Star Wars: Thrawn Trilogy (PB): Dark Force Rising (Series #02) (Hardcover)

from Cecrow

Maintains the same pace and style as the first. I've no complaints this time about overpowered abilities, etc., but larger inconsistencies with the prequel trilogy have appeared (e.g. Leia's memories of her mother; Vader lost a natural hand as punishment by the Emperor). There's plenty of action ...

from kell1732

This second installment of the Thrawn Trilogy is just as good, if not better, than the first one. Timothy Zahn stays faithful to the original characters while also allowing them to grow in believable ways. Never once did I feel that the characters were acting out of sync the personalities that we...

from Othemts

Much like The Empire Strikes Back, this book draws upon its predecessor and takes the storytelling to new heights. Also like The Empire Strikes Back, this story sends our heroes off on separate missions to come together again at the finale. Luke Skywalker seeks out Jedi Master Joruus C'baoth fo...

from regularguy5mb

This, the second book of the Thrawn trilogy, is just as strong as the first, if not stronger. We get to see Thrawn make his move against the New Republic and the Skywalker family. In the first book, there were already a series of kidnap attempts, leading Leia to go into hiding on the Wookiee home...

from Count_Zero

While I enjoyed this book immensely, the fact that Borsk Fey'lya managed to continue to be a major player in the New Republic after the events of this book is surprising. At the very least you'd think the Bothans would have sent someone else to represent them on the New Republic Council after he ...