The Last Command (Star Wars: Thrawn Trilogy, Vol. 3)

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Summary: Excellent characterization and beautiful plotting
Review: The Thrawn trilogy were the first SW novels I read and so far, the best. Zahn not only managed to breathe new life into all the characters from the movies, he gave them a plausible villian and a plausible threat. Thrawn is easily the best-worked villian in the entire SW universe, and the only one who truly manages to portray the Empire as something other than evil. In his actions, he shows the desire for order, which is a historically plausible reason for imperialism. A beautiful book.

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Summary: Simply the Best
Review: I had only seen the Star Wars movies once when I read this book in seventh grade. I got hooked. This was one of the best books about Star Wars ever written, second only to Children of the Jedi. The book took a few unexpected turns, but it was worth it. If you like Star Wars, make sure you read this book. It's one of the best.

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Summary: Best finish to an amazing saga
Review: After completing the Zahn trio with this brilliance, I'm hooked on SW novels forever. I just can't wait to get my hands on the next Zahn classic.

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Summary: One of the best!
Review: This has got to be one of the best Star Wars books ever written, and it is in the best series as well. Timothy Zahn has given us a superb book with an involving storyline, interesting new characters, new species, new planets, and they all come together in this amazing end to the trilogy. Zahn manages to portray the characters much more accurately than many of the other Star Wars authors around. This book is a must buy if you liked the first two in the series.

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Summary: THE BEST BOOK I EVER READ!!!!
Review: I think this was the greatest book I ever read. This book has the greatest conclusion I ever read. It takes all the action from the previous books and multplies it by 99999999999! If you liked the others you'll sure like this!

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Summary: Cheers for Zahn!
Review: This trilogy is, by far, the best collection in the Star Wars universe except the Hand of Thrawn duology and maybe the x-wing series. First of all, it actually has a THREATENING villian instead of Daala (what a joke) and the Hutts (got to be kidding). Also, the characters are portrayed well and Luke isn't all stiff and boring like in the Jedi Acamady trilogy. A must read for ANY star wars fan.

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Summary: Fantastic
Review: I have read a lot of Starwars books in my time this has to be the best yet.Zahn has outdone himeself this time.I belive the detail and the characters turned out beutifully.His words seem to flow like water from the pages.It was hard to put down.Keep up the good work Zahn!

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Summary: Simply the Best.
Review: This book, no, the entire trilogy, is worth far more than it's cover price. Each character comes alive on the pages, the plot is thick enough to need a knife. It draws the reader in from the start and doesn't let go until it's finished. You'll want to read this trilogy as fast as you can, yet wishing that it never ends. If you love Star Wars, (and anyone who doesn't is a fool) then you'll want to pick up these books! Zahn truely captures the essance of the Star Wars universe. He, like this trilogy, are simply the best!

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Summary: a horrible book
Review: even though it's the best of Zhan's triology , that's not saying much. Everything in the trilogy ties together in a way that it's unbelivable. Luke , Leia , Han , Lando , Thrawn and the rest of the gang are always at the right place at the right time. Think about Nkllon , Sluis Van , Honoghr , New Cov (where HAn and Lando found The key to Feyla's plan , ON THE FIRST PLANET THEY VISIT!!) Thrawn is a cool idea that was ruined by Zahn. All he did was bully a few Noghris and smugglers. People say he almost brought down the Republic , where and when did he do that ? He attacked a few shipyards and a few planets , out of millions and millions. I was left with a tottaly unsatisfied feeling and wondering what's wrong with all the people that like this trilogy. Mara Jade is the typical obnoxious beat up -anyone-in-her-way female that are all over the place now. Karrde is a Thrawn wannabe. and the names Zahn uses are really corny (ie "Emperor's Hand" , "Dark Forc! e" , etc..) , in short a very bad trilogy that got so famous because it was the first Star Wars novel in the 90's . Read Wolverton's Courtship of Princess Leia and see the kind of style i like.

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Summary: Zahn did a Great Job of Portraying all of Our Old Friends
Review: This was a great book. The characters that we are all familiar with , and ones that he made up, were so real, so alive. I would spend hours arguing with Han and Leia, or fighting alongside Luke, his lightsaber glowing, or twittering alongside R2-D2 when he unearthed yet again valuable information. I recommend this book to anyone who wants to keep the Star War tradition alive.