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The first book of the trilogy, Han Solo at Stars' End, arrived in 1979. Brian Daley wrote these novels to explore the smuggling days of Han Solo and Chewbacca two years before the original Star Wars film.
Brian Daley wrote these novels to explore the smuggling days of Han Solo and Chewbacca two years before the original Star Wars film. Del Rey, a division of Ballantine Books, originally published both this trilogy and The Adventures of Lando Calrissian series.
Chewbacca was captured by the Authority while Han and others escaped aboard the Falcon. They flew to Stars' End and rescued their friends, including Doc and Chewbacca after the facility was destroyed along with its administrator and most staff.
From October 1980 to February 1981, writer Archie Goodwin adapted the novel into the Star Wars newspaper strip. Artist Alfredo Alcala provided illustrations for the run, and Dark Horse Comics published the adaptation as Classic Star Wars: Han Solo at Stars' End in 1997.
Reference material made the Tion Hegemony, Corporate Sector, Etti IV, and Bonadan part of current canon. The Z-95 Headhunter mentioned in Han Solo at Stars' End was canonized as an X-wing predecessor in Star Wars: The Clone Wars.