xhonzi said:

And...?

I believe you've had more than enough time to read it?

Sheesh. There's a post I'd forgoten about.

Well I did finish the trilogy and liked them less and less as they went.

They made it so that "Han Solo- Dashing Rogue only out for himself" that we meet in Mos Eisly was actually "Han Solo- Idealistic Hero with a Bad Break suffering from Heart Break"

If he was already a hero willing to champion the little guy against the Big Bads, and had just hit a rough patch, it makes him in the movies a lot less compelling.