Published May 5, 2026, 11:00 AM EDT

2014's Honor Among Thieves shows off the Corellian smuggler from a certain point of view

The Expanse creators' Star Wars novel has a whole new angle on Han Solo

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But between other projects, they made time for a single Star Wars novel, 2014’s Honor Among Thieves , the final release in the pre-Disney Star Wars Legends era of the franchise. That book neatly splits the difference between a Star Wars story and a Corey epic. A lot of it seems conceptually familiar from other Star Wars books: Familiar movie characters go on a side adventure that introduces new characters and seems important to the overall saga, but doesn’t affect the movie canon. But one thing makes Honor Among Thieves feel distinctive — It gives us an amusing vision of Han Solo from total strangers’ points of view.

Honor Among Thieves takes place shortly after A New Hope , and it’s mostly told from Han Solo’s perspective.…