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Summary: The Best SW Book EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: This is the best star wars trilogy ever written!When you compare this to books like "The Children of the Jedi","The Planet of Twighlight,and "The Black Fleet Trilogy" this book clearly comes out on top. To all those people who gave unintelligent reviews on this book they need to go back and read this book again because they clearly do not have the intelligence to see that these are the best SW books written. To those who have not yet read these books I highly reccommend that you read them and not pay attention to those negative reviews.
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Summary: This is the best Star Wars book that I have ever read!
Review: Timothy Zahn has taken George Lucas's Star Wars movies and continued the legacy. In Heir to the Empire you are introduced to all new amazing characters (Grand Admiral Thrawn and Talon Karrade are my favorites), and reunited with the old classic ones. He writes so well it makes you feel like you are actually watching a movie! A must buy!
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Summary: An awesome book!
Review: Definently could be episodes 7-9. Has the Star Wars pace down and explores all the characters to the maximum. Lots of action too.
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Summary: Pretty good, not great.....what's the big deal??
Review: Like I said, pretty good, not great, what's the big deal. I think Luke is growing up, and is treating life much more cautiously, but I wish they would can that stuff. Where did the Luke we know from the movies go? This is Luke in some ways, he's the same person when he's not in battle, but when the battles come up, it's like whoosh, where'd the real Luke go? Do yourself a favor, and don't read these, read The Truce at Bakura, the Star Wars book right after the movies.
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Summary: This book is truly Star Wars.
Review: I have read a few of the reviews of this book that placed it a little below its deserved stature, excellence. When reading this book, one must keep in mind a few things. First, Star Wars is not science fiction. It belongs to a similar but different genre, galactic fantasy. Events occuring in the Star Wars universe do not need to follow normal scientific laws. They do not, in fact, even need to be remotely plausible. Second, George Lucas is the man that started it all. It was not Timothy Zahn. However, don't think for an instant that anything is ever published or produced bearing the Star Wars logo without George having his finger in it. Third, anyone criticizing the level of character development in this book, needs to watch the movies again. I saw no in-depth character development in those movies. That's part of their charm. It's a very basic story of good vs. evil, a modern fairy tale set in space. Star Wars gives us the opportunity to suspend belief for just a little while and accept that anything can happen. Read it for yourself, and make your own decision. In my mind though, Zahn's trilogy, in addition to revitalizing the Star Wars franchise and paving the way for the upcoming prequels, was a truly excellent read.
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Summary: By far, the best Star Wars sequel written
Review: Timothy Zahn's trilogy is by far, without a doubt, the best of all the Star Wars books -- and I've read a lot of them. He stays true to the movie character's personalities, and adds compelling new characters. This may have been said a thousand times, but Grand Admiral Thrawn is right up there with Darth Vader as the greatest Star Wars "bad guy". He is just fascinating, I almost wish he were real. The Noghri are a great addition, as is Talon Karrde. And the story is just thrilling. I cannot emphasize enough that this book really is the only sequel worthy of sitting next to the original trilogy.
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Summary: Magnificent
Review: This book was the greatest, I just could not put it down. I even stopped doing my home work for a week so I could finish this book. No matter what anybody says no one can ever top the Zahn
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Summary: What this book merits in content it looses in lenghth.
Review: A good book, but short and it lacks depth. One can't help but feel that it's been abridged (i actually do not know whether it has or hasn't). There are much better sci-fi books on audio out there. I recommend Berserker by I think his name is Joel Saberhagen. I don't know if Amazon.com has it since I checked it out at the library. happy listening!
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Summary: Best non-Lucas star wars book yet.
Review: Allright, I just got done reading some of the reviews that gave this book, no this trilogy, ONE or TWO STARS? I was in such disbelief at some of the people's reviews that i had to write my own.First off, these guys/girls were reviewing this book like it was a piece of literature they had to write about in a college english course. THIS IS NOT A PIECE OF LITERATURE, IT IS A FUN BOOK THAT CAPTURES THE FEELING OF THE MOVIES. Which is what Zhan set out to do. I you decide to skip this book I have pity on you. The words STAR WARS on the cover at least warent reading the first book. And I found absoutly nothing wrong with this one. In fact, I have read the whole trilogy again after THE HAND OF THRAWN came out and enjoyed it just as much if not more the second time. By the way THE HAND OF THRAWN books were also very good. I DON'T SEE HOW YOU COULD NOT LIKE THESE BOOKS. As long as you read them for enjoyment. Afterall, ITS STAR WARS.
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Summary: Great start to the post-ROTJ novels...
Review: Zahn's treatment of the main characters doesn't agree 100% with the movies, except that when extrapolated from the time of the Battle of Endor, the characterizations make sense. Luke seems more cerebral, as a last-of-his-kind Jedi would likely be. Han and Leia are similarly extrapolated, although I'm not as fond of Han. The story is kind of slow at times and Thrawn's ability to determine strategies based on race seems far-fetched. However, looking past that, this is a very good start to the afterlife for the SW universe.
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