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Dark_Force_Rising241
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10/11/04 5:22pm
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RE: "Heir to the Empire," by Timothy Zahn [Bantam, 1991]
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10 out of 10
One of the greatist EU books
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DarthRonin1976
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10/27/04 4:13pm
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This was a great trilogy when I read it 13 years ago, but I was only 15 then too. I think Zahn nails the characters that we all know so well, and he gets it. He just gets it. The whole star wars thing is done so well. There are a few things that get on my nerves as I try to read it for the first time in 13 years. Thrawn and his art work predictions are ludicrous at times. Ysalamiri=poodoo.
Other than that, I love it still. There are some discrepencies that are not jiving up with everything we now know about the Prequels. These little things are taking me out of the story and making it a little difficult, but all in all it stil retains it's greatness.
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Chaotic_Serenity
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12/11/04 1:01am
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6/10
While Zahn's style is certainly better than some of the other trash out there, I am thoroughly unimpressed. I have tried to read his trilogy 2-3 times now, and I just can't get through it. His writing is dry, his use of detail and description is almost laughably repetitive sometimes, and within the first 40 pages of the novel, I counted at least four characters that had the making of Mary Sues, or were, at the very least, Zahn's little field day of stomping all over core characters so his could shine. No, hell no. I am severely disappointed after hearing all the hype about Zahn.
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Cloned_Sidious
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12/18/04 12:55pm
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Of course 10.
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ResurrectedPalpatine
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3/3/05 5:43pm
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this is the book where kenobi tells luke he cant contact him anymore right? because I CANT FIND IT ANYWHERE and its really bugging me. anyone know what chapter this is in or better what pages
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Troma_Scmin
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3/26/05 9:34am
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I just finished this bood and started on Dark Force Rising. Thrawn seems a little weird because of how well he can predict things. I give it a 10. Excellent book it is.
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Obi_One_Kenodi
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3/28/05 4:08pm
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By far the most perfect Star Wars books ever penned have to go to the Thrawn trilogy! Perfect villain, perfect characterization, and most important of all: perfect Star Wars feel.
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Sean_Starrider
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4/12/05 5:01pm
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This book is a 10. It also has incredible significance because it single handedly put Star Wars back on the map of literature. I was fortunate enough to meet Mr. Zahn and he was cool enough to sign every single one of my books. 
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Xzilen20
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4/13/05 4:35pm
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Does anybody compare to how awesome Thrawn was? No. Well... maybe Corran Horn.
I like the whole idea of an insane Clone to, and the way that Luuke just came out from the shadows was described with an eeriness that I took to. The smugglers ring was awesome as well.
Wish Thrawn didn't ALWAYS have figure his tactics from art, was an interesting idea, but did kind of get old later. I loved how he was used in TIE Fighter.
Great book, though I wish Borsk's fear of the trophey house was revealed, I was kind of interested. Oh, and Leia's storyline got a little dull here and there. Best series, with only the X-Wing series to even get close to it, so it gets a 10.
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JMaster Luke
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4/28/05 4:06pm
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I believe obi wan telling luke he can't see him anymore was accually the 2nd chapter in the first book. I remember that the first chapter was weird and never understood what it was trying to say. (now i read these books a long time ago. maybe if i read them today i'd know what that first chapter is about.)
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5/12/05 6:36pm
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I don't know if I'd rate it a ten...but then I doubt I'd rate any of them a 10. 9 maybe. The Ysalamiri were interesting but seemed way too much like a plot device. The moment they explained what they did, I groaned out loud. But I dealt with it. Thrawn seemed pretty danged smart, but that didn't mess with my brain too much, so I was able to pass that. Don't get me wrong, I think Thrawn is a great character and I'm told he makes more mistakes later on. But it sure seems funny. Almost like a military Sherlock Holmes...Talon Karrde is immensely cool and well done as is Mara Jade, though slightly less then Karrde. Oddly enough, the comic book version of him seems to differ from the original description of Karrde. He's described as thin, with short dark hair. In the pictures I've seen he has long hair and isn't exactly thin. The most interesting thing about this book is, of all the Star Wars books I've read, this one moved very quickly. Usually I'm looking to see how much is left; this one is like, 'whoa, it's done already'. I think I'd rate it a 9 overall. Very very enjoyable.
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JediMasterSeth
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5/27/05 4:03pm
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Timothy Zahn's Thrawn trilogy was absolutly fantastic. I was fascinated the whole way through. I could put these books down hardly at all. His style was by far one of the best out of the few Star Wars novels I've read.
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i don't seem to find another topic to post this, but i just re-read the complete heir of the empire saga, which is by far the best of the star wars novels i read!
But i've noticed one small mistake: in part two mara quotes that vader lost his right hand due to the emperors anger after the destruction of the first death star! Of course the book was written before attack of the clones where dooku cuts off his hand quite clearly!
One other questions leaped into my mind: why did the republic order 200 warvessels if they hadn't an army for than 1000 years?
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6/1/05 8:30pm
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I started reading this book but when I got to the part where Luke gazes out at the "snow capped mountains" of...Coruscant [?!?!] I had to stop
I'm too conditioned by the PT to accept this.
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6/12/05 10:49am
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Over all it's a good book, but I thought many of the things Thrawn was able to pull off were ridiculous. I just didn't care for Thrawn it was too unrealistic. Other than that I thought is was a good book. I gave it a 7.
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