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Summary: Darkhorse version did not disappoint.
Review: Other than the GL done SW movies, this is the most important series of books in the Galaxy Far Far Away. If i were starting out as a reader of the Expanded Star Wars universe I would not start with Zahn first. I would start with the Han Solo trilogy first.Darkhorse has made some SW books in comics. They gereally do a good job, but not always. They often suffer from poor editing decision. This one is no exception. It is to bad that you can't put the audio (book on tape) casette or CD and play it along with the comic, but you can't. The comic takes to many deletions to fit their page limitations. Still I have to give this 5 stars to reward Darkhorse for the attempt. Wishing DH would do other SW novels... thank you for this one.
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Summary: Zahn is a good author!
Review: Set five years after Return of the Jedi, this tale tells about the struggles of a new government (The New Republic) led by Mon Mothma. Grand Admiral Thrawn is the leader of the fleeting Empire, and proves that he, indeed is worthy of that title. He is cunning, and impressively intelligent, not wasteful of personell, quite opposite of the way Darth Vader would handle things. Talon Karrde, the successor to Jabba The Hutt's group is mentioned, and so is Mara Jade, as Karrde's sidekick. This is a great book, and mentions a Dark Jedi, Joruus C'baoth, a clone. It brings up several interesting ideas as tohow some things work. I STRONGLY RECOMMEND THIS BOOK TO ANYONE, EVERYONE, AND OTHER PEOPLE TOO
So go read it, NOW!.
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Summary: Zahn is one of the best writers in the galaxy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: This book is so cool! When the ferce & evil Grand Admiral Thrawn (who is an alien) takes command over the empire, he proves he is a genius. His first move is to gather the tree dwelling ysalamari from Markry and it turns out these creatures can block any kind of force power around them. This proves useful when he goes to the cloning station on Wayland and the dark Jedi Juurus C'Baoth, but Juurus joins him immeadently on a deal that he will capture Leia & her unborn twins. So he sends out his speciel commando of Nogri to capture her. Then after a kidnap attempt Leia goes to Kashykk with Chewwie. And Luke has many adventures that eventually lead to being captured by smuggelers (one named Mara Jade who especcially wants him dead for unkown reasons). Also Han & Lando have adventures. Of course everything ties together. This is a great book and I advise you to read it.
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Summary: Zahn is the Elvis of the SW novelists!!!
Review: As one critic once said "Zahn has perfectly captured the pace and flavor of the SW films. This is space opera at it's best." HE'S RIGHT INDEED 100,000%!!! Zahn's Thrawn trilogy is even better than the original SW films themselves in terms of it's action scenes and it's character development and it introduces new worlds like Coruscant,Nkllon,Wayland and we see Chewie's home world of Kashyyyk
up close and personal,we see new ships like the Skipray Blastboat and the Inderdictor Cruiser and new intriguing characters like the blue-skinned Chiss Grand Admiral Thrawn,the mad Jedi clone Joruus C'Boath,the smuggler Talon Karrde and the beautiful former Emporer's Hand Mara Jade(I have a thing for Mara). There is a beautiful scene where Luke says farewell to spirit of Obi-Wan Kenobi forever and confirms to Luke that he is not the last of the old Jedi but the first of the new. We have a very cool space battle in Heir to the Empire at the Sluis Van Shipyards,a space battle for the mysterious Katana Fleet of Dreadnaughts in Dark Force Rising and a final space battle at the Bilbringi shipyards in The Last Command and we have a final lightsaber duel between our hero Luke Skywalker and his clone Luuke Skywalker who has his original lightsaber that belonged to his father Anakin but lost it and his hand in a duel with his father Darth Vader a.k.a. Anakin Skywalker. Luke and Mara battle the insane Jedi Joruus C'Boath in a final duel at Emporer's storehouse in Mount Tantiss on Wayland. And of course we have our favorite starship the MILLENNIUM FALCON flying all over the galaxy and jumping to hyperspace in the trilogy. Zahn gives perfect descriptions of ships jumping to hyperspace(the stars flared into starlines and became the mottled sky of hyperspace)deep space,alien worlds and space battles. ZAHN IS THE ELVIS PRESLEY OF THE STAR WARS NOVELISTS!! I was waiting with anticpation for Zahn's next SW novel The Hand of Thrawn which became 2 SW books Specter of the Past and Vision of the Future and was not disapointed for it revealed Thrawn's species the Chiss and his background and opened up a vast new area of the galaxy:THE UNKNOWN REGIONS and had the last remnants of the Empire make peace with the New Republic. And good news for us Zahn fans:He is writing two more SW novels one called SURVIVOR'S QUEST due out February 3,2004 and will deal with Luke Skywalker and his new bride Mara Jade-Skywalker venturing into the Unknown Regions examining the wreckage of the long lost Outbound Flight Project ship while his second book will be a prequel-era novel dealing with the Outbound Flight Project itself and it's destruction by a young Thrawn out in Chiss Space(Unknown Regions) and is currently due November 1,2005(after the release of Episode III). The Outbound Flight Project was an event that was mentioned in Zahn's Thrawn Trilogy and it had the orginal Jedi Master Jorus C'Boath and five other Jedi Masters heading out to another galaxy to find new life and find other force sensetive species but failed due to it's destruction by Thrawn. Fans have been waiting for years to see this story told and will be expanded upon in Zahn's upcoming books.
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Summary: Thrawn
Review: In this book a new threat to the New Republic arises in the form of Grand Admiral Thrawn, of the Chiss race. Thrawn is a tactical genius who could very well defeat the New Republic if something isn't done to stop him.
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Summary: jedi
Review: This is the 1st book of the trilogy that deals with Luke finding and then training new Jedi at his new academy. This is a must read for Star Wars fans. It is important to future stories.
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Summary: Episode VII (probably)
Review: This book is BRILLIANT! It doesn't have the official title of the next episode in the saga. But it was the first novel made outside the movies, so it might as well be. The book is greatly written, and the only problem i found with this book is that their isn't enough action. Thrawn is the greatest bad guy next 2 vader and maul. All the characters are written greatly. and once again Lando is in a scheme of some kind 2 get money. Really good book, and u have 2 read it more than 1 time through.
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Summary: Good book
Review: This was, if I recall, the first book (not including the God awful Dark Empire) in like 8 years written on Star Wars. Very well written, it takes place 5 years after Return of the Jedi and an alien Grand Admiral has taken over the Empire. The book is very well written and has a strong feel of the movies without a sense of stealing from the movies. The only thing I found to be somewhat pitiful was this new Dark Jedi clone who was hiding on one of the Emperor's private planets guarding some huge secret. While this sets up for the huge climatic duel in the final book, I felt to be somewhat of poor authorship.
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Summary: This book...... is off the hook!!
Review: This is without a doubt the best Star Wars book ever written. All other Zahn books are a close second of course, but this is the Mona Lisa. If you haven't read this book, go buy it now! If you are still reading this review, that means you are not on your way to the bookstore, and that is actually a good thing. Because now I can remind you to purchase two copies of this book because you will wear the first one out! When the characters speak you can actually hear their voices as if you were watching a movie. Zahn is the only author capable of doing that for me. When Han talks, I hear Harrison Ford's voice, and I LOVE that. Actually, Stackpole can pull it off sometimes, but not always. I do not want to tell anyone what this book is about, you need to find that out for yourself. But trust me, this book is a perfect ten! Go buy it NOW!
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Summary: Timothy Zahn:the shakespere of science fiction
Review: I am a star wars maniac and was a bit sceptical about reading star wars books. I was worried it would ruin my image of the movies and possibly change the way i felt about characters. Timothy Zahn brings this book to life with gripping detail and amazing action scenes. Many times i get intimidated by the size of books. When i saw the size of it I pretty much assumed i wouldn't finish it. Well i was very wrong, i finished it in less than a week. The action and detail and pace kept me reading. Timothy Zahn keeps the star wars spirit alive with Luke and Leah and the whole gang but keeps the story going with Grand Admiral Thrawn who is always one step ahead of the Rebellion and Palleon the uniformed captain of the Starship Chamerea. The suspense continues to build up until it explodes into an epic space battle to blow you away. In short Timothy Zahn is the Shakespere of science fiction.
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