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Summary: A great conclusion
Review: The conclusion to the trilogy, this book was packed with lots of action. The climactic battle at the end was exciting and had an interesting surprise. I loved all three of these books. The new characters and storylines they introduced lay the foundations for many more great Star Wars novels.
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Summary: as good as the movies
Review: Zahn's greatest strength is that he writes the original characters as if they were real people, not just the heroes from the movie. I've found that other writers don't take any risks with them, and don't let them change at all. With these books you can tell they're the same people from the films, but that five years have passed and they're that much older. Except for the droids, but they haven't changed in twenty or thirty years either...
This novel repeats the style of Return of the Jedi - very fast-paced, with a multi-level climax like in the movie. The introduction of Luke's clone comes out of left field, but it didn't bother me.
The supporting characters - that is, those Zahn created like Mara, Thrawn, and Karrde - all complete the arcs they began in Heir to the Empire. Mara's issues are resolved, and Karrde goes from being an apathetic smuggler to an okay guy.
What keeps this trilogy more interesting than the others is that it was the first written after the movies (other than Splinter of the Mind's Eye, though I don't know who counts that). It seems like the first big adventure our heroes have had since the movies, and is more believable for it. Since these were written there have been twenty or thirty (more?) Star Wars novels, and they all boast "a new threat to the galaxy" and another set of two characters (always a guy and a girl) getting hitched. And then I always wonder how Han and Luke and everyone can still fight when they're so old...
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Summary: Good Conclusion To The Trilogy
Review: After being disappointed with Heir To The Empire and impressed with Dark Force Rising, I wasn't sure what to expect with the conclusion to the Thrawn Trilogy. Having finished it, The Last Command is better than Heir To The Empire but not as good as Dark Force Rising.Zahn ties up all the multiple storylines nicely, with each one getting a satisfactory resolution. My main complaint about Dark Force Rising--the boredom of the Noghri arc--is shown to be very crucial toward the ending. The portrayal of the characters is quite good, as it was in all the books. If there's any reason to read the Thrawn Trilogy it's the last one hundred pages of The Last Command--I read them in less than an hour because they were so gripping. My only complaint about this book, that knocked the book down to four stars, was the end scene in the throne room on Myrkr: it seemed Zahn copied the end of Return of the Jedi. Also in that scene, it seemed that Zahn wanted Han Solo, Leia, and Talon Karrde there but didn't know what to do with them. So you get scenes where they're just standing around, watching Mara, Luke, & C'Baoth fight. The resolution of Thrawn's arc was anti-climactic because it was so short; I'd think a villain as crucial to the series as that deserves a better resolution. It felt like Zahn just threw the ending in to tell the reader what happened to Thrawn. Everything else about the book, though, works fine. About the trilogy in general: Grand Admiral Thrawn & Mara Jade are the two characters that stand out the most. In Heir To The Empire, I thought Zahn stretched credibility by making Thrawn too intelligent, but as the trilogy progressed, the Admiral was developed enough so that his intellect seemed realistic. Mara Jade was a fascinating character as well, and apparently a lot of Star Wars fans agree with me because Jade apparently got her own series (or something to that effect). The ysalamiri seem like a plot device; they're a nice idea, but it seems Zahn created them just to add suspense to scenes and so that C'Baoth couldn't just kill Thrawn and take over the Empire. The Dark Jedi Joruus C'Baoth was the weakest character in the whole trilogy; he was never really developed and the scenes with him were never all that interesting. Again, he seemed like a plot device so that Luke could have a lightsabre duel (it's not like Thrawn could have dueled with Luke). I still loathe Zahn's writing style. It made Heir To The Empire a pain to read, was reduced significantly enough in Dark Force Rising to make me like the book, and shows up in places in The Last Command. I'm tempted to read the other Zahn Star Wars books, but the thought of having to experience Zahn's style again doesn't sit well with me. Overall, I would recommend the Thrawn Trilogy. It has some good action and some great characters, and fits into the Star Wars franchise well.
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Summary: This trilogy sets the standard!
Review: Heir to the Empire, Dark force Rising, The Last Command The Good:
The idea of a grand admiral in control of the emperor's legacy is brilliant.
An insane dark jedi, clone soldiers, a coalition of smugglers, jedi twins and on and on goes Mr Zahn.
Adventure, ha, Excitement, ha, a reader cares about these things!! The Bad:
Absolutely noting. Conclusion:
This trilogy sets the standard for all other writers. It is that good! Thank you Mr. Zahn
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Summary: Very Awsome Conclusion
Review: I was almost sorry when I finished reading Dark Force Rising and moved on to The Last Command. Sorry that this was the last book in such an outstanding series. Still, when you feel that way about reaching the final book in a series, you know it's been a good series. And The Last Command easily lives up to its predecessors. The fundamental reason I consider Tim Zahn my favorite Star Wars author is that he has an outstanding ability to weave many plot threads together and come up with creative ideas. The Last Command takes everything that was started in the first two books and ties it together. We get to see our heroes rally together and overcome the might of the Empire to preserve the New Republic. The action in this book is definatly up from the previous one. There is a lot going on as the struggle between the New Republic and Thrawn's forces becomes more desperate, and very little of it is boring. While not as polished as the previous two boioks in the series, this one is the fastest paced, and may be the most enjoyable. Character portrayals are very well done. All the familiar faces read as they should, and the new characters are flushed out excellently. Though a million people have already heaped praise on her, I was impressed with Mara Jade's character, primarily because, with her cynicism and sometimes nasty temperment, she is a distinct contrast to most of the heroes. Karrde is also well done, his gentleman smuggler quality, though somewhat reminiscent of Lando, being a slightly different touch. Also important is the Imperials. Zahn, to me, is the only author capable of writing Imperials who seem genuinely threatening. Grand Admiral Thrawn is a much different character from Vader or the Emperor, but despite the fact that he is not nearly as ruthless as either of the above, Thrawn's tactical skills give him an equal but different sort of menace. Pellaeon is also a great character, even though he doesn't recieve much character devolpment until The Hand of Thrawn. C'boath is not as strong a villian as Thrawn, but I felt that devolping him as an insane character allowed him to come across as very different character from the Emperor, something which I do not feel would have happened had he been sane. Unfortunatly, Zahn wrote himself into a little corner in Heir to the Empire and Drak Force Rising, and he writes some very implausable events here to get out of that corner. I'm talking, of course, about Thrawn's defeat. In the first two books, Thrawn ran circles around the Republic. In this one, he continues his brilliant sucesses, right up until the end, where, for no apparent reason, fate turns completly against him. It seems as though the Republic won by sheer luck, and I found this to be less satisfying than it might have been had Zahn instead written the story so the the Republic won by skill and deternimation of their warriors. The only other complaint I have (a minor gripe), is that Zahn's technical writing skill (mainly his word choice), could be better. As many critics point out, he has some favorite phrases which he reuses too often. Still, in the face of Zahn's characterization and story telling, those little problems don't stop the Trilogy (along with The Hand of Thrawn) from being my favorite Star Wars novels. I reccomend them.
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Summary: Third Installment Not to Bad
Review: Timothy Zahn’s Star Wars: The Last Command is the concluding novel in the three part series put out by Zahn. The novel takes all of the unfinished business from the two previous novels and puts them back together. In the previous novels the reader is presented with intriguing facts about Thrawn and his plot to crush the Alliance. Here the novel once again plunges reader back into the story, picking up where it left off. The Alliance, already crippled by Thrawn’s attacks, attempts one more effort to take down the Empire’s cloning facility and once again bring peace to the galaxy. The mission, already complicated, is made even more by factoring in the Dark Jedi C`boath and his cloned Jedi. However, the Alliance is not down and out, an unknown ally will come from the darkness. Overall the book was enjoyable. The storyline is powerful enough to keep readers reading on to find out what happens. The characters are wonderfully depicted throughout the novel letting readers see deeper into the familiar and unfamiliar characters of the Star Wars Universe. Even with a couple laughable characters, the book is well written with respect to the original Star Wars, mixing in political intrigue, a good science fiction background and the somewhat nerdy “Force”.
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Summary: Great book
Review: A great ending to a great trilogy. All Star Wars fans would love this series. Make sure to read it if you haven't yet!
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Summary: Luke vs. himself
Review: Overall a pretty good book, I mean it wasn't much different than the first two. Still enjoyable, however, and utterly hilarious. When C'Baoth whips out Luuke I just cracked up. That was the funniest part of the book and I still can't stop laughing. It may not seem funny to you, but think about how lame it is to create an evil Jedi and in the final showdown with the hero, have him bust out a clone with the same name as your hero- except with an extra u! Ha ha ha ha..... Read this book and see what I mean yourself :)
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Summary: Very disappointing
Review: Zahn's writing style is terrible and made me abandon reading this series. I read 'Heir to the Empire' and listened to 'Dark Forces Rising' and 'The Last Command' on audio cassette because I wanted to know what happened but I didn't want the pain of reading the second two parts of the trilogy. The ysalamiri are ridiculous - a sort of kryptonite for the Jedi - as is C'Boath the dark Jedi Master. How come we hadn't heard of these before - they would have been pretty difficult to keep secret. And the way Thrawn can anticipate any bluff or double bluff and never be wrong makes him unbelievable as well. Mara Jade is a good character though. I suggest people read the X-Wing series first which is much better or even 'The Truce at Bakura' which is well written.
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Summary: What an Excellent book!
Review: I just finished this book last night, and I have to say it was definitely the best of the trilogy. It was so good I just wanted to stay up all night and read it! The writeing was great and very discriptive so that I could truly feel what the characters were feeling. The characters themselves were very well developed, I thought, new and old ones alike. I'll admit that I really didn't care much for Thrawn in the other two books, because he seemed like just a boring guy who sat in a chair and handed out orders and looked smart. It wasn't until this book that I began to realize the extent of his briliance and appreciate him as a villian and as a character. I was actually sad when he died. Mara was awesome right from the begining though. She is definitely one of my favorite characters in the Star Wars universe. I thought the solution to her problem was ingenous, and I loved the way her character developed over the course of this series, and how it turned out in the end. This trilogy were definitly the best Star Wars books I have ever read, and I would reccamend them to anyone, children and adults alike.
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