ok

the thrawn trilogy is ok at best and really overrated. the writing style really hurts the books and takes away from the good story and interesting characters. we don't really need to be informed every time someone has to 'connect to the force', or runs through jedi meditation techniques, etc. it has to be implied at some point really.

Next movies please!

I hear that George Lucas plans to release three more movies "if" he makes "enough" money on episode III. I hope that Timothy Zahn's Heir to the Empire, Dark Force Rising, and The Last Command are Episodes VII, VIII, and IX, respectively. None of the other star wars novels would fit, in my opinion. Lucas recently said that he was stopping at episode iii, so hopefully he'll sell the rights to this series to either Peter Jackson or Steven Spielberg. A dark lord of the Sith kidnaps Han and Leas twin children, and the Luke investigates the imperial stormtrooper cloning facilities heretofore classified. Great series.

Solid Second Installment

41/2 really,The second book of this excellent trilogy is once again full of great characters, exotic locations, and white knuckle sequences. The book gives us more about the "Lady Vader," and the mystery of the Dark Force fleet. While I do find Thrawn's "artistic analysis" of races to be a bit annoying, I like the villain as a whole. All in all this is a wonderful series worthy of the Star Wars name.