Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy: Heir to the Empire: Volume I

· Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy - Legends Book 1 · Penguin Random House Audio · Narrated by Denis Lawson
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this essential Star Wars Legends novel—the first ever to take place after the events of the original trilogy—Grand Admiral Thrawn makes his debut on the galactic stage.

Five years ago, the Rebel Alliance destroyed the Death Star, defeated Darth Vader and the Emperor, and drove the remnants of the old Imperial Starfleet to a distant corner of the galaxy. Princess Leia and Han Solo are married and expecting twins. And Luke Skywalker has become the first in a long-awaited line of Jedi Knights.

But thousands of light-years away, the last of the Emperor’s warlords, 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 a vital discovery that could destroy everything the courageous men and women of the Rebel Alliance fought so hard to build.

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4.4
62 reviews
Ethan Corti
September 5, 2023
ok this narrator is very bad. he got one name Thrawn.. everything else is butchered. you han hear the guy slurp and lick his lips alot.. I try not to complain l. but honestly this should actually be free. jesus
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B P
April 14, 2023
I started this ahead of the Asohka series being released in D+. I truly enjoy the throwback type of story and get to know Thrawn.
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roman legionhare
August 11, 2020
Cuts numerous parts put of different sections, to often to be mere fluke. Not impressed.
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About the author

Timothy Zahn is the author of more than forty novels, nearly ninety short stories and novellas, and four short-fiction collections. In 1984, he won the Hugo Award for Best Novella. Zahn is best known for his Star Wars novels (Heir to the Empire, Dark Force Rising, The Last Command, Specter of the Past, Vision of the Future, Survivor’s Quest, Outbound Flight, Allegiance, Choices of One, and Scoundrels), with more than four million copies of his books in print. Other books include the Cobra series, the Quadrail series, and the young adult Dragonback series. Zahn has a B.S. in physics from Michigan State University and an M.S. from the University of Illinois. He lives with his family on the Oregon coast.

Denis Lawson is a Scottish actor and director. Lawson is best known for his roles in the original Star Wars trilogy and The Kit Curran Radio Show. 

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