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Summary: The greatest Star Wars story ever!
Review: This is without a doubt the greatest Star Wars adventure ever - this novel not only turned me into a hardcore Star Wars fan, it also launched the reemerging fascination with SW among the general public, a fascination that would reach its height for the release of Episode I. I would give this book 100000000 stars if I could.There are really no flaws with this book. Zahn incorporates off-handedly mentioned aspects of SW, such as clones and cloaking shields, and intertwines them with new ideas of his own. The action is incredibly well-written (probably the best I have ever read) and Zahn captures the spirit of Star Wars wonderfully. You really can hear John Williams' soundtrack. Of special note are the new characters that, in my mind, might as well be part of the original trilogy. Mara Jade and Grand Admiral Thrawn are particuarly intriguing characters, though the various smugglers and Niles Ferrier are also some of my favorites. And while the action is well-written, the dialogue scenes are also simply awesome, such as the tension between Thrawn and C'baoth. This book also has one of the best endings ever. It is a horrible shame that no other authors were able to capture the spirit and pace of this book. I don't know if I'd like to see this made into a movie, as some reviewers say, but if you read one SW book, this should be it.
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Summary: C'mon, Zahn is actually Lucas, right???
Review: What a GREAT wrap to the BEST Star Wars series in print. Let me tell you, if you thought that Star Trek was the only series to have a cloaking device, give this series a shot and you'll believe that Zahn actually made it up FIRST. NOBODY does it better! From the Empire base to a secret planet growing --- oh I just CAN'T bring myself to spoil it for you if you haven't read 'Dark Force Rising'...I sure would LIKE to tell you, though. I CAN tell you THIS: Mara Jade's unquenchable desire to kill Luke finally get's resolved...but not necessarily in the way you might think. Talon Karrde turns into a decent guy after all and (sad to say) Thrawn meets an untimely demise...or does he? Zahn's next series will have you guessing whether the good old Admiral was actually done in. Like I have said before about the other books in this series, Zahn has PERFECTLY captured the true 'essence' of the Star Wars Universe, and I have yet to find any other author who even comes close to being able to pull it off with the finesse that Zahn has. In short, this series is EVERY bit as good as the movies, and a GIANT LEAP ahead of ANY other Star Wars books in print. GET THIS SERIES!!
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Summary: Thrawn is at it again....
Review: We all know that good always wins over evil, but we are still constantly fascinated by exactly how it is done. Thrawn is a continued threat to the New Republic, and particularly to Han and Leia's newborn twins. With their Jedi heritage, they could be a valuable tool for the Grand Admiral in the fight against their parents. Leia makes a surprise discovery in the very heart of the New Republic, and Luke has a love-hate relationship with Mara Jade. Thrawn prepares to play his trump card, the existance of a cloning machine which would ensure his victory over the New Republic. Find out who gets cloned and must fight him or herself to the death!
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Summary: Mediocre at Best
Review: I read "Heir To The Empire" when it first came out in the early 90's and was so dissapointed that I never bothered to read to rest of the series - until now. I have been so enthralled by "The New Jedi Order" series, that I decided to take another look at Zahn's series. "The Last Command" is by far the best of the three books, but it still left me with a bad taste in my mouth. I am not impressed with Zahn's style of writing in this series at all. It appears to me that he wrote all three books on a whim and put little, if any, preparation into his work at all. The way the characters jumped around from one planet to the next and then back again reminded me of the fuzzy movement of the camera in "The Blair Witch Project." I wondered how much more I would have liked these books had Salvatore, Stackpole, or even Bear written them. C'Baoth was by far the most idiotic character ever to be introduced into the Star Wars genre and was the primary reason I couldn't finish the series origonally. I found myself thinking less of Luke and Mara because they had such a tough time defeating him initially. I would have much rather seen a new villian that was perfectly sane and dripping with evil. The evil master in this series was nothing more than a bad joke. Also I was dissapointed to see a description of Corsecant that had mountains and wilderness. Some good points: 1) The introduction of Mara Jade. Zahn makes up for his idiotic creation of C'Baoth by providing us with our first look at Mara Jade. She is a welcome addition to the genre. 2) A glimpse at the mysterious "Clone Wars" - though given the lame description of Corsecant I wonder how much of it will be applicable in episodes II and III.
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Summary: The explosive final
Review: In this last book of the Zahn-trilogy the carefully built plots come to an explosive finale. And that in a Star Wars worthy manner. Especially towards the end you can really see the parallels to the final battle to Return of the Jedi and still you get something totally new and very exciting. The way Zahn answers all the open questions is fabulous and sometimes you just want to say "Ahhh... I should have realized". And during all the action Zahn does't forget to concentrate on the really important thing': the characters who have to go threw a lot of fighting, political intrigue, personal angers and fears until it all is over. The best Star Wars books ever com to a conclusion and in the end you just want to start reading again, like it was with the movies.
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Summary: This was my fav of the Trilogy
Review: I liked this one the best. Mara Jade has to be one of the coolest Star Wars characters (I'm SO glad she and Luke are getting married!!). In my opinion she is the star of this book.
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Summary: Thrawn Trilogy
Review: The entire Thrawn Trilogy was one of the best Star Wars books since George Lucas wrote A New Hope. A exiting edition to the Star Wars trilogy, introducing a whole hoarde of new characters, along with our favoite old ones. Most important of all Zahn adds one of the five greatest Imperial leaders to this trilogy, The man who it was named for, Grand Admiral Thrawn. Thrawn joins five other Imperial leaders, The Emperor, Darth Vader, Moff Tarkin, and Admiral Daala. Among them he is the most tactically brilliant of all. He studies a species art to discern physcological blindspots and then tailors his attacks against them.His downfall was his trust in his subordinates, normally a hero trait. I actually found myself crying in his death scene. In fact, I have recently been bothering some people at Lucasfilm to see if Thrawn will appear in the Prequels. Unfortunately, This novel happens to detract from the image of Star Wars. In the movies it is simply good verses evil. In this novel, The Evil is a lot harder to dicern. I mean Thrawn is not really Evil, is he? I thought he deserved to defeat the new repub-, I mean the Rebellion. All in all an excellent trilogy, and The Hand of Thrawn duolgy is even better. A must-read
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Summary: Audio Rendition is Excellent
Review: Timothy Zahn tops himself with a slap bang ending to this Star Wars saga. There is not much I can add to other reviews. However, the audio book is abridged and some of the story seems to skip forward at high speed. Once again Anthony Daniels (C3PO) does a great job reading. His voice characterizations are the same as in "Dark Force Rising" allowing the listener to keep the many characters straight and concentrate on the plot(s). The audio and special effects are crisp and clear and easily understood in a car environment. The best of the three books and well worth the purchase price. Run time: 180 minutes.
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Summary: Excellent, grabs you and doesn't let go!
Review: The final book in the Thrawn Trilogy doesn't disappoint fans. Zahn is an excellent writer, and does justice to the characters we've seen before, and gives us a wide variety of new characters to meet and explore. Once into this book, I wasn't able to stop reading! It's a sure-fire hit with any Star Wars fan.
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Summary: Better than the other two
Review: The Last Command is the best of the trilogy. It's got more adventure and wierd stuff. They should have focused more on the final lightsaber battle though. The final spacebattle over those shipyards was pretty short, in fact I don't remember it being described at all (except for a few sentances). The Last Command is the best of the three books, but don't read it until you've read the first two.
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