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Zahn’s Han Solo novel will be “heist caper”

February 22nd, 2012 by Dunc · 11 Comments

On Facebook today, Timothy Zahn reveals a few things about his next Star Wars novel: In addition to starring Han Solo and being set in the original trilogy era, “it will be an Ocean’s Eleven-type heist caper.” Sounds like fun! (via)

We should be getting a title “sometime next month,” Zahn says. Some of us are hoping it goes a little like this.

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  • 1 Lane // Feb 22, 2012 at 2:27 pm

    Han Solo + Heist Caper? Sold. Shut up and take my money, Del Rey.

  • 2 Dunc // Feb 22, 2012 at 2:30 pm

  • 3 Lane // Feb 22, 2012 at 3:01 pm

    Once more I bow to your YouTube prowess.

  • 4 Beth // Feb 22, 2012 at 3:11 pm

    Oh, this is going to be great!

  • 5 Stooge // Feb 22, 2012 at 9:43 pm

    It’s spelled lightsabre.

  • 6 jawajames // Feb 22, 2012 at 10:31 pm

    heist capers with Han Solo? we already got that… it was called Firefly! i mean, Star Wars: Underworld: The Yavin Vassilika (which was less Ocean’s 11 and more Trading Places meets It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.)

  • 7 Mark Newbold // Feb 23, 2012 at 5:17 am

    Stooge – :-p

  • 8 Nancy // Feb 23, 2012 at 6:43 am

    This is fantastic!

  • 9 Sarah // Feb 23, 2012 at 3:56 pm

    Sounds great! I love it when Zahn writes a mystery.

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  • 11 Brief blurb for Zahn’s upcoming Han Solo novel // Mar 20, 2012 at 6:35 am

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