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Summary: A stunning conclusion to a spectacular trilogy
Review: Timothy Zahn gave it his best when he wrote The Last Command. Out of the entire trilogy, this is by far the best. The book is the longest of the three, but it is by far the fastest read. The storylines are so intense that it would be hard to even consider putting the book down until the last page. In the book, Grand Admiral Thrawn must anticipate the movement of the old republic while confronted with conflict on how to deal with the insane jedi master C'baoth, who has become as tyrannical as the Emperor himself. As this storyline progresses, Luke and Mara also must decide their fate, which could destroy or save the republic.Fear blankets the New Republic under Thrawn's new special weapon. While under this fear, Leia's future jedi children are born, and Mara must attempt to resolve the Emperor's Last Command. All the storylines come together with such perfect emotion, action, and spectacular epic space battles. The Thrawn Trilogy is a good example of what defines the authentic good quality of the Star Wars universe - love, mythology, action, and fantasy. I honestly believe that these three novels are Episodes 7, 8, and 9. If you haven't read the Thrawn trilogy, you are missing out on one of the best science fiction gems of our time.
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Summary: An absolutely PERFECT ending to this Trilogy...
Review: This series started out perfectly with 'Heir to the Empire' and continued perfectly with 'Dark Force Rising' and 'The Last Command' brought it all together, well, perfectly. Timothy Zahn has absolutely NO equal when it comes to writing Star Wars novels. He captured the very essence of what made Star Wars so wonderful in the first place. Great stories with Fantastic characters and wonderfully drawn bad guys & aliens. All of that continues with 'The Last Command'. Every time Han, Leia or Luke speak, it sounds as if it were something the REAL characters would've said had this series been made into movies by George Lucas. But just as important as all of the old characters are developed, Zahn's new creations are just as essential and intricate to the story. Everyone from Mara Jade to Talon Karrde and his band of smugglers, and possibly the best bad guy created in the Star Wars Universe, Grand Admiral Thrawn. He's so good at being bad you almost root for the guy--ALMOST. ALL the loose ends are tied up nicely in this last book. The Nohgri make critical revelations that will turn the tide on the success of the Empire, Mara Jade discovers a way to end her maddening dreams of fighting Luke Skywalker, and how will the Alliance handle a new threat of clones to man the Dark Force of ships recovered at the end of book 2? Sure, it takes YEARS to amass a number of clones, right? Or has Thrawn figured a way around that, too? Discover for yourself why Timothy Zahn has the best reviewed Star Wars books here at amazon.com. There is a reason why people love his books. If you are a true Star Wars fan, you should find out for yourself. I also recommend the Hand of Thrawn 2-book series that Zahn wrote a few years later, and while head & shoulders above the average and even above-average Star Wars fare out there, they too fall short of his original trilogy. I think I'm going to go out and re-read this series yet again.
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Summary: Zahn's Best!
Review: Timothy Zahn has written many books, yet his most powerful, most captivating, and most brilliant book would have to be The Last Command. This is the 3rd book in the Thrawn Trilogy. An important factor of the Thrawn Trilogy is that the remaining Grand Admiral, Grand Admiral Thrawn, hopes to amass an army from the shattered remnants of the Imperial fleet, and with this army crush the young, vulnerable New Republic. The trilogy takes place five years after ROTJ. Thrawn is a strategic genius. The Emperor wanted to keep him secret, so he was never discovered. Thrawn is so brilliant that the rebels would have been pulverized in the space battle taking place above the moon of Endor. The whole trilogy brings you through breath-taking moments, with so much action it's unbelievable. Zahn brings the world of Star Wars back so beautifully that you could see this as a movie. There are many awesome moments in the book. I don't want to give away too much, but Leia gives birth, and a clone of Luke is produced. It is just as powerful as him, maybe even more. Luke's severed hand from ESB is found, and it's used to reconstruct him with clone pods found and exploited by Thrawn. The cloning pods are from AOTC, having been hidden by the Emperor. This book is absolutely wonderful. I will say that some characters meet untimely demises. Timothy Zahn reconstructed the whole story with a better, more malevolent villain. Read these books, AND MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU!!!
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Summary: The Final Chapter in a Fantastic Trilogy
Review: In The Last Command, Hugo-award winning author Timothy Zahn pulls out all the stops. Clones, super-weapons, smuggler alliances, alien warriors, Jedi confrontations, it's all here in the brialliant conclusion to the trilogy that arguable matches Lucas's own original in terms of endearing characters, fantastic action, and pure Star Wars feel. Talon Kardde, Mara Jade's smuggler employer, is working to create a coalition between rivals in an attempt to create another unified front on which to fight the expanding forces of Grand Admiral Thrawn. Mara lies wounded in battle on Coruscaunt, her alliances and hatreds torn by old memories and new suspicions. Han, Leia, and Luke, learning of a secret weapons facility on a remote planet, mount a daring operation to take it down, and to make a stand against the insane Jedi Master, Joruus C'baoth. Thrawn's plans, which we see parts of in the first two novels, come to fruition in this third installment, cementing the Grand Admiral's place in the Star Wars pantheon of fantastic villians. A genius and a ruthless commander, he also manages to make us geniunely wonder what would happen should he succeed in bringing the galaxy under his rule. Zahn's talent is incredibly obvious in this. There are moments while reading where you'll notice an event or character development, and remember from two or three books ago when the whole thing was set in motion. Seemingly unimportant events from the first two books suddenly become very relavent showcasing Zahn's genius in both spectacle and subtlety. The entire trilogy really deserves multiple reads, as you're likely to catch something more each time you finish it. And what a finish it is. There is truly no better way to end the wonderful trilogy than with this installment. It's chock-full of all the lightsaber duels and epic space battles you'd expect from a Star Wars story, but also delivers in terms of characters both large and small. Of note is Mara Jade, one of the most complex and entertaining in the SW universe, and a cahracter that has a conclusion that sets up events years in the future. If you are a Star Wars fan and haven't read the Thrawn Trilogy, you owe it to yourself to check it out. If you've read the first two novels, rest assured that this is necessary to complete a wonderful story. And really, above anything else, it's just more fun than you can imagine to pass up.
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Summary: Thrawn, a really bad guy?
Review: This is a good book,really good (hence the 5 stars) However, Thrawn really isn't that bad of a guy in this book. He's a bad man but not an EVIL MAN. . . but thrawn is cool anyway I was cheering him on ever since the first book.
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Summary: Zahn saved the best for last!
Review: The Last Command is the final book in Timothy Zahn's Thrawn Trilogy. The New Republic has been struck hard by the master warlord Thrawn, but now they face a war on 2 fronts. Dark Jedi C'Boath, with visions of himself as Emperor, has arisen to challenge Thrawn and seduce Luke Skywalker to his side. As Leia gives birth to Jedi twins, Han Solo, Lando Calrissian and Luke Skywalker follow Mara Jade, former Emperor's Hand on a quest to destroy Thrawn's cloning facilities. It is a journey fraught with peril as that will only end when first Mara defeats Skywalker in a dual to the death and stands against C'Boath. Filled with powerful prose, roaring action sequences, humor and fun, The Last Command is the perfect ending to the Thrawn Trilogy. It also perfectly sets up these characters for ensuing books, although lesser talents served to make hash out of them. Enjoyable and eminantely readable, The Last Command is an excellent addition to any fiction collection.
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Summary: A fitting finale worthy of the "Star Wars" name
Review: Timothy Zahn's third and final novel in the Thrawn Trilogy is so faithful to the spirit of George Lucas' original movie trilogy that many fans consider these novels to be Episodes VII, VIII and IX. And if you read this seminal three-book cycle, you'll see why, even though novels published later (such as Shadows of the Empire or Tatooine Ghost) go backwards in the "Star Wars" timeline. Here, of course, all the plot threads started in the previous two novels are wrapped up, though some of them will continue to develop in other Star Wars novels. As in the movie series that inspired it, there are space battles and lightsaber duels galore, and the mixture of adventure, romance, and drama that made Star Wars such a popular movie series is vividly recreated in Zahn's crisp and lively writing.
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Summary: Exciting Conclusion to a great trilogy!
Review: This is the last book in the trilogy (I should hope so, 'cause it's no. 3) And nothing to be scoffed at. Exciting doings occur and the conclusion offers many suprise outcomes. I'll give you one hint: Look closely at the cover. Luke has a BLUE lightsaber. That *hint* *hint* may or may not have something to do with one of them. The Noghri are an interesting group, and Leia provides them with insight as to why the New Republic is superior to the empire. This is a story that is indeed worthy enough to have the phrase Star Wars on the cover. I highly approve of this book for readers everywhere.
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Summary: I have read this book 5 times
Review: And each time it gets better and better. This is, without a doubt, my favorite fictional book. E.V.E.R. There is some deeper sense that always gets me to return to this book. It is well written, and like I said to the first book in the series, does not borrow heavily on the films and when it does, in a good way. The ending, while somewhat predictable was also somewhat of a major plot twist that had your jaw drop to the floor as Mara Jade, the Emperor's top private assassin trained to use the Force and her final mission given to her by the Emperor to kill Skywalker, confronts Luuke Skywaler in a duel to the death.
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Summary: Awesome ending to the Thrawn trilogy
Review: THIS BOOK IS KILLER!!
So much going on...clones, Dreadnaughts, Mara and Luke's conflicts, Jorus C'baoth, and the dreaded genius Admiral Thrawn.
Excellent performance by the Noghri.
I could read this book over and over.
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