he’d realized he’d jumped for cover. “What was that-” Han yelled, and then a blaster shot shrieked through the air from the doorway. Update: You can listen to the audiobook version of this excerpt, read by Daniel José Older himself, via the player below! In 's exclusive excerpt set before A New Hope, Han, Chewie, and Sana find themselves in Maz's castle.battling some very upset bounty hunters. (It's complicated.)Īnd now, in Daniel José Older's Last Shot novel - coming April 17 and available for pre-order - she's back. Sana debuted in the pages of Marvel's Star Wars comic, shortly after the destruction of the first Death Star, trying to track down our favorite scoundrel and claiming to be his wife - which she was and wasn't. Han Solo and Sana Starros have.a bit of a bumpy history, to put it lightly. ![]() A familiar face is back in Daniel José Older's upcoming Han and Lando novel. ![]()
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