During this escapade there is much of Luke, Leia, Chewie and Lando flying around trying to gather information as to Han’s whereabouts. Without spoiling too much, the book revolves around the first rescue attempt of Han Solo while he was frozen in carbonate. Shadows bridges the gap between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, during which allot of things supposedly went down and fills it in with a surprisingly smart and cool plot involving scenarios that the audience have been hinted about but never shown. Although there are new characters introduced, Shadows keeps inside the timeline that was predetermined for it by the films and even so many years after the making of the films it feels right at home with the atmosphere created more than a decade earlier. There have been many books written, expanding the Star Wars universe in many new directions, which is exactly what Shadows does NOT do. They provide details and there is nothing that provides details more than a book, which is what I am focusing this review on, moreover on a certain book, it being Shadows of the Empire written by Steve Perry. This later type of fan thrives on information and details, indulging themselves in anything that will create or answer questions, and this is where all these spin-offs come into play. The other way is to become completely obsessed with the Star Wars’ universe and everything relating to it, from the movies to the videogames to the books. One way is by simply enjoying the movies for what they are, watching them every few years when replayed when some television station’s Sunday afternoon matinee, but leaving it at that. Suddenly Luke finds himself the potential prize of the two most evil entities in the galaxy-one who wants him alive.and one who wants him dead.Fans of Star Wars have a tendency to go two ways. Xizor is the leader of a powerful crime syndicate who seeks to supplant Vader for the favor of their mutual master, the dreaded Emperor. As Princess Leia mounts a rescue mission including Luke Skywalker, Lando Calrissian, and a brilliant young pilot, Darth Vader pits himself against a cunning and ruthless rival. Han Solo, frozen in carbonite, is being taken to the vile gangster Jabba the Hutt. Here is the untold story of the events that took place between the movies The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi: a novel in which Darth Vader still lives-and battles a villain as powerful and evil as himself. Copyright 1996 Bantom Books publishers, New York hardbound in blue boards with bold gilt stamp lettering along spine very good condition with unmarked, clean pages dust jacket very good.
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