an essential part of my childhood collection; however, unlike many other series of that time, I really enjoyed getting into them again. The first half of this volume features two parallel storylines that lead the series into the adaptation of Return of The Jedi. First, you have the Rebel Alliance trying to locate Han Solo, who was frozen in carbonite and handed over to Boba Fett in The Empire Strikes Back. At the same time, they're searching for two missing Rebel spies who have information on a certain new Imperial superweapon with which we're all familiar. One has to wonder how the Alliance could let several of their key members roam all over the galaxy like this, but Luke, Leia, Chewie, Lando, Threepio, and Artoo certainly get the job done. There are many events in these stories that are regarded as non-canon in the modern Star Wars Expanded Universe, yet in doing some research, I was amazed at the lengths to which some people have gone to make them fit. The best approach is to realize that these stories were written long before the Expanded Universe really took off, so anything that is outside of "official" continuity should simply be accepted as an oddity, and nothing more. Writers David Michelinie and Mary Jo Duffy do a good job of marking time yet maintaining the suspense up to ROTJ, which is adapted by Archie Goodwin. The rebels' adventures take them to exotic worlds such as Stenos, Lahsbane, and Iskalon, where they