Book: Star Wars: Rebel Heist (issues #1-4) by Matt Kindt with illustrations by Marco Castiello, ink by Dan Parsons, color by Gabe Eltaeb and letters by Michael Heisler
Cover art by Adam Hughes
Edition: Trade Paperback
Description:
The Rebel Alliance's newest recruits are teamed with its greatest heroes to hatch a plot and pull off a heist right under the noses of the Empire's finest. Can Han Solo, Princess Leia, Luke Skywalker and Chewbacca live up to their legends, or will they be found to have feet of clay? Or, is it possible, that their most obvious weaknesses might also be their greatest strengths?
Rating: 5 stars
Review:
Star Wars: Rebel Heist is a really great read, it's set before The Empire Strikes Back and has Han Solo, Princess Leia Organa and Chewbacca pulling off a three part plan against the Empire. Not to be forgotten, Luke Skywalker was working in the shadows as their backup making sure the plan goes off without a hitch.
The first story begins on the planet Corellia with Han working with a new Rebel recruit Jan. The new recruit was really out of his depth especially since Han didn't inform him of the plan. Jan had heard so many legendary and heroic stories about Han and the Rebels, however, being on this dangerous and in his opinion unfocused mission with a reckless man on a death wish had him feeling as if those stories had been nothing but an exaggeration. But Han had a plan and it was working out perfectly even if they ended up being apprehended by Imperial troopers and thrown in a cell.
The second story follows Sarin, a Twi'lek who is an undercover Rebel spy on the planet Feddasyr, however, her cover was blown before she could complete her next mission. She was supposed to meet her Rebel contact with the information she was to acquire. The setback wasn't a problem for her contact, Princess Leia who was going to complete the mission. Sarin misjudged Leia as being rich and spoiled and thought she wouldn't be up to the task of the mission. It would require Leia stealing an Imperial security code, this mission would soon have Sarin realizing Leia is much tougher than she looks. While Leia was going to realize that the code was a lot different than she expected because the code was a person, a former Imperial soldier. Despite the mix-up, she was going to do everything she could including risking her freedom to make sure the code got to the next phase of the plan.
Which is continued in the third story with the former soldier and Chewbacca on some isolated planet breaking into the fortress of a local crime boss (and Empire ally) in order to transmit the code. What I found interesting is that as the narrator of this story, the former soldier initially didn't think too highly of Chewbacca and thought him merely a mindless brute. However, as the mission progressed, his opinion of Chewbacca changed because he soon saw how smart and skilled the Rebel was.
All three stories found the Rebels being captured and tossed in a cell with Chewbacca and the soldier placed in the most deadliest one. Which leads to the final story as it follows Luke through all three stories where he provides background support. Luke who was unaware an Imperial spy was following him, was making sure Han's plan worked out as intended before going to help Leia. Afterwards, the duo made their way to Chewbacca and the soldier to help them as well. Luke figured Han could take care of himself (which he did) before they all regrouped with a wonderful find that would certainly benefit the Rebellion.
This was a very good read that had our favorite Rebels in a very exciting heist against the Empire. I found it interesting that each of the four stories was not narrated by one of the iconic Rebels but by Jan, Sarin, the former Imperial soldier and Ellak, the Imperial spy. It was fascinating seeing the characters through someone else's eyes and seeing how wrong their first impressions were. It's disappointing that this story is no longer considered canon after Disney bought the franchise because it's a really good heist story with a cool execution.
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