but Jabba—in a drug-induced haze—turns his back on Han and demands compensation for the lost spice. Meanwhile, Bria leads a rebel raid on Toprawa in which Rebel spies transmit the plans for the Death Star to Princess Leia Organa aboard the Tantive IV. Bria and her squadron are all killed in the raid, but the plans are successfully transmitted. On Tatooine, Han tries unsuccessfully to arrange a personal meeting with Jabba, and is increasingly harassed by bounty hunters working for the crime lord. While looking for a card game in which he may be able to win the money needed to pay off Jabba, he briefly encounters Dash Rendar, a character featured prominently in Shadows of the Empire. He is interrupted by news of Bria's death, delivered by Boba Fett, who also informs Han that Greedo (whom Han shoots at the Mos Eisley cantina in A New Hope) is looking for him, and may try to kill him. The following day he records a message to Bria's father passing on the news. He then proceeds to Chalmun's Cantina, where Chewbacca has just met with Obi-Wan Kenobi to discuss chartering the Falcon for passage to Alderaan. The book ends as Han sits down to a table where Obi-Wan and Luke Skywalker are waiting, which is exactly the same moment of his first on-screen appearance in A New Hope. Legacy Bria's obtaining of the Death Star plans was intended as the "first victory" of the rebels described in the opening crawl of A New Hope, but was later superseded by the events of the 2016 film Rogue One. References External links Book series introduced in 1997 1997 novels 1998 novels 1990s science fiction novels Star Wars Legends novels Prequel novels American science fiction novels Books about Star Wars Bantam Spectra books