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Summary: Awesome!!!
Review: This book is incredible! After reading this book, you will realize that it is no wonder Lucas will probably make a movie out of this book. Buy it now! You won't be dissapointed!!!
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Summary: A really cool book
Review: Its the first book written as a sequel to the movies. Zahn is the only author who can write Star Wars well. Even if you aren't a big fan of Star Wars, you'll still like this book. The only thing I have to complain about is the weird names of planets, and the lack of description of many things.
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Summary: Excellant
Review: A good book. The parts with Talon Karrde were a little boring. Mara Jade is not as good a character as people say she is. The action scenes were good. Read this book before you read any other of the Thrawn Trilogy.
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Summary: Generally weak, overrated.
Review: Compared to some of the other Star Wars books out there (Children of the Jedi, The Courtship of Princess Leia,) Heir to the Empire (and the other two books of this series) are pretty good. However, I find this book to be rather overrated by most people. For one, the characters that Zahn introduces are not all that interesting. The story's main villian (Grand Admirial Thrawn) is a cool-headed genius who plots and schemes and rarely makes a mistake, however we are given no real insight into who Thrawn is. The smuggler boss, Talon Karrde, is similar to Thrawn in that he is also cool-headed and smart, and basically emotionless. The worst thing about this book is undoubtably the dialog. As has been noted by other reviewers, Zahn REPEATEDLY uses the same expressions and phrases for all his characters, under almost all circumstances. It makes all the dialog sound the same and sound very uninteresting. Everybody always doing "wry grins" and saying things wryly and "squeezing their thumb and forefinger together" (whatever that is,) and saying "Point," "Agreed," talking in cool, carefully modulated voices. It's stupid and it got on my nerves. While the overall plot was okay, the weak characters and dialog really spoil the series. At times, it's like you want to know what happens next, getting to the next part is sometimes painful because of the poor dialog, and somewhat lacking descriptions. And it really doesn't feel like Star Wars too me. There is more wallowing in grey areas than good vs. evil stuff, there is little drama and no color, and no cool special effects. A lot of people recommend this as the first Star Wars book you should read, but I personally don't. I think the X-Wing Series is probably the best series out right now. Although it doesn't star any of the main characters of the movies, that is part of what's so great about it... all the characters are new and fresh and are developed from scratch.
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Summary: One of the Best out there
Review: I am a devoted star wars fan and I say this is the best star wars book of them all followed by the Krytos Trap. The Genius of Grand Admiral Thrawn had me rooting for the bad guy. The force blocking powers of the yaslamari had me praying for the New Republic, and the clean sweap of the elom task force had me wondering how he did it. If you decide to read a star wars book read Heir to the Empire by Timothy Zahn.
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Summary: Fantastic!!
Review: I personally thought this book was fabulous, and it lived up to all my expectations of what a Star Wars Saga should entail. Zahn did a great job with the implementation of new characters and plot twists. Everyone who complains about people in the book not sticking to the "jedi way" should get a life - hello, it's only a novel! My only complaint is that some of the words were kinda hard to figure out pronunciation-wise. Otherwise, a great read!
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Summary: I love Tim Zhan!!
Review: OMIGOD!!!!! This was awesome! It is THE most important book to the Star Wars world. My suggestion is, if you haven't read it, do so you crazy person stuck under a rock!!!!!!!!! Mara Jade is the best character ever, and with Zhan, the bad guys actually seem smart! READ THIS BOOK!
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Summary: Wow...that...that wasn't even clever.
Review: This book is a travesty. What happened to the interesting and comic dialogue of the Star Wars characters?! Who are these badly-made clones who spout stuff like "Point"? Also, where the heck is the plot and action? In a word, LAME!!
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Summary: It is THE Star Wars book on the market.
Review: There are now hundreds of Star Wars books on the market now, but this is the one that started it all. This is the one that contains the most drama, action, suspense, and imagination that is unmatched by any of the others released by Anderson and Stackpole. Zahn researched his topic beautifully, and wrote like an artist. His book is worthy of the subject he wrote: the unbeatable space saga known as Star Wars. His book contains no flaws, his characters are true to George Lucas's amazing vision. There is a new threat to emerge and attack the New Republic. In the first installment, you meet the greatest military mind alive, the Grand Admiral Thrawn. Thrawn is the only alien Grand Admiral in the fleet, and has the uncanny ability to predict opponent actions beforehand. As Luke searches for Jedi relics from the Past, and Leia tries to hold together the fragile New Republic, Thrawn finds himself a weapon that could spell doom to the Rebels: an insane Dark Jedi Master. And there is only one thing that this Jedi wants, and Thrawn has promised to provide: Han and Leia's two unborn Jedi twins to raise as his own. Timothy Zahn writes this saga with unmatched skill, and you can just feel yourself being transportred to that galaxy far far away...
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Summary: It is not that great.
Review: Zahn didn't put enough descriptions in the book. He never really describes the settings in the book, and while you are supposed to use your imagination while reading a book, describing the setting would have made the action scenes more interesting. I also had a problem with Luke giving Leia a lightsaber that he made for her. That is clearly not the Jedi way. She should make her own lightsaber when she is ready. Then, there is the boring dialogue. Everyone always says "Point" and "Agreed". Why?? Can't anyone say, "You have a point there" or "I agree with you"? I also have a problem with Ackbar on the New Republic Council. If he is an Admiral, why is he on a civilian council? I didn't like Zahn's choices of weird names, like "ysalamiri" or the planet "Bpfassh" (how do you pronounce those?), Lando's "Necr'ygor Omic wine" and "Fey'lya". Why so many apostrophes? All in all, the book just isn't that great.
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