Star Wars: Thrawn Trilogy #1 Star Wars: Thrawn Trilogy, #1
11 audio discs (780 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
English language
Published Sept. 6, 2011 by Random House Audio.
The biggest event in the history of Star Wars books, Heir to the Empire follows the adventures of Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, and Princess Leia after they led the Rebel Alliance to victory in Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi.
Five years after the Death Star was destroyed and Darth Vader and the Emperor were defeated, the galaxy is struggling to heal the wounds of war, Princess Leia and Han Solo are married and expecting twins, and Luke Skywalker has become the first in a long-awaited line of new Jedi Knights.
But thousands of light-years away, the last of the Emperor’s warlords—the brilliant and deadly Grand Admiral Thrawn—has taken command of the shattered Imperial fleet, readied it for war, and pointed it at the fragile heart of the New Republic. For this dark warrior has made two vital discoveries that could destroy everything the courageous men and women …
The biggest event in the history of Star Wars books, Heir to the Empire follows the adventures of Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, and Princess Leia after they led the Rebel Alliance to victory in Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi.
Five years after the Death Star was destroyed and Darth Vader and the Emperor were defeated, the galaxy is struggling to heal the wounds of war, Princess Leia and Han Solo are married and expecting twins, and Luke Skywalker has become the first in a long-awaited line of new Jedi Knights.
But thousands of light-years away, the last of the Emperor’s warlords—the brilliant and deadly Grand Admiral Thrawn—has taken command of the shattered Imperial fleet, readied it for war, and pointed it at the fragile heart of the New Republic. For this dark warrior has made two vital discoveries that could destroy everything the courageous men and women of the Rebel Alliance fought so hard to create.
The explosive confrontation that results is a towering epic of action, invention, mystery, and spectacle on a galactic scale—in short, a story worthy of the name Star Wars.
Thrawn and his machinations are the ideal books for the Star Wars universe. Zahn brings decades of Star Wars experience to write extremely engaging narratives.
Excellent story about the origins of Thrawn. One of my first Disney-canon books, and it would have fit neatly into Legends. Not quite as good as his original (Legends) Thrawn book, but that's probably just nostalgia speaking.
June 2018 - listed to the audiobook - liked how he figured out the Death Star... and how so ridiculously smart and calm he is!
July 2019 - re-listened to it, getting ready for the third part! :D
2021 - was interested in listening to it after the latest book, to see how it fits in with how Lesser Evil ended... like it even more! :)
June 2023 - going through all the Thrawn books before Ahsoka comes out, so started with the first! :)
