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Title:  Star Wars: Heir to the Empire
Series:  Thrawn Trilogy #1
Author:  Timothy Zahn
Reviewer:   Dennis X. '10
In the Beginning you see Grand Admiral Thrawn commanding the Imperial Star Destroyer, Chimeara. He finds a couple ships from the New Republic to attack. The ships also turn out to be an Elomin task force. Then in his room he figures out the last piece of the puzzle to end the New Republic.

Meanwhile in the Imperial Palace where the Emperor used to live, Luke Skywalker sees Obi-Wan Kenobi in his dream. When Obi-wan leaves, Luke wakes up in his suite. Then C-3PO comes and cheers him up a bit. About a quarter of a galaxy away Han Solo is waiting for someone. That someone turns up in about 15 minutes later. They talk for a while, then stop, and they both leave.

When Han gets back, he talks to the Provisional Council. Then he goes on a mission with Leia, Luke, Chewbacca, and the droids. During the trip Leia is almost caught by the noghri sent by the Grand Admiral.

On the Chimeara, the imperials get a hold on a Jedi clone named Joruus C’Boath who wants Jedi to be trained. He never gets them. There are several other attempts to capture Leia, but they fail.

Then Luke is caught and put in a storage shed. He ends up with Mara Jade in the woods of Myrkr. After 3 days they reach Hyllyard City at the edge of the forest. A squadron of stormtroopers, speeder bikes, and Chariot attack vehicles are waiting for them when they get there. They are both arrested as soon as they get there by a couple of stormtroopers. They are going along silently and then Han shows up as a prisoner and joins Mara and Luke.

While they are walking, they are rescued by a ship, which is piloted by Han’s friend, Lando Calrissian. After they are rescued they go back to Coruscant. Then a Squadron of X-wings is called for escort duty of a couple supply ships. They are attacked and the Falcon comes to help them. When they get back to Coruscant, they get a lot of bad news. The news is that Admiral Ackbar is arrested for treason and removed from command of the army.

Fall 2002


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