Star Wars: Heir to the Empire

(20th Anniversary Edition), The Thrawn Trilogy, Book 1

By: Timothy Zahn

Narrated by: Marc Thompson

Length: 13 hrs and 9 mins

Publisher's summary

Here is a special edition 20th anniversary release of the number-one New York Times best-selling novel that reignited the entire Star Wars publishing phenomenon - unabridged for the first time. 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.

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©1991 Timothy Zahn (P)2011 Random House Audio

Mucn better than most other star wars

This trilogy is probably one of the best star wars book series in my oponion. As most are good or better than good. Some are not as great of course sadly wich is rather disappointing.

As it is infinitely better then the train wrecks that were the prequels and the new sequel trilogy. As there prequels just did not convert to movie format well. Where as the new trilogy was just a poor and discombobulated rehash of the orginal trilogy.

As it was just tweaking and mashing together old and new characters who already existed or we almost completely based off old ones. As Ray and Poe dameron are just luke split in half. With the cocky and confident pilot side turned up to eleven with his (loveable droid carrying vaulble data relating to the death star)

And rey just being a femal luke skywalker who grew up improvished on a desert world where they then met the droid with the important data about the death star.

As the new trilogy may have ruined star wars for me. As I could go on and on about how hoth and the salt world follow the same general plot line. How the death star and that starkiller is just a super lazy copy. And also how the saddest part by far is there is snoke the rip off emporer and the real emporer as well.

Wich means that the first two and the thirds plots make zero sense and do not work at all. As the emporer not being dead makes no sense as he literally exploded and died like other dimilar powerful sith.

As it just drops us into a dumb, strange and uncertain series of events leading up tp it. As there are atleast 15 mpvies/ books minium to explain the crazy nonsenseicallyness that you are dropped into. As theres not enough context to make there wierd expanded star wars expanded universe. As there isnt any resemblance to the actul expaned star wars universe.

As it has its own timeline wich dosent fit with anything else. This even thought it would be tougj to convert this to movie format would likely be infinitely better.

Wow, just wow

It was amazing! Sometimes you forget that you’re listening to a book and not a dramatization of a film. So well done and I can’t wait to listen to book two.

Great to revist a classic

I loved the book when it first came out and it was nice to re-visit it in the audio format.
And is it just me or does Han sound like Joe Swanson from Family Guy (Patrick Wahlburton) and Admr. "It's a Trap" Ackbar sound like Reverend Jim from Taxi (Christopher Lloyd)....LOL

This is the story Disney should use!!

Without a doubt this is the standard for a Star Wars story. If you have not read or listened to this series, do so now!!! The stuff that has been put out since Disney bought it is a waste of time and makes me sick. Thank you Zahn for the original!!. Not so much for that new Nancy Drew high school in space series.

Amazing!!!

This book was truly amazing. The reading and voice acting by Marc Thompson was incredible and the fact that there is sound and music with it makes it feel like youre listening to tye movie itself. If you are a star wars fan i highly recommend this book.

Long Live Grand Admiral Thrawn

What if he was in charge during the Battle of Endor? Good for us, we’ll never know.

Mac Thompson is wonderful!!!

I loved how Mac Thompson changed voices for each character. Almost thought is was the actors that were doing it. Very awesome!!

amazing

loved the book, thrawn is terrifying and the book just pulls you in and keeps you going!

very nice

loved the narration and the stiemryline was great. it felt just like I was watching the original trilogy all over again

Still worth it

Even after Disney nuked this whole EU, the Zahn books are absolutely worth revisiting, great scifi and characters on top of being great Star Wars stories.