The initial installment of the Star Wars: Adventures in Hyperspace Legends series for young readers is titled Adventures in Hyperspace: Fire Ring Race. This volume recounts the exploits of smugglers Han Solo and Chewbacca while they were working for Jabba the Hutt, occurring before the narrative of Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope. Ryder Windham authored Fire Ring Race, Robert Rath provided the illustrations, and Scholastic Inc. released it on June 1, 2010.
Prior to their involvement with the Rebellion against the Empire, the pilot Han Solo and his co-pilot Chewbacca earned their livelihood by transporting goods throughout the galaxy aboard the Millennium Falcon. However, when Jabba the Hutt commissions them to retrieve a cargo container from Fornax Station, Han and Chewie encounter something additional... difficulty!
- ISBN 9780545213585 ; June 1 , 2010 ; Scholastic Inc. ; US paperback [1]