Vision of the Future (Star Wars: The Hand of Thrawn, Book Two)

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Summary: a finisher upper
Review: Well i think it's pretty obvious that this book was sort of a finsh up book. A, well I gave you all the hints you needed but you didn't do it right so now i'm going to have to finish it up book. The Luke and Mara thing suprised me though. I personally didn't think Luke would ever get a girl, and not Mara. But Zahn obviously meant it to be that way from the beginning. I also liked how he used a lot of well-know characters from other books-like Corran Horn. Now he's opened a whole new line of books instead of fight back against the empire books. Who knows, maybe the Empire will end up fighting with the New Republic against some new threat from the unknown regions.

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Summary: Empire's End
Review: This book is qenuinely the best book ever written by any Star Wars author. This book wraps up the end of the Imperial era of the Star Wars universe and introduces a great new allience that will benifit the galaxy. This along with Specter of tha Past and Tales of the New Republic really wrap up the fine lines that were not expressed previously. The Bantam Spectre Star Wars legend ends here and sets a carpet down for the Del Rey books to come!

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Summary: Great for some, bad for others
Review: It's an excellent book, for avid Star Wars readers. It definitely reveals a whole lot on the unknown regions and Thrawn and Mara Jade. Jade and Luke was an obvious and awaited relationship. But, it's kinda boring, I have to admit. It gets confusing if you havent read most of his books. The end was worth it, though. The book leaves the door open for a few dozen series, on the unknown regions, etc. The Heir to the empire trilogy, though beats these two books. It's worth the read, though it may bore sometimes. Before you read, do brush up on Karrde, i recommend it :)

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Summary: Move over Lucas: Zahn is here!
Review: This is the greatest Star Wars book ever written. This book concludes the Zahn Era masterfully. No one does it better than Zahn. He is simply art in motion.

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Summary: FINALLY!
Review: Wow. Luke and Mara. Who knew? Well, practically everyone if they took the hints in previous books on Star Wars. Well, it was meant to be. Grand Admeral clone? Wicked! That is creepy that an actor was pretending to be Thrawn and then it turns out that there really was a Thrawn clone. This books really shows you what Thrawns people were like. You never really know what he's like until you meet his fellow race. Great job done on this book. The author is the best Star Wars novel writer there is!

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Summary: Mara Jade Skywalker? Sounds cool.
Review: I've been waiting. And waiting. And waiting. I've read about Luke training new Jedi, about Han getting ambushed at Corrillea, and about countless other things that have never solved the one problem that haunted me...WHEN WOULD LUKE AND MARA FALL IN LOVE? It seemed from the first trilogy Zahn wrote that he created Mara Jade simply so she and Luke could fall in love. Of course, it's been hell reading these other novels and not having a relationship develop between the two. Callista and Gaeriel? Nah, Gaeriel was a bad idea, and Callita just wasn't Mara Jade. So anyway, I should probably say more about this book than just how wonderful it is that Luke and Mara finally fell in love (which of course is the best part of the book). The mystery behind the Hand of Thrawn was perfect. And since I happen to like Pelleon a lot, I loved how Zahn described Pelleon as a good guy working for the Empire, who really wanted peace. And finally, to top it off, the Empire has finally been defeated, and won't come suddenly sneaking back with endless fleets of ships and powerful warlords (basically every other book). This could definitely be a place to end the whole 'Luke, Han, Leia' series, and begin perhaps twenty years in the future with Luke and Mara's children, or Han and Leia's (but I like saying Luke and Mara's more). Anyway, congrats to Zahn, who has single-handedly proven himself to be the master of the Star Wars universe. Buy this book - unless you're some anti-Luke fanatic of death, I promise you'll love it.

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Summary: Simply great
Review: This book is great. I had trouble putting it down. It outshines almost all the other Star Wars novels. The suspense was almost constant through out the book.

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Summary: It's about time!
Review: When I was a little younger than I am now, I read nothing but Star Wars novels, until I finally ran out. So I began to expand my horizons. Well, now I have read all sorts of books, and can honestly say that this was one of the best I have ever read. Timothy Zahn is a master of his craft, and this is one those books that is so good that you start reading slower the close you get to the end because you just truely don't want it to end. As far as what happens between Luke and Mara toward the end, well like I said, it's about time.

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Summary: AWESOME! Thanks Timothy!
Review: I do hope that this isn't Zahn's last Star Wars novel. Words cannot express the delight I experienced in reading Vision of the Future. You'll just have to read it...you won't be disappointed. This was an excellent ending for the Bantam Star Wars series. I hope that Del Rey will allow Zahn to write for them.

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Summary: YAHOO! LUKE MADE THE RIGHT CHOICE!
Review: man, luke finally got his head on, if you ask me. Callista was too fickle and , forgive me, old. The girl who started with a G, well, luke was a little not himself then. until i read this, i thought luke and callista should have gotten together. mara and luke make a great team. their little welding thing made it not at all mushy, something perfect for someone who loves Star Wars adn all it's action, and is not too keen on romance. that would be me. thank you, zahn! now, all the other stuff was okay, but you have to understand that those were delicate politics. i loved the look into coruscant and new republic and bothan (?) politics. the whole chiss thing was cool, too. i didn't sweat through it. it's really different from his first trilogy, but it still has zahn's fingerprints and signature and name and all whatnot all over it. i'm a fan of luke and i think he finally got his head on straight. all in all a good book, but you have to appreciate and understand a few politics to enjoy the 300 pages full of it. more a read for adults, but kids can love it, too!