Star Wars Journal: Hero for Hire

Star Wars Journal: Hero for Hire is a Legends junior novel written by Donna Tauscher. It is part of the Star Wars Journals series, and it was published by Scholastic Inc. on July 1, 1998, in conjunction with Star Wars Journal: Captive to Evil and Star Wars Journal: The Fight for Justice.

Hero for Hire is presented as a group of in-universe datapad entries recording a conversation between Han Solo and the B'omarr monk Sai'da, during the time Solo was captive in Jabba's Palace in 4 ABY.

Publisher's summary

In this book, Han Solo records his trials and adventures in Jabba the Hutt's dungeon.

Media

Editions

• ISBN 9780590189019; July 1, 1998; Scholastic Inc.; US paperback
• ISBN 9780590035019; July 1, 1998; Scholastic Inc.; US paperback, school market edition

Cover gallery

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  US paperback, school market edition

Appearances

By type

Characters	Creatures	Droid models	Events	Locations
Organizations and titles	Sentient species	Vehicles and vessels	Weapons and technology	Miscellanea

Characters

Ponda Baba (Indirect mention only) C-3PO (Mentioned only) Chewbacca Jan Dodonna (Mentioned only) Cornelius Evazan (Indirect mention only) Boba Fett Garindan (Indirect mention only) Greedo (Mentioned only) Obi-Wan Kenobi (Mentioned only) R2-D2 (Mentioned only) Sai'da (First appearance) Luke Skywalker (Mentioned only) Leia Organa Solo (Mentioned only) Han Solo Bria Tharen (Mentioned only) Jabba Desilijic Tiure (Mentioned only) Darth Vader (Mentioned only)

Creatures

Dianoga (Indirect mention only) Eberon spider (First mentioned) Rancor (Mentioned only) Womp rat (Mentioned only) Zombie (Mentioned only)

Events

Clone Wars (Mentioned only) Galactic Civil War Battle of Toprawa (Indirect mention only) Battle of Ylesia (Mentioned only) Royal Award Ceremony (Mentioned only)

Locations

Alderaan system (Mentioned only) Alderaan (Mentioned only) Beckoning Call Starr 3 (First mentioned) Camus IV (First mentioned) Death Star (Mentioned only) Detention Block AA-23 (Indirect mention only) Kessel Run (Mentioned only) Tatooine Jabba's Palace Mos Eisley (Mentioned only) Chalmun's Spaceport Cantina (Mentioned only) (Misspelled Chaimun's cantina) Docking Bay 94 (Mentioned only) Yavin Prime (Mentioned only) Yavin 4 (Mentioned only) Massassi Temple (Mentioned only) Ylesia (Mentioned only)

Organizations and titles

Alliance to Restore the Republic Commander (Mentioned only) B'omarr Order Bounty hunter Galactic Empire (Mentioned only) Imperial Academy (Mentioned only) Imperial Navy (Mentioned only) Stormtrooper Corps (Indirect mention only) Stormtrooper (Mentioned only) Jedi Order (Indirect mention only) Jedi Knight (Mentioned only) Moisture farmer (Mentioned only) Order of the Sith Lords (Mentioned only) Dark Lord of the Sith (Mentioned only) Sith Lord (Mentioned only) Pilot Princess (Mentioned only) Smuggler Spy (Mentioned only)

Sentient species

Human Corellian Hutt (Mentioned only) Rodian (Mentioned only) Wookiee Rwook

Vehicles and vessels

Escape pod (Mentioned only) Imperial I-class Star Destroyer (Indirect mention only) Landspeeder (Mentioned only) T-65 X-wing starfighter (Indirect mention only) TIE Advanced x1 (Indirect mention only) TIE/LN starfighter (Mentioned only) YT-1300 light freighter Millennium Falcon (Mentioned only)

Weapons and technology

Armor Mandalorian armor Binders (Mentioned only) Blaster (Mentioned only) Comlink (Mentioned only) Datapad Garbage compactor (Mentioned only) Lightsaber (Mentioned only) Anakin Skywalker's second lightsaber (Mentioned only) Darth Vader's lightsaber (Mentioned only) Obi-Wan Kenobi's third lightsaber (Mentioned only) Marksman-H combat remote (Mentioned only) Proton torpedo (Mentioned only) Targeting computer (Mentioned only) Tractor beam (Mentioned only) Vocabulator (Mentioned only)

Miscellanea

Carbonite (Mentioned only) Chess (Mentioned only) Cockpit Daredevils (First mentioned) Galactic Basic Standard Credit (Mentioned only) Dejarik (Indirect mention only) The Force (Mentioned only) Hibernation sickness Hyperspace (Mentioned only) Life debt Lightspeed (Mentioned only) Medal of Bravery (Indirect mention only) Moon (Mentioned only) Parsec (Mentioned only) Planet Sabacc (Indirect mention only) Shyriiwook Slavery (Mentioned only) Spice (Mentioned only) Glitterstim (Mentioned only) Torture (Mentioned only) Tree (Mentioned only)

External links

• Hero for Hire, by Han Solo on Scholastic Inc.'s official website (backup link)
• Hero for Hire, by Han Solo (Star Wars Journal) on Amazon.com (backup link)
• Star Wars Journal: Hero for Hire on Wikipedia

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